poorly paced action and clichéd characters is an understatement

Rating: 2/10 (8 March 2008)

i have to respect frank darabont for giving us shawshank redemption. it was a very good film. but, it was an almighty fluke. the green mile was good, the majestic was terrible. a good film lives or dies by characterisation and performances. this is how a film draws you in and i always say if your rooting for the bad guy or you just don't care what happens then the film has failed. with the mist i didn't care!at all! from the opening exchange between husband and wife i could tell the dialogue was stunted but6 also forced, this was fairly bad acting and it only got worse. The mist was obviously aiming at some sort of social allegory, this was completely unambiguous and the abysmal acting thrust it so far down the viewers throat it was insulting. when the ranting stopped it was time for the action and this is where the film slips from bad to turd. the editing was infuriatingly slow and basic. there was also a lot of shouting when silence would have done the job i have had enough of insulting this film as it is simply not worth it. but i just have to say the ending just didn't fit the tone of the rest of the film. it tried for impact but ended being stupid.
one good bit was right near the end when the music kicked in and you see something very big but thats all ill say