Mystified of the Mist

Rating: 7/10 (13 November 2016)

This is one of Stephen King's better movie adaptations. I enjoyed the movie a lot. There was just one thing that boggled my mind. How did the woman that walked off from the store, in the beginning, come across the United States army without being killed? Also, why didn't she tell the Army about the people that were trapped in this grocery store? This just doesn't sit right with me at all. What a b*tch hey?
This brings me to my outlook of the movie. A man and his boy, take a trip to the market with their pain-in-the-ass lawyer neighbor, to compensate him for damage caused by the property. When they get there, this mist covers everything. They can't see five feet in front of them. Literally, it's that thick. The power eventually goes out in this store, and they head for the generator, which seems to be clogged from the roof. When they get to the back room, this teenager's testosterone filled idiocy, thinks it's a great idea to go out into the mist and unclog the generator on the roof. Well, without telling you the juicy parts, lets just say the mist is filled with giant insects; yes they're huge. They sprung loose from a dimensional portal the military was experimenting with on the mountain, and it leaked onto the town. Some of these poisonous bugs gave me the eebie-jeebies. Man. Especially when this nest of spiders hatches inside this guy in a pharmacy they eventually venture to for antibiotics.
As I said earlier, this lady decides to just up and walk out of the store. She had to get back to her child, and asked if any gentleman could escort her. Nobody did, so she just ventures off and disappears in the mist. Then you don't hear, or see, her throughout the whole movie, until the end. She apparently was lucky enough to run into the U.S. Army, and they collected her and kept her safe. I still don't know why she didn't tell them about the people trapped in the market. Maybe it was revenge, or because she interpreted that everyone only thought of themselves or didn't care? I don't know. Without giving away the ending, she is seen by one guy from the market in the end among a bunch of U.S. Army soldiers. The look he gave her is just full of dread. He couldn't believe it.
I really liked the dialog in this movie. It's one of the more realistic in King's movies. The movie isn't rushed, and besides for a couple, most of the decisions argued among the characters is logical. --"Those of you who actually want to do something about this, let's work together. Those of you who want to stay and stack dog food..well."
I would recommend this movie for a one time watch to those who enjoy horror/suspense. I really liked it.