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turrell 
"Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh "
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 Posted - 04/07/2008 : 21:23:36
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Montgomery 
"F**k!"
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Posted - 04/08/2008 : 18:10:45
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Originally posted by turrell
Promising the monsters won't get him and then offing him himself - not really in the spirit of the promise.
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Montgomery
"F**k!"
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Posted - 04/08/2008 : 18:11:56
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Originally posted by turrell
Promising the monsters won't get him and then offing him himself - not really in the spirit of the promise.
"Don't worry son. I'll shoot you through the head myself with this gun before the monsters get you. Now, stop crying. You have nothing to worry about. See, Daddy will fix everything."
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damalc
"last watched: Sausage Party"
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Posted - 04/08/2008 : 19:18:16
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Originally posted by Yukon
SPOLIERS
Said it before in another thread and I'll say it again. The ending was amazing. Completely shocking. Kudos to the film makers for having the guts to go with a completely non-Hollywood ending.
I'm so tired of predictable endings that I love anything with a twist and this movie floored me. I just kept thinking "I can't believe they chose to end the movie that way!"
I think I would have hated the movie if the army came in and saved everybody. Too predictable.
i'm with Yuke on this one. the ending was unpleasant, but as i've said in other forums, show me something different, and on top of that make me feel SOMETHING, whether it's revulsion (Funny Games), humor (Half Baked), fear (Psycho), sympathy (Sling Blade [some folks call it a kaiser blade]), wonder (Spider-Man 2), or anger (Training Day).
for me, one of the worst things a film, or music, or a tv show, can be is forgettable. memorable is not inherently good, but the biggest waste is when i don't even mention to anyone that i saw a movie.
"The Mist" was memorable and it made me feel something.
the monsters were kind of hokey looking sometimes. as good as movie special effects have gotten, it's still hard to make a believable looking monster or superhero.
clarification: i don't think the ending was amazing, but the ending doesn't make "The Mist" a bad movie.
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Montgomery
"F**k!"
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Posted - 04/10/2008 : 16:51:56
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Originally posted by damalc
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Originally posted by Yukon
SPOLIERS
Said it before in another thread and I'll say it again. The ending was amazing. Completely shocking. Kudos to the film makers for having the guts to go with a completely non-Hollywood ending.
I'm so tired of predictable endings that I love anything with a twist and this movie floored me. I just kept thinking "I can't believe they chose to end the movie that way!"
I think I would have hated the movie if the army came in and saved everybody. Too predictable.
i'm with Yuke on this one. the ending was unpleasant, but as i've said in other forums, show me something different, and on top of that make me feel SOMETHING, whether it's revulsion (Funny Games), humor (Half Baked), fear (Psycho), sympathy (Sling Blade [some folks call it a kaiser blade]), wonder (Spider-Man 2), or anger (Training Day).
for me, one of the worst things a film, or music, or a tv show, can be is forgettable. memorable is not inherently good, but the biggest waste is when i don't even mention to anyone that i saw a movie.
"The Mist" was memorable and it made me feel something.
the monsters were kind of hokey looking sometimes. as good as movie special effects have gotten, it's still hard to make a believable looking monster or superhero.
clarification: i don't think the ending was amazing, but the ending doesn't make "The Mist" a bad movie.
and wtf's a SPOLIER?
No, you're right. It's not just the ending that makes The Mist a bad movie. It's pretty much most of what leads up to it as well.
I was hoping for a cool movie. It wasn't. And it had a really wrong ending. Which was the final straw, really, for me.
It kinda reminded me of when TV gets ahold of a King book. They just can't do it right. Whether it be a lack of budget for the effects, or just overall bad acting. Or just unskilled hands at work. It falls short. This fell short. And on top of it had that ending that was just insulting to the viewer. Shock for shock's sake. Not good at all.
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randall 
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 06/11/2008 : 18:55:37
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Just caught it on DVD. I too was less than thrilled with the CGI critters. I didn't buy any of them. But don't blame Stephen King for the ending: it's not his. The novella was one of the scariest things I'd ever read, back when it was published some 25 years ago, and it does not end this way.
I was more impressed with the humans, the real monsters in this piece. It was like an updated "Monsters Are Due On Maple Street," only with actual monsters...
EDIT: Here's a pre-release piece that gets right to the core of the two different endings, a piece which I didn't read at the time, since I didn't want anything spoiled. Turns out King approves! |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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The Mist -- (Not sure if there will be spoilers)
