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Wax Zombie
11-21-2007, 10:01 PM
I've been hearing good reviews for this movie so far. I just wanted to know for those who has seen the movie, how was it?

I might go check it out tomorrow.
Oravear
11-21-2007, 11:52 PM
just got back from seeing it. Actually went for no country for old men and ended up just sneaking into the mist as well. Based off of what I saw in trailers and such I wasn't really expecting much but I was surprised. Really fun and somewhat gory movie (even though some was bad CGI) I actually ended up not really caring for NCFOM that much and really enjoying the mist.
Wax Zombie
11-22-2007, 03:32 PM
I just got back from seeing it too and I kinda enjoy this more then 1408. 1408 was good, but this was a lot better and gory. The ending I didn't care for it because I thought it was kinda confusing. For a bug monster movie like this was pretty much entertaining.

8/10
IKickAssForTheLord
11-22-2007, 04:57 PM
I just got back from seeing it too and I kinda enjoy this more then 1408. 1408 was good, but this was a lot better and gory. The ending I didn't care for it because I thought it was kinda confusing. For a bug monster movie like this was pretty much entertaining.

8/10

Gonna see this tonight, hopefully I'll like it... but for me nothin' could be any worse than 1408, I can't stand that movie.
steelba
11-22-2007, 06:15 PM
Let us know what you think of it. I think it looks pretty sweet.
Il Duce
11-22-2007, 08:42 PM
I think i'm gonna check this most likely on Sat or Sun since i got a ticket voucher that's worth $ 12.00. It's a good thing since they just raised prices for tickets that aren't matinee's from $9.75 to $10.00 even and also gonna see Hitman too.
IKickAssForTheLord
11-22-2007, 11:51 PM
it was good until the endin'... it just ruin the whole movie for me.
smokey
11-23-2007, 12:52 AM
Cool i look forward to watching this.
XdrewX
11-23-2007, 01:26 AM
I liked this movie alot more then I thought I would. Bad CGI, but good characters and the acting wasn't to bad I thought. I give it a 8/10 definitely worth a watch
violent d
11-23-2007, 04:21 AM
Movie was actually better than I thought it was gonna be.

I couple of christians I know really hated it though.
Darkgod
11-23-2007, 12:08 PM
Im gonna check this out later tonight, can't wait
deadfactory
11-23-2007, 12:27 PM
Meh, didn't like it, it got annoying. The ending was typical Stephen King too. D+ at best for me.
GruesomeDuece
11-23-2007, 05:11 PM
Actually, Stephen King had nothing to do with the movie, other than writing the original short story this movie is based off of. Darabont changed the ending from the story, but Stephen King approved it.
IKickAssForTheLord
11-23-2007, 05:15 PM
Movie was actually better than I thought it was gonna be.

I couple of christians I know really hated it though.

*SPOILER* *SPOILER*

in the movie when that one chick was killed, which I'm pretty sure u know who, everybody in the threater clap! and I was def. the loudest, I could not stand that character!

*END OF SPOILER*
slimeisacharacter
11-23-2007, 07:14 PM
*SPOILER* *SPOILER*

in the movie when that one chick was killed, which I'm pretty sure u know who, everybody in the threater clap! and I was def. the loudest, I could not stand that character!

*END OF SPOILER*

Reading alot about the movie and watching the trailers, if it the character I think it is...thats enough to make the movie worth my time.
Darkgod
11-23-2007, 09:30 PM
Yeah the clapped in my theatre too.

I really liked it, and I know people dont like the ending but I did like that. Only thing I hated was the cinematography. I hate when amatuers do the zoom in while the camera is moving. It looks like dads home videos. They did a simliar thing in Open Water and it was so annoying in that too.

8/10
thorn_man
11-24-2007, 12:10 AM
(possible spoilers)

Yeah the cinematography was nothing special, one too many super close ups of heads when they aren't that necessary.

But other than that little rant, I must say I really, really enjoyed this film. The casting, acting, dialogue, story, ending, everything really settled well with me.

The character development was well done, and I enjoyed how we knew the names of every person who had an on-screen, meaningful death. (I think the only ones who we didn't know where a couple who left the store with Norton)

Our theatre also began clapping when the bitch died, really made my day. I can't wait to see this movie again!
FrighT MasteR
11-24-2007, 01:51 AM
Caught the flick earlier -- it was better than I expected. Didn't really care for the ending much, and people clapped in my theater too, which is why I hate going to see movies when they are barely released, especially with the groups that like to add their own commentary track while watching the film. Will write up a review and post it on the board soon, then when my comp is running again, I will post it on UHM.
FrighT MasteR
11-24-2007, 02:26 AM
By the way, I have read the original story, but it was so long ago that I barely remember anything. How much of the movie is similar to the story? I know the ending is dif. for sure and I don't remember reading about as many creatures.
realizm
11-24-2007, 02:41 AM
spoilerish....

*SPOILER* *SPOILER*

in the movie when that one chick was killed, which I'm pretty sure u know who, everybody in the threater clap! and I was def. the loudest, I could not stand that character!

*END OF SPOILER*


yep at that part and when grandma turned rambo on the spiders lol its too bad capote had to die
getting past the bad CGI i really enjoyed this movie and never lost interest through out the whole thing
ending was pretty fucked up but i would have done the same thing if i was in his shoes and they was no hope left =(
8/10
IKickAssForTheLord
11-24-2007, 04:09 AM
spoilerish....




yep at that part and when grandma turned rambo on the spiders lol its too bad capote had to die
getting past the bad CGI i really enjoyed this movie and never lost interest through out the whole thing
ending was pretty fucked up but i would have done the same thing if i was in his shoes and they was no hope left =(
8/10

I don't know... I know I would have not done the same thing. I mean they got that far why not try some more. I thought he did it too easily, I mean come on his son?!? but I don't know, I will have to probably watch it again.
violent d
11-24-2007, 04:12 AM
*SPOILER* *SPOILER*

in the movie when that one chick was killed, which I'm pretty sure u know who, everybody in the threater clap! and I was def. the loudest, I could not stand that character!

*END OF SPOILER*

Yup, we got clapping in my theater at that part too.

I didnt really like the ending but when I think about it I dont like the endings to alot of his movies. I really hated the ending to the movie It.
thorn_man
11-24-2007, 09:05 AM
spoilers:



I know I would have been a lot more pissed if he kept the original ending (the land cruiser just driving off into the mist). I knew getting deeper and deeper into the movie that it was so intriguing and I just wanted some sort of closure. 'going off into the whatever' endings are fine if it's like DOTD '79 where I know there will be another film to continue the phenomonon. But I knew there wouldn't be a sequal to this from Darabont, and I definitely didn't want one.
GruesomeDuece
11-24-2007, 03:35 PM
For some reason the ending really got to me. It's not that I didn't like it, I did, I thought the ending to the movie was terrifying in a way that the movie was not (although it was pretty scary).

The ending to the book was good, too, but that worked for the book. I think that things that work in literature form don't really work sometimes for movie versions.

The message boards are on fire with people bitching and moaning about the ending. All that tells me is that Darabont got to people, and that's what counts. It affected people in a way, and to me that makes it good.
Darkgod
11-24-2007, 04:59 PM
Yeah they clapped in my theatre when that chick died.
choptop2
11-25-2007, 12:41 AM
I enjoyed it, nice change of pace to the usual saw clones, and japanese remakes we've been getting lately.

And in my opinion on of the few movies that are actually better than the source material.
Leprechaun
11-25-2007, 02:03 AM
For some reason the ending really got to me. It's not that I didn't like it, I did, I thought the ending to the movie was terrifying in a way that the movie was not (although it was pretty scary).

The ending to the book was good, too, but that worked for the book. I think that things that work in literature form don't really work sometimes for movie versions.

The message boards are on fire with people bitching and moaning about the ending. All that tells me is that Darabont got to people, and that's what counts. It affected people in a way, and to me that makes it good.

The ending is truly terrifying. Thomas Jane played it very well.