The Mist

I just saw a private screening of "The Mist" and I am pissed! Yes, they changed the ending (I'll tell you how if you want) and RUINED it. I am so disgusted, I'm writing to Dimension Films to bitch about it. Don't go see it--I was extremely upset!

The CGI is fine except for the tentacles in the loading dock.


The ending............disgusting!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

There was a 1980 version of "The Fog" and a remake in 2005. "The Mist" was a short story published by Stephen King in 1980, but written earlier. The stories of "The Fog" and "The Mist" are very different. Don't see "The Mist" though, because the new ending (written by the director, Frank Darabont) is despicable. I've read every Stephen King novel, but I'm so upset by this new ending that I wrote King to let him know I'd never buy any of his books again.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I won't spoil the ending for you Tagonist, but if you leave the theater feeling disgusted at the lack of humanity and decency, you'll understand why I was upset by it. There are lines that should not be crossed.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Divest,

Check the spoiler below for the original ending and an explanation as to why the new ending is the worst ever:

Spoiler:

The Novella ends with the hero and his son and driving away through the mist toward Hartford. He thinks he hears one word as he checks for stations on the radio. That word is "Hope." Obviously, the film version needs a bit more resolution. I'm fine with the five people in the car. It should have happened this way: they hear a monster approaching. They discover they have only 4 bullets. They resign to their fate and he cocks the gun and is about to fire. Suddenly, the "monster" reveals itself to be an Abrams tank and they are saved. The entire movie, he is willing to fight, fight, fight to stay alive. Anything to save his son, then at the end, he shoots his son with no monster in sight? They had the gun while in the grocery store. He could have ended it then. Why didn't he? Because he'd do anything to stay alive and to protect his son. He would have waited until the monsters were slamming into the car--he would not shoot his son just because they ran out of gas. Also, his son woke up and looked at him as he aimed the gun. Then he shoots. THIS CROSSED A LINE. I've never seen a man kill his child onscreen in this way before. It was inhumane and disgusting and despicable. Unfortunately, we live in a time where people are desensitized to violence and don't recognize something as outrageous as this for what it is. These are the people who call others who still have some humanity a "pussy" for daring to have a conscience.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?