Morally and artistically corrupt

Rating: 1/10 (10 December 2007)

I left the theater deeply regretting the waste of time and money. I had heard that The Mist was ostensible a horror film with more emphasis on human interaction than on human to monsters. I was not prepared, however, for the ridiculous plot structure followed by a complete meltdown of the main characters. I don't want to give away any of the plot details for those who have not seen it, and actually, I'd prefer not to have to remember the story any longer than it takes to finish this post. Let me just say that some carefully constructed and seemingly reasonable characters suddenly forget their own basic nature and behave in an arbitrary way just to satisfy a Stephen King-Frank Darabont urge to play a tasteless joke on the audience. This may work in short prose fiction, but not in expensive trip to the movie theater for an overblown mixed genre artistic mess.