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Originally Posted by Charlatan
This ending works in ways the other ending didn't. I especially liked that it closed the loop on the head vampire's odd actions (leaping into the light when his woman is taken and setting the trap for him).
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Exactly. Without that, Neville is a complete moron. "Oh, gee, I guess there was a trap there. The infected couldn't have put it there--they're too stupid. But let me now
not wonder about that for 45 minutes. Maybe the audience will forget about it too and I won't ever have to explain the thing that motivated the fourth and fifth acts...."
I was PISSED about that trap not being dealt with in the theatrical release. This new ending shows us there was a whole subtext going on there--it was personal, the head vampire must have stalked him, watched him interact with the mannequin in the hoodie, watched him set the trap that caught the girl, learned from him... there's way WAY more to them than Neville is aware of. And he's been killing them like they're spoiled meat. That moment, when he looks up at the pictures of his dead subjects is maybe the darkest moment in the whole film--that's where "the legend turns".