The Mist (spoilers)

Balrog · Post by **Balrog** » 2008-04-04 03:31am

Yeah, it came out months ago, but I just saw it today (and there was no previous thread) and god damn! That ending is such a kick to the guts! David's probably going to be locked up in an institution if he doesn't off himself after that.

Plus, it's films like this that justify my cynicism in humanity. David and the others knew what was going to happen with Crazy Church Lady, but Laurie just didn't want to believe. Almost yelled at the screen "told you so!" when the people went nuts.

I did though clap when the asst. manager shot the stupid fundie bitch.

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2008-04-04 03:40am

I was screaming and shouting and cheering when they offed her. A rare thing to get me THAT excited.

Dargos · Post by **Dargos** » 2008-04-04 04:13am

Book ending is much much better in my humble opinion.

Gustav32Vasa · Post by **Gustav32Vasa** » 2008-04-04 04:21am

Loved the old lady.

Post by **Vympel** » 2008-04-04 07:17am

Great movie. The cinema applauded when that crazy bitch got hers.

Big Orange · Post by **Big Orange** » 2008-04-04 07:41am

Why hasn't this been released in the UK in the cinema or even straight to DVD?

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2008-04-04 09:03am

Big Orange wrote:Why hasn't this been released in the UK in the cinema or even straight to DVD?

We must have missed it?

I've checked around, nothing about it coming here, for some reason.

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2008-04-04 11:10am

Vympel wrote:Great movie. The cinema applauded when that crazy bitch got hers.

Ditto. Twice actually, once for each shot. And for the old lady and her can of peas.

Majin Gojira · Post by **Majin Gojira** » 2008-04-05 09:30am

Loved it. Loved the critters and the characters.

The Old Lady was awesome, and knowing the ending going in, I was jittery the entire time.

Also, was I the only one who saw the Big Monster and thought:

Ia! Ia! Shub-Niggurath! The Black Goat With A Thousand Young!

Axiomatic · Post by **Axiomatic** » 2008-04-05 02:17pm

The worst thing is that the Crazy Bitch is right. Kill the kid, and presto! No more mist!

Swindle1984 · Post by **Swindle1984** » 2008-04-05 06:43pm

Majin Gojira wrote:Loved it. Loved the critters and the characters.

The Old Lady was awesome, and knowing the ending going in, I was jittery the entire time.

Also, was I the only one who saw the Big Monster and thought:

Ia! Ia! Shub-Niggurath! The Black Goat With A Thousand Young!

I was thinking more Ia! Ia! Cthulhu f'tagn! myself.

I've only seen the trailer though. Never read the book or seen the film.

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2008-04-05 06:57pm

Axiomatic wrote:The worst thing is that the Crazy Bitch is right. Kill the kid, and presto! No more mist!

I believe that was not so much Psycho-Bitch being right so much as Outer Limits narration taking hold.

"What you finally lost hope eh? Finally think you're gonna die and the horror is over eh? WRONG!"

That and our unfortunate heroes driving the wrong damn way.

Most of her 'predictions' are straight out of the Miss Cleo/John Edward handbook for mind controlling emotionally distraught people.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2008-04-05 09:05pm

The soldiers and tanks didn't just suddenly appear like that. They had to have been on their way and doing their thing prior to his son getting killed.

From the way it is shot, yes the mist disappears and the day is saved pretty soon after the kid gets killed. But, logically speaking, they had to have been there for a while and just hadn't gotten that far up the road yet.

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2008-04-06 01:21am

neoolong wrote:The soldiers and tanks didn't just suddenly appear like that. They had to have been on their way and doing their thing prior to his son getting killed.

From the way it is shot, yes the mist disappears and the day is saved pretty soon after the kid gets killed. But, logically speaking, they had to have been there for a while and just hadn't gotten that far up the road yet.

They were coming from the same way they were so that didn't help their catch-up time either. If only they'd stopped for a few minutes more when the weird thing that looked like cthlulhu and clover had a baby came through they would have been saved.

Guardsman Bass · Post by **Guardsman Bass** » 2008-04-06 02:22am

I loved that movie, and yes, then ending was simply amazing in terms of intensity (the only ending that I think is better is that of "There Will Be Blood").

It's fascinating just how unfair that movie was to the main characters. One lady freaks out, runs out into the mist to her car in spite of the danger - and she gets out presumably before the most dangerous creatures come through the portal/rift. The sheeple who followed Crazy Lady cower in the store after our heroes make their escape, and guess what - they probably end up surviving too, once the army finishes carving their way through the damn things!

Guardsman Bass · Post by **Guardsman Bass** » 2008-04-06 02:23am

EDIT: maybe change "unfair" to "cruel".

RazorOutlaw · Post by **RazorOutlaw** » 2008-04-06 02:58am

I thought the ending was unnecessary, although I've heard many people praise the ending for "having the balls" to do that to the main character.
Not only did they linger on his wife's corpse webbed into a cranny of their house (and to think how she died!) but the utter irony of having been running from help the entire time! I swear the movie had me down for a few hours and then I still kept thinking about that ending.

Guardsman Bass mentioned how cruel that movie was to its main characters. Well, yes! I thought the movie was so effective in its portrayal of just how dismal the situation was for those people that the ending seemed over the top! It's been a while since a movie gripped me so much.

Also, all of the beasties in the movie were awesome too. Is it just me or did the creatures seem to have a very natural manner of moving? The flying creatures only made a meal out of a human by chance, the insects didn't target people specifically, the tentacles probed rather than using omniscience to find victims. Hell, only the crab creature and the spiders seemed the most out-and-out vicious killers.

SylasGaunt · Post by **SylasGaunt** » 2008-04-06 03:48am

I liked that about them as well. It was more like a bunch of really dangerous animals arriving than monsters from beyond. Humans only went on the menu in much the same way they do with our animals ('ooh I wonder what this funny looking monkey tastes like').

Swindle1984 · Post by **Swindle1984** » 2008-04-06 05:26pm

This movie actually sounds intriguing. So I'm guessing you guys recommend I pick it up then?

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2008-04-06 06:33pm

RazorOutlaw wrote:I thought the ending was unnecessary, although I've heard many people praise the ending for "having the balls" to do that to the main character.

Well, I was thinking of seeing the movie, until I heard about the ending. It doesn't take "balls" to torture the main character, just an unnecessarily sadistic sense of cinema and a thick-browed love of pain.

Downer ending equals shit, almost invariably. Look what happened in Brazil.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2008-04-06 06:35pm

On the other hand, I thought the ending was awesome. It was totally not what I expected to see in such a movie. It really was a good film in general, so yes Swindle, I would suggest you see it.

Balrog · Post by **Balrog** » 2008-04-06 07:10pm

Molyneux wrote:Downer ending equals shit, almost invariably. Look what happened in Brazil.

They can be effective every once in awhile, since people are so used to the happy Hollywood ending that the movie ending on a down note can have a much more pronounced emotional impact. The Mist pulled this one off well IMO.

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2008-04-06 09:53pm

Balrog wrote:
Molyneux wrote:Downer ending equals shit, almost invariably. Look what happened in Brazil.
They can be effective every once in awhile, since people are so used to the happy Hollywood ending that the movie ending on a down note can have a much more pronounced emotional impact. The Mist pulled this one off well IMO.

Yes, but...the emotional impact is "Fuck, now I'm depressed." Why would anyone actually pay money for something like that?

It's like watching someone paint a masterpiece, and then slather excrement all over the canvas before the paint is dry. You've got nothing to show for your investment of time and energy but a piece of canvas with some shit on it.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2008-04-06 10:19pm

It's a horror movie. Why would you go into it thinking that there wasn't a chance for an ending that wasn't all roses and sunshine?

Molyneux · Post by **Molyneux** » 2008-04-06 11:10pm

neoolong wrote:It's a horror movie. Why would you go into it thinking that there wasn't a chance for an ending that wasn't all roses and sunshine?

It's Steven King. He's not known for "Bad End" endings - look at the Shining (especially the book), It, The Dead Zone, Firestarter...characters die, but it's rarely that kind of "suckerpunch" ending that leaves you feeling cheated.

And why the fuck shouldn't I expect horror movies to have a decent ending? The only good horror films I've ever seen have avoided that kind of bullshit.