The Mist *SPOILER*

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Read the book ages ago, then watched the movie, watched the movie again, and I just gotta say how brilliant the ending was, purely masterful. I strongly recommend the movie to anyone (even if you havent read the book).
 
I saw the movie this weekend and I'm conflicted.

On the plus side: Marcia Gay Harden as Mrs Carmody was truly frightening - I celebrated when Ollie Weeks shot her. Speaking of whom, the actor who played Ollie did a brilliant job. He brought the character to life and I really cared about what happened to him. The child actor who played David Drayton's son also did a good job - those scenes where he sobs almost hysterically were heartbreaking.

On the minus side: I didn't enjoy watching Thomas Jane. I think his acting is wooden - he's a poor man's Christopher Lambert (and I don't think Lambert is a brilliant actor either). I couldn't muster much sympathy for the character as a result. Also, the ending differed markedly from the book and, while I can see how it made cinematic sense, I found it a little too pat when I thought about it afterwards. They couldn't have waited five minutes?
 
Daisy-Boo said:
I saw the movie this weekend and I'm conflicted.

On the plus side: Marcia Gay Harden as Mrs Carmody was truly frightening - I celebrated when Ollie Weeks shot her. Speaking of whom, the actor who played Ollie did a brilliant job.
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Hear! Hear! In the book she was just as scary.
 
The ending was a silly one. I'd heard about it before, which is a shame, but it was still interesting enough. If it had been Homer Simpson though, it'd have been a "D'oh!" moment.
 
The most important the movie adaptation didn`t lose the book`s atmospere. Stephen Kings offers us think out the ending of the story in his book. It was as if the unfinished story therefore it`s no wonder that the screenwriter tried to think out on his own as we did by our mind and imagination after reading of this story perhaps.
 
Love the "Half-Life/Lovecraft" vibe to the story and film.
 
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