Why an ending like that?!?!

Rating: 1/10 (22 October 2008)

All in all, not a bad movie. You have to f**k up pretty bad if you want to spoil King. Would definitely get more points if not for The Ending. I loved Marcia Gay Harden as Mrs. Carmody. She's not what I pictured reading the novella but Harden delivers! Her Mrs. Carmody is fanatic and crazy, just as she should be. Thomas Jane was maybe a bit bland for my taste. He has his two faces, (furrowed brow or not-furrowed brow) and Kings characters tend to ask a bit more out of an actor.
But as many have asked before me... Why the ending? The Mist is a beloved King story for me. I love the open ending in the novella and hate it at the same time. 'Cause let's face it, you want to know what happens to the characters you read about! But this movie ending I didn't want to know. It was horrible, cruel and just too sad. The novella ending leaves stuff maddeningly unsolved, sure, but also open for your imagination. You can imagine them all dead today and saved tomorrow. But this cruel joke of an ending.... Brings chills down my spine, and not in a good way. Spoiled a perfectly enjoyable King film.