http://www.indy.com/posts/2175 en-us Hammervision First off, great site! This will be a definite stopping place for me each time a new flick comes out. Second, saw The Mist last night. I don't think I fall into one of your two categories. I thought the ending was cool (in theory, not execution), but I hated the movie. Poorly directed, horrendously acted, the score was horrible (what's with the pseduo-Gladiator music at the end), and the special effects were cheesy. The audience I saw it with treated it like a comedy. We were all laughing, even at the end. Thomas Jane's reactions were so over the top--it took me out of the movie completely and I couldn't appreciate how devasting the ending truly was. Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:27:47 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7771 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7771 Garin a lot of people don't( made a lot of King fans made too!) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:05:39 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7527 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7527 joe.shearer Great points back at you. I gotcha on the walking the lady to her car especially! One thing I do like about this movie is that it is really a discussion-type movie. The controversy is a good thing, if nothing else, because it's fun to talk about! I still don't agree with that ending, though. :) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:49:09 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7522 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7522 keycinemas Monsters from the ID are real! Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:14:14 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7513 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7513 Garin all great points! but he could've helped the lady at the store who asked to be walked to her car(who we see later had survived,with her child)he could have left sooner and he could've tried hard to stop his neighbor from going out there..it was his choice on the medicine run also(but he was doing the right hting on that)..I think this is one of thoses films that everyone may(or may not) get something from..also this is a film that everyone loves or hates,but it is true of the film Monsters are everywhere and don't have to come from another world Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:11:23 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7511 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7511 joe.shearer But the window-fixing in particular wasn't a choice he made...he was in town to buy materials to fix the window from the storm the night before. The film wasn't so much about choices to me as it was about the nature of people and what the instinct to survive does to people (it un-civilizes them). Sure the characters made choices, but Thomas Jane's character's choices weren't the wrong ones. He was trying to survive and protect his son. How does that ending reflect that? Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:50:03 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7506 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7506 Garin I think the ending was about the choices that we make..example he lost his wife because he never got around to fixing that window and it was HIS choice to grad the gun after they begged him not to..also I liked the fact that the film showed that there are monsters everywhere the ones outside and the one's inside and how people react to no laws and no hope Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:10:26 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7501 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7501 joe.shearer I would be okay with a raw ending if it fit the tone and theme of the film, but it didn't fit at all. It was a goofy B-movie with giant bugs and religious fanatics, and it just turned on a dime. It was like Darabont just said "I want an ending, so I'm going to do the most shocking thing you could do," which is a disservice to the story, IMO. They might as well have had Thomas Jane morph into a giant mutant squid thing. Actually I would have preferred a more vague ending. I do like Hammerle's description of the film as post-9/11 discourse on paranoia and fearmongering. It's spot-on, which is funny because I've heard from other reviews that the film is out of date and not relevant anymore. Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:22:38 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7496 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7496 Zombieguy The end of 'The Mist' was so unbelievably raw that it knocked me out of my seat emotionally, but I thought it made sense. I'm sure that a lot of folks prefer their movies to wrap everything up in a nice little bow at the end, but it was refreshing to see one that took this approach. I might not have liked the ending, but I'll never forget it. Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:31:08 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7423 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7423 keycinemas I got through the body of the film, okay, but the ending was one of the worst I've seen in 50 years! Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:16:49 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7405 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7405 Garin film......... Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:58:19 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7402 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7402 Garin I LOVED this film..a big Hollywood fil with a punch in the gut "indie" ending! Mon, 03 Dec 2007 10:58:11 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7401 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7401 JohnScott After reading Hammerle's review, I just HAD to see this movie. I must say it was very suspenseful and quite entertaining - and the ending was so intense that it physically hurt to watch it. I took a friend who, based on the last five minutes, hated the movie. I on the other hand, was prepared for the worst, and enjoyed the ride from beginning to end. Not for the squeamish or faint of heart. Well done, Frank Darabont. Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:05:40 -0500 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7361 http://www.indy.com/posts/2175#comment_7361