I actually got so angry. I get that "not every movie can have a happy ending bla bla bla" but that was just unbelievably unnecessary and dumb. The fact that it wasn't a happy ending isn't what annoyed me. What annoyed me was dumb decision making. That's just not what he would do in that situation. Just off everyone THAT quickly? It goes against human nature. And then the military rolls in and we're left thinking "YOU IDIOT OMFG!"
shareYes. Mostly because I think it was so close to being a good ending, it just wasn't handled right. Maybe if a day or two passed with them stuck in the car, or if there was some kind of immediate threat. Why not at least try to wait it out? Even the huge monster just completely ignored them in the car, so while they had no reason to think the army is going to suddenly come marching through and save them, it's entirely possible that other cars could pass by. I would have been encouraged by the fact that they've gone so far unscathed.
It all happened too fast. The suicide. The rescue. It was a frustrating one for sure.
I thought so too. I liked that Daramont decided to re-write the end of the original story to make it much darker, but, yeah, after the shots he almost immediately learns of his mistake.
Did that make it even more depressing? Maybe that's what he was going for, I dunno.
An audience would be bored of waiting real-time? Didn't you hear the snarling monsters in the background whilst he loaded the gun in the car???
Plus, as they had already witnessed various horrible things on the 'escape', and throughout the past day or two. Hopelessness sets in.
Yes, I did hear the monsters snarling and roaring in the background.
But it only seems like a few minutes later that he gets out of the car, we hear a strange growling, the mist clears a bit and suddenly we see tanks and soldiers on foot. The growling turns out to be the treads of the approaching tank.
Where did all the monsters go that he had just heard? Suddenly, there is no sign or sound from them.
Maybe he got out of the car after a couple of hours instead? I always found this part of the movie to be a bit confusing.
Yeah it was a bit quick of the army to show up, especially as we don't hear monsters growling painfully/angrily or loudly if the army attacked and killed them?
A time lapse of them hiding in the car would be better, reacting to loud monster noises being wiped out by soldiers/aircraft and mistaking it for an attack on them in the car?
No.
I usually hate downbeat and nihilistic endings, but this one was so unexpected and poetic I was actually impressed.
For me it's one of the best movie endings in recent Hollywood history.
Did you read the novella? It had a different ending... not definitive but more hopeful. One of the few instances where I liked both the cinema version and the book version despite the differences.
shareThe book was much less hopeful for the mist never cleared. I'm the movie he can start another family.
sharethe ending was perfect. makes you think what would you have done? how long would you have waited? i really gives you something think about. it was sad and felt so sorry for the guy.
shareWhat pissed me off was Thomas Jane's abysmal acting. To see him standing there, struggling unsuccessfully to bring out a strong emotion was just painful.
Guys like that, I wonder whatever makes them think can become an actor in the first place. He'd be more acceptable as a stand-up, and even then he'd be pretty boring.
It's called penis envy
shareThe thing that I liked about this movie was that the main character tried to make rationale decisions as best he could and often they turned out wrong. Because in real life you ultimately have to deal with the uncertain nature of it even when you try to be prepared as best as possible.
shareDefinately not. It was the best part of otherwise mediocre movie...
shareDarabont's ending didn't piss me off, but I think King's was better, actually more in keeping with the rest of the story. I'm not entirely sure I buy King's praising of Darabont. He has been supportive of filmmakers in the past (if memory serves, he even supported Kubrick in Danse Macabre, though he clearly didn't like Kubrick's adaptation of The Shining) regardless of his feelings about their work.
As I wrote elsewhere, Darabont's ending takes The Mist from the realm of cosmic horror & transforms it into BEM, because the monsters are being destroyed, their range is finite, normality, more or less, restored. All of which is typical of the BEM genre.
In King's ending, for all we know, the mist will continue to spread indefinitely ... & all that implies.
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OF COURSEIT DID...THAT WAS THE POINT...THE FUTILITY AND LOSS IS IMPORTANT TO THE OVERALL NARRATIVE...PLUS..LIKE IT OR NOT...YEARS AFTER THE FILM WAS RELEASED...WE ALL REMEMBER THAT ENDING VERY CLEARLY..DONT WE?
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