The Mist isn’t even in theaters yet, and the controversy has already started. My early review of the film was online exactly five minutes before I got my first email from a fan of the original Stephen King book, outraged over the story’s new ending. Though for most of its running time it’s a faithful adaptation, in the last five minutes Darabont takes The Mist in a completely different direction from the way it finishes in King’s story. I loved it, but it’s the kind of finish that’s almost certain to inspire equal parts hatred and adoration among moviegoers.
One person who loves the new ending is Stephen King. That’s right, he couldn’t be happier with Darabont’s new finish to his tale of terror. At a press conference today to promote the film, King talked about Darabont’s take, and had nothing but superlatives to say about it. He says: “Frank wrote a new ending that I loved. It is the most shocking ending ever and there should be a law passed stating that anybody who reveals the last 5 minutes of this film should be hung from their neck until dead.”
I’m with him. I loved the ending and anybody stupid enough to spoil this thing deserves the pitchforks and torches treatment. I’m not sure it’s as shocking as he thinks it is (for some reason I saw it coming) but that doesn’t make it any less effective. The Mist will mess you up. Give it a chance to wow you. Stephen King said so.
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The ending ruined the film and it portrays cruelty to children in the worst way imaginable and demonstrates an awful pathetic pity towards the intellect of humanity in trying situations in a most implausible way. Don’t waste your money seeing this awful film. I do not know what the original ending was but what I do know is this is the worst ending I have seen since they produced Arlington Road. I feel the producer should be ashamed of him self and I think Steven King should know alot better than this as I am a fan of his works.
Wow... people are shocked about this ending? Have they ever read almost ANY book by Stephen King (check your spelling Dovetardo). How many children die in his books... IT!, Cujo (not the movie) and many others. Because THAT is Stephen King's fear. I didn't like the ending but I do feel it fit entirely into this world Darabont and King created. Cruelty to children??? I saw a father forced to make a horrible decision and the cruel hand of fate goes against him. Do us all a favor Dovelameo and don't offer up your ignorance.
Dovetastic... are you serious? Reading your comment reminded me of a real life Mrs. Carmody (for those who seen the movie, you understand me). I have to agree with Jason above me. Have you read any of Stephen's books? Take your head out your ass and go cry about something worthwhile. Cruelty to children..... ahahahah. The thought that you actually think that brings me to tears from laughter. Get over yourself.
As for the ending of the movie, all I had to say was "Wow" and I saw nothing wrong with it. Depressing in a way, of course. But good? Yes. If I was in control of the movie, I would end it a different way, that's just my personal preference, but we are left with what's put in front of us and I have to say I loved it just the same.
P.S Dovetastic, I REALLY doubt you are a fan of his work. Because if you were, you would have recalled all the books Jason mentioned above before even commenting this page. What do I think you're doing? Well I'm glad you asked. I think you just said you're a fan of his work to ease your opinion into people's minds. You know what I'm saying people? Reminds me of high school. Lying to make yourself and your opinion seem more acceptable when you're one of the "group" (The group in this case would be Stephen King fans) other than some outsider judging something they don't understand.
P.P.S You couldn't even spell his name right. Enough said.
I am a huge Stephen King fan, the mist was the first story i have ever read by him and its what got me hooked. Some of you who reviewed this movie didnt like the ending. I also hated it, it left me feeling disgusted. I agree that the story was about pepoles fears and what it does to them but i also think it was about hope. For those of you who are his readers remember the end when the father whispers in his sons ear "Heartford and hope." Hope is what drives them and every other charecter to do everything they do. Hope is mankinds strongest emotion it is our biggest quality and biggest downfall at the same time and it is what keeps us going. The original story the mist showed this better then anythin i ever read. This new ending KILLS all hope. You are left feeling empty, i personally would rather have hope. I thought thats what the original story was about so i really dont know what to think anymore what the hell is this movie trying to depict. I know King has alot of sad endings and that thats the way the world usually actually works but this was one of his novels that gave you hope just a shred to keep you going. Like one of the critics said some things are just better left unchanged and in my opinion unquestioned.
Nameless have you ever considered that perhaps the ending shows what happens in the absence of hope, and as such reminds us that losing it is worse then death itself? Personally I loved it, the ending serves as a jilt to the everyday dolldrums cinema experience tailor fitted to the lowest common denominator and brings a refreshing twist in that "There's not always light at the end of the tunnel" way that's not so abundant in theatres as of late.
This movie was one of the most powerful movies I have ever seen. The movie to me was about Family, Religion, politics and Hope. Hoping for the better good. What the father did at the end was promised to his son....he promised him that the "monsters" would never get him. Very emotional movie. Made me go home and hold my children tight. King movies gives us a harsh reality that there is "more" out there then what we see. I would recommend this movie to everyone, just bring tissues.
i just saw that movie and it has honestly left a weird feeling in my stomach.
i liked the ending. although i found the movie to be kind of like putting the american army in there as the bad guys lol.
i though at the beginning the movie was kind of slow paced and the tentacle part was kind of weird too but overall the movie is pretttyyyy amazing.
anyone know of anymore stephen king's movies coming out soon?
xox
The movie was great! who could ask for more from an adaption of this most awesome story? the ending in my opinion wasnt as great as the "hitchcockian" ending of the book, but it shocked the hell outta me for sure, i just hope they have an alternate ending on teh DVD when it comes out, what would be cooler than watching the ending that happened in the book.
Man are you fucking serious? Cruetly to children?
So either he can be shot and you know, a painless death or ripped apart by monsters and see what, everyone else die from gunshots.
I loved this film. I think it's one of the best film's he has made. Books, well I love Salem's Lot and Pet Semetary and well the Gunslinger series is not to be missed if you are a fan. But this definitely was a Stephen King movie and after watching 1408, I loved this. Thomas Jane is a great actor and the fact that everyone would love to see that religious *insert profanity here* die. I'm going to see this at the cinema's then buy this because even with the new ending, it added a twist that you don't see coming from the book. The book's ending was good but to make the movie somewhat more shocking and a more of a look into the human mind in such a crisis this ending was needed.
5/5 from me anyways.
Fucking sucky ending, it make the movie worthless, people don't ever pay for this shit..
A film with a ending that way must not exist !
cruelty to children :
yes KingFan that the goal of this end, he wouldnt have been ripped apart by monster , the mist was disappearing.
Fucking movie good all the way and terribly bad at the 5 last mn thanks to sucky producer idea who try to make a different movie !
I agree, I like the movie, but thought that the ending was the worst!!!
All I can say is stick me with the pitchfork, because I told as many people as I could to not waste their Money on this piece of shit film.
If I knew they had ruined the ending to this one, I would have never watched it myself. I too would like to see an alternate ending with the real ending from the book!!!! I will not see another of his films until someone confirms to me that no stupid shit like t his happens again !!!!
I would have atleast waited myself to see if he monsters came to the vehicle and was trying to get at them before the shooting of them would have ever taken place. It is a very twisted ending by a very twisted man !!!
I recommend that noone watches this movie till they actually make an ending that follows the lines of the book.
I will continue to read all of kings books, but in the future I will make sure by asking if the ending has been changed as sucky as this one before I spend the money to see it !!!
Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one and this one is mine !!!
If noone likes it? they can kiss it !!!
Across the board, the most popular and enjoyable movies based on the works of Stephen King are the ones that stick dead bang to story he wrote. Stand By Me, Shawshank, Green mile, you know what I mean. Perhaps you, like me, found yourself sitting on the edge of your seat half knowing what the characters were about to say next and then secretly delighted when they did “that’s why I said thank you.” So I too, was freaking out at the end of this movie. I wanted it to end like the book, I wanted my beloved characters to do just what they were supposed to, nothing new and interesting just exactly what I’d paid and expected to see. Nothing more nothing less.
But this isn’t the book. And whilst this movie is a wonderfully faithful retelling of the story in its entirety in some ways it’s better because it has the capacity to do more with the characters. Watch for the boys face when he runs in to give dad a hug on his return. The intensity when buddy tells drayton to count his teeth. Love it. And then take the next logical step. If you remember the original ending in the book, I invite you to now continue the storyline in the book... continue it on, keep on going... you know that there is a VERY GOOD CHANCE that the book would ACTUALLY (if Stephen had kept writing it) end exactly the way it did in the movie.
If you didn’t like the ending because it felt to you like a bit of a rip off and you want everything to end hunky dory. Then suggest you go down to the Burns unit at your local hospital and ask its patients about happily ever after. Life is NOT like a box of chocolates. In the end EVERYONE dies, the only difference is how and why.
Go see this movie.
Please do not read past this line if you don't want my comments to spoil the movie for you...........
I hate the ending. Not because it differs from the book but rather because I saw it coming a mile off; First, through the soldiers hanging themselves and the ensuing discussion amongst the characters and second the fundamentalist Christian (aka psycho-bitch) asking for the boy to be sacrificed, third the grabbing of the gun off the bonnet and finally fourth the comment about hoping to drive through the mist.
I thought to myself as the pieces of the climax came together "no, they can't do that, its so predictable! no way! no....don't do it...I'm warning you don't do it".....grrr.
I was left just feeling angry, and it was not anger at the lead character and the event but rather those that decided to put this ending together.
See when I go to watch a film I immerse myself in the story just like when I read. I do that so I can fully enjoy it. I had a lot of fun in this film but than at the end you have the worst ending I have seen in a long time other than the ending from the film "The Darkness".
I believe that you are entitled to you own opinion so say what you will after you read what I Have written.
If you write a story where you have main characters that fight through the whole entire film just to get shot in the head buy the Hero that is not a ending, if they would have stayed in the store they would have lived. I just don't get how studio producers say "oh that's good its totally unexpected". You just had your main players go through hell and back all so you can kill them at the end in the most horrible way and not only that why have them drive like 100 miles at 20 miles an hour to create a suspenseful ending when you do that its not a great ending, its not a good ending, its not a so so ending, its a horrible ending in its entirety. Than lets put our guy that has helped people through the film and have him kill every one at the end than have him get out of the car and wait for the creatures to come and destroy him only to see a tank come driving by with army men and them killing the creatures. Than he falls to his knees and screams because he just killed 4 people in his car and if he would have waited 5 minutes they would have been safe. What happens to the man now he goes to prison for murdering his adolescent son, a store clerk, and two elderly people. Hm mm if that's what people call a great ending than I'm done watching films its just not fair to the people who invest time and money into the film. I will finish buy saying if you create a storey give it a proper ending not a guy on his knees screaming because he just lost his mind. That's not a proper closure to a film. This film left me waiting for the end even after the credits rolled.
I am a 50 year old mom of a 21 year old son, i must say that i've been watching horror flicks since i was able to walk (my father loved them). i can honestly say that i was not impressed by the ending, being a mom or dad, you can see why.. i did not read the mist book because i wanted to see the movie first because the books are always better than the movies and i wanted to see it before i could judge it after reading the book. I love steven king but to be honest I preferr Dean Koontz much more.. When I saw the previews i thought that it was a rip off from the book by dean koontz called the taking. (if you liked the mist, you should read the taking) I would have liked to seen an alternate ending avalible to see once the dvd's were released to give people a chance to choose which ending they preferred... however, it will not keep me from going and seeing the movies as well as reading the books.
The movie itself was very good but like most romantic's i would have loved a different ending where everything turning out okay, but that's me.
generally if the paper says the movie is bad, it's always pretty good especially when it is along the horror film line... the reveiws around my area were not good on this movie but i did love it.
i think they need people who like a certain style of movie should be able to review them and not old men who don't care one thing or another about horror movies..
well, that's my opinion anyway.
however, i still think it might have been better for some people to see the other ending..
*Spoilers to follow*
I was really disappointed in the ending. Yeah I read the book and liked that ending better and yeah the ending is sad and depressing. But that isn't why I didn't like this ending. I didn't like the ending because it didn't fit with the character in my opinion. So a man that fights of a tentacle, fights off a monster with a burning mop, talks people into going to get medical supplies, and eventually to leave the store in hope of safety. And despite all reason telling him what would have happened to his wife he goes to find her. This same man that does all that decides that the best thing to do is shot everyone within the first 5 minutes of running out of gas. Maybe he finally ran out of hope and drive. It seems to be though he would have had a lot more to give to try and see his boy to safety. Some people say that this ending is more true to life and while yeah there are some people that would come to the same conclusion it's just as likely they wouldn't. I know that if it was necessary I would have done the same thing giving everyone else an easy death and saving the death by monster for myself but that point hadn't been reached at that point. I think rather than be a show of real life the ending was more of a cheap trick to stab the audience one last time. It wasn't imaginative or innovative but I guess it did it's job.
I did not like the ending. After watching "I am Legend" and "No Country for Old Men", I am starting to feel like Hollywood wants us to leave movies feeling like crap lately. Heck, I would have preferred a bunch of spider-things jumping on the car and dragging them off to what they had there. Horror films went through a period of not knowing how to end for a while, and now they are going with "as depressing as possible."
I don't need happy endings, but I do want ending that don't make me say "GAH! WHY????"
I agree with Branden, I don't think the ending fits the character. I will have to read the book now for the original ending. I don't think any parent could write and ending like that. I could understand if there were creatures attacking the car, but that wasn't happening. They run out of gas--boom 10 seconds later give up??!!!!!!!!???
I read The Mist like 20 years ago. I have waited all this time for the movie. I knew the timing had to be just right for it's production, when the technology could fully encompass the frightfulness of King's creatures and his storyline. I have loved horror movies since I was a kid. I loved the Mist.
But I hated the ending.
And I'll tell you why:
I literally had tears in my eyes for the grief stricken father who just murdered his young son, who he promised to protect. Yes, the ending was very thought provoking, suspenseful, unusual, surprising (although I did say aloud as he prepared to shoot them, "Watch, somehow he'll get saved now...") etc., but there is one fact of the matter that I have yet to read from anyone else. No one has addressed the issue of the absence of justification. The adults knew what was about to happen to them. They accepted it and welcomed it, choosing to die by his hand rather than be eaten alive by the creatures. However, his son awakens just in time to see his father aiming a gun at his head. No goodbyes or apologies. Just BLAM. Did you see the look of utter shock and fear on the boy's face? He died wondering how and why his own father was shooting him. That's plain disgusting.
He should have asked him to turn away and then surprised him, did it while he slept, or even explained that he was just sending him to a better place, and that he'd meet him there in a jiffy and that his mother was there already waiting.
It still would have been very sad, being rescued after that, but at the very least, he would not have allowed his son to die thinking he was a murderer.
And, how long do you suppose he lasted after that anyway? A day? A week? He surely would still have taken his own life after killing those poor people and then being rescued. Just sixty more seconds!
It seemed like there used to be an unspoken sacredness about killing very young children (not teenagers) in films, however lately, after seeing Hostel 2, 28 Weeks Later and I Am Legend (Yes, I still loved all three), it appears we as a society have become very callused and that in itself is more frightening than any horror movie.
Just finished watching this movie at home. I was totally in to it, I didn't read the book, I'm not a fan of Kings works but I like a good story and he spins some good ones for sure. The ending though, makes very little sense, and seems more like "ha, bet ya didn't see that totally senseless ending comeing did ya" thing instead of a way to evoke emotion. Yes I know he promised his son that the monsters wouldn't get him. Is his word more important then even giving his son a couple more hours of hope? I mean come on, they had just came to a stop, it wasn't like they were there for days, no food, no water, dieing already of dehydration. It was just pointless and done for "shock and awe" value, which is fine, but it was done so pointlessly. The main char fought tooth and nail to keep people alive for three days and in 5 min, after he runs out of gas, but still inside a secure vehicle, he decides it's no longer worth it to keep trying, and shoots his own child? And not to mention, totally predictable ending after that senseless bit, like some other posters, I turned to my wife and said "watch, now he'll get rescued". So the only thing the director did was momentarily give the illusion that he was being original and unpredictable, when really, we knew what was comeing after that. The only thing it did for me is that I am going to remember that director/screenplay dude and stay the hell away cause that was one destination where the trip wasn't worth it. Cause I really don't want to waste my time investing 90min in a good movie only to wish I had never picked it up in first place because the ending was a vanity-riddin, pointless attempt to "not be mainstream". Maybe he has some kinda complex, like criminals that keep doing things in an attempt to get caught. They know they are doing wrong, they just need someone to catch them in the act, and stop them, cause they can't stop themselves, and it will make everything better. I'm not a filmmaker, I don't know how this guy or any other filmmaker thinks, but I really don't know how he though this would be a superb addition to the movie. Maybe Kings influence got to him, maybe it was a passing thought and King was like "OMG, that is brilliant, do it" and the director felt compelled to after that. I watched the other two movies mentioned above and the endings were nothing like this, maybe hanks and freeman have more pull than jane, ok scratch that, hanks and freeman have way more pull but jane is still a great actor. I just don't know how after investing that much time in to his character, that he was convinced that his character would be capable of that in such a short time frame(cause I can see it being plausible after a couple days or after they get surronded by a ton creatures). This is the first time in a long time I have bothered chimeing in on my view of a movie but this was so, "umm what the hell was that crap?" at the end I felt compelled. Do what ya want, this is 95% great stuff with other 5% being someones ego trip that only a handful will get. Good for you, thanks for comeing out, buh-bye now.
This movie isn't about how one feels about the protagonist. This is about the disparity of the presented character (protagonist); i.e., how he changes from hopeful to desparate after such a short time period. Although the ending was abhorrent to me, it didn't make sense that an individual who's ideal was to persist until a specified time (running out of gas) would give up in such a futile manner.
All the proselityzing (spelling?) from the freakish Christian zealot was an obvious placement/juxtaposition. It seemed idiosynchratic to end the movie as it did: with no danger present and a supreme sense of futility without the presence of danger. It was too contrived and could have been a greater piece (of art) without the ending that was presented.
It could have been an amazing work as an adaptation. However...
BTW, where is "Strawberry Spring"? I've been waiting for that for years! Have I missed it?
The ending was not shocking at all sadly. It was a really good movie, but I loved Billy! It's only a movie so it's not worth getting to upset over, but I wish Billy didn't die!
WHY NORM????? Why couldnt the tentical grab the hick and leave the innocent adolecent alone? Ya teens are suppost to be stupid but the hick should have gotten b*tch slaped. Ok so they should have dragged the ending a little farther then five minutes then bang, headshot, fatality. If they wanted to use this type of ending they could have had them sitting there waiting for death to come and then blown there brains out. I was hoping for more of a, creature jumps on hood of the car stares him down and just as he's about to take it like a man some army guy steps in and blows it to bits. After that i could deem the screaming in agony over shooting the rest of them, it would be more of why couldn't it just kill me so i dont have to deal with this sh*t.
Anywho great post by lots of ya and keep up with the thought provoking ideas.
I read the story which I have remembered for years. I am sorry to say I watched the film. To those who admire the film, well, to each their own, I guess. I thought the movie sucked.
Why did it suck? First, it was pretty dull. Yeah, ooohhh a melting tentacle. Eeks. Then, the characters were as fake as cardboard. A little more boredom... OOH! Some religious stereotype bashing... Always easy and fun. Finally, the cardboard characters kill themselves because they fear big bugs. Yeah, the loving dad kills his own kid... Give me an f'in break...
What a stupid movie with an equally idiotic ending to match.
I feel better now. The movie stunk. The ending was cowardly. But that's Follywood for ya. You know, the latest King books I've read have been mediocre at best. The last one I threw away, because half way through it was just plain dumb.
King's hit by a car, which sucks, but then he turns into a bitter, crappy writer ever since. Go figure. King's dead. Might as well have been killed by the accident, so far as the entertainment world is concerned. Sounds cold, but he's cold, so it fits.
Anyhow, I feel better because the original story can''t compare to the Hollywood and "new King". Old King = OK. New King = Junk.
Yikes! Let me start of by saying the ending was great. Why the hell do you haters out there think Stephen King loved it so much? Because it ruined the movie? Because it went against his vision and message? Wait, perhaps I'm just not putting things into perspective.
After all, King now sucks and the director and everyone else out there that can appreciate the ending just don't get it. lol.
THE ENDING IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL MESSAGES OF HOPE EVERY PUT TO FILM.
Sorry for the caps but that is the main point of my message. It is a stark and powerful warning of what happens when you give up. Because hope is always there. Even if you can't see it because of the "mist". It is a metaphor for not giving up. Why do you think the old man said "nobody could say we didn't give it a shot"? (I'm paraphrasing). Because that was the folly. Just 'trying" is not always good enough. You have to never loose faith. That was the point of all the religious talk too. It all ties together nicely.
Perhaps it is a lesson we don't want to see, so we make up all this shallow B.S. at why the ending sucked and how King has lost it....such irony is to hold such a hopless attitude.
Everybody here makes good points. Peckish says a lot when he points the message out. But the problem was that the movie was not a heavy message movie like "Forrest Gump" but instead it was a monster movie. Why try to send such a deep and sophisticated message in a movie that was previously all action?
Also, the obvious point of the movie was about hope, and how the human race will do anything to hold on to it. All of the other survivors in the shopping center had lost hope so they clung to anything, in this case the crazy womans religion. But the hero defied that and brought a band of followers with him to seek a new hope.
The father is so loving the whole time, but (don't read anymore if you don't want it spoiled) at the end he suddenly drops all of his values and gives up. The whole movie he protects his son to the brink of death, then just decides he doesn't give a damn anymore? I mean, he is just a simple artist, but from the very beginning he his made into a hero who will do anything to save others, especially his son. But at the end of the movie, instead of trying to make it further, he gives up in the presence of no danger what so ever?
The director obviously wasn't a parent or else he would have known that a parent cannot kill their own child in the face of any threat. Maybe if there was absolutely NO hope left and the monsters were about to rip the kid apart it would be understandable, but the father is just like "well we are out of gas... lets play Russian roulette?" I am sorry but no way in hell would that have ever happened.
For you people who think there was "no hope what so ever" maybe this will help you... You have a gun with 4 bullets in it. You are in a car. Your car is in the middle of an angry/hungry lion pit. Now you have two, maybe 3, choices. One: try to wait it out ( probably wont work) Two: make a run for it to hang on to the possibility that you might actually survive out there. or Three: lose all hope and somehow find the way to muster up the courage to kill your OWN SON the only thing you have left in this world, even though you couldn't even muster up the courage to take one less shot.
Now before you pick, also keep in mind you jsut fought your way here by killing a giant tentacle monster with an axe to save some kid who you don't really like. You then proceeded to beat to death after lighting on fire, a mini dragon. You dive to keep your son from being killed by said dragons. You lead a search party into a possible (and what turned out to be a death chamber) to get supplies for a man who will die anyway. You persuade a bunch of people to go on a trip, previously tried for and failed by your friends (who faced horrible deaths.) and finally you fought off an angry mob from killing your son... with a stick.
So now, instead of doing this seemingly small feat for you, you give up, wake your son up, shoot him in the face without saying anything, shoot the hot girl who wants to bang you, kill the cool old lady, and kill some poor old guy. All just because you didn't want to wait and see what would happen if you tried to wait it out for a couple of minutes, or maybe even make a run for it... If you pick Three, may god have mercy on your soul.
Now personally, I loved the movie a LOT. Up until the very end I couldn't wait to tell everyone about it. I have never read Stephen Kings books, but I occasionally write books of my own. The movie was great and the father was a great character, but talk about building him the whole movie just to make him commit an action that goes against all of what he stands for! Great, the guy we like gets f***** why? Why punish the hero for being a hero, that was just hard to watch? I do not know the original ending, but I would have been pleased with the dad taking the survivors out at the last second to die with their hope, and either have them get surrounded with beasts, forcing him to kill his own son, or to have them about to be eaten, and the dad about to kill his son to keep his promise, but then the rescue party's come.
I simply would have preferred ANYTHING other than what i was given. O.k, so I didn't expect it until he grabbed the gun off of the hood, but was it really worth it? Taking a great story and crushing its potential just to "shock" some people? It would have been great to see him live to send the message: "those who don't give up hope live, but people like the crazy woman and her followers embraced death and so they received it."
So that is what I think... I am not a professional on anything. I am not a connoisseur of literature and cinema. But I am simply giving you my point of view as a regular movie-goer, and maybe that was the point of view that this ending needed. (Also, I would have loved to see some marines tear up some beasties at the end to sort of redeem themselves for the whole mess in the first place. I kind of thought I was going to see that after the movie took a special note on the many national guardsmen headed into town. Hoo-rah?)
I am From Maine and have been a KIng fan for many years. I wasn't exactly expecting fireworks with this film. I think many of the SK's movie adaptations are fair at best. But I have to say, this one was really tacky. It was a cowardly, lazy, oh-so-hollywood, predictable as hell - ending. I, like many others who posted comments, was not expecting a warm & fuzzy 'happy' ending. The book doesn't have a warm and fuzzy ending at all. I was not expecting the ending to so completely contradict the ongoing theme in the rest of the movie. The ending simply did not match the characters. I am supposed to believe that Drayton, after all the shit he goes through, decides to through in the towel 5 minutes after running out of gas??!!! That he would blow away his little kid? ..I could understand if they were reaching the last possible moment of life, maybe.. but Drayton's character through the whole movie, shows a guy who fight for life, protects people. When did he turn into a p-ssy? Did I miss something.
Unlike other posters, I am not necessarily rocked by the fact that a kid gets killed. Look at SK's portfolio of work. Lots of kids bite it in his many stories. I just thought the ending was a cheap, stereotypical dumbass ending, meant to give the audience one last 'scare'. Really pathetic.
And honestly, the music they were playing during the last several minutes of the movie was the WORST shit I've ever heard. It did not fit with the movie at all.
To the person who commented that SK should have died in his accident (because you don't like the quality of hi writing anymore). You are a fucking moron and should be taken out into the street and put out of your misery. Not liking someone's changing/evolving work is really not an adequate reason to wish death upon them. I think SK's work has changed a little since he was hit by a car, but I don't think he's turned into the bitter bastard that you paint him to be. Just my opinion.
I hated the ending! Arghhh after bearing all those sacrifices! at the end they all died? what the hell! I felt bad when I saw how the father killed his son and his 3 companions arghh
Movie was entertaining until the end. Basically, no parent would ever shoot their kid dead unless under mortal danger and even then I could never pull the trigger. The end was not realistic of true human nature which is a will to survive. If I am ever stuck in a car with this movies director or Stephen King kindly hand me my bullet please and off yourself, I'll hold out for hope. Dont know what compelled me to come to the Internet and type this as I have never done th is for any other movie I have watched - I guess it just bothered me that much :p
BTW, why the hell didnt they stop and siphon as from the vehicles on the side of the road - seems better to risk a life than take four.
My recommendation is dont bother with this film. And a message to the director... I hope you dont have kids.
Yea Greg is right. I hope to god neither the director or Stephan King ever have kids, if they don't already. If they do they obviously don't have the right connection with them. It is a shame, the books ending would have made me want to see the mist again or maybe even buy it... but this ending makes me never want to see it again!
I did not know it was Frank Darabont. When I was watching it, I liked the way it was being developed. When the tentacles appeared, I was dissapointed, and I thought "This is another horror movie". Later, with the Bugs, I was more interested, though I did not like the big prehistoric bird. What I really like wer the reactions of the actors, the way they were expressing emotions. The inner conflict in that supermarket where the human nature was in discussion. I loved Marcia Gay Harden performance, and I had that sensation that the proble wern't just the mis, but humans in conflict with no rules, no punishment, drunk with religion and fake hopes.
Thinking in that way, I beagn to love this movie since they returned from Pharmacy, with Jessup confrontation. And to be honest, From the moment when they finally space and get in the Car, with that emotive music, a song named "Host for Seraphine" I thoug the movie was perfect. I loved the whole scne with the mist, that music, that look in character face, that mess when normal guys began to fight each other and killed a religious leader.
And for me, the whol problem is that woman talking about revelations and the end of days. Perhaps, main characters were so scared, so desperated that they didn't think so well. Just picture being in that situation for 2 days, with that chaos with your neighborhood, where some religious fan kill a man without a good reason; Where real monster does exist and it seems you don't have a chance.
So, in the end, when they see that Huuuuuge and big monster (for me, the best scene of the movie) I don't know what kind of hope these 4 people could have. Remember, hen they do the collective suicide, they were hearing monsters steps approaching, they though it was really the end. And with that fear, well developed by actors and the director, it is understood they could do something so pointless.
I would prefer an end not so mean, perhaps they waited int the car until the monsters or what ever arrived, something not so cruel. But I loved the way this end was done, artistically speaking...
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The Mist isn’t even in theaters yet, and the controversy has already started. My early review of the film was online exactly five minutes before I got my first email from a fan of the original Stephen King book, outraged over the story’s new ending. Though for most of its running time it’s a faithful adaptation, in the last five minutes Darabont takes The Mist in a completely different direction from the way it finishes in King’s story. I loved it, but it’s the kind of finish that’s almost certain to inspire equal parts hatred and adoration among moviegoers.
November 17th, 2007 at 16:13
You tell'em King!
If King loved it... then I'll take the word of a writer like Stephen King any day.