What an awesome movie!....(spoiler alert)

Rating: 9/10 (14 March 2008)

....if you stop watching it 2 minutes before the actual ending.
Darabont made a superb adaptation of King's best short story, but he killed the ending. Bad CGI and shallow social commentary aside, the tension and character development were better than most other horror movies. And my imagination is still reeling! "The Mist" grips you for 2 straight hours and doesn't let go.
But just... that ending! It's cheap, and it's meaningless. It doesn't fit the mood of the rest of the story. It's outright despicable. Yes, it is as bad as you've heard.
Just stop watching the movie once you see the big creature at the end. THE END. :)
8 out of 10.