Stoney Mason
Banned
Opens: Nov 21st, 2007
Not sure if I'll see it yet (most likely will unless the reviews really go into the toilet) but it was my favorite Stephen King book as a kid along with The Stand and reunites Frank Darabont and a Stephen King work. That collaboration also produced The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption. The Mist is more a pure horror/fantasy work than those two. The producers of the television show Lost have stated that Stephen King is an influence on their show and The Mist is a pretty obvious example of that. Came from the collection of short stories originally in the Skeleton Crew so it's a good read even if you don't check out the movie.
Trailer:http://www.apple.com/trailers/weinstein/themist/trailer2/
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mist/
Reviews Counted: 50
Fresh: 36 Rotten: 14
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Rotten Score:72%
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Review quotes:
The bugs and such are gross enough -- and yet so very handsome -- in Frank Darabont's nifty, unusually spry, and almost shockingly pessimistic low-budget adaptation of [Stephen] King's 1980 extended short story.
Entertainment Weekly
The film can't sustain this momentum en route to a highly calculated ending that departs from King's more ambiguous denouement to mostly shrug-worthy effect.
Variety
If theres any flaw in the film, its in some of the specifics of the Darabonts script which at times, leans towards the predictable. But like everything Darabont does The Mist connects with its audience on such a deeply emotional level that those trifling problems are easily overcome. The films monster movie elements are there only to serve as a catalyst for a much deeper, brutally emotive, thought-provoking story. This is a brilliantly smart, character-driven horror film; and itll rock you to the core.
Cinema Blend