You guys are misunderstanding the ending…
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andrewpi7 — 10 years ago(March 12, 2016 10:09 AM)
The mist severely limited their vision so of course they were not going to see life when they were driving especially after an attack of that magnitude.
If all 4 of these once strong characters conveniently now did all lose hope then viewers should have seen some dialog and emotions between them to show that before all of them agree to suicide in mere seconds without saying a word. It was displayed as carelessly as if the dad was asking if they wanted some gum.
Euthanasia is a bad analogy as these people were not fighting monsters for years and were not under any physical pain, much less painfully suffocating for weeks. But even if we use that analogy then it is
no different
than StarTrek's "I killed my father months before life-saving medicine hit the market" scene that you found hugely disrespectful earlier because the Mist movie dangled a potential miracle in front of the dad seconds after he killed his son & the 3 others so that would make this scene hugely disrepectful if we accept that analogy. -
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kgwrote-854-104240 — 10 years ago(April 12, 2015 07:50 AM)
I didnt think the film was a realistic portrayal of human nature at all.
The most irritating scene was the black lawyer refusing to go with the three people into the next room to see what they were talking about. His mistrust during a crisis was very theatrical.
I also think in a crisis, when a town crank who no one likes is stirring up trouble, people would resort to violence to silence them. The movie was melodramatic not realistic. -
Jayross1 — 10 years ago(April 23, 2015 04:33 PM)
The black neighbor annoyed the hell out of me too, and I agree that the actions of many of the characters weren't realistic. I just didn't buy the ending at all. As you alluded to, a lot of the conflict in this movie seemed forced for the sake of drama. Don't get me wrong, I thought it was a decent movie, but some of behavior of the characters got on my nerves.
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mg_solo — 10 years ago(April 22, 2015 10:10 AM)
j, thanks for the info. I would read up on it but I have too much crap to do for school. In the novel, is there information on how the military extinguished the mist creatures? Did anybody go out in a blaze of glory? I imagine there was a chapter of battle. I am cool with the film as is, it's just the ending kills me. Npi.
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kjk22956-545-667740 — 10 years ago(July 11, 2015 10:46 PM)
Joker is 100% correct about the ending of the novella.
It was, and remains, the worst ending of any story in the history of literature.
And it was the reason I have not read anything by King since 'The Mist' was published.
The Mist was a well-written, very enjoyable story.
The way King choose to end it was an insult to his readers.
And you know who seems to agree with me? Frank Darabont. -
baconbit — 10 years ago(June 29, 2015 07:32 PM)
IT never fails..there is ALWAYS some pathetic child (in this case, Stinger911 that thinks the reason why they like some dumb movie or ending is because they are SMARTER than the masses who hated it
Sorry, but we understood it just fine. You are not a superior movie watcher than those of us who hated the ending. IT is a stupid ending, plain and simple. Extremely unrealistic and it WAS put in simply to be a downer ending. Thomas Jane's character was portrayed throughout the whole movie as someone who would not give up. So to have him kill everyone WAYYYYY before he had to was nothing but a bad plot device.
If they wanted a downer ending that was MUCH better and more realistic, simply have it end with the gunshots. Then the WHOLE world would have been doomed.