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Thread: The Mist
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11-25-2007 #21
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I thought this was a thread about "The Mist"? Oh, right, the whole "I'm a crazy troll" thing. Please continue with that, it bumps the thread views.
I thought the ending of the movie was awesome, I agree with it 100%. Possibly one of the best endings I've ever seen in a major release, US film. It was great.
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11-25-2007 #22
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Originally Posted by hondarobot
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11-25-2007 #23Originally Posted by alpha2117
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11-25-2007 #24
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Originally Posted by M77
If a person just enjoys old Tarzan movies, then yeah, probably wouldn't work for them.
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11-25-2007 #25Originally Posted by hondarobot
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Life is essentially one long Benny Hill skit punctuated by the occasional Anne Frank moment.
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11-25-2007 #26
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Originally Posted by Quinn
“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.”
-Steven King
http://horrorsociety.com/2007/11/13/...oves-the-mist/
I guess Steven doesn't know anything about horror films and certainly hasn't "watched too many." You are clearly better suited to critique any adaptation of his work than he is. Congrats on ruining the ending for people and being a whiney tool in the process.
-Quinn[/quote]
Good point. Stephen King likes the new ending (or at least says he does). Which is fair enough. Unfortunatly King's attempts at bringing his work to the screen himself have ended badly because he's screwed it up Trucks became Maximum Overdrive which was well to be kind really bad.
The new ending or as I shall now call it the Romero ending is just pathetic and takes away from what could of been a very interesting adaption. Romero essentially did this ending back in his first Dead film and he did it better. The end of Mist was just shock for shocks sake and was badly acted and poorly directed. I have no problem with downbeat endings what I have a problem with is pointless endings that dont fit with the characterisation that proceeded it. The main character turns 180% from someone who refuses to give up hope and his humanity to a pathetic loser. Horror films are allowed to have downbeat endings people are fine with that but what people hate is pointless stupidity.
The movie not suprisingly has tanked badly coming in 10th on Friday with 3 mil from 2400 screens jst ahead of No Country for Old Men with 280,000 bucks less but playing on only 860 screens.
There have been more misses than hits with King movie adaptions and thanks to this ending the Mist joins the long long list of failures.