Amazing

Rating: 10/10 (27 November 2007)

I just watched this film. I have been waiting 16+ years for The Mist. This was my favorite King short story. I have to admit I was disappointed at first with the bugs... looking like something from one of those bad Sci-Fi channel movies, but this film was not about the bugs, they were incidental. This film was so strong in the writing that bad special effects did not even tarnish it. As for the ending, WOW. During the last 10 minutes I was a little angry/disappointed - I knew what was coming, and there was no need for this drawn out homage to the survivors, but the rewrite is phenomenal, I'm not saying it was a complete surprise, but the end was so brilliantly crafted that pure empathy was achieved and raw emotion was extracted from an otherwise unbelievable scenario. This is true horror. Not the jumpy scary parts where the violins slowly scale up to a low scratch emphasizing the attack of a monster, but the thought of doing what David does, and what happens after that is horrible. I felt his pain, and if a film can do that then it's a masterpiece... it doesn't need expensive graphics, the story held up, and that is all that matters.