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Movie of the week: The Mist
May. 7th, 2011 01:28 pmOh.
My.
God.
Best. Movie. Ever. EVER!
Based on a short story by Stephen King, I hadn't expected much from it. I loved the original story, though I could remember hardly any details about it (it's been decades since I read it). I had intended to see the movie in the theater, but as so often happens, I never got around to it.
Unfortunately why it was so amazingly great would be a major spoiler, so I'll put it behind a cut.
( How the movie ends, big spoiler! )
Gah. Wow. This is another movie that I don't want to return to Netflix! The whole thing was just so really really good. It was over two hours long, but I did almost nothing else while it was on.
It was a little scary (more like surprising/shocking than something that would give nightmares -- loud, sudden noises). It was moderately gory. For me, the real thing that made it into a horror movie was seeing how humans can act when everything goes wrong, when there's no 911 to call, no electricity, when there are giant deadly monsters on the other side of a glass window from you. The bad (but reasonable at the time) decisions people might make. The way people can change.
Highly recommended. Totally worth two hours of your life. Watch it if you can. :D
Edit: Warning for spoilers in comments. Read with care!
My.
God.
Best. Movie. Ever. EVER!
Based on a short story by Stephen King, I hadn't expected much from it. I loved the original story, though I could remember hardly any details about it (it's been decades since I read it). I had intended to see the movie in the theater, but as so often happens, I never got around to it.
Unfortunately why it was so amazingly great would be a major spoiler, so I'll put it behind a cut.
( How the movie ends, big spoiler! ) Gah. Wow. This is another movie that I don't want to return to Netflix! The whole thing was just so really really good. It was over two hours long, but I did almost nothing else while it was on.
It was a little scary (more like surprising/shocking than something that would give nightmares -- loud, sudden noises). It was moderately gory. For me, the real thing that made it into a horror movie was seeing how humans can act when everything goes wrong, when there's no 911 to call, no electricity, when there are giant deadly monsters on the other side of a glass window from you. The bad (but reasonable at the time) decisions people might make. The way people can change.
Highly recommended. Totally worth two hours of your life. Watch it if you can. :D
Edit: Warning for spoilers in comments. Read with care!
