The Mist (2007)
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Michael01
Coven of the Worm
Re: Stephen King’s The Mist
Good show, Urien! All three were pretty good. But with Misery, I actually liked the movie more than the book. I couldn't get into the book. It was one of those I actually put down.
Good show, Urien! All three were pretty good. But with Misery, I actually liked the movie more than the book. I couldn't get into the book. It was one of those I actually put down.
biodroid
A.D.D.
It was a really good movie. Keeping the monsters almost out of sight makes it way scarier, watch it and you will see what I mean. It's the whole going into the unknown thing that really makes it freaky.
I watched the movie last Saturday (I think I mentioned this in another thread, or possibly even another forum...*sigh*...my memory's going) and I have mixed feelings.
Marcia Gay Harden was superbly hateful as Mrs Carmody. I itched to chuck her out of the supermarket to see how she fared with the beasties.
Andre Braugher didn't have much to work with in his role as Norton, the cranky neighbour.
Thomas Jane; in my opinion he was the weak point. He's an actor I want to like but I simply don't find him believable. I've seen him in a few films and I think his acting is wooden and contrived. Apologies to all Thomas Jane fans but this is how I feel.
Toby Jones, who played Ollie Weeks was the most memorable character for me. He gave Ollie a depth and sensitivity that I don't think any other character matched. I was sad that he got chomped so close to the end.
The ending was certainly hard-hitting and I felt sorry for poor old David Drayton. However, I wonder if the ending wasn't a commentary on David's own hubris.
Throughout the film Mrs Carmody is clearly the bad guy, gathering her followers through the force of her conviction (and her insanity). The ugliness and stupidity of mob mentality is laid bare. But David, as the flip side of Mrs Carmody, and supposedly the good guy, leads his little group of followers to their doom. We don't know what happened to the people left in the supermarket but there is a possibility they survived. So who did the most harm? Mrs Carmody or David Drayton?
Marcia Gay Harden was superbly hateful as Mrs Carmody. I itched to chuck her out of the supermarket to see how she fared with the beasties.
Andre Braugher didn't have much to work with in his role as Norton, the cranky neighbour.
Thomas Jane; in my opinion he was the weak point. He's an actor I want to like but I simply don't find him believable. I've seen him in a few films and I think his acting is wooden and contrived. Apologies to all Thomas Jane fans but this is how I feel.
Toby Jones, who played Ollie Weeks was the most memorable character for me. He gave Ollie a depth and sensitivity that I don't think any other character matched. I was sad that he got chomped so close to the end.
The ending was certainly hard-hitting and I felt sorry for poor old David Drayton. However, I wonder if the ending wasn't a commentary on David's own hubris.
Throughout the film Mrs Carmody is clearly the bad guy, gathering her followers through the force of her conviction (and her insanity). The ugliness and stupidity of mob mentality is laid bare. But David, as the flip side of Mrs Carmody, and supposedly the good guy, leads his little group of followers to their doom. We don't know what happened to the people left in the supermarket but there is a possibility they survived. So who did the most harm? Mrs Carmody or David Drayton?
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