Stephen King's The Mist (trailer link inside)

I too agree that those fade to black were used in excess, I almost got up thinking there was a commercial. I can't understand why it was shot with those damn zooms and shakey angles either. There was no implication of a video camera or even the level of 'grit' that would explain it, it was just weak style. Also did nobody find it frustrating how in their attempt to lengthen the piece to feature length they just shoved cliche plot inserts that only lasted maybe 5 minutes. The ending in concept is fine but I can't see anybody being convinced and/or at all affected by that guys hollering.
There were definately some fun and neat moments (beats a lot of garbage you could be watching right now), some interesting creature disigns, but a great movie this aint.
 
Yeah, the yelling did nothing whatsoever for me - almost made me want to laugh aloud. It did seem to drag a bit as well.

-Kegan
 
I thoroughly enjoyed it, and I've read the novella twice. I too have a few quibbles about the camera technique; made me aware of the camera too much as it felt like it was a lot of zooming and focus hunting. Felt sloppy, but in a weird way I got used to it and accepted it halfway into the flick.

It's a fantastic adaptation that's probably slightly better than the book--just like Shawshank.

Tons of fun for what it is.
 
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Hunter, you whiney bastid ! = )

The camera most definately stood out as as a bad idea; using The Shield crew to shoot those scenes. The fades were Carpenteresque to the max. I loved them.

I was really drawn into the moment when homeboy was 'screaming'. I mean, he just took out his kid, ya know ? Seems a plausible response.

My way to do it:

Killing everyone was ballsy by the filmmakers, not sure how someone saw it coming ? The allusion was there, but actually doing it was another thing alltogther.

I would have had those spider creatures crawling all over the car to where they had no choice but to pull the trigger, then, the Army would start rumbling in and they would scatter ...

I felt in simply pulling the trigger, while everyone was just chilling in the car in silence was premature.
 
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Haha, alright John - now I gotta respond!

Of course after taking out your kid, screaming is totally plausible...but if you were on the ground, screaming like that, why didn't any of the first soldiers stop and talk to him? It took a good few people to pass before someone actually stopped. Thats being really nitpicky, but another quick point about the shootings.

Is it just me or was that gunfire extremely fast? Don't forget, he had to shoot his kid, then the woman (both fairly fast gunshots), but he then he had to turn around and shoot the other two who were sitting on either side of the back seat. Maybe I was just being too critical.

It could have had a better ending though, but would it have been better because it would have been more socially acceptable or would it have just been more fitting? The man lost his wife and friends...losing his kid just emphasized how lost and alone he would be. My money's on the fact that the first gun he got his hands on he'd blow his brains out with, but thats just what I think.

Kegan
 
I can dig that spin

The onl t thing I can think of on the soldiers, is that they are being soldiers. Seeing the death and carnage during the clean-up is moot for them. He's probably not the first person they have seen freaking out. They are on patrol to take out monsters, not stop and play humatarian ?

That's my angle.
 
J.R. Hudson said:
My way to do it:

Killing everyone was ballsy by the filmmakers, not sure how someone saw it coming ? The allusion was there, but actually doing it was another thing alltogther.

I would have had those spider creatures crawling all over the car to where they had no choice but to pull the trigger, then, the Army would start rumbling in and they would scatter ...

I felt in simply pulling the trigger, while everyone was just chilling in the car in silence was premature.
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I can see the fun in ratcheting up the terror with the bugs about to pounce, but I really appreciated the serene moment of clarity they had. Just hearing and suggesting that those things were nearby was enough.

It was a gloriously bleak existential moment of choice. With that impenetrable mist out there and having been through the madness at the supermarket, I think most people would've chosen not to suffer through being a spider meal.
 
That's true Elton

In thinking about that, it may have worked better as they did it. The silence was creepy enough.
 
Btw, it was really cool choice to use a Dead Can Dance track for the final scene. (Host of the Seraphim)

****'in awesome.

And how cool was it in one of the opening scenes for the guy to have original artwork (presumably he designed it?) from Carpenter's "The Thing" in his studio!?
 
Elton said:
Btw, it was really cool choice to use a Dead Can Dance track for the final scene. (Host of the Seraphim)
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I disagree completely, that song didn't sit well with me and made the final scene feel heavy handed.

I prefer hearing it while watching Baraka.
 
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I really like Darabont's work but I found many of the scenes to be way too predictable. It was very evident who would die and when. I even knew exactly HOW Marcia Gay was going to die. There's one thing I have to say though. This was the best most honest ending I've seen in a REALLY LONG TIME cough . I REALLY LOVED the fact Darabont had the balls to do what he did. For "28 days later"' (which I love) to have been perfect it should have had a similar end.
 
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spidey said:
this movie was sloppy, stupid predictable and garbage. hated it.
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Saw it last night. I have to agree. In general, I thought the writing could was pretty clunky.

Interesting that he had a poster of the thing on the wall, because I felt like that film had handle the human interactions in time of crisis, the distrust, etc in a much more graceful manner. This one felt contrived. And there was way too much exposition explaining things like: "Put more than two humans in a room..."

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The ending with the tanks showing up like 2 seconds later was ridiculously ham-handed.
 
most of the movie was like:

"What do we do?"
FADE TO BLACK
"We can survive"
FADE TO BLACK
"We're in trouble!"
FADE TO MONTAGE
"oh no"
FADE TO MONTAGE
"4 bullets, WAHHHHHHHH, aw tanks...."
 
just got done watching the movie. i can honestly say i enjoyed the hell out of this movie. i didn't see the ending going that way, and was shocked by it. Darabont is the only person who should adapt Stephen King novels. Ever.
 
ZFarms Productions said:
just got done watching the movie. i can honestly say i enjoyed the hell out of this movie. i didn't see the ending going that way, and was shocked by it. Darabont is the only person who should adapt Stephen King novels. Ever.
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Really? I loved The Dead Zone.
Probably the best Stephen King adaptation.
I love Carrie and Christine as well.
 
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