Great until the end...

Rating: 1/10 (22 November 2007)

I have waited patiently for this novella, "The Mist" to come to the big screen. The movie was pretty much like Stephen King's novella (though I thought it moved along a little too quickly). Makes me believe there's going to be a DVD release with extra footage to explain the absence of things: for instance, why Norton sued and lost.
Then came the ending, invented by Frank Darabont. So much for Stephen King's work. I won't spoil the ending (though you may wish I had). It left me angry. (I know, "it's just a movie.") It was totally painful to watch. You might just as well rewrite Beethoven. Had the ending been faithful to King's novella, I'd have given it a much higher rating.
Go to the movie and leave before the last 10 minutes.