The Mist (spoilers)

[Chaos]

I would say, based on the evidence, that Greg for some reason cannot SEE the spoiler tags.

Jeez, give the guy some credit. NOBODY is that stupid.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

Oh, he's kidding us.  You know that.

[Grillslinger]

I just saw the movie and I thought it was one of the best horror releases I've seen in a while. It was very frightening on multiple levels. Darabont is good at adapting King because he puts the characters first.

Now the OG said that the ending leaves the message of the movie unclear. That's just not true. The message of the movie is right on the poster and is made clear time and time again. The end only reinforces it. "Fear canges everything." This movie shows us that when faced with fear, we are very willing to put certain values aside. We do thing we would never ever consider doing under ordinary circumstances. Fear brings out the worst in us.

I felt it was a fantastic adaptation and a great horror flick. At the same time...it's not for everyone. I can certainly see why someone would hate it.

[mrbakasan]

^ What you are saying about the messege of the movie makes sense.  For me what became unclear was:  What was Darabont trying to say by showing that the woman who had left her children at home alone survived?  I found that particularly irritating. 

It is hard to say how I would have felt about the movie if I was not very familiar with the story, but I really think that the mystery left at in the end of the novella was more interesting than having something so concrete about what happens next. 

What the hell was up with the grating music towards the end?  I thought it was cool that there wasn't much, if any music, for the first 90 minutes.  Then it busts in with this weird screaming/yodeling during the final parts. 

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

/\  Guess we're giving up on the idea of "Spoilers" for this?   

[mrbakasan]

/\  Guess we're giving up on the idea of "Spoilers" for this?   

Ha ha...good point.

[MeatyMcBeef]

I liked and didn't like it. 
The ending kind of ruined it for me.  The mist cleared way too quickly after he shot the people.  It was too typical movie.  A more realistic storyline would have beenindicating hours of torment waiting for something to kill him, perhaps even the night coming and going before the trooops show up.  The religion thing irritated me too, I'm sure there'd be some of that happening but again it was too compressed to have it all happening.