The Mist (2007)

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I agree it was a brilliant movie even though it went straight to dvd in my country, for some reason our cinema company that brings in movies always brings in crappy chick flicks that screen for a week only. I thought Babylon AD was the biggest load of dog turds but The Mist was absolutely brilliant and should have been seen on the big screen. Glad SK doesn't think of brutal endings like the way the movie ended.
 
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Yeah, I didn't want to mention the ending too much for people who hadn't seen it, but it was certainly in a league of its own.
 
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Heebie said:
Yeah, I didn't want to mention the ending too much for people who hadn't seen it, but it was certainly in a league of its own.
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Not really, it was well sign posted. Once you reach the point of the group leaving, there was only a few different scenarios possible. And with the bleakness of the whole film, I guessed which it would be.
 
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SJAB said:
Not really, it was well sign posted. Once you reach the point of the group leaving, there was only a few different scenarios possible. And with the bleakness of the whole film, I guessed which it would be.
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Guess I must have just been trying to look on the bright side of life.
 
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I watched this the other night and I have to say I was impressed. It's not often that a King adaptation come over this well. I was particularly impressed by how Darabont handled his tiny (by Hollywood standards) budget. I had to watch something a bit lighter before I went to bed afterwards - I am such a wuss.
 
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I have both the book and the DVD sitting on my shelf and I've been wondering which to read/watch first. Book or movie?

Usually, if I read the book first, it whets my appetite to see it on film but then I am invariably disappointed. However, if I watch the film first, I usually feel no compunction to read the book afterwards. :(
 
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For me a large reason for this film's greatness is Tom Jane. He's a severely underrated actor who just happens to have made some bad decisions.
 
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I too had read the story years ago in Dark Forces. The film was well done, but I must say I preferred the original rather ambiguous ending.
The film's ending was more "horrible", to be sure, but to my taste a bit overdone.

I understand someone found a quote from King to the effect that he liked the film's ending....
 
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Excellent film,really well done. That bible bashing woman would have been out the door tho,so annoying! And we said to ourselves,she's gonna incite a riot,and sure enough,she did!
The ending really got to me. I'm hypersensitive to such stuff as it is but now I have kids of my own I found it unbearably emotional!
 
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AE35Unit said:
That bible bashing woman would have been out the door tho,so annoying!
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Yeah, I'd have fed her to those things if I was there.

AE35Unit said:
but now I have kids of my own I found it unbearably emotional!
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I know, it's never nice to see the kids get it when you have them - same goes for Planet Terror and From Dusk Till Dawn.
 
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Yeah the Marcia Gay Harden mentalist character wouldn't have held sway in my manor. Straight out the shop door with a boot in her back.
 
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As a movie, this was the worst piece of tripe I've seen since Cloverfield, and that's saying something.

It couldn't even get the ending right. Why does Hollywood always have to tear a good story apart? :(
 
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Manarion said:
As a movie, this was the worst piece of tripe I've seen since Cloverfield, and that's saying something.

It couldn't even get the ending right. Why does Hollywood always have to tear a good story apart? :(
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I've not read the story so I can't comment other than to say i thought it was brilliant. Enjoyed Cloverfield too,quite an intense experience,almost like it was really happening!
 
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You liked Cloverfield? I felt like, after seeing that one, "Whoever made that movie should be drug into the street and shot."

I felt the same way about The Mist. First off, in the story, there was no suicide pact, and there was no military personnel burning the mist away. I won't say anything more because that would be spoilers. AE, get Skeleton Crew if you want to read The Mist, it's the first story in it.
 
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Manarion said:
You liked Cloverfield? I felt like, after seeing that one, "Whoever made that movie should be drug into the street and shot."

I felt the same way about The Mist. First off, in the story, there was no suicide pact, and there was no military personnel burning the mist away. I won't say anything more because that would be spoilers. AE, get Skeleton Crew if you want to read The Mist, it's the first story in it.
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Yes i have that book on its way
 
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I'd say Manarion has good points. The ending was horrible, and not at all true to the story. However, as a whole I thought it was a great film and enjoyed it very much - until the end. The ending was pretty much the ONLY thing I didn't like about it. But it was SO bad, it almost makes me want to hate the entire film as much as Manarion does (haha).
 
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Yeah, but come on, try and name 3 good King film conversions? I'll kick off with Shawshank Redemption...

...no schlock irony allowed...
 
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The Green Mile was amazing and the The Shining mini series was closer to the book than the old version with Nicholson
 
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