Stephen King's The Mist

Originally posted by FistOfThe North
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That's basically the movie right there.

Chapter 8's "What Happen to the Soldiers. With Amanda. A Conversation with Dan Miller" might get into the Arrowhead project a little more than the movie did. Cause that's my interest. The opening of the dimension and what is that dimension or how and why the military did it.

In the book the Arrowhead project is just mentioned. Nothing goes into detail about it, you just get random thoughts from Drayton.

Spoiler:
In the book the two soldiers hang themselves so no one ever gets to talk to them.

Just as well; nothing kills horror like overexplaining the situation.

I guess timing is everything. I got mixed feelings about the ending. It wasnt bad but I expected a happy ending. The movie itself is pretty good and I recommend it.

This movie is by far AMAZING... The way the script was set, and the story was written... Utterly Fantastic, but I'm a die-hard King fan.... This was great work, I'm going again to see it tomorrow. I advise everyone to go watch it... Pay close attention to the way people talk and how things play out.. It's Amazing.

Ending: 5/5 Stars
Script: 5/5 Stars
Actors: 5/5 Stars

It was fantastic, one of my favorite movies now.

I'll have to definitely see this then.

I thought it was going to be shitty, but if you all think it was that great, I'll have to check it out.

Loved the movie... as for the ending.. shit happens

Not shitty by any means; I think "amazing" is sort of an overstatement, though. I give it a B-. Some of the monster effects were sort of hokey, but the human element is well done.

This is a horror film, really. I'll merge it with the existing thread in the Horror Forum.

Seen.. The Mist .. this weekend. Some scenes had redeaming qualities, but the script was just not very good. You know the familar scenes were no one is dumb enough to stick around, they would have hauled azz by now type. Plenty of those! I found a couple other scenes were dialog arguments went on for far too long. With such an extreme situation someone dictating your actions and arguing would just get them decked. Then we have the ending. It is soo horrible I find myself wondering, was this even screen tested? someone couldnt possibly have approved this. If there is a hidden message trying to get pushed through it was shadowed by a completely unrealistic conclusion that did nothing but strengthen my stance on never wanting to see this movie again.

It has a rather sad ending to it

why how does it end?

Spoiler:
The Religion nut in the market talks of how a kid needs to be sacraficed.. Etc.. 5 Escape into a car and drive until they run out of gas... Gun with 4 bullets... Dad promised kid not to let the monsters eat him... They agree to all die, and the father will kill himself another way... He shoots his son, the girl who loves him, an old lady and an old man... Then he gets out and after trying to kill himself (failing) sees the mist dissapear , and the army coming and destroying all the monsters and woods that were infected. Proving the religious women was right about the son dying, or either that the Mist was moving on to another target... Many different ways to view.. ends with the army trucks driving past and him on his knees crying and screaming... Go watch it... Shame on you for reading this spoiler

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I doubt I would go and see it.

That huge monster at the end just showed how hopeless the situation was at that point. When that huge monster stepped out the way it did, i said "they're screwed." I though the whole planet went under.

I loved the way that song at the end masterfully captured the essence of the hopelessness of the moment.

Movie was good, but i would of liked to see the army attacking the creatures and see them bring down that one enormous one

I have mixed feelings after seeing it. I feel Stephen King is much better at "natural" horror rather than dabbling into the supernatural. "Misery" is one of his masterpieces. The moments that shine in this story don't have to do with the monsters at all, but with the microcosm that is the grocery store. So I bet a few people went to this movie expecting something else.

It is very similar to The Fog and I wish I knew which one came first. Some of the characters seemed contrived to me, although the acting was very good. As a Christian, though, it gets on my nerves when Hollywood portrays us as troublemakers who just look down on everyone else. One has to watch the undertones of having a character like Ms. (Mrs?) Carmody as the main villain.

What bothered me especially was the ending. I won't say how it ends, but as a pregnant woman, this disturbed me, although it did break some rules in filmmaking, which I respect. But the music was just out of place and if they're going to do that kind of ending, why show what happened directly after that? This is a no-holds-barred movie about what happens when people panic and are cut off from the outside world. This is not a no-holds-barred movie about monsters from another world.

What filmmaking rules did it break? Didn't know there were set rules for films

I just watched this movie the other night. It was way better than I expected. There were a few minor things I did not like about it, but as a whole, I thought the film was thoroughly entertaining. I did not see that ending coming. It was like a good M. Night film. Better, actually.

Overall a decent flick but the ending was just plain to cruel.

the whole religious scenerio was over done. and i liked the book ending better.

overall a very good flick though