A Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (1 December 2008)

Frank Darabont is one of the greatest storytellers of our time and this film continues to prove that. Many have judged this film harshly when it sets out to do exactly as intended. Despite low box office sales I really hope he has the chance to continue his great work.
I have watched both versions, the black & white cut proving more successful, to me it completes the film and I have to put it on par with the likes of, John Carpenters 'The Thing' and Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Birds', both films I absolutely adore. It's such a shame that the colour version removes us from the overall feel of the story, it made that much of a difference and almost destroys what could be the ultimate perfect movie experience. I have no doubt in my mind that this (Black & White) feature will mature to become one of the great Horror film classics of it's time, it's just a shame it will take time to prove it's worth.
Great characters, fantastic casting and superb atmosphere. I admire Frank Darabont for sticking to his guns and retaining the ending. I only wished I could have seen this in Black and White on the big screen.
I only wished we could have seen Darabont's Indiana Jones script on screen ;)