The Mist: Movie Vs Book

what could be more horrific ?/
well..since you asked...imagine the same scene...
as the jeep begins to sputter, they see a small shack coming out of the mist...they manage to escape out of the jeep and make it to the nearby building.

but they hera the monsters coming...

they discuss, briefly, what needs to be done...they get prepare...hig, kiss, cry...

and as david lifts the gun...a tentacle comes out of the mist, grabing his arm, taking both it and the gun...he is held by the beast as more tentatcles swarm in...

helpless he sees his child, who asked him...begged him not to let the monsters get him...be swept up, into the mist...

competely helpless...and he, too, begins his ascent itno hell...with a dying look over his shoulder, he sees the jeep...

as the screams of the others begins to fade , as his life ebbs...he hears the sound of tanks...the army arrives...they begin shooting the monsters

if they'd just stayed in the jeep...they would've been alright....

No clue why King would second guess the best novella ever written. I could not wait for the movie and was hugely disappointed. Hated the ending. I still read The Mist - it was scary and delicious - kinda like a KFC meal! I would love to see a remake - a lot closer to the author's vision. Frances Sternhagen as Carmody and a little closer to the story (strike that - a lot closer to the story!) and I would have been happy. I waited a long time for that movie and was hugely disappointed.

Did I mention I waited a very, very long time for the movie - as I am sure all of you did. I would still rather re-read the novella than watch the movie. Somehow, I could see Stephen King getting ticked over someone crushing his 5/10/20 cents more than/better than Thomas Jane. Did not buy Andre Braugher as Brent - although I like Andre Braugher. And that said

Mod - I hope to be welcomed back when and if I can get over a site monitored this closely. I tried, I really did. But as mentioned, I play a kid's site that does not have these stringent rules. It's not that I would not abide - it's that I cannot abide such censorship on a free and open net. I understand spam and all - anyone with an e-mail does. And dog knows, I adore the man. I feel like I have wandered into a nest of genius and should not be here...or a nest of bees and have been unmercifully stung. Either way, much as I love the man, I honestly can't abide the censorship. With respect.

Hope. That was the message of the book. The movie destroyed that message. I loved it up until the end I love Frank Darabont and Stephen King. But I cannot watch the movie without shutting it off when the camera pans out from the car.

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To present a film without an ending may not be Hollywood but it would have been the best choice. Keeping the short haired lady alive and ignoring the dinosaur monster who was only added because of the special fx team were two other mistakes..

. But I wish a film this good had received the (non) ending it deserved.

Funny,never noticed before all the Mist alumni in The Walking Dead..Dale,Andrea,Carol..
I liked both endings,each fits the specific venue they were portrayed in..the book's ending left me thinking about it for a long time,how far did they get,what happened..while the movie ending graphically portrayed the end of a no win situation..can SK do a cameo on the Walking Dead please,wanna see him chop the Governor and take over the town!:brightidea:

The movie was alright, but the novella was way better. I hated the movie's ending. Hated it. :n:

Finally got a copy of the book - first having seen the movie.

My thoughts (for what they are worth): There is no horror greater than man's ability to get it wrong.

The project arrowhead got it wrong.
The mad christian got it wrong.
And finally, our hero got it wrong.
I thought it was a great ending for the movie. Brave and risky (knowing how addicted to saccharine we can get) but I think it worked brilliantly. Because the final horror is actually not the bugs, nor the bird-things, nor the spiders, nor the giant tenticular big-whatsits. The final horror was man.

I also enjoyed the book and one of the reasons I think the film worked well was that it was mostly true to the book (ending not withstanding).

Would he really have shot his son? I think so -to protect against the nightmare torture of the creatures that were plainly still around. Would I have done it? Well, that's another story LOL. I'd probably have waited until the last minute when some beast was breaking into the car...

So yes, I thought book AND film were great and, for me, there is no horror greater than that which man brings on himself.

i love the books over the movies. i have collected every stephen king book bar 4. i would say that there has only been a couple of movies that havent done the books justice, "It" being one of them. By far i am a book over the movie. mind you i would, if i had the interest and inclination, to buy the movies to marry my book collection.

Mist i believe was a fantastic rendition of the book, quite suspenceful. i loved it. but the ending for me in the book and movie was a bit disappointing. i dont knock a stephen king though.

id love a gunslinger movie

jaja !!

are you sure your last name is not really binks ?

anyway..."The final horror was man"...nice...best answer to the conundrum of that repulsive ending i've ever seen ..nice...almost makes it palatable...almost...good job, ol' sport !!

and then...you go all "i'd probably waited...beast breaking in...'

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correct-a-mundo, pard'...and that right there is why i hated the ending...we knew, from the book, that was exactly what he was thinking he might have to do...under the last case, worst scenario...but that was not at all what was happeining when he cold bloodedly murdered all of them...including own, wee child...

beasts breaking in...no way out...understandable...

what we saw...unforgivable

In short, both a amazing but I prefer reading... :)