Stephen King's The Mist

I liked the movie a lot until I got to the ending. It was unexpected what he does...but it was stupid. It just took a weird turn at the end that I didn't like.

Decent flick.

CGI was a bit lousy at times. Woulda liked it better had we not seen any up close shots of anything.

The big creatures walking through the mist that you couldn't see very clearly were cool, though.

Ending was a bit goofy. Probably something that is better on paper.

Originally posted by D-Wag
What filmmaking rules did it break? Didn't know there were set rules for films

I don't mean like established rules. I think it made some gutsy choices, is what I meant. Like the ending. No one in the theater I was in saw that coming.

Originally posted by BackFire
Ending was a bit goofy. Probably something that is better on paper.

The novella ending is entirely different and I wish they would have used it.

In the novella,

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Drayton is writing down the story in a hotel after the events have transpired. While they were driving away from the market in the Scout he cycled through the radio stations to see if anyone was talking and he thinks he hears one word on the end of the AM band. Back in the hotel his boy is sleeping and he goes to whisper two words into his son's ear. "Hope" and "Hartford".

yeah, the ending was ridiculous and, i felt, out of character.

Originally posted by Röland
I liked the movie, thought it was a good adaptation of the book. But I do agree that the movie ending wasn't that great. Darabont said he did that ending so there would be no cause for a sequel.

The novella ending is entirely different and I wish they would have used it.

In the novella,

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Drayton is writing down the story in a hotel after the events have transpired. While they were driving away from the market in the Scout he cycled through the radio stations to see if anyone was talking and he thinks he hears one word on the end of the AM band. Back in the hotel his boy is sleeping and he goes to whisper two words into his son's ear. "Hope" and "Hartford".

If he doesnt killed by the monsters in Hartford, he'll get jacked up! Hartford aint no joke. 🙄

Originally posted by Zilverz
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.

The studio offered to double the financing for the movie if Darabont changed the ending. He didn't. He got them big balls. The ending fitted perfectly;

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based on their experiences they believed they were doomed.

Originally posted by D-Wag
Movie was good, but i would of liked to see the army attacking the creatures and see them bring down that one enormous one

Go watch Starship Troopers, and masturbate all you want.

Originally posted by willofthewisp
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.

She was a Christian fundamentalist, so I think her being the main villain is perfectly realistic.

Anyway, woof! What an ending! Great movie.

good ending but i think they gave in much too quickly. should of waited longer before killing one another

The dodgy cgi put me off in the trailers. Is this out on region 1? sure I saw it out, can buy it cheaper than going to see it at the cinemas here in the UK.

I enjoyed the film but I can understand why people thought the ending was weak. Personally it's one of the few movies in recent memory that exceeded my expectations rather than falling way short of my them.

indeed the ending was a bit weak, i liked the books ending more.

Movie ending fo me, dawg.

After reading the book I can say that I too"liked the books ending more" 😮 .

After reading the book I can also say that I think I might know why the movie was ended the way it was. The book had an open-ended ending, this to your average movie go-er would seem like no ending at all and would probably leave people waiting for The Mist 2. Ending the movie as they did pretty much made sure that there was no way Hollywood could make a sequel... or for that matter even think about it.

Then again there is your more obvious answer that it was done for shock value. Who knows?

Loved the huge creatures that were barely visible, ending was hi-larious.

Top score!

I love how heaps of horror nerds carry on and say how good the ending to The Mist is.

Mate, if you couldn't see that coming you're blind.

It's a decent flick, but its way overrated.

Rubbish film total waste of time watching it.

I enjoyed it, it was maybe a little too long.The ending was one of the most ironic I have seen in a movie, usually bottled out of by hollywood bigwigs.

Well I adore the ending, fits in well with everything that went on in the film, especially what came out of the religious nut's mouth. Glad they changed the ending to the book, well apparently the director did, the producers wanted the

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happy