How 'The Mist' Cleared my Mind - The First Review

Rating: 7/10 (12 September 2014)

I've been putting off reviewing films for a while for several reasons. But this title, 'The Mist', has sparked something inside of me. This film is neither good, nor bad, and if I were looking at it from a normal perspective, then I would admit that it's a pretty average horror flick. But it's important to stay true to your values, and I've always said: "If a film can make me feel something foreign, or even something normal, but to an extreme... then it must have some good, if not great, qualities." The acting was not to a 'Good Will Hunting' standard, and the direction was in typical Darabont style, (not that there's anything wrong with that). But overall, the thing that I will remember most from this film, is the anger that it filled me with in certain parts. It scarred my mind and re-instilled previous internal complications I've had with some of the subject matter.
I know this isn't a typical review and may not offer much in the way of choosing a movie for the night; but all I can say is that: this is not a fantastic movie, and it's far from one of my favourites, but it has left me a lot to think about, so go in with an open mind to a film that's easy to watch with a closed one, and consider the subtle - and not-so-subtle - points that Frank Darabont makes about society, religion, politics and general human nature.