Pop quiz. Tell me, what do you consider to be the most successful Stephen King adaptation, made for film or television? "Carrie"? "The Dead Zone"? "Salem's Lot"? "Stand By Me"? No! Not "Maximum Overdrive"!! (And if that is your choice, may God forgive you, because I won't.)
All of the above, except "Maximium Overdrive" of course, are great pieces of work. But my choice as the benchmark Stephen King adaptation would probably be "The Shawshank Redemption", directed by Frank Darabont.
Stephen King has been very good for Frank Darabont. "The Shawshank Redemption" has become a modern classic and "The Green Mile" was nearly as good. I am glad to say that "The Mist" is nearly as good again.
"The Mist" is a great film, perfectly structured, but a film that requires patience. It is a film of the slow build and of a gradual getting to know the characters, their obsessions, their fears and prejudices. It was nice to see a King horror film where his great talent of touching on the reality of a small town, has been exploited. It makes it all the more horrific when all hell does break loose, because the people who are getting hurt are ones that you know.
Thomas Jane is faintly wooden. Personally I would not have cast him, but all of the other performances are top notch. Marcia Gay Harden's possibly psychotic, fundamental Christian, Toby Jones' short, pudgy, perfectly ordinary hero, Andre Braugher's uptight, big city lawyer and William Sadler's scared, malleable blue collar worker. All excellent.
"The Mist" is not "The Shawshank Redemption" in one crucial way. Whereas "The Shawshank Redemption" was about hope and life, "The Mist" is about hopelessness and death. One thing that they have in common is an astonishing ending. The ending of "The Mist" is wonderful, horrific, twisted and shocking. Not anything that I saw coming.
"The Mist" is marvellous. Must see.
The Mist
2007
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
The Mist
2007
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Plot summary
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.
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Wonderful, horrific, twisted and shocking
The nightmare is in just the creatures. It's who you're stuck with.
A religious nutcase played by Marcia Gay Hardin is a character you will love to hate just as much as the vile creatures attacking a group of Shoppers in a grocery store after a mysterious mr. In their town. The way she rants and raves represents the worst of Christianity as those who beg her to shut up indicate that they believe in God, but not the fire, hell and brimstone version that she claims God is. The desire to see her tossed out into the midst becomes the first feeling the moment she starts her ranting, and when you see the creatures, they're not someone that you want to be out in the open with. She proclaims them to be God's wrath on earth, and her list of grievances against humanity turns her into one of the most wretched villains in modern film history. Her ranting literally turns the townspeople into mad little groups, fighting each other and turning to violence as the fulfill her agenda of evil hidden as a belief in God. The sad thing as this happens is that there are children present witnessing everything going on, and the nightmare just gets worse.
There are alien like creatures, giant blood sucking bugs and cocoons that have the barely living victims inside them. In short, it is a slow and excruciating Lee painful way to die. The great Frances sternhagen is a major scene stealer in this film, playing a retired school teacher who at one point tosses a can of peas at one of the women who joins Hardin's side and starts her own preaching. Her bravery and outspokenness and plea for calm among the chaos and desire to help people get through the night makes her the most memorable character in the film. This one is truly scary, with many jolting moments that had me jumping out of my seat. I also had to rewind to witness the religious zealots getting slapped or being hit by something tossed at them. The mixture of humor and horror works very well, making this one of the best frightening films of the millennium.
The Humanity of Horror
If, two years ago, you told me that within a couple of years two excellent Stephen King film adaptations would be released, I would probably have laughed it off. Films like The Shining, Shawshank Redemption, Stand by Me, The Stand and 1408 are usually pretty far between (Note that I consider The Green Mile and Carrie to be the most over-rated King adaptations, so they do not appear here). I like most of the films that have been made from Stephen King novels, novellas, and short stories mainly because I like Stephen King, but I do not recommend many of them as truly good films.
Frank Darabont's (writing and directing) The Mist adapts a horror novella of the same name. King's horror work has been the most difficult material to adapt, but this film is comparable to other genre stand-outs such as The Shining and 1408.
A brief, dramatic thunderstorm is followed by a freak mist that descends on a small New England town. As the mist permeates the town, people congregate in the local supermarket and hardware store to stock up and gather supplies. David Drayton (Thomas Jane), his son (Nathan Gamble), and his neighbor (Andre Braugher) are among them. Tension builds as a steady stream of military vehicles pass through the mist headed south from a nearby base. But serious concern doesn't start until one of the locals runs to the supermarket with blood spatters on his clothing and talking of monsters in the mist.
Indeed, there are horrors outside in the fog, but there are also horrors inside the market - as paranoia, irrationality and religion come into conflict with practical issues of survival.
Unlike many horror films, The Mist examines fear and its effects realistically, looks at the horror created by forces beyond human control and the even more terrifying horror that fear creates through forces that are completely within our grasp - our own fears, our beliefs and our treatment of each other. It does so using a classic formula which is comparable to films like Night of the Living Dead and, more recently, Feast.
The cinematography, editing and directing are all excellent. The acting is quite good - Marcia Gay Harden and William Sadler stood out for me - and the script is exactly where it needed to be for this adaptation.
Highly recommended for King fans and horror fans. Recommended for Sci-Fi fans. Weakly recommended for average cinema-goers who are not generally interested in horror.
Awesome movie. Total classic.
SUPERB. SAD SHOCKING END.NICE STORY,GOOD DIRECTION,TIGHT GRIP ON SUBJECT.EVERGREEN MASTERPIECE.......
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oh yeah, this is the one with meme level of "fail" ending. Sorry but i burst to laughter everytime i see it.
Thanx!!
Why man why? could wait a few minutes.... (-_-)
don't expect a happy ending!
stupidest ending ever. don't waste your time
The ending saves the movie from how bad it is in the middle. Some characters you just cant stand.
Ending sceans make me cry..
pyrrhic victory. nuff said.
When people in this site is so glorified that they think they hard core movie critics. But, watches pirated movies. Lol
I think the casting agent, used the whole cast of T. W. D. It is Frank Darbont after all.
This movies made me raged soo much i cant even begin to tell you. Juat watch for your self. Still a good movie
It's a very good movie; down to earth. The main character isn't your super heroish guy. Rather than the gory scenes and stuff, i loved more how the human interactions were shown. In case of crisis what would u choose to save, to sacrifce, who would u trust, who would u befriend, will u throw away ur pride, will u stay sane or dive into madness when faced with death... things like that that can make u reflect. Hmm... the end tho, guess he was driven by extreme despair?
Very average movie. Acting OK, but story line boring...
La la la
good
720p torrent isn't working guys please reupload it
Very good movie.....
guys to be honest.. at first i was like a 7.2 rated movie.. its definitely a must watch.. the movie starts you will love the starting.. the way it proceeds.. the suspense was awesome each and every single scene was like wow.. but now comes the ending and i was like i am going to give this movie 0 starts.. what the hell was wrong with writer.. at first they created such a high level suspense and at they end boom.. i regret downloading this movie now
it's an awesome movie......
I litterly created an account just to say WHAT A HUGE PIECE OF CRAP was that movie? With 7.2 Rating? WTF
@bharath who the fuck are you to say that? youre not a vip
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LA CONCHA DE SUS MADRES, ESO NO ES 720!! Vende-humos de primera.
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Stephen King's Masterpiece, Thanks you YTS :)