The Mist (Fear in Bridgton, Maine) EXPLORED
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- Опубликовано: 19 янв 2025
- The Mist is a 2007 Supernatural-Thriller written and directed by Frank Darabont, based on the 1980 novella of the same name by Stephen King.
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you know she a good actor when she make you hate her so so much!
Yeah she was a total psycho
Agree. She thought she was a messiah because of her faith. How foolish of her.
She's this movie King Joffrey, even their deaths were equally satisfing
Absolutely. Harden did such a good job that I wanted to commit murder. Other amazing performances include Kathy Bates in Misery, Glen Close in Fatal Attraction, Jason Isaacs in The Patriot, and Robert Patrick in T2.
Those are some of the best ones
This film is a classic, I just found the ending really depressing.
Yup
Just Some Guy without a Mustache agree with you here especially on the ending.
Even Stephen King himself approved it, is that right?
dat religious zealotry in the middle triggered me
The ending is a big bruh
The last scene really got me emotionally...even Stephen King was caught off-guard when he saw this.
And yet, AMC's executives thought it would be a great idea to fire this genius after 1 season of The Walking Dead - and after he got all the actors (his personal friends) to agree to work for him for less than their usual price because they just liked working with him so much.
@@jeramahia123 Don't forget they also reduced the budget for season 2 to compound on the idiocy.
Same
@@jeramahia123 explains why I loved the 1st season of TWD. I stopped watching it after season 3/4 because it got way too predictable and boring.
I remember reading that even Stephen King himself wished he had came up with that ending.
A moment of silence for my man Ollie, the real MVP of the story.
The small, soft-spoken, unassuming assistant manager who rose to the occasion proving himself to be a courageous, levelheaded, invaluable member of the group and an expert marksman to boot.
The man who did what needed to be done, putting down the fanatical Mrs. Carmedy, and gave his life protecting the group.
Here's to you Ollie.
His head look like a fish bowl
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I really liked his character. You could see there were layers to him after the tentacle encounter. Before he was quiet and un-assuming. Eeking out a living as a lowly Assistant Manager at a grocery store. Youd probably assume he didnt get up to much after he clocks out and goes home. But after things get terrifyingly real he cracks open a drink, tells his boss who is still disillusioned to "shut the fuck up" and starts spouting some dark philosophical views on humanity. Plus hes an expert Marksman which was something he kept secret from the people around him.
Here’s to Ollie !
fr ollie was the goat
"Sir, do we save the town yet?"
Commander: "Not yet.."
*Father kills everyone in the car*
Commander: _Move move move!_
LMAO!!! Pretty much what happened.
Adrian Naranjo vote for trump
Haha thats f×
What?
**Father Kills Everyone in the car**
The Army: Allow me to introduce ourselves
Even the strongest person can run out of gas (pun intended) and lose the will to keep fighting. Even the most optimistic person can lose hope. They were driving for quite a while and they saw creatures all around them. They eventually reached a point where they accepted that somehow the world was filled with the monsters (because they couldn't see how many were actually there, that's the whole point to the mist). _That's_ why they eventually decided to go out fast and painless instead of being eaten.
No they gave up as they ran out of gas, no creatures were visible when they ran out.
Hence why it feels lazy, they just give up, and while I agree all hope can be worn down, we didn't get this far through history with no trials have we? So I find it the weakest point in the whole movie
@Purple Emerald you're immature and missed the entire point just so you could be a contrarian. Everyone else understood it.
@Purple Emerald the suicides WAS the point and you're intentionally overlooking it to say it was bad. Of course it would be a stupid ending if the day was saved but it wasn't. The entire impact is that they could have been saved but he just killed everyone believing he was sparing them. How is this hard for you to comprehend?
@Purple Emerald you know what, you're right. Especially about the rest of the movie not establishing the universe was out to punish this one guy. I think he was unfaithful to his wife in the book, but in the movie he never did anything wrong except not having enough faith to go with the woman who survived, but the movie made it pretty clear the mist was not an act of God. I think it fits the TONE, but maybe not the narrative.
Why not just go underground? Seems logical.
I always interpreted 'The Mist' as Fear of the unknown.
In that sense, the shock ending merely symbolizes how profoundly tragic it is that we allow our fears to destroy us needlessly.
Don't fear the unknown. If you're afraid of what you don't understand, you'll never get any better. "Run and hide in a hole if you like, you won't live an instant longer. Fear profits man nothing."
@@JackSilver1410 I've said this often to my tragically alcoholic big sister, and she has yet to understand it: "You can't run from yourself."
EXACTLY right!!! so many people die needlessly, because those who CAN help them are simply stupid cowards!
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@@terellboyd This is gibberish. You mentally ill? Please speak to a mental health professional, asap.
Best of luck.
I really wish The Mist-universe got an expansion of some sort, but that TV-series from 2-3 years ago left such a bad taste in my mouth I needed a throat transplant.
I hear you
jesus has it really been that long since that shitty show
May i ask what tv series?
@@OnlineGamer20XX i think it was syfy that made a tv show based on the novela as well but it was terrible as an adaptation and widely considered pretty bad as just a show as well
@Ryan Bushell I probably sound like a masochist rn but I'm genuinely curious and gonna try watching it xD
This movie will never fail to make me cry like a baby - the way David screams at the end tears me to pieces.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he lost his mind. I personally would not give up hope unless the inter dimensional monsters are right in front of me, guaranteeing my death.
My god, every time I hear someone reading King I get goosebumps. He has a way with words, he makes them dance while describing everything in such a personal and relatable way.
"They should be scared."
"Uh, there's a horde of man eating monsters outside, fear sounds like a pretty rational response to me!"
So long as nobody is confusing "fear" with "panic".
This movie far surpasses the series. The series became a huge disappointment and the movie became a classic.
Yeah, the series wasn't even at the same level
@No Name and there's death almost for everyone, kind of uncertainty in the whole movie ! I really like it
The series was quite poor and I soon gave up on it. As I recall, they kill off the crucial character of Mrs Carmody at the outset, which basically junks the whole original story and just keeps the premise. What's the point of that? Either portray the original story or another one that doesn't violate the original.
No Name
I thought it was just some sort of thing that was mutating bugs? Making them all freaky or something and That Ms Carmody mistook a moth for an “angel” ?
No Name
There aren’t any monsters in the series. It’s just slugs or leeches or something and several kinds of bug. But they’re all mutanty and show weird behavior.
Like, a moth flies down a guys throat, and then mutates and it’s wings sprout out the guys back, or leechy-like things swarm in a hospital area and eat people.
I think, if it’s not a weird man-made mist, then it’s the mist making the bugs weird
Sad ending, but i still liked this movie.
that ending is what sets this movie apart from just about any other generic horror movie out there imo. cuz horror movies either have a cliché happy ending where one or two characters survive, or a cliché bad ending where everyone dies. this ending was special.
Wednesday Addams yea that was definitely a wtf moment. Did not see that coming
Fucked up ending.
@@biglordebunnyrabbit627 More like an "Oh snap!"
But we can assume that the people that stayed at the store survived in the end right?
I love endings like the film. It’s real. Life doesn’t always turn out just right. It’s called tragedy and it happens. God knows how others would act if such a scenario unfolded. I haven’t read the novella but it’s ending does sound more appealing.
Right, it is for this reason many read stories. To escape the tragedy that happens in life. I can see why many people get upset when a story subverts this expectation.
@@Mia-ln1zs I mean, tell that to Black Mirror, I think people love to see tragedy considering literally every movie and book seems like it has to have a happy ending.
The ending is phenomenal. One of the most memorable endings of any movie in my opinion
I agree, many great films have forgettable ending, this is an ending I won't forget.
Now I see where Frank found some of his TWD actors from. Carol, Dale and Andrea are all in this movie. Didn't notice this until now. Great video.
Yoyoitsbenzo Gaming He wanted Thomas Jane to play Rick Grimes as well.
Morales is one of the soldiers as well
Jeffery DeMunn (TWD's Dale) was also the prosecutor in Andy's trial at the beginning of "Shawshank Redemption."
Yep and then after season 1 AMC fired him after all the work he put in
@@kieran6417 Which sucked because Dale was my favorite character.
He was in the comic too, but for different reasons
I'm gonna have to disagree that the ending was jarring or inconsistent character wise. If you watch the last scene of the movie it originally seems like the group is willing to continue on after getting in the car, until they see the giant behemoth shaking the ground just from walking. The things they had dealt with until that point, while terrifying, were somewhat manageable. But the behemoth really sunk in just how out of their league they were, and the scale of what they were up against. The implications of something like that existing means there could be more of them, or even bigger things out there, and personally when I first saw the film that was the moment when I went "Yeah, fuck that. I'd be done at this point." Plus David had already visibly started to crack when he saw his wife and I'd imagine that schoolbus of cocooned kids made him fear his son dying in such a way too. If it wasn't for all that I'd agree with you that them giving up was out of character.
i agree. I mean King himself loved this ending
David is a pretty consistent character. He's logical, but arrogant. He happens to be right when dealing with the emerging cult in the story (they are dangerous), but he is never really shown as flexible. He doesn't argue with Mrs. Carmody because he can prove she's wrong, but because he believes she's wrong. Her religious explanation is a valid as his rational explanation, they're both wrong. However, she accurately predicts the general flow of events.
David's logic serves him well until the end. Running out of gas and failing to find a safe haven are bad enough, but the giant "God" alien was the final straw. His logic failed him, he couldn't see a way out. As the Dan says, "No one can say we didn't try." The characters DID accept the Mist as their new reality, out didn't see a point in dragging out their own suffering.
Yes. It makes perfect narrative sense and is entirely consistent with David's character. He deals with the situation rationally throughout: while hope remains, he fights on, and when they finally are stranded with no means of escape, he keeps his promise to his son that he won't let the monsters get him.
@@Mauther That always led me to believe that she was "right" all along.
Agree. keeping with the logic, suicide to evade the a gruesome ending by those creature in a hopeless situation makes complete sense for the character.. Hell, they all agree.
I can't believe AMC fired the guy who directed Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and wrote the new ending for The Mist even Steven King was envious of.
I enjoyed the first season of 'The Walking Dead', but then halfway through the second season I just stopped watching and I didn't come back; not least in spite of the bad taste it left in my mouth (and back then I didn't go off TV shows easily).
Apparently Frank Darabont wanted more money for the show and only 10 episodes per season but AMC wanted more episodes for less money when he wouldn't agree they fired him.
@@ecthox-1mork909 pl
Loved the new ending. The "I'll find us a way out!" characters are left in a situation where there is no way out. No way of knowing how far away help was, no way of knowing what was out there to kill them, no end to the mist. To the characters all paths, regardless of what they did seemingly lead to their deaths.
Their plan was to get in the car and hope they had enough gas to drive away from the mist, the final sighting of the behemoth overhead suggests that the mist is bigger and the creatures in it more terrifying than previously suspected: as Dan says "We gave it our best shot". David facing that as a reality, and taking the ultimate responsibility for the group is perfectly consistent with his character. It's responsible, self-sacrificing and logical. The ending makes absolute sense; it wouldn't be poignant or tragic if it didn't.
And I remember that Starkiller from the Force Unleashed was in this film
The Strawberry Pimp don’t worry he’ll come back as Maul :)
I saw this and was about to begin constantly looking to see who he was and then I saw the scene of him on his knees and saw the likeness and was blown away by
@@HashbrownActual it's the same person. Not a likeness.
Megatron 95 his code name was also starkiller
Hell yeah
I find it weird hearing brent swear as the only character I’ve seen him act is in Brooklyn 99 as captain holt which is completely different to him
That character is sort of a send up of Braugher's Homicide: Life on the Streets character, Frank Pembleton.
this comment makes me sad. I am sad. :l
You should check out the movie Duets- he sings beautifully
@@knightbane3752 i acknowledge your feelings
The Film the Mist is one of those Horror Films that really frightened me
Anj Kovo I remember seeing it when I was little. The MP Scene was always the worst part for me to be honest.
Ahh yes yes the nightmares that came with this
The tenacity and violence of the creatures spooked the hell outta me.
For sure. The creatures were horrific, and the feeling of hopelessness.
@@LibertyPrime1982 It was sobering to see how weak we were against them. How quickly they spread.
The film ending makes the argument that it is best to die by your choice than by unspeakable horrors or to become the horror yourself. Frank Darabont has a knack for these themes, they are all over the walking dead
I think the ending was great. Because essentially... yes David was trying to survive but that was inside the store where they had shelter, numbers and ways to fight back. When the car ran out of fuel and he heard the monsters lurking outside, he decided he'd rather put the others out of their misery than let them die a horrible death to the monsters. He knew he didn't have a bullet to kill himself but he told them he did. Then he went out to confront the monsters in one last act of bravery but that twist was great. If he had only waited a bit longer..... What's so great about it is yes... we would all try to survive like David... but just because we were consistent for hours on end doesn't mean we can't change our minds. If the monsters are ready to eat your friends and family... wouldn't you too be willing to shoot them before the monsters tear them apart? He acted fast but it was a fatal mistake. Like I think many people would also do
In my opinion the ending does fit. They drove out of the town and had run out of gas. monster can be seen walking in the mist and it seems like the protagonist has come to the conclusion that the mist is there reality that nothing will change that. He looks and everyone in the car who he has essentially damned and decides to put them out of there misery so the wont have the horrible fates that hes seen happen to other people. So ultimately he pulls the greatest sacrifice he could and kills everyone in the vehicle, all of them fully aware that was the plan. Alone now by himself surrounded by the dead he steps out of the vehicle to be killed in that horrifying way because he cant live on any longer. Only to see the army coming in and burning everything down. The black smoke rising like in the novel from Stephen king.
My only problem would be it's a secret project by the military theres no way they can cover this up so saving survivors should not be on the to do list. (I wish he would have been burned up as well as the rest of the towns people or something. Us never truly seeing that but seeing our protagonist burned as well as the car so we could assume that the rest of the town would be as well)
Jake T. Demon about the military part, I think it would be pretty damn hard to cover up any way and the military had an obligation to fix the mess so it makes sense they would try to save people
@@toadslaiz4119 well see from what I would assume would happen (taking the movie the cover up way) they would try and do some crazy (probably dumb) explanation like the entire town fell into a sink hole or a nuclear explosion from some factory etc. Given if we would get a sequel of sorts at a different location for project arrowhead to even see something like this
@@xXJHoCLANXx but you also have to remember, the most was growing. The military was destroying what they could, but the mist was still moving forward and growing, maybe slower than they could manage, maybe faster. Who knows? But the most most likely reached more than the one town in total and the aftermath would've been nigh impossible to cover up. Killing civilians AND explaining they caused it would've created more issues in the long run.
Yep, but the plot doesnt focus on the millitary, thats a sub-plot up for anybodys guess... the movie leaves off pretty clear the millitary is rescue people.
Not a sacrifice. A selfish act to decide for the helpless. He's a monster too and weak.
I'm religious myself but fanatics are on a whole different level
Especially when their delusions and desire for control (the completely unreasonable zealot type of fanatic) makes them completely contradict the very scriptures that they hold onto.
For example, the rant in the movie. Yes, God is vengeful, but He is also merciful. A Mist-like (sans the Military portal stuff) scenario would not be a case of God's judgement, but more so of a Demonic assault. Equally Apocalyptic, but calling it God's righteous judgment would be insane to say the least.
@MrSpaz57 Yes, but at least that occurs very infrequently for most religions.
fanatics of any kind are dangerous
@@maxxor-overworldhero6730 The contradictions are what make it so annoying to watch, she talks about going to heaven but then goes and forces others to commit murder
@@amp4105 Indeed.
That was not the National Guard, those were Project Arrowhead soldiers from the base. The shoulder patches we see, even on the bio-suited doctors are all the Project Arrowhead patch and that convoy is actually coming up from behind David's jeep. In a sense our protagonists were just ahead of the rescue/refugee column that was leaving the affected area after the survivors at the base finally managed sealed the portal. Which is way the mist fades as the military column passes the jeep.
@Purple Emerald Liking your own comments huh?
"Survivers" yeah sure they saw too much, their all dead soon as the goverment gets through with them.
The way you explain the lore of King’s universe is just amazing. Even though I don’t understand anything you’re talking about but that’s only cause I haven’t read much of his work.
12:20 I had no idea that Steven king had created such a scary and big universe. This really makes me wanna read all these books to now more about it.
This certainly was a interesting watch. The Mist is one of those movies, I find criminally underrated.
I never read the book though, but I just might after this video.
I will say however I disagree with your take on the ending of the movie. I think its doubtful that any of the cars would have they keys readily available for them to use. I could see the gas stations still being operable, but that means abandoning the safety of the car. And we've seen that the moment you as much open a door, your life is at risk.
They don't appear to be in immediate danger, no. The same could be said when they left the shop and lost four members of the group in under 2 minutes.
I fully related to the characters choosing a swift and painless end, over the unknown torments that awaited them outside. Then when the army arrives, it just added a extra hard punch to the gut.
On paper its a cliche ending how the military saves the day. But to me the way it was executed, made it all the more tragic.
@Lima 2 Actual My bad.
I don't really think it was very cliche. This movie was very concerned with perspective. What seems like one thing to some is a completely different thing to others (ie Carmody and her followers believing in the wrath of God versus the others not). The Mist, from their perspective, was an inescapable catastrophe, all the while being unaware that it really wasn't as wide spread as they thought. Also, if the problem originated at a military base it stands to reason that the military would be able to respond quite quickly. Sure, you see a lot of stories where the military "wins," but by that same token you see very few where the protagonist loses everything essentially for nothing. It's a very bittersweet ending to say the least.
@Purple Emerald I know what bittersweet means. It was bittersweet. The world didn't end, but his family was dead. I'll let you decide which part was bitter and which was sweet.
13:02
_Said to be created by the old ones_
**Shows Human-Forerunner War from Halo**
Glad more people noticed that
Who knows the old ones might be almost as advanced as ancient humanity from halo
I read this as soon as the picture came😂
Odd, don't recall that scene in any of the games I played or vids that I have watched. You sure its from Halo?
Suisfonia
It’s from a Halo Terminal, those are hidden secrets dotted around a Halo Game that show you the lore of the world.
I think this film has the most emotionally brutal ending I have ever seen.
Even years later I sometimes think of it.
I personally see it as the characters finally losing all hope, despite their rational actions before hand and seeking the only way out they had available.
I've noticed a similarity while reading a difference between Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.
"Each of the two offers profound insights about psychology. Tolstoy emphasizes the ways in which people relate to one another in a societal context. Dostoevsky digs deeply into the individual human psyche. Tolstoy paints a world in which extreme things happen to ordinary people. Dostoevsky shows us the extremes of which people are capable. Each of the two writers describes crises in faith. Each describes the journey to a life of spiritual values."
Stephen king seems to follow the style of Tolstoy.
I absolutely loved the ending of the movie because their situation was so defeating, they didn't think they could survive thinking the whole world was like this now - cosmic horror. So yes, they were consistent but broken down. However I think it hurts this ending having seen the mom from the beginning with her two kids. This makes is seem like they didn't travel very far at all, in that case, how could they be so defeated that quickly?
IDK that mist came in pretty fast, and anyone unaware, would not know what horror it entailed. Just seen as a bogus weather phenomina till, 1 of the Mother Fin blackwidowers jump out of the mist.. By then its almost too late.
Unlike most americans This town and people are rally low on the guns.. Cept for Dude running the cash. Who happens to be 1 of the coolest people.
What coincidence, I rewatched The Mist last night because I missed this classic.
I just watched an hour ago .
I just watched it last week. Weird...
I like how the monsters are barely seen and everything is hidden by mist. Also unlike any other movie, even the main cast is expendable. he don't know where the next Monster is going to come from, it could be either a creature or people fighting each other. Crazy with panic makes people do
I read the novella when I was 13. That was my introduction to Stephen King. I loved every bit of it. When I heard Frank Darabont was going to do an adaptation of it 8 years later I was extremely excited. I loved The Green Mile and Shawshank Redemption. There was no way he could mess it up, and sure enough he delivered. Even though I preferred the novella's ending, the movie was fantastic and its ending still left me in shock like it was suppose too.
Too this day Mrs. Carmody is still my most hated character in any film. When Ollie shot here I jumped up and cheered. God bless Marcia Gay Harden for pulling her off so well. I don't think they could have picked a better actress.
I think the first time I felt about a character (and by extension, the actor) like that was Jason Isaacs in The Patriot. Ever since then, I've kept an eye out for other performances that were as intense. (I _still_ find Glen Close intimidating to this day.)
I couldn't have captured the idiocy better myself
I had a grandma like that. Was a danger to my side of the family.
Seeing Carmody gather power was... _viscerally_ worrying. And then...
I bought this movie at a garage sale when I was 12 I had no idea what I was in for I just thought the cover looked cool…safe to say it taught me a lot about how different types of people will react in moments of crisis
Also a little thing I found out, private Jessup’s code name is starkiller and he also played a character named starkiller in Star Wars the force unleashed video game
She would have made a good casting for 'Karen the movie: Manager's call'
😂😂
I liked the director cut
"Karen the movie: Hunt for refund"
Weeb
This is one of my personal favorite Steven King adaptations
3:28, The Green Mile, such a good movie. It made me cry at the end.
Only movie that's made me genuinely cry
;(
May I recommend reading the book? It's incredible and will get those tears flowing
I loved the ending, to be completely honest. It shows the bleak loss of hope, something that the film has as a unifying theme throughout. It's a message to never lose hope, and to keep fighting. As things can change very quickly. The ending perfectly encapsulates that.
Marcia Gay Harden was phenomenal in this movie, one of my favourite parts of it, being able to play a character like Mrs. Carmody so consistently detestable takes talent.
I was caught between pitying her or she got what she deserved.
I thought the ending to the film version of "The Mist" was simply amazing!!! Before watching the movie I had no clue how it ended and I never would have guessed it either. Shit completely shocked me. And to see the lady that couldn't get an escort home to retrieve her two children ended up surviving was freaking great as well.
Same here, I barely watched it and the ending really shocked me. And when I saw the lady,that left in the beginning, I was Surprise. But what really got me was the ending
Mist = Thinny Dark Tower
And can we take a moment to appreciate that picture of Roland the Gunslinger he was making. ❤
Daemon Blackfyre Fuck, bro, I just thought that was Clint Eastwood from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly lol
Trevor Rogers it’s alright you ain’t the only one lol 😂 thought the same thing...
Roland needs to hurry up.
The ending was absolutely amazing. It had me shook
I dunno I think the movie ending was great. The fact that they went so far only for him to take the life of his son and the rest of the people with him was heartbreaking. And him standing out side that car waiting/wanting for death to come only for the military to show up and him stand there screaming as the music plays really hit me hard. I think that ending impacted me on a deep level and really made me like the film for going there. It made me feel like I was in his shoes living that horror and I thought it was incredible. Sometimes you dnt get a happy ending and I like that the film really went for it
One of the most terrifying and emotionally disturbing films I've seen. The ending was just if you wanted sequel.
I will always know the army guy as Starkiller from force unleashed
Dylan force *unleashed*
Aiden from being human
Naw that’s Davis Bloome from Smallville
Naw thats Crashdown from BSG
Though i agree that the ending made little sense, they did seem to give up too easily especially with what they had been through throughout the film, But i found the ending refreshing not many directors are comfortable ending there movies like this and often cop out at the end with at least some kind of triumph or happy ending, and this movie didn't do that and i respect it for it.
Yeah they kind of assumed they where trapped kind of easy. One of them could have left the car and risked themselves to see if they where maybe five feet in front of shelter? they could even leave the gun so suicide is still an option.
I think it was well expected
The sheer horror and loss of hope on their faces when they saw the 3 story high creature walk past them made me expect no ending but giving up
@@outerheaven155 As far as they knew, the entire world could've been covered by the mist and let's face it, who could expect that mankind would actually win?
@@nerobernardino88 I don't think the group was concerned with what was going to happen to humanity, just their survival finding people or a building like the one they left could save them for the short term, and since they only had ammunition for all but one of them, sending that one to vainly look for temporary hope is not an unreasonable thing to do. Especially since with one fewer person in the car they now had sufficient bullets to end all their lives if a suicide/mercy killing did become the best option.
My point is either someone from the group finds a route to survival or one of them is left over to be torn apart. Those are the only two viable paths at this point, they just chose the one that left them the least options.
I did like how on the beginning the mother who left the grocery store to get her kids was later seen with the national guard. Which implied that there was a chance near the beginning to leave and go home.
Behold things coming from Todash space, they were viewing it and like the saying goes, "If you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you."
that creepy sub bass atmospheric soundtrack you have in the background is great :)
15:04, the film has reference to the Twilight Zone episode The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street.
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Yes
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@@mrmonkeyman652 NO
The funny thing is, God *does* exist in Stephen King's universe. Called "Gan", he vastly/infinitely eclipses "IT" and "The Turtle" (who IT admits grudgingly, is equal to him but is lazy) and Gan actually helped The Losers Club kill IT when IT came back 28 years later. He doesn't have many direct interactions other than that as far as I know.
Comrade Sky While not all of his stories are connected, many do take place in the same universe.
and also if no one has noticed, or if they did, Melissa McBride was in this film to be the only mother to have 2 children's to go back into the outside of the mist and successfully goes back home, to play as the role for her till in 2007 when the Mist has released into theatres or DVD's. she then later plays the role of Carol in The Walking Dead in 2010 Season 1 till Season 11. just sharing this info for everyone
I was obsessed with this story in school. I'd read it while listening to one song on repeat because it just fit the mood for me.
It’s made by Steven kings, but it for me it has a very love craft feel to it.
the ending shows why we shouldn't rush, if they waited like 2 minutes longer they'd seen help was on the way and the mercy slaying was not the answer.
It wasn't rushed tho, they have been driving for a long time with no hope in sight so when the car finally ran out of gas they saw it as the end of the line.
As getting out to look for new vehicles or refill the gas tank wasn't an option since they have seen people die in minutes after leaving shelter.
The only other option would have been to sit their and wait to die as they didn't know anyone else was out there.
If they'd waited 45 freakin' seconds, they'd have been saved.
After killing his family, he then wanted to seek vengeance... punisher vs the mist
This was a good movie in color, but in black and white was absolutely terrifying.
I have the dvd version that has both
The greatest fear of all is to cause the death of your loved ones. It wasn't to be killed or to be tortured by any of the monsters. it's to know that that decision you made for them was meaningless. That all it did was harm them. This is truly horror. The scariest thing that could happen in every father , in every person. Great movie.
I was today years old when I realized he was painting the gunslinger from dark tower, who looks like Clint Eastwood lol
The Mist subverted my expectations
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King’s as well, I heard he wished he put the movie’s ending into his book.
Honestly one of my favorite endings of all movie history
The ending is without a doubt what makes this movie. Its straight up flipping the bird to Hollywood, taking a complete 180 degree turn on what we expect from a movie made in Hollywood, the "Hollywood ending". Which is great, fantastic even, to see something not give it the bright shining light in the end of the tunnel ending, which a vast majority of movies out of America suffers from.
i think the reason king likes this ending is because while the army showed up, it was after david had killed everyone else in the vehicle. meaning there was no real happy ending of the day being saved, it was more of the twisting of the knife for the main character that all he had to do was wait a few minutes and everything would have been alright.
3 of the characters starred in The Walking Dead together! Andrea, Dale, and Carol!
Also Martinez. I think that was his name.
I love how Darabont brought back Jeffrey DeMunn & William Sadler from Green Mile & Shawshank Redemption
There were two groups of characters, one group with too much faith and one rational group with no faith. The morale of the story was have a little faith. The ending really hammers it home.
Best. Dark. Ending. Ever! It's such a troll and is honestly perfectly fitting for the genre
i was in shock for almost a minute in the last scene
In the beginning, Dave is seen painting Roland Deschain from book: the Tower. but the first painting shows Pan's labyrinth, then - The Thing, then lastly: shawshank redemption.
I absolutely love the ending of this movie simply for the fact that this movie did what SO many other movies are afraid to do. Far too many movies end with a fairy tale ending when in reality the ending would be much more grim and depressing. Also, I disagree with your take on the ending (like many others here apparently). Shooting the others to give them a quick whenthey had run out of gas and lost all hope actually seems like a perfectly rational thing to do. The gut punch is the national guard coming in right after.
1:53. I can't believe I'm only now noticing that guy is Miller from The Expanse. And is that Juliana Crain from The Man In The High Castle at 11:33?
13:05. Didn't realize Ancient Humanity from Halo was responsible for creating it. XD
I knew that was Miller but shit I didn't realize that was Juliana Crain
Someone call Smith, we've found her
I found that the ending was a true horror ending. And that even tho humans "won" many have lost and many more because of how flawed humanity is.
I live in Raymond, Maine. A couple towns away from Bridgton. All small towns around here are spooky. Also we pronounce it as Bridge-Ton. Not sure why we just do.
Damn Nyiat, that was AWESOME! Its everything I wanted to know or say about the Mist and so much more.
Great work man.
I personally I want to see a prequel of The Mist so I can understand where did the creatures come from
@Salman Khan books aren't for everyone
@Salman Khan They came from another dimension where life is hellishly carnivorous.
Well it explains in the film.
You should see the Netflix series it has a bit of an explanation
@Salman Khan books are a preference dude, doesn't make you stupid if you dont wanna read them and rather see it in motion picture. I personally dont like books because I always fall asleep without fail and watching a movie and tv show helps me understand the story more than a dead tree with ink on it.
I'm going to hell, but first time I saw the movie I actually laughed out loud when that ending appeared. Not because I'm a sadist, but because it felt like the punchline to a dark Monty Python joke.
I laughed as well. Like how bad of a day would that be? Hahahahaha I’m literally laughing now thinking about it.
Ya'll are edgy kids still, I see...
Edgy kids
Toby Jones and Marcia Gay Harden were my two favorites of the film.
You could hear monsters after they ran out of gas. They gave up because they didn’t think they would survive another run. I thought it made sense. One shock after another, losing hope, sorta lost with no where to go.
Makes sense. What’s real tragic is seeing the woman and her son, his realization that he could of saved his son and others had he gone.
Not sure how people didn’t like it.
I enjoyed both the novella and film but honestly I felt the punch of the films ending. Being a father I know that David wanted to ensure that his son would not suffer, both physical pain and the fear, at the hands of the mist monsters. He was trying to protect his son but ruined himself by his actions. It also shows that we can never give up because at any second everything could change. The novella had a good ending as well but the movie just crushed me. In the novella I van imagine the surviors perhaps meeting their end together but David having to live the rest of his life with his actions just hit it home.
I just want you to the cover THE STRAIN, the show on FX a few years back.... PLEASE!!
I agree. Definitely a underrated show.
The reason I love the movie ending is because of how unbelievably impactful and memorable it is. Too many books and movies end with either a happy ending or a vague ending that leaves the possible future up to the interpretation of the viewer. Not only was this a clear cut ending, but it was horribly bleak and dark. No movie, even other great horror movies have made such an impact with their ending. This I feel is why the movie is above the novella, as it’s own ending is very ambiguous and it’s an overused trope, especially these days and is an easy cop out for authors who can’t think of a proper or satisfying ending. Because of how unique this ending is, I still clearly remember it more than a decade later, much more so than the vast majority of books and movies I’ve seen over the years, especially the novella version as I feel it was lacking since it doesn’t continue, that it should have had a more conclusive ending than just “and then they hunkered down and hoped they would find safety.”
Love this movie. Ever since I first saw it. And a lot of people complain about the ending being too dark. But it would male sense that thomas Jane did not want his son or friends suffering.
The Mist is a great argument for just 86-ing the crazies once you're in a survival situation.
What's funny is there's an Arrowhead Lake on the edge of the town I live in. And it occassionally covers over with fog when the conditions are right. I guess you'd kinda have to be a local to make the connection, but it came to mind the first time I read the book.
I would love a breakdown of the iconic masterpiece the Langoliers
Greatest ending ever! Even after all these years I still use Mist as a verb to describe drastic action.
I LOVED the ending of this movie.
I thought it was absolutely amazing; I love bad or just plain depressing endings.
That's really unsettling, coming from someone with a bunny in their picture. 👀
But I agree! Bad endings are more believable, imo.
Sam Sherrington haha exactly! Like i don’t always like it when the bad guy wins but it isn’t the norm which is nice
Heather Holt I’d recommend Berserk
@@LeQueef muira hiatus's are indeed depressing
the mist is one of the most underrated films of all time. That ending, Not a fucking single person saw that coming, just brilliant evil twisted ending.
I think the ending was far better than the novella. David bottomed out when he saw his wife, as that was the main driver for him, apart from his son.
One thing you didn't mention is the final kick in the pills for David, when he sees that many/most of the remaining townsfolk from the store have already been saved, and if he had just stayed put, he'd have his son and the rest of the group still. To me this speaks of the random nature of life, where the results of any action (or doing nothing) are unknowable, and the rewards are doled out almost randomly to the just and unjust alike.
Watching these realizations hit him and strip away the last of his sanity was a unique moment. I rank this ending right up there with the original Old Boy.
I liked the film ending and as much as we want characters to stay consistent, this decision to "Give up" is just like how people in reality can sometimes hit the lowest of lows in their life, struggle to see any way out. The ending hit me emotionally because when the army rolls up, he realises what he had done and cries out, ultimately recognising he F**Ked up and will now have to live with that decision.
The TV series was crap.
The fat check Stephen King received wasn't.
bryan diaz varela So is yours
Can we all agree to say that the show was never made?
Dustin W sure
Dustin W why was it bad ? I watched it like a week ago
The fact that SK, in an interview, let on that the ending of the movie, is the ending he wished he'd been able to write for the short story, says quite a bit. If people are divided, I'll sit with SK, the ending works.
I've seen many recurring themes in monster movies where the humans inevitably become the monsters they're fighting. In order to destroy a monster, you have to become one.
I live in Maine, made a friend who lives in Bridgetown watch this, he jokingly gets scared everytime a mist rolls in
Carmody is what happens when a Karen attains full power. Truly terrifying.