Special Effects = 9; Script = 3

Rating: 3/10 (25 April 2014)

Typical of Stephen King movies, there is just a bit too much dialog. The special effects are very realistic and convincing, considering they are unknown creatures, presumably from space...or from...??? For a movie to have a good script rating, it should be as logical as possible. The Matrix and the Inception are 2 movies that are far- fetched but very logical. That is what makes them as great as their special effects which ooh the viewer, and it is the logical script that holds one's interest. So, this is where The Mist fails and gets a D-. If a handful of men during a deadly shooting, for example, ask you to come look at the crime scene, it is not logical that you would suspect all of them of playing a trick on you. This is not a party event. There is a also a scene where a group is asked to do the unthinkable and illogical in a killing. And the ending makes me sick because it is so very, very stupid logically. When you watch it, you will see that a very intelligent man not only cannot count if his life depended on it, but his decision initially is absolutely absurd. Finally, the F word is used very freely in more situations than would be logical in a similar event.