You guys are misunderstanding the ending…
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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. -
residentevil6901 — 10 years ago(June 29, 2015 11:19 PM)
I hated the ending because they didn't wait to do what they did, if they would have waited until they were in immediate danger then okay. I was happy to see Marcia Gay Harden's character get what was coming to her though lol.
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tyrexden — 10 years ago(July 09, 2015 10:37 AM)
I disagree The ending was about choices. The whole film, we are led to believe that the Thomas Jane character is one who we are confident is always doing the right thing, but in reality, he was just as much a screwup as anyone else, even moreso, in many cases.
Like, how he didn't allow the burn victim to kill himself, instead choosing to lead the group to an ill-fated mission to the pharmacy next door where more people died, to get supplies, and in the long run, the burn victim dies anyway, in a way more angonizing way than would've been necessary.
He chose not to help that lady make her way home at the beginning to help her daughter, when in the longrun, its revealed had he gone with her, he might've saved his own family too, not to mention helping the lady.
He also got the soldier killed by extracting information in front of William Sadler's character who grabbed him and they sacrificed.
If the movie has a 'message' its this Make wise choices. Don't let your ego trick yourself into believing you always know what you're doing. The safest way isn't always the best way. -
leonie — 10 years ago(July 10, 2015 10:46 PM)
Well, that's certainly one way of looking at it. I saw this in the theatre when it was released, and the ending had about 85% of the audience shouting out 'No!', 'WTF?' and 'Did he just kill his son? The hell?' then breaking out into annoyed laughter when the military appeared.
The ending really did not play well on release, and on a rewatch it still doesn't play well for me as a viewer. I greatly prefer the 'Hitchcock ending' of the novella which is many ways more terrifying, being ambiguous."It's better not to know so much about what things mean." David Lynch