Good overall but that ending?

Rating: 8/10 (30 November 2008)

I first saw this in the theater and thought it was well made but maybe a little slow. The ending actually produced laughs from a few people around me. I didn't mind the ending but it was a logical mess.
This thriller/horror had good acting, not bad suspense in some scenes, a character who everyone wanted to die (and when she did people cheered). I think Marcia Gay Harden had to act very well for people to have that kind of gut reaction to a fictional character. The CG was average for most of the film with some inspired spots throughout.
At the end of the movie there's no way anyone would run out of gas and resort to the extremes (shooting everybody but himself) he did and especially as fast as he did. I'm quite sure he would have looked for gas or at least tried to survive for more than 10 minutes before drastic measures. After finding out that Stephen King wished he had thought of the ending in the movie for his original story I liked the ending a little more. >source: commentary for The Mist (2007)<
The movie before the end: 8
The end: 5
Overall: 7 (closer to 6.5)