Masterpiece thriller is ridiculous yawner.

Rating: 3/10 (26 July 2010)

I had a free evening. All the kids are away, and so is the wife, which means I can watch a really scary movie, all by myself, with no one in the house to complain. I made a special trip to the store to buy this "scary" movie. I didn't read King's book, but I read the jacket for this movie. And I bothered to log in after watching this movie to tell you that the film adaptation is not even close to what is claimed on the jacket: masterpiece, scariest movie of all time, thriller. That would be a big "No", "No", and "No". Stephen King wrote in "On Writing" that even when you are writing fiction you still have to write the truth-- Oh my god; this story come up short on King's aphorism. Whether it was the novel or the screenplay, I don't know (because be sure I will not read the book after sitting through this ridiculous movie)but I will tell you that in this miserable piece of fiction the truth was overlooked again and again and again. In simple terms, the thriller portion was dulled away by literally in-credible scenes and situations. This so-called thriller horror movie was a giggle fest of silliness. Alert: People don't act this way. Seriously; the story doesn't work and the movie is flagrantly unbelievable. And if you can't stand loose ends, The Mist will leave you with a whole warehouse filled with sweaters coming undone!