Here I go again...
The Mist, directed by Frank Darabont starring the likes of Thomas
Jane, Marcia Gay Harden is nothing but absolute crap from
the fifteen minute mark!
The Film starts off with a very nice idea as David Drayton is
at home painting film posters and a storm just rolls in.
Typically, it gets worse from this point. The Storm smashes
the place up a bit and causes a bit of a mess outside.
The storm seems to have threw up some mist rising up
over the lake near David Draytons home, even though it's never
happened before, this is okay to him...
David and His son take a trip to the grocery store with his
angry neighbour. Now from here, this is the setting for pretty
much the rest of the movie.
The Mist was pretty much mis-spelt. I feel it should be called
The Store. The Movie focuses primarily on David and his son
surviving with a couple of other terrified customers and
employees.
A good thing about this film is its ability to maintain a sense
of the usual Human stupidness that kicks in when something bad
happens. Although, it's really intensified by Mrs. Carmody
played by Marcia Gay Harden. She is a very stereotypical
preacher that becomes confused and begins to believe she
is a link to God.
As you may have guessed it becomes a ramble of stupid
acting and stereotypes. One group goes out and dies,
another goes out and dies... It's the same repetetive
stuff that sadly happens all the time with mainstream
horrors now a days.
After all the bad acting, the cgi... the cgi pretty
much made the film what it is. The Reason they probably
can pass The Mist for a Horror is of how bad the cgi
was. But seriously... an eighteen million dollar budget
seriously... that's the equivalent to over eleven million
pounds! Programs nowadays can achive BETTER Cgi than this
film from as little as no money what so ever.
I'd reccomend this film to anyone who just wants a quick horror
to watch just for the fun of it. But it's nothing new at all
and I was dissapointed to what they did with such a good
concept.
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I've been a little evil on the movie here. Having just watched it again. I guess I've been a little annoyed at this Mrs. Carmody. The film actually comes across as a nice little horror. The only problem is a few bits of bad acting and this Mrs. Carmody. Having never read the novel, I can't say how well they converted it to the big screen. All this aside, I've changed my ratings.
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My Overall Rating: 7.1/10
My Horror Rating: 6.4/10
IMDB's Rating: 7.4/10