Another boring, clichÃ©, "horror" movie

Rating: 2/10 (8 May 2011)

I wasn't impressed after reading the summary and watching the trailer of The Mist. I'm not a fan of King and find any post-The Shining movie quite bad. However, because of the high score here, I decided to give it a try. Once again, a piece of rubbish receives inexplicable praise. This movie is terrible. It got the exact same elements you will find in any other modern King adaptation (weird creatures, the military and some hysterical people). Now, I understand that The Mist tries very hard to create antagonists and individuals normal people can relate to by boosting stereotypical personalities to the extreme, but this is ridiculous. I don't need to watch a religious fanatic portrayed like that, I already want them to stay well away from me without the need to go through a piece of thrash like this one. I also don't need this film to torture me with idiotic human behaviour because I can already see it by having a look through the window. Alright, The Mist have a couple of OK moments. That doesn't save it. I'm fed up with these movies showing the same things, the emotional (and shallow) stuff and the good guy who has to go through great sacrifices due to his do-gooder nature. Seriously, a slight change in the monsters doesn't make for a new film every year Mr King.