Stephen King needs to hang it up....

Rating: 1/10 (25 November 2007)

Oh my lord...just saw this movie and I must say that was the biggest disappointment since since 1408. It just happens by coincidence that Stephen King was involved with that too...
I found the characters to be under developed and very one dimensional. It was painful to watch and I found myself envious of the people who decided to walk out of the picture.
There's very little explanation of the mist... Oh the mist came from a window from another dimension during a botched military experiment. That entire portion of the movie came across in about a minute and that was about the limit that it was mentioned.
I'd comment about the religious overtones but it really doesn't need addressing considering it was a major theme in the movie. It was still painfully obnoxious. Now I'm a member of the religious right but that whole thing was absolutely terrible. The one part of the movie I enjoyed was watching that lunatic woman get shot.
I just think the movie on the whole was a very poor effort and not the good Stephen King that we all know and love.
Although in his defense: What is he supposed to write about...he's pretty much done it all.
Against Mr. King: Gimme my ten dollars back - that wasn't a movie, I don't know how to describe it, but it was definitely no movie. If you're gonna keep writing underdeveloped material like 1408 and The Mist just do us all favor - save us some money and hang it up. We already live in a world where Hollywood can't make a truly frightening film anymore.