Horrible horrible ending

Rating: 2/10 (5 April 2008)

OK, I would like to first say that I LOVE Stephen Kings books (not so much the new ones) but classic Stephen King. His past books are fantastic!!! I especially loved this short story when I read it and was thrilled to see they were making a film out of it. *sigh* The disappointment was so great!! Basically the movie does follow most of the book very closely. I enjoyed that. Usually when I watch a movie that is based on a novel I am watching it to see the book come to life, not to watch something completely different. As I recall, in the book, they escape the grocery store and continue on through the mist. They never come out of it but they survive until the end. That is the best type of ending. It gives you a chance to imagine a happy ending for them or a horrible one. It give the reader a chance to continue the story. Now the ending of this movie was ridiculously stupid. The whole thing behind the movie was about human nature, how we would place blame on others for our misfortunes. The same is with the movie. In both there are those that rise above our apparent primitive nature and protect the ones they love and escape or die trying. Like I said, in the novel this happens and we can imagine the happy ending. In the movie, not so much. So they go through all the trouble, they get away from the majority of the bloodthirsty people in the supermarket, for what? So they can drive a little ways, run out of gas, and he has to kill everyone in the car? That's stupid! Oh, and conveniently the mist clears up seconds after he does this. What kind of moral is this? You help the ones you love and care about and die and the evil people prevail and are rescued? Whatever. I'm sorry people, but only the twisted would enjoy this "new" ending to the story. I'd be curious as to what King actually thought of it.