THE MIST (2007)

[zorro]

Based on a short story by Stephen King comes The Mist… A mist envelops a small Maine town and dozens are trapped inside a supermarket knowing that in the mist are horrible creatures and being stranded takes its psychological toll… If you're like the sound of this you're in for a treat, however, it's not as scary as some would lead you to believe.
The Shawshank Redemption director Frank Darabont and acclaimed writer/producer (The Green Mile) seems unsure at times whether to use the documentary styled film making or stick to a traditional style of shooting, but that aside he is a master of creating apprehension and unease. Also Frank Darabont treats Kings work with the respect it deserves with high production values. Thankfully it's not another dire TV movie.

The effects are good but suffer at times due to the over use of CGI, luckily the solid actors including Thomas Jane (Stander), Laurie Holden (Silent Hill) are there to compensate for this as the film is mainly character driven. Although melodramatic at times The Mist highlights the silliness of fanatical, cult religions as the trapped shoppers split into two camps: those who believe it is an act of a vengeful god and those don't.

I love brave bleak endings. The Descent, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, The Elephant Man, The Thing, They Live, to name a few but Mists ending whilst not as preachy as the recent film The Happening is let down by a needless, emotionless ending, that extinguishes all that came before.

The tag lines read 'Fear Changes Everything' and 'Stephen King's Legendary Tale of Terror', but The Mist while not a bad film falls short of becoming a 'Shining' classic.

[steelba]

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[strtfghtr]

I really liked this movie which was a surprise, I wasnt expecting to. I think it fares as on of the best King representations on film...maybe not as good as the shining but still pretty badass

[Metapher]

I like the film and all, but your title made me think you were gonna review the actual DVD?

[xxsic4slipknotxx]

I like the film and all, but your title made me think you were gonna review the actual DVD?

Exactly what I was thinking.

[zorro]

Yeah I think you right... It just come out at the worng time when there's so much samy stuff out.

Any chance you know why I getting such a hard time on UHM?

[zorro]

Sorry

[strtfghtr]

Yeah I think you right... It just come out at the worng time when there's so much samy stuff out.

Any chance you know why I getting such a hard time on UHM?

ah the guys on here are just asshats, that and your review was a little light on "reviewing"

Also, WTF is "samy stuff"?

[woodenheart]

The movie I liked...your review of it was good.

[Get Some]

u need to type better.....
if your gonna make a thread make it important otherwise it just clutters up the board with pointless shit, people here are sick of stupid posts

[koolmike]

Not a fan of this flick.

[Joker]

I really like this movie.
I know most wouldnt agree,but I would like to see another version of this movie from another point of view,like the militarys,and see how the mist started.

[koolmike]

Like ALIENS? That woud have been better... the military vs. these strange creatures rather than a bunch of people in a supermarket.

[Sydney]

Much better ending than the book's. King himself admitted to that.

[IM_UndeaD]

I liked this movie sept for the ending

[Chief Falling Rock]

I read the original story, while good the ending was pretty stupid. Well manly because it didn't really have an ending. When I heard they were making a movie and it was gonna end differently I was excited. Then the reviews came out, overuse of CGI which I hate. Plus I heard about the ending, just for that reason I'll never watch this movie. Stupid.

[deadcellsociety]

I did like the movie,but i`m one of the few who actually liked the ending.I love the original story,think it`s right up there with the original SALEM`S LOT & PET SEMETARY,which had the directors stuck to the original stories would have masterpieces.I thought it was interesting with what they did.

[MEITTI]

Ending had a good idea for it, but it's presentation failed:

I mean, just few minutes after the guy kills all the other survivors the army just happens to pass by? This tells me that if the guy wouldve hesitated like 30 seconds or longer, like scratched his balls or something he wouldve avoided it, which just makes the whole thing silly.

If it wouldve been performed other way, like the guy walking forward because nothing attacks him, and he moments later stumbles upon military tents, or the trucks wouldve come out THEN, it wouldve been perfect. It wouldve been poetic as it was meant to be, instead of just sheer dumb luck, and a matter of minutes or seconds for this guy.

[Sydney]

Ending had a good idea for it, but it's presentation failed:

I mean, just few minutes after the guy kills all the other survivors the army just happens to pass by? This tells me that if the guy wouldve hesitated like 30 seconds or longer, like scratched his balls or something he wouldve avoided it...

That's kinda the point...

[MEITTI]

That's kinda the point...


Ummm the point was that he made the mistake of not helping the woman in the beginning, and the whole thing was like to serve as his punishment by the moral code of this movie.

But now because the army happens by just few seconds later, it just seems like its dumb luck for the guy, instead of "bad karma" like the movie, and King in his original book clearly was trying to get

[M3nt@l K00la!D]

short story was much much better but I did enjoy the movie except for the part when they showed the huge beast towards the end. They got it totally wrong!

[rai]

movie was ok. I always enjoy that sense of hopelessness in horror movies. You know, that "Oh man, we are so fucked" state of mind, becasue these creatures were mean!!!!. That aside, i agree with the reviewere about the ending, i also love blick endings, i think all horror movies should have them. But this one seemed pointless. It's like the didnt have a cool ending for it and came out with this shit at the last minute. Blick?, yes, Ironic?, hell yeah!!!, good?, i dont think so.

[Darkgod]

short story was much much better but I did enjoy the movie except for the part when they showed the huge beast towards the end. They got it totally wrong!

How do you know? where there pics in your book?

Anyway... i really dug this flick, and I love the ending. Kind of a Twilight zone ending.... 8/10 for me.

[lister]

Much better ending than the book's. King himself admitted to that.


I'm surprised King would think that. Why? I think the ending was stupid and totally illogical. Is this the atheist coming out in King?

[BooBerry]

I thought the ending was totally plausible.... given the outlandish world they were in of course.

[Damian]

I thought The Mist was decent, if not a little CGI-heavy. Like a few others it seems, I really didn't think that I was going to enjoy it, but I was pleasantly surprised.

I purchased a small, paperback copy of Stephen King's original story, shortly after the movie was released, but I haven't got around to reading it.

That said, I kind of like the ending, myself. Seemed quite fitting.

If I were to give this a rating of my own, I'd probably give it a 3 out of 5.

[SFJugglette]

The big ass bugs and the mean Jesus freak tweaked me out so bad, I never finished the movie. Go ahead and laugh, Bugs and Jesus scare me primally. LOL

[Damian]

The big ass bugs and the mean Jesus freak tweaked me out so bad, I never finished the movie. Go ahead and laugh, Bugs and Jesus scare me primally. LOL

Jesus scares me too. :stare2:

[THIR13EN]

I read an interview where King spoke about the ending to the movie, and he did state that while he was writing the short story (which I loved, I read it years ago) he couldn't think of how to end it. And that if he had thought of the ending they used in the movie he totally would have used it.
I agree on some of the aspects stated here, like too much CGI. But I thought the ending was great. And that is the point, to think that if only they had waited a few more moments they would have been saved. And now he has to live with what happened. Almost like his own hell on earth.

[SkullBat308]

I read an interview where King spoke about the ending to the movie, and he did state that while he was writing the short story (which I loved, I read it years ago) he couldn't think of how to end it. And that if he had thought of the ending they used in the movie he totally would have used it.
I agree on some of the aspects stated here, like too much CGI. But I thought the ending was great. And that is the point, to think that if only they had waited a few more moments they would have been saved. And now he has to live with what happened. Almost like his own hell on earth.

Exactly, the ending was bad ass!!!!!!!!!

[Tawd The Meatcutter]

Ahhh, I had been praying for a movie of this since reading it in Skeleton Crew over 20 yrs ago- just fuckin creepy and clausrophobic- a classic of apocaylptic horror and certainly one of his best...and one of the best adaptations of one of his stories. And--it's one I didn't mind my kids watching, in spite of the gore (my 9-yr old is fascinated w/ special FX).
This movie will have a fond place in my heart forever like so many others, due to the sheer terror of the situations and real, believable characters to relate to and sympathize with.

Burn one down, y'all:smoking4: