The Mist (movie)

by -Max- • 15 Jul 2008, 17:20 • Journals
*Possible spoilers herein*

Well, I searched to see if anyone had made a journal about this movie, but the last one was in April so I wonder if more people have seen it since.

The Mist at IMDb

I just finished watching it and thought it was great. I'm not a big fan of horror movies, but I do enjoy ones with more psychological elements in it, like the first Saw movie. This movie has a bit of that too.

Anyway, Thomas Jane was great. Marcia Gay Hayden was really good, but obviously annoying. It was a great display of how crazy people can become in desperate situations, looking for answers.

I loved the ending, and just felt really bad for David Drayton.

Opinions?
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Lazio 15 Jul 2008, 18:22
worst horror movie EVER, seriously
I'm a big fan of horror & thrillers but this was just crap.
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-Max- 15 Jul 2008, 18:23
What ones do you like?
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Lazio 15 Jul 2008, 18:27
Cant come up with much names now but.

The ring
The Usual Suspects
Memento
Se7en
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Nonix 15 Jul 2008, 18:28
he asked horror
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-Max- 15 Jul 2008, 18:29
I meant horror movies.

The Ring was alright, the other three were excellent.
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Lazio 15 Jul 2008, 18:31
The Others is another one I enjoyed watching
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-Max- 15 Jul 2008, 18:31
Oh yes, I loved that ending too. The Sixth Sense too.

I just hate all these slasher horrors I guess.
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Lazio 15 Jul 2008, 18:35
Same - allot of these newer horrors, mostly are missing a good story, and try to fill it up with slashing and extra bloody scenes - that make me not watch it - not cuz its disgusting but cuz its irritating.

I love the ones that make u think, leaning more to the thriller side I guess.
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Deactivated5995 15 Jul 2008, 18:46
you is right!

i saw it last week and it sucked so fcking hard+lame end
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Krosan 15 Jul 2008, 19:01
wow you really suck in judging movies!
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Lazio 15 Jul 2008, 19:07
or YOU suck in judging movies.
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Krosan 15 Jul 2008, 19:16
great comeback
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diph 15 Jul 2008, 18:22
psychological elements like saw? I REALLY NEED TO SEE THIS MOVIE
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-Max- 15 Jul 2008, 18:23
Hmmm, don't know if I'd say like Saw at all.

But like I said "It was a great display of how crazy people can become in desperate situations"
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Deactivated6120 15 Jul 2008, 18:23
sounds like mist
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luMpi 15 Jul 2008, 18:25
i really like thomas jane, he's a great actor. also two thumbs up for the movie
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mstk 15 Jul 2008, 18:27
the movie was great, also the ending. Just like you I loved the psychological elements.
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Nonix 15 Jul 2008, 18:28
Hi max
I think the movie was avarage, "once watchable" and the end was predictable.
straight 7/10 from me

oh by the way the "monster" was very poor and ridiculous, i though i am watching a 90' movie.. especially at the backgarage scene

not the same genre maybe but cloverfield > the mist
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mstk 15 Jul 2008, 18:30
the end was predictable? wtf?
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Nonix 15 Jul 2008, 18:32
they tried really hard to make ppl "wow i didnt expect this", was too obvious for me, i dont say wasnt good but but
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mstk 15 Jul 2008, 18:38
I was like flashed from that sad ending. I expected a happy one :(
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decem 15 Jul 2008, 18:30
I really hated the movie. everything happening in it by the characters was so obvious and I got really irritated by the mad bitch.
also the ending... well atleast they couldve checked outside, that was rather stupid and annoying, though it had more dramatical ending that way, which was good.

overall a movie that I would never watch again and which I wouldnt recommend to anyone.
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-Max- 15 Jul 2008, 18:32
QuoteI got really irritated by the mad bitch.


Hehe. I think that was the point.
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decem 15 Jul 2008, 18:34
yeah, but still, shouldnt they avoid such when making movies? :p

oh and forgot to mention, this movie definitely doesnt fall under category of horror in my books. the atmosphere is just wrong and it wasnt even remotely scary at any point during the movie.
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-Max- 15 Jul 2008, 18:40
Quoteyeah, but still, shouldnt they avoid such when making movies?
It made it a whole lot more sweet when Ollie owned her with a pistol, though.

As for the category, I disagree. I don't know what you would class as horror, but even a film like Stephen King's "Misery" should be considered horror.
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decem 15 Jul 2008, 18:44
yes thats true, though the reactions from the others and the fact that they actually started listening to that bitch made it even more irritating and it took ollie waaaay too long to shoot her lol.

and well, surely its 'horror' but very bad one.
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dnl 15 Jul 2008, 18:40
the ending of this movie was the worst ending I've ever seen (I mean when the army arrived), whole movie was crap. DO NOT WANT
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-Max- 15 Jul 2008, 18:41
Have you watched Signs?

Now THAT'S a stupid ending.
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dnl 15 Jul 2008, 18:42
of course, but I think this one still wins in worst endings competition
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Spectre 15 Jul 2008, 18:42
i generally dislike horror/thrillers because of the happy ending. it's always the same.. some "good guys" die , and at the end the main characters are still standing after defeating the boogieman. the ending of this film was just fucking nice, and i enjoyed the movie a lot aswel. If i would of been in a situation like that, i would have shot Marcia GAY Hayden muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch earlier ^^
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Kristoffersson 15 Jul 2008, 18:46
I love tragic endings but this one was so obviously designed to create that feeling. The strange reasoning of not waiting with shooting each other together with some of the worst acting I've seen made that scene so bad it was disgusting.
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dnl 15 Jul 2008, 18:48
yea, and what? just couple seconds after that everything is over and army arrived saving zeh world. what a unbelievable coincidence!! :XD
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Kristoffersson 15 Jul 2008, 18:44
Dodgy acting, unrealistic behaviour and a crappy ending.
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-Max- 15 Jul 2008, 18:57
What exactly is the unrealistic behaviour?

Remember....this is the USA...
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Kristoffersson 15 Jul 2008, 19:00
I havent given up on mankind yet!
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pheex 15 Jul 2008, 18:50
nice ending, a bit expectable tho

rest was average
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HellKn1ght 15 Jul 2008, 18:51
Predictable and stupid story, bad actors, pseudo psychological bullshit, bad special effects and silly ending. Typical Stephen King movie.

If you want good horror, try
The Shining
Ju-On (original)
The Ring
The Exorcist
Carrie
The Thing
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-Max- 15 Jul 2008, 18:59
QuotePredictable and stupid story, bad actors, pseudo psychological bullshit, bad special effects and silly ending. Typical Steven King* movie.


QuoteIf you want good horror, try
The Shining*
Ju-On (original)
The Ring
The Exorcist
Carrie*
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HellKn1ght 15 Jul 2008, 19:02
So what? Imo the majority of Stephen King horror film adaptions sucked.
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-Max- 15 Jul 2008, 19:10
Nothing, I just found it amusing that you happened to choose two of his.
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HellKn1ght 15 Jul 2008, 19:14
What I find more interesting is that both belong to the first 3 movies based on Stephen King novels :o
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-Max- 15 Jul 2008, 19:16
Interesting...until you see that The Shawshank Redemption was in 1994 and The Green Mile was in 1999. Just two examples (both by the same director as The Mist actually....)
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HellKn1ght 15 Jul 2008, 19:21
Hmm? Shawshank Redemption and Green Mile aren't horror movies, are they? What are you talking about? :F
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-Max- 15 Jul 2008, 19:34
Quotefirst 3 movies based on Stephen King novels :o

I was responding to that. You're impression was that adaptations of King's novels have decreased in quality over the years.
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HellKn1ght 15 Jul 2008, 19:54
No. I just thought it was interesting that I like those two very early movies. Didn't mean to interpret anything. But yeah, imo Carrie and The Shining have much more depth than recent horror adaptions.
Let me tell you something. When I watched The Mist, I didn't know who wrote it. I am still angry, because I expected a lot more. When I saw that King wrote the story I immediately thought of movies like Dreamcatcher, Langoliers or Needful Things. However, I never read one of his books and I know that many people consider his (horror) novels to be much better than the film adaptions.
You wanna have the last word? Okay, maybe my statement was too general. Do you like most of his horror novels/the movies?
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-Max- 15 Jul 2008, 19:57
I haven't seen much of them, but not only are Carrie and The Shining great horror movies...they're just great movies.

You're diving way too deep into this. I was just amused that you said 'Typical Stephen King movie' then recommended other movies, two of which where Stephen King movies. :P
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huPoo 15 Jul 2008, 19:12
He probably tried to let you know the name is Stephen.
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skaTe 15 Jul 2008, 18:57
make sure to check out The Strangers http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482606/ almost pissed my pants watching it
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destiny 15 Jul 2008, 19:01
J-Horror are the best
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Pansy 15 Jul 2008, 19:12
amazing horror, screwed up Tommeh and Mztik :DDDD the ending they were like.... err wtf?!!?!?!?!??! :DDD i lol'd and felt like a asshole
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huPoo 15 Jul 2008, 19:30
I didn't like this movie at all. Never seen such lousy acting as in the very end. The "going crazy" -yell was worst I've ever seen in any movie.
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sine 15 Jul 2008, 19:33
Thought it was great. The ending was brilliant haha :-D
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kRa 15 Jul 2008, 20:19
the ending was great!
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Ronner 15 Jul 2008, 20:31
I didn't like The Mist much. It was too predictable.
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CS4f1 15 Jul 2008, 23:40
I did not like the end of the movie....
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