Review: The Mist
Fear Changes Everything
A freak storm unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole-up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.
Dave Drayton, an illustrator, is happily married and spends a weekend at his picturesque vacation home with his wife and son. One night there is an enormous storm and his boathouse is wrecked by his neighbors tree. This neighbor, a fancy lawyer, isn't the most social fellow around, but they decide to together get to the local supermarket to pick up some supplies and tools. Meanwhile an eerie mist starts to creep over the mountain and lake but they don't think much of it. When they are in the store the same opaque mist starts to envelop the entire surroundings. A man comes running out of it screaming at everybody to stay inside. Strange things start to happen. The people, together when the mist appeared, are now entirely dependent on each other.
I've always been an avid Stephen King reader, especially as a kid, and I fondly remember this short story in one of the bundles. Later in my life we were all treated by Frank Darabont on some excellent movie renditions, like the Shawshank Redemption and the Green Mile. Stephen King and Frank Darabont have developed this fantastic relationship of trust. That trust is validated yet again with this movie. Not only does it have fantastic actors, pacing and visual effects, but it gives you that visceral feeling of really being there. Nothing is over-played, there are no false emotions or forced situations. Actually, this movie was exactly how I imagined it when I read the book. The only thing different is the ending, which is even better than it originally was. Wow.
My opinion; I am biased, but hail to the King 9/10.
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