The Mist (2007)

Sorry, this movie sucks

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A Masterpiece!

The Mist, like so many Stephen King adaptations, has a great setup, but falls apart near the end. Yes, people will act irrationally during a crisis, but when almost every character consistently makes stupid decisions, it begins to feel ridiculous. Plus, the CGI was a little cheesy and the ending feels like a bad joke. This movie does have some good scares, though, and I can see why some people would like it.

I am a bit confused, there were alot of contraversial things happened, a group of humans locked up in the store surrounded by mist that was full of supranatural creatures, death was waiting the ones who go out.How on earth they chose to go out? They have good supply in the store, if human get in such situation its logical to stay until get rescued or ran out of supply, then its logical to go out, they went out risking everything, going blindly to nowhereThe second thing, they noticed that the unstable religious lady was starting to affect others by her ideas, why they let her do that?! They could've threatened her to throw her in the mist if she keeps doing that.Wha about the end! They suffered all the way for the sake of survival then just by running out of the gas its over! Make no senseWhat really make things understandsble is that all the weird choices represent the wrong choices that people may take when they face danger, the people in this movie made the bad choices and the end represents the awful result of thier decisions.

There are a few important warnings I have about this film. It's incredibly violent and at times pretty gross...so exercise caution before watching it. Additionally, the character Mrs. Carmody (Marcia Gay Harden) will likely offend many religious people. The story is set in a New England town. A weird mist descends on the village and a group of people are trapped inside a grocery store. When a teen tries running from the store to get help, he's torn apart by a multi-tentacled monster....but only a few people see this happen. A Some of the rest of them don't believe the story about the tentacle monster in the mist and make a run for it...and disappear. Soon, regardless of whether the rest of them believe or not, they believe SOMETHING god-awful has occurred....and gigantic evil bugs begin attacking. And, it only gets worse...thanks to human nature which takes an awful situation and makes it so much worse....including a weirdo religious nut who VERY quickly (too quickly) develops a cult-like following. What's next? It only gets much worser!I like the angle about human nature tearing the group of people apart...this is the best aspect of the movie in my opinion. However, a few of the characters (particularly the amazingly unsubtle Mrs. Carmody) are ridiculous and over-the-top. Subtle, it sure isn't! Additionally, after a while I simply got tired of seeing the violence and ugliness...especially since it goes on for more than two hours. I must admit, this is NOT the sort of picture I normally watch....and it's very likely others might enjoy (?) the film more than I did. Thoroughly unpleasant, albeit a bit thought-provoking when it comes to folks reactions to the menaces.

Stephen King's novella of the same title gets a decent adaptation in "The Mist." After a strong storm, a large mist quickly surrounds a town, trapping dozens of people in a supermarket. Terrifying creatures roam within the mist, hunting and killing anyone who ventures outside. But danger also lurks within the refuge of the supermarket. As the hours slowly tick by, the people form opinions on what is happening and how to survive it. Three separate groups start to form, and one will overpower the others, ushering in a new level of violence and bloodshed that will rival the horrors within the mist.My most memorable, movie moment of "The Mist" is the scene when 5 survivors trapped in a vehicle make a shocking decision. More on this below.I have read the novella and thought it a brilliant piece of writing. But the movie version is...far from brilliant. Two things prevented it from being great. First: Thomas Jane is completely wrong for the part of the main character. His superhero looks had no place in this story. The main character was a regular person forced to do extraordinary things under a tremendous amount of pressure and fear. Jane was completely out of his element as he wasn't believable at all when he tried to look afraid. I was expecting him to suddenly walk around with his Punisher shirt on, blasting the creatures with a large, automatic rifle and saving the whole world. Second: the ending. I understand some of the logic that went to the decision that was made in the vehicle; but there was another option. And the aftermath of that decision? Depending on your values and point of view, you will either be horrified and stunned, or start to laugh. And the fact that the ending can produce laughter tells me that it was the wrong ending to put in this movie.The creatures were great though.Mannysmemorablemoviemoment