The Mist
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Movie Reviews of The Mist
Movie Review: Monsters, Inside And Out...
Summary: 5 Stars
THE MIST was a terrific short story (ok, a "novella") that seemed impossible to make into a movie at the time it was written (the early '80s). Due to King's various creatures slithering, buzzing, or towering above like walking skyscrapers, I figured a movie would never materialize. Thank God for Frank Darabont! He uses just enough cgi to keep things interesting. After all, the hideous monsters in the mist are only as frightening as the human monsters that emerge during the invasion. The folks trapped in the grocery store become their own worst enemies, nearly dooming themselves without much help from any titanic terrors! Marcia Gay Harden (The Dead Girl) is perfectly twisted as the bible-waving Mrs. Carmody. Mr. Drayton (Thomas Jane) tries logic, common sense, and other such useless tools in a hopeless attempt to reason w/ the unbalanced prophet, who soon gathers a group of mindless followers! So, while an army of creatures lumber about outside, the humans fight an epic battle of wills inside. Very well done. Yes, the ending is different from the book. It's also a dark, merciless finalé to this tale of building dread. So, if you can only handle happy endings, you might want to watch YOU'VE GOT MAIL again instead... P.S.- I liked all the characters in this. Laurie Holden (Silent Hill, tvs X-Files) is especially good...Movie Review: The BEST Horror movie adapted from a Stephen King novel.
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is the BEST Horror movie adapted from a Stephen King novel. The special effects are lively. The plot is suspenseful and full of twists. The acting is good.
What I like the most is it REALISTICALLY deals with ORDINARY PEOPLE'S psychology. For example, when it was clear anybody who left the supermarket would be killed, a lady asked "Who wants to escort me to my car? I need to pick up my children from home". All the men and women would not help her. It emphasized the fact that when death is lurking around, everybody is for himself.
From my interpretation, this film also conveys a message that "When human beings play God, the consequences are extremely unbearable."
**** Warning. SPOILERS. Please do not read the comments below if you HAVE NOT WATCHED the movie. ****
There are two situations that back up the message above. First, the military experiments opened the window to the other world. That was when the monsters came to town.
Secondly, at the end, the male character took the matters in to his own hand. Instead of letting other people decide their fate, he made decision for them. It turned out to be more disastrous than it should.
This mvie is on my list of BEST HORROR MOVIES of All Time.
Movie Review: .A+ Thriller.
Summary: 5 Stars
I will not go into details about what this movie is about. I will say that this movie being a new up to date movie is quite different than most other scary or thriller movies. The plot along with the monsters is quite original and different than most other thrillers I've have seen in the past. The special effects seem pretty real also. Of course, being a Steven King movie helps give you the satisfaction of not being let down even before watching it. If you want to be wowed and thrilled, but not quite scared, and enjoy a good story line, then watch it. You won't be let down. In my opinion, definitely alot better than most other scary or thrilling type movies where you pretty much already expect how they are going to be which is blood, guts and gore, plus a terrible story line. Besides most movies nowadays are terrible remakes of original good old classics and are terribly bad, and they are also copying some other bad movie. That is why most movies today are terrible and boring, but THE MIST stands above the rest with something different and original. Most Steven King fans I think will not be dissappointed at all.Movie Review: Hey, I liked it - Even the ending!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of the few modern day spook fests that took me back to 1955 to the Saturday Matinee, sitting with my brother, and having a major case of the heebie-jeebies. OK, the monsters were kind of goofy but they still had me holding my feet off the floor and sucking in my breath when they popped up. OK, you knew that when the minor character walked off into the mist with a rope around his waist that not all of him was coming back. OK, You knew the giant arm-thing under the bay door was going to eat the sweet guy. But, guys, I didn't guess the ending. I didn't particularly like it, but I didn't guess it.
Now, let's get intellectual for a moment. The real horror in this tale is not the monsters but the human reaction to being in the situation. Now the ending makes sense. Think of all the times that we've done wrong things for right reasons...
My daughter and I went to a seafood restaurant after the show and were seated next to a closeup underwater scene of a pod of lobsters walking right towards us. We had to move.....bg
Movie Review: A True Horror Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are looking for a scary movie that wraps everything up nicely at the end with a feeling of hope, don't watch this movie. If you want to see a scary movie that sticks true to itself until the very end, this is the movie for you. I have never seen a movie so pure in it's genre. There is no happy ending here and why should there be? The movie's ending is different than the book, but I was so happy to see that the new ending is just as evil and insane as the rest of the movie. Frankly, I was shocked and surprised. This is a great story about a group of people trapped in a grocery store after a mist rolls in and covers the place. What's lurking in the mist is pure evil and the suspense will keep you barely able to breath. The acting is great, the special effects are awesome, but what sets this movie apart for me is the ending. One of the best horror films I have ever seen, top 3 of all time, but make sure you go into this movie expecting a pure horror movie complete with a horrific ending. If you want to watch insanity unfold, you should step into The Mist.