The Mist

The Mist
by Frank Darabont

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Actor: Andre Braugher, Laurie Holden, Marcia Gay Harden, Thomas Jane, Toby Jones
Director: Frank Darabont
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed)
Format: Color, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Running Time: 126 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-25
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Genius Products (TVN)

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Movie Review: The best horror movie I've seen in a LONG time.
Summary: 5 Stars

I remember seeing the trailer for this while seeing another movie.
I remember thinking, oh goody another Steven King disaster.
And let's face it; this movie had the potential to be a complete mess.
The monsters, the Jim Jones cult lady, I was expecting the worst considering how many of King's books have been massacred by Hollywood. Salem's Lot, Pet Sematary anyone?
What saved this movie?
This is what happens when you put really good actors in a b movie.
The acting and the directing were spot on perfect.
The FX were soooo much better than I was expecting.
This movie really reminds me of Cloverfield minus the shaky camera.
And unlike Cloverfield, I actually found myself cheering for the human cast instead of wanting and waiting for the monster to EAT the cast, like Cloverfield.
I'm rather surprised by Tom Jane being cast as the leading man, the last time I saw him was in Deep Blue Sea as the shark wrangler.
He was perfect in this movie and is a much better actor than I thought he would be.
Oh, and it's always nice to see Mrs. Claven (Cliff's mom in Cheers) on the big screen.
She rocked, especially the can throwing scene.
But the real reason I loved this movie is the same reason so many of you disliked it.
The ending.
I'd put the ending right up there with the ending from Open Water.
It was a huge risk for the filmmakers to go in this direction, and I applaud them for it.
I have never read the novella but I guess it hints at the ending that the director chose.
If you listen to that scene with Director Commentary on, he says, King liked the ending and wished he had thought of it first because that is how he would have ended the story.
And really, would simply driving away into the mist have been a good ending? No.
One of the best and most emotional endings ever.
I have to tip my hat to Tom J. for being able to pull that scene off, I don't think many actors could have done it justice.
The music from Dead Can Dance was a brilliant idea and complimented the ending perfectly.
This movie will stick with me for a long time just because of the last ten minutes.
Sometimes the real horror isn't the crazy guy in the Halloween mask or in this movies case, the scary monsters lurking in the mist.
The real horror is the choices that we make and then having to live with the consequences of those choices.
Brilliant, simply brilliant.
A must see?
For the ending alone, yes.
Highly recommended.

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Summary of The Mist

Writer-director Frank Darabont, who showcased the softer side of Stephen King in his film adaptations of The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile, turns to darker material for The Mist, his latest King adaptation about a group of ordinary townspeople trapped in a supermarket by a mysterious fogbank. Thomas Jane is top-billed as a Maine illustrator who attempts to calm the frightened shoppers, but his job is cut out for him from the get-go, first by the discovery of malevolent creatures lurking in the mist, and then by the mad mutterings of Mrs. Carmody (Marcia Gay Harden), a local eccentric who calls for Old Testament-style sacrifices to appease the supernatural forces. Darabont delivers monster movie thrills and understated social commentary with equal skill, and he's well supported by his cast (which includes Andre Braugher, Toby Jones, William Sadler and Jeffrey DeMunn) and the vivid special effects by KNB EFX, which effectively mix CGI with models and stop-motion animation (the terrific monsters were designed by legendary comic book artist Bernie Wrightson). And for those curious about how the novella's downbeat ending has translated to film, suffice it to say that Darabont's conclusion is at once different and more unsettling than King's. --Paul Gaita

From legendary frightmaster Stephen King and Academy Award nominated director Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption The Green Mile) comes one of the most tense and terrifying films since The Shining. After a mysterious mist envelops a small New England town a group of locals trapped in a supermarket must battle a siege of otherworldly creatures... and the fears that threaten to tear them apart.System Requirements:Running Time: 126 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR/PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER Rating: R UPC: 796019810586 Manufacturer No: 81058

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