Not a monster movie but a people movie

Rating: 8/10 (9 September 2008)

Having just seen 'The Mist', I can truly say that I was actually p***d off at some of the characters in the movie and that hasn't happened to me since I saw 'Dancer in the Dark' by Von Trier. So that's a compliment to director Frank Darabont, seeing the fact that he didn't portrait these characters as evil or wrong, but frightened and misguided.
I also thought that the creatures in this movie weren't that scary at all, just (for some reason) really angry with the townspeople, especially those creatures who roamed the drugstore. Not one moment did they caught me off guard or got me on the edge of my seat, something the people trapped in the store did succeed in.
What Frank Darabont has shown us is a very probable way people would react in a situation over which they have no control with no help in sight. And that is exactly what makes this movie scary. People turning against each other to save themselves while being guided by a false prophet who controls their every move.
***Spoiler Alert!!*** About the ending, just this; the fact that the protagonist shoots the people in the car, including his own son in order to save them from a death far worse was believable to me. As far as they knew there was no hope left, especially not after seeing the enormous creature crossing the road, which led me to believe they were somewhere in the middle of the mist. Why delay your misery any longer when you have an easier, probably less painful way out? The fact that the army shows up after he shoots them left me somewhat heartbroken.
Yet another good movie that I will never watch again because of the ending. This kinda stuff keeps me up too late to discuss it and thus makes me oversleep in the morning!