The Mist
Director Frank Darabont’sThe Mistmovie has one of themost controversial close in horror story , partially because it does n’t feel logical . Dozens and dozens ofStephen King ’s novels and light account have been adapted into feature film film over the yr , and unfortunately , the overall success charge per unit is n’t that great . for sure , there are beloved classics likeThe Shining , Carrie , andThe Shawshank Redemption , but there are many more misfires likeChildren of the Corn , The Mangler , andMaximum Overdriveout there .
gratefully for fan of the story , which appeared in King’sSkeleton Crewcollection , The Mistended up in the hands of Darabont , who had antecedently turnedThe Shawshank RedemptionandThe Green Mileinto extremely acclaimed masterpiece . The Mistwas Darabont ’s first crack at adapting one of King ’s repulsion tales , and he did so with aplomb , crafting a claustrophobic , scary , acute film pack full of some of the most terrific , unsettling monstrosities to ever be realise onscreen .
connect : How The Mist ’s Black & White Version Changes The Movie
WhileThe Mistmovie largely did justice to King ’s prose , faithfully adapting his Lovecraftian narration , the ending show to be an immediate , and in some cases lasting , gravel point for many . There seemed to be no middle ground , either one loved the harshness and fell irony of the conclusion , or hate it for feeling cheap and unnecessarily uncheerful . Stephen King himself lie with it , but those who detest it would still respectfully differ .
The Problem With The Mist’s Controversial Ending
While it ’s by no means glad , Stephen King’sThe Miststoryhad an at least somewhat promising ending on the Thomas Nelson Page . Frank Darabont’sThe Mistmovie go run in the other counselling by having lead character David Drayton ( Thomas Jane ) obliterate his fellow survivors and his Word , as part of a common decisiveness intended to avoid being eat on live by the monsters . simple seconds later , the mist begin to illuminate and the war machine shows up , having managed to contend back successfully against the creatures . It ’s a kicking directly to the gut of the audience , and for many it forge great . For some though , it does n’t feel pull in .
David and the others had fought heavily to outlive while trapped inside the grocery storage , and also fought hard to hightail it in a fomite . They could ’ve well give up early on , once it became clear how direful the terror they confront was , but they did n’t . Yet , once they run out of accelerator pedal , everyone involved quickly rise to assisted felo-de-se as the undecomposed course of instruction of action , and it feel jarringly sudden . It also feels out of character for David to shoot his boy after trying so hard to protect him previously .
Sure , no one want to be exhaust by monsters , but they could ’ve at least made some attempt to exist before going straight to the death selection . Additionally , the fact that if David had waited just a match transactions before pull out the trigger they all could ’ve been saved is too much of aTwilight ZoneorTales from the Crypttwist for its own good , and come off like Darabont charge at the viewer and saying " ha ha " in a fashion akin to Nelson Muntz . The Mist ’s ending problem by no means make it a high-risk film , but definitely one that could ’ve been sound .
More : Every Stephen King Movie Ranked , From Worst To Best
