Movie Review: The Mist

Good morning, good afternoon, good evening....whenever it is you have come across this entry.  With the TV series starting up we decided to check out the 2007 flick The Mist.  It stars Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden and Laurie Holden (along with half a dozen other Walking Dead alum).  As of 6/28 it has a 7.3 rating.  "A freak storm unleashes a species of bloodthirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives."

• Those are nice paintings he has there, especially the Thing 
• Watch out, there will be a killer clown next....what?  Oh wrong flick
• That was almost...the storm of the century...get it...
• Ah there is Andrea...wonder if everyone is going to hate her like on most things she is on
• Oh shit there is Dale!  Its like a prequel to the Walking Dead!
• Oh Frank Darabont directed it that sorta makes sense
• And there is Carol....with her weird short hair....does she always have weird short hair
• Oh and President Ellis from the Marvel flicks, good casting
• There is always one who starts saying its end of days...I hope to be that guy one day!
• Opening the door after knowing two people died in the mist makes perfect sense
• The CGI is bad in this flick!
• And we go down the violence path quickly!
• The Punisher is pretty much a bad ass in all flicks
• Maine people are kind of harsh on out-of-towners
• The chunk of the monster is going to be gone
• Nope, it isn't gone...my bad
• A problem of some magnitude he says
• The bill is due?  It must be paid?  Isn't that what The Governor said to Tyrese?
• Billy your mommy is dead...and you'll be dead soon too
• I wouldn't go into that mist even if there weren't monsters in it
• Obviously something is going to grab the guy and the rope right?
• That is disgusting!  Bugs are gross
• Turn off the lights it is attracting the bugs....and what the fuck was that?!?!
• Love that one group is turning lights out and the others are turning on brighter lights!
• I might not leave the the house again thinking these things are outside...
• This has become a shit show of bugs and fire...awesome
• People are not basically good Andrea!
• They don't quite understand single file I don't think
• Oh the doors are open, that is a good sign
• Are those webs?  How did they not notice the webs?
• There are people in the webs!  Oh shit is about to burst open!  RUN!
• All our fault?  Damn military!
• I like this old lady...kill them all with fire!
• That place would have been burned to the ground as I walked out
• For a god fearing person the crazy lady sure is violent and vulgar
• Walking on the moon is against the law of God?
• Really good casting in this flick
• The boy?  Yeah another reason to hate religion
• Yeah honking is a great idea!
• Forget the gun and GO!
• Stinger through the roof?
• Sorry wifey, you and your son and next buddy
• And when the gas runs out?
• How many bullets left?  Enough for everyone?  Or just the boy?
• I think I'd sit there for a while at least
• Is it wrong that I hope he gets saved after killing everyone else?
• And that is good story telling!

I really enjoyed the flick.  It isn't perfect but what flick is?  Overall however this flick was very enjoyable.  My biggest complaint about the flick is that the flick is a little long.  At just over two hours it feels slightly long.  It didn't feel like two hours but it was long.  Personally I would cut out the neighbor storyline and character completely sense we don't know what happened to his group and it wasn't really needed.  That character could have been added to other people there.  

I liked the ending in that it wasn't the typical hollywood ending and I read that one of the major requirements for Frank Darabont to do the flick was for the ending not to be changed.  I saw it coming once I read that.  I like it but I think they needed to have them sit there for a while.  They sat in the dead car for all of what 2 minutes (it seems, they could have added a time lapse or a note saying days later or something).  

What I really liked about this flick was the excellent casting.  Everyone was good to excellent.  The crazy lady, Carmody, was fantastic as was the old lady and Andrea from the Walking Dead.  Oh and is there a more underrated actress around than Laurie Holden?  I've loved her acting since I first saw her on the Shield!  While Jane isn't the most charismatic actor he was very good in the role.

Overall I agree with this flick and I rate it the same as everyone else 7/10.   

Until next time remember...if you see a strange mist coming over the mountain lock yourself up and turnoff the lights...oh and stay way from crazy religious people!