Yes, The Mist is a masterpiece. The end made total sense. It wasn't at all sloppily done and not consistent with prior actions or character development up to that point. [Reply]
Originally Posted by blaise:
Yes, The Mist is a masterpiece. The end made total sense. It wasn't at all sloppily done and not consistent with prior actions or character development up to that point.
I agree. Thats what made that flick so good was the characters.
BTW, Darabont changed the ending from the book. Something the Coens should have done. [Reply]
I read the book as well. My point is that if the character of the father was consistent he wouldn't have done what he did so hastily. He would have explored other solutions before he had to and he would have waited. It didn't make sense. [Reply]
Frazod 11-24-2008, 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by blaise:
I read the book as well. My point is that if the character of the father was consistent he wouldn't have done what he did so hastily. He would have explored other solutions before he had to and he would have waited. It didn't make sense.
Spoiler!
The decision wasn't hasty at all. They had been driving around in the mist (slowly, one would assume, since they were driving in mist and couldn't see) long enough to completely run out of gas (we're talking hours here, not minutes). They obviously encountered no other survivors. EVERYBODY who ventured outside (as far as they knew) was killed in a nasty way, and the unlucky ones were killed in a nasty way SLOWLY. There was no hope.
The decision wasn't hasty at all. They had been driving around in the mist (slowly, one would assume, since they were driving in mist and couldn't see) long enough to completely run out of gas (we're talking hours here, not minutes). They obviously encountered no other survivors. EVERYBODY who ventured outside (as far as they knew) was killed in a nasty way, and the unlucky ones were killed in a nasty way SLOWLY. There was no hope.
Even it was a few hours that was still hasty when you consider what he did.
And no, not everyone ended up with that fate. The father himself ventured out and back. Why not wait and see if what ended up happening, ended up happening? Why not try the radio?
It was retarded. [Reply]
Originally Posted by blaise:
Even it was a few hours that was still hasty when you consider what he did.
And no, not everyone ended up with that fate. The father himself ventured out and back. Why not wait and see if what ended up happening, ended up happening? Why not try the radio?
It was retarded.
Spoiler!
Everybody except for the four other people in car died (as far as he knew). His wife was dead. The people in the grocery store had gone fucktard religious crazy. Just because you know, having seen the movie, that help was around the corner, doesn't change that all of those people felt they were completely fucked.
The cool kids, fashion magazines and the odd beltless gangbangers in lockup teach them how to dress.
MTV teaches them what music to like and how they should look at the world.
TV commercials during football games teach them what beers are really good and more importantly, REALLY COLD, because temperature's important when your beer is 99% water and 1% bronco piss.
And critics pick their movies. And Academy Award voters (the same bought-off douchebags who picked Shakespeare in Love over Saving Private Ryan for best picture) define what the REALLY good movies are.
Because really, when somebody's devoting all his time to stealing, whoring and being an internet troll, who could expect him to be bothered with thinking for himself?
I wish there was some shootout or something in the end. It was a waste of money to have a ending like that. My money should buy me some shootouts or a large explosion at the end. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Demonpenz:
I wish there was some shootout or something in the end. It was a waste of money to have a ending like that. My money should buy me some shootouts or a large explosion at the end.
The movie wasn't entertaining, i don't care what the message was; it was boring. The characters were interesting, and i waited the whole time for some kick ass shootouts but nothing ever happened. I waste of characters. For me, this was the most disappointing movie of the year by far. The whispering dialogue damn near put me to sleep. For a Second there, i thought i was watching the notebook because of all the old people and slow pace. [Reply]
