If only there were a MIST between me and the screen

Rating: 1/10 (27 November 2007)

Rather than simply disagree with the many rave/positive reviews there is much we agree on:
(1) Half the movie or more takes place within the narrow confines of a well lit supermarket
(2) the market's 'customers' are eager to engage in or promote race/class warfare vis a vis locals vs. outsiders, religious 'fanatic' vs. run of the mill Christians, rich vs. poor, young vs. old, educated vs. idiots, black vs. white, army vs. civilian and child vs. adult.
(3) Those holed up need a small bag of drugs from a nearby pharmacy. At most a one person mission. Yet 4-5 men & an old women leave the safety of the supermarket to enter the deadly MIST.
4) There is mention they might HELP others at the pharmacy. BUT they have no weapons or means of delivering any real help.
(5) Marcia Gay Marden's endless, obviously dangerous early on religious RANTS which go unchallenged.
(6) There is virtually no music scary or otherwise.
(7) What good is covering PART of the store's front window leaving plenty of glass for critters to break through.
(8) During the entire period Dave is driving his passengers, at least an hour or likely much more, the vehicle is never attacked. There is no reason for Dave to believe they are facing imminent death simply because the car has stopped moving. Under these conditions it is insane for Dave to consider his 'final solution.'
(9) Any idiot, except Dave that is, understands that if two people are standing in front of one another and one is shot in the chest they will BOTH BE SHOT and BOTH will likely die from the single bullet.
(10) There is no closure. Will the mist move on to another town or return???
(11) Nice group of run of the mill customers in a matter of hours turn into a murderous mob biting at the bit to engage in human sacrifice of an innocent.
(12)Soldiers that MP's came to collect and who are due ASAP at their base are stuck in the market...so the army knows they are all missing and knows their location.
No reason given for most of what is going on, like why the army did not arrive ASAP to deal with critters that are easily killed by a single bullet. At the half way point I found myself rooting for the critters to gobble up every actor and actress on the set. ANYTHING GOOD? Sure...Fun critter scene at the pharmacy...all dem bugs, acid stringers and gore....and also the main attack at the market. Nice FEW minutes all told. Kill 30 minutes at least, do a good re-write, re-do the absurd ending, eliminate the class/religious warfare and stick to the horror/monster tale and overall don't deviate so drastically from King's story and maybe,,,,,just maybe you have the makings of TREMORS WITH A TWIST OF MIST.
If you MUST see MIST in a theater at least apply the Boy Scout motto and 'be prepared' by taking an aisle seat for an easy ABORT. Best would be to spend no money and wait till MIST hits cable. You may be very glad you did.