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babycurious
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Three-time Oscar®-nominee Frank Darabont ("The Green Mile," "The Shawshank Redemption") reunites with horror-master Stephen King to write and direct this chilling adaptation of the author's original short story. Following a violent thunderstorm, artist David Drayton and a small town community come under vicious attack from creatures prowling in a thick and unnatural mist. Local rumors point to an experiment called the ‘The Arrowhead Project' conducted at a nearby top-secret military base, but questions as to the origins of the deadly vapor are secondary to the group's overall chances for survival. Retreating to a local supermarket, Drayton and the survivors must face-off against each other before taking a united stand against an enemy they cannot even see!



# Thomas Jane as David Drayton.
# Marcia Gay Harden as Mrs. Carmody: An outspoken member of the trapped group who causes its division
# Andre Braugher as Brent Norton: A high-powered attorney who owns a weekend home in the Maine town
# Laurie Holden as Amanda Dumfries
# Toby Jones as Ollie Weeks: The supermarket manager
# William Sadler as Jim Grondin
# Frances Sternhagen as Irene
# Jeffrey DeMunn in an unnamed role.
# Amin Joseph as Machen.


credits: rotten tomato, wikipedia
sharleen
i saw this yesterday and it was good. i liked it, but the end made me sooo mad! LOL, like omg they all made the decision so fast that... AHHH! lmao. i never read the book but i will, soon! smile.gif
upendi
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agree! the ending was just 0_0.
but i love it.
so original:)
res0nate
Watching the film in b&w is bloody brilliant. It still doesn't stop the fact that Marcia Gay Harden's character is off-the-wall annoying, in and out of color.
thisismydesire
someone write the ending in spoiler!
catchthesky.
ugh this movie was disturbingly good. it bothered me all week. I hated the ending. I was just like.... wow, sucks for him. -0-
res0nate
QUOTE (thisismydesire @ Mar 25 2008, 04:45 PM) *
someone write the ending in spoiler!


It'll ruin the whole movie and everything behind it.
Malice_Kaiser
I really wanted to see this.


Stephen King IS unbelievably overrated, though.
hungrycollegeboy
I also thought this movie was pretty good.
I hated that lady who keeps on preaching, forgot what her name was.
I also hated one of the mechanics (the white dude).

The ending made me furious though.
PaNgIeE
This movie just came out on DVD and I rented it last night..and I hate it!

The preaching lady was annoying. I would of shot her in the beginning already. How dare she preach about things to people when she is doing the exact same thing. Grr..she got to me.

Also, the boy was annoying. Stop crying already! Geez.

I knew there was something fishy about the military and their involvment with the mist. C'mon now...the 3 military men stuck in the store didn't help in any way with what was happening in the store. You knew something was up....

On top it all, the ending SUCKED big time. Why would you shoot anyone? I say at least wait to see if the monster/creature is anywhere closer and if so then go ahead, but if it ain't that close just hold off on it. You never know....

Sad that he survived at the end like that....

This movie is so stupid! I hated it!
res0nate
The ending is a moral dilemma. You have to look at it from the characters point of view, how it all came down, from the beginning of the film to the end.

"Happy" endings that go about it in a stupid way are weak.
VindictusDame
i was kinda disappointed when i finished watching this movie. it wasn't that scary as i've expected it would be. the storyline was so dragging... and i hated the friggin' preaching lady that just won't stop talking about religion. and the ending was... blah. but that's what you would expect from a stephen king's novel...
res0nate
The Darabont ending is different from King's novella ending.
PaNgIeE
QUOTE (res0nate @ Mar 27 2008, 08:13 AM) *
The ending is a moral dilemma. You have to look at it from the characters point of view, how it all came down, from the beginning of the film to the end.

"Happy" endings that go about it in a stupid way are weak.


I can look at it from the characters' point of view, but still...does it really have to be like that? Throughout the whole movie it was just dragging and when it finally reached the end where he shot everyone I felt upset. I, myself, would not do it. I guess its different for everyone in certain situation, but it would be hard either way....
i3lu3fun
i don't think the movie is draggy, in fact i love the idea how Marcia Gay's character can make people goes against each other to the extend of killing just in order to survive. it's like end of the world and everyone start to believe in God again.

the ending is just awesome! i have to agree with res0nate, you really have to see it from the character's point of view. to them they believe that there are no ways out from the situation, and for this reason they end up making that one decision.

anyway, i recommend the movie to all my friends and they love it too!
becool
Marcia Gay Harden's character, hated her guts.

The ending was OMFG!!! But I guess it was brilliant.
I wonder how I would have acted if I was put in that situation. Would I have followed the crazy lady and killed the army guy? I don't think so...but I guess I would never know. --
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