What would you do?
The Mist, another Stephen King novel turned into a screenplay, was not what I expected. If it weren't for the shocking ending, I would of hated this movie. Luckily, the ending was so sad and unexpected that I will at least remember this movie. I watched the special features on this movie, and the director actually went with a company with a lower budget so that he could have the movie end this way.
When I heard the title "The Mist," I assumed it would be somewhere along the lines of The Fog. To my surprise, it was actually a movie about science fiction creatures coming out of the mist and killing people.
The first monster you see is a giant creature with tentacles that eat people. You later come across spiders with acid spray, giant locusts', dragon-like things, and something that resembles the aliens from War of the Worlds (It even makes the same sound.) A bunch of people get trapped in a supermarket, not able to go outside because the creatures in the mist will get them. There's a crazy religious woman who keeps telling everyone this is god's will, sacrifices need to be made... blah, blah, blah. People keep trying to leave, and keep getting killed.
Eventually a small group of people (the main character, his young son, a woman who has been helping take care of the son, an old woman, and an old man) somehow make it to a car in the parking lot (even though everyone else who tries dies) and decide to drive as far as their tank of gas will get them, hoping to drive out of the mist. They eventually run out of gas, and their still in the mist.
They all look at each other, and I guess silently decide they would all rather kill themselves then let the mist get them. There is only four bullets, and five people. The main character states, "don't worry, I'll figure something out." As his son wakes up and looks at him, the camera angle backs up, giving you an overhead view of the car. You hear four gunshots, see the blood, and the bodies slump over, and know that he just killed everyone in the car. He gets out of the car, attempting to get the monster to come kill him. Right at that moment, the mist clears, and the military comes and saves the day.
The movie ends there with him crying on his knees in the middle of the street. Maybe this wouldn't of been so sad to me if he wouldn't of killed his five year old son, especially because he could of just waited another five minutes and they all could of lived. Anyways, definitely a disappointment for a Stephen King fan.
When I heard the title "The Mist," I assumed it would be somewhere along the lines of The Fog. To my surprise, it was actually a movie about science fiction creatures coming out of the mist and killing people.
The first monster you see is a giant creature with tentacles that eat people. You later come across spiders with acid spray, giant locusts', dragon-like things, and something that resembles the aliens from War of the Worlds (It even makes the same sound.) A bunch of people get trapped in a supermarket, not able to go outside because the creatures in the mist will get them. There's a crazy religious woman who keeps telling everyone this is god's will, sacrifices need to be made... blah, blah, blah. People keep trying to leave, and keep getting killed.
Eventually a small group of people (the main character, his young son, a woman who has been helping take care of the son, an old woman, and an old man) somehow make it to a car in the parking lot (even though everyone else who tries dies) and decide to drive as far as their tank of gas will get them, hoping to drive out of the mist. They eventually run out of gas, and their still in the mist.
They all look at each other, and I guess silently decide they would all rather kill themselves then let the mist get them. There is only four bullets, and five people. The main character states, "don't worry, I'll figure something out." As his son wakes up and looks at him, the camera angle backs up, giving you an overhead view of the car. You hear four gunshots, see the blood, and the bodies slump over, and know that he just killed everyone in the car. He gets out of the car, attempting to get the monster to come kill him. Right at that moment, the mist clears, and the military comes and saves the day.
The movie ends there with him crying on his knees in the middle of the street. Maybe this wouldn't of been so sad to me if he wouldn't of killed his five year old son, especially because he could of just waited another five minutes and they all could of lived. Anyways, definitely a disappointment for a Stephen King fan.
posted by Darrah @ 12:10 AM
1 Comments:
At March 27, 2008 at 10:15 PM ,
The Anonymous Writer said...
I haven't had a chance to see this movie but from the sound of it i'm not missing anything and it's nice to know what movies are worth watching and what movies are not so I appreciate your view of the movie keep it up!
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