The Mist...

[BuddyLee]

Great film. Steven King films are usually awesome...until the end. For example, in It we're led to believe this supernatural serial killer clown is responsible for the murder of all the kids.

In the end it turns out to be none other than...

...a giant spider! Boooooring!

I very much liked the ending of The Mist. Very emotional, very riveting.

The film itself has an innumerable amount of themes; Religion, mob rule, human reaction, situational imprisonment, politics, and of course sacrifice.

I thought the casting and acting were spectacular. Thomas Jane, The Punisher, pulls in another noteworthy performance. The variety of characters definitely made the film.

The special effects are decent but not brilliant. There seems to be a hole in the plot as to where this mist came from or what the people are actually dealing with. Although it is hinted upon, it is not explained in great detail. This may lead the average horror/thriller viewer scratching their head in disappointment. One must, however, understand that almost all horror films have plot holes. That's what makes the great ones great, the unexplained. The Shining is just one example of this.

I don't actually purchase many films but I'll be adding this to my personal horror collection.

 

[desertrat]

Great film. Steven King films are usually awesome...until the end. For example, in It we're led to believe this supernatural serial killer clown is responsible for the murder of all the kids.

In the end it turns out to be none other than...

...a giant spider! Boooooring!

I very much liked the ending of The Mist. Very emotional, very riveting.

The film itself has an innumerable amount of themes; Religion, mob rule, human reaction, situational imprisonment, politics, and of course sacrifice.

I thought the casting and acting were spectacular. Thomas Jane, The Punisher, pulls in another noteworthy performance. The variety of characters definitely made the film.

The special effects are decent but not brilliant. There seems to be a hole in the plot as to where this mist came from or what the people are actually dealing with. Although it is hinted upon, it is not explained in great detail. This may lead the average horror/thriller viewer scratching their head in disappointment. One must, however, understand that almost all horror films have plot holes. That's what makes the great ones great, the unexplained. The Shining is just one example of this.

I don't actually purchase many films but I'll be adding this to my personal horror collection.

I figured in the book that it added to the element of suspense, horror, mystery or whatever to not actually know what they were dealing with. King just hinted atsomething that happened to let something occur that changed our world in ways that the characters were trying to cope with and survive. Why go into details about "Project Arrowhead", what went wrong there and what it caused? In the book and in the movie we know no more than the characters. Kind of puts us in the same grocery store doesn't it? (By the way, have you been back to the storeroom lately?)

 

[BuddyLee]

(By the way, have you been back to the storeroom lately?)

Yes, but I haven't seen the bag boy lately.

The more I think of it, this film reminds me of an old black and white Twilight Zone episode. Gotta' love those.

 

[boredincalvert]

Great film. Steven King films are usually awesome...until the end. For example, in It we're led to believe this supernatural serial killer clown is responsible for the murder of all the kids.

In the end it turns out to be none other than...

...a giant spider! Boooooring!

I very much liked the ending of The Mist. Very emotional, very riveting.

The film itself has an innumerable amount of themes; Religion, mob rule, human reaction, situational imprisonment, politics, and of course sacrifice.

I thought the casting and acting were spectacular. Thomas Jane, The Punisher, pulls in another noteworthy performance. The variety of characters definitely made the film.

The special effects are decent but not brilliant. There seems to be a hole in the plot as to where this mist came from or what the people are actually dealing with. Although it is hinted upon, it is not explained in great detail. This may lead the average horror/thriller viewer scratching their head in disappointment. One must, however, understand that almost all horror films have plot holes. That's what makes the great ones great, the unexplained. The Shining is just one example of this.

I don't actually purchase many films but I'll be adding this to my personal horror collection.

YAY! Someone else that likes the Mist....or even gave it a chance...the ending was one of the best that I'd seen in a while.

 

[desertrat]

YAY! Someone else that likes the Mist....or even gave it a chance...the ending was one of the best that I'd seen in a while.

Watched it last night. I did like it and although I had heard the ending was quite different from the book, I think it was a darn good one. It really only took the plot a bit further along than the book did and brought better closure than the book, which really left you hanging.

 

[Toxick]

Great film. Steven King films are usually awesome...until the end. For example, in It we're led to believe this supernatural serial killer clown is responsible for the murder of all the kids.

In the end it turns out to be none other than...

...a giant spider! Boooooring!

Amen to that!

Particularly considering what It was in the book. It was a supernatural being, and the ending was very very good, with the whole ritual of chüd, and the Turtle and that stuff...

The movie was actually a pretty darn good interpretation until they got to the sewers - and it was all downhill from there. On one hand I can see why they went the way they did in the movie, on the other hand, that doesn't make it suck any less.


I also hated the filmization of the Tommyknockers. The Tommyknockers is one of my favorite King books, although it's typically among the least popular among fans. The casting for The Tommyknockers was inspired and well done, and the movie had great potential - and then it just plain sucked!

 

[aps45819]

Watched it last night. I did like it and although I had heard the ending was quite different from the book, I think it was a darn good one. It really only took the plot a bit further along than the book did and brought better closure than the book, which really left you hanging.

Watched it yesterday. First movie in a while where the characters were a LOT more scary than the monsters

 

[bresamil]

. It was a supernatural being, and the ending was very very good, with the whole ritual of chüd, and the Turtle and that stuff...

So this is linked into the Tower series?

I don't think the movies ever do the books justice.

 

[desertrat]

Watched it yesterday. First movie in a while where the characters were a LOT more scary than the monsters

Expiation!

 

[Toxick]

So this is linked into the Tower series?

If I remember correctly, there are a couple of very small references to It in The Dark Tower, although it's not connected in the same manner as The Stand, Rose Madder, and Insomnia are.

 

[BuddyLee]

If I remember correctly, there are a couple of very small references to It in The Dark Tower, although it's not connected in the same manner as The Stand, Rose Madder, and Insomnia are.

How was The Stand as a film?

I've always been intrigued from what I've heard and seen but I didn't want to waste the time watching it if it was horrible. I think it's 6+ hours long or something.

 

[Bronwyn]

How was The Stand as a film?

I've always been intrigued from what I've heard and seen but I didn't want to waste the time watching it if it was horrible. I think it's 6+ hours long or something.

It was alright. I watch it when it comes on TV, when you have a day to kill.

 

[BuddyLee]

when you have a day to kill.

What's that?

 

[Bronwyn]

What's that?

something us old folks have

 

[BuddyLee]

something us old folks have

Rocking chair time.

 

[donbarzini]

If I remember correctly, there are a couple of very small references to It in The Dark Tower, although it's not connected in the same manner as The Stand, Rose Madder, and Insomnia are.

Yeah. The "spider" was one of the guardians of "the beams". There were 8(?)
Half good(The turtle....etc). Half bad(The bear, spider...etc). Finally saw "The Mist" last night On Demand. Stayed pretty true to the novella. You had to be a "constant reader" to catch that Darabont linked it to the Dark Tower series by saying they opened "doors" to other dimensions("The Drawing of the Three"). And MAN that ending? God Bless him for not succumbing to Hollywood's insistence on "happy". 8 out of 10.

 

[desertrat]

Yeah. The "spider" was one of the guardians of "the beams". There were 8(?)
Half good(The turtle....etc). Half bad(The bear, spider...etc). Finally saw "The Mist" last night On Demand. Stayed pretty true to the novella. You had to be a "constant reader" to catch that Darabont linked it to the Dark Tower series by saying they opened "doors" to other dimensions("The Drawing of the Three"). And MAN that ending? God Bless him for not succumbing to Hollywood's insistence on "happy". 8 out of 10.

Good ending, but what bothered me is why, if they were looking for others, were they on a dirt road? Did the mist eat the interstate?

 

[donbarzini]

I didn't catch that dirt road. I was blown away by the double whammy of what he felt he "had" to do, and then seeing the woman that left the supermarket safe and sound with her kids on the back of the truck.

 

[sommpd]

Yeah. The "spider" was one of the guardians of "the beams". There were 8(?)
Half good(The turtle....etc). Half bad(The bear, spider...etc). Finally saw "The Mist" last night On Demand. Stayed pretty true to the novella. You had to be a "constant reader" to catch that Darabont linked it to the Dark Tower series by saying they opened "doors" to other dimensions("The Drawing of the Three"). And MAN that ending? God Bless him for not succumbing to Hollywood's insistence on "happy". 8 out of 10.

Um...shouldn't you be in the thread defending gay people?

 

[BuddyLee]

Good ending, but what bothered me is why, if they were looking for others, were they on a dirt road? Did the mist eat the interstate?

They were looking for others but found no one...not one soul. Of course, the gas runs dry and they hear big thuds on the ground. The impending doom is near. They don't want to succumb to the horrible death that has threatened them throughout the film. Instead they decide a quick death, bullet to the head.

They were on an interstate at first but after the main character kills his companions he steps out into a dirt road. To me, I got a sense of a new beginning for the world. Thus, a dirt road and wilderness and nothing industrial and built up. However, we're left with that 'worse than death' feeling for Thomas Jane. Yes, it is a new beginning for him, however, not the one he imagined.

I like films such as these. They leave you hanging and make you think up your own possible endings. Thomas Jane is left with nothing in a world of nothingness; what does do? Interesting.