Comments on: About the ending of THE MIST and why it feels unconnected http://www.madmind.de/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/ movie blogging outside the frame Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:46:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rushil http://www.madmind.de/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/comment-page-1/#comment-16222 Rushil Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:21:48 +0000 http://www.madmind.de/madblog/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/#comment-16222 I just watched the movie, and i started looking for answers that could possibly explain more about the story than the actual ending. The movie is good, it builds tension and suspense, but then at the end it doesnt clarify certain events. For example: Why/How did the mist disappear? What happened to norton(black man who left store)? What is the mist, what does it do? What is its purpose? What happens to the people in the store? Does the mist consume the entire planet? Why doesnt that bug kill that religious lady? There are other questions, but that goes beyond the scope of the movie/novel. I think a sequel should be made. Maybe different scenario/viewpoint(eg: the army/scientists) Honestly, an ending similar to war of the worlds and evolution would have made a huge impact. I just watched the movie, and i started looking for answers that could possibly explain more about the story than the actual ending. The movie is good, it builds tension and suspense, but then at the end it doesnt clarify certain events.
For example:
Why/How did the mist disappear?
What happened to norton(black man who left store)?
What is the mist, what does it do? What is its purpose?
What happens to the people in the store?
Does the mist consume the entire planet?
Why doesnt that bug kill that religious lady?
There are other questions, but that goes beyond the scope of the movie/novel. I think a sequel should be made. Maybe different scenario/viewpoint(eg: the army/scientists)

Honestly, an ending similar to war of the worlds and evolution would have made a huge impact.

]]> By: Gunther Heinrich http://www.madmind.de/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/comment-page-1/#comment-15768 Gunther Heinrich Thu, 30 Sep 2010 21:29:42 +0000 http://www.madmind.de/madblog/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/#comment-15768 Wow, not bad for a start. Can't wait to see the final result. Wow, not bad for a start. Can’t wait to see the final result.

]]> By: Kevin Karstens http://www.madmind.de/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/comment-page-1/#comment-15767 Kevin Karstens Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:25:55 +0000 http://www.madmind.de/madblog/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/#comment-15767 Actually, we created an entirely NEW ending, using some edits from the film, making new ones too...at the moment I am working with a very talenetd b;loke from the UK who does CGI professionally, and we are ADDING several new sequences to the finale as well, all based on scenes from the novella... http://www.karcreat.com/MistNovellaCut2.html Actually, we created an entirely NEW ending, using some edits from the film, making new ones too…at the moment I am working with a very talenetd b;loke from the UK who does CGI professionally, and we are ADDING several new sequences to the finale as well, all based on scenes from the novella…

http://www.karcreat.com/MistNovellaCut2.html

]]> By: Gunther Heinrich http://www.madmind.de/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/comment-page-1/#comment-15766 Gunther Heinrich Thu, 30 Sep 2010 20:10:42 +0000 http://www.madmind.de/madblog/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/#comment-15766 Very well done cut to get as close to the real ending as possible. Is there enough material in this movie to perhaps try to show what happens? You could cut it that way that the main character listens to the radio. In the static he hears the destination. At first he doesn't react. But then the car starts to move and vanishes in the mist. Very well done cut to get as close to the real ending as possible.

Is there enough material in this movie to perhaps try to show what happens? You could cut it that way that the main character listens to the radio. In the static he hears the destination. At first he doesn’t react. But then the car starts to move and vanishes in the mist.

]]> By: Kevin Karstens http://www.madmind.de/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/comment-page-1/#comment-15764 Kevin Karstens Thu, 30 Sep 2010 08:36:10 +0000 http://www.madmind.de/madblog/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/#comment-15764 Greetings... Very interesting, interesting posts as well...but for those of you that had been prayin' they would do the original ending in the film (as I did), I would love to know what you think of this... http://www.karcreat.com/MistNovellaCut.html Thanks... -K Greetings…

Very interesting, interesting posts as well…but for those of you that had been prayin’ they would do the original ending in the film (as I did), I would love to know what you think of this…

http://www.karcreat.com/MistNovellaCut.html

Thanks…

-K

]]> By: Gunther Heinrich http://www.madmind.de/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/comment-page-1/#comment-15599 Gunther Heinrich Wed, 26 May 2010 19:41:14 +0000 http://www.madmind.de/madblog/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/#comment-15599 Don't worry, a comment never can be too late. Your point regarding the sounds is absolutely correct. It even get's better when you start to reason that the military has to fight those monsters. Therefore it's not only tanks and helicopters but tanks and helicopters and <strong>big fat explosions</strong>. The mist indeed is very, very convenient for the plot. The ending only gets more ridiculous thanks to that. Don’t worry, a comment never can be too late.

Your point regarding the sounds is absolutely correct. It even get’s better when you start to reason that the military has to fight those monsters. Therefore it’s not only tanks and helicopters but tanks and helicopters and big fat explosions. The mist indeed is very, very convenient for the plot. The ending only gets more ridiculous thanks to that.

]]> By: Rockpopple http://www.madmind.de/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/comment-page-1/#comment-15591 Rockpopple Sun, 16 May 2010 04:42:04 +0000 http://www.madmind.de/madblog/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/#comment-15591 Hi there. I know this is a couple of years too late, but I just saw this movie on TV and I wanted to comment to SOMEBODY. The reason I hated the ending is that it just didn't make sense. I mean, when they're driving they stop the car because they hear the footsteps and feel the vibrations of a dinosaur-sized monster, but nobody can hear TANKS and HELICOPTERS that are apparently only seconds to their six? How the hell does that make sense? Did the Mist magically cancel out sounds too? Because we heard plenty of monster sounds from the Mist during the movie, but when it's convenient, the sounds that man-made machines make on a silent road in a dead car suddenly disappear. So yeah, that's why I hated the ending. It was stupid and manipulative. Did I mention stupid? Hi there. I know this is a couple of years too late, but I just saw this movie on TV and I wanted to comment to SOMEBODY. The reason I hated the ending is that it just didn’t make sense.

I mean, when they’re driving they stop the car because they hear the footsteps and feel the vibrations of a dinosaur-sized monster, but nobody can hear TANKS and HELICOPTERS that are apparently only seconds to their six? How the hell does that make sense? Did the Mist magically cancel out sounds too? Because we heard plenty of monster sounds from the Mist during the movie, but when it’s convenient, the sounds that man-made machines make on a silent road in a dead car suddenly disappear.

So yeah, that’s why I hated the ending. It was stupid and manipulative. Did I mention stupid?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.madmind.de/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/comment-page-1/#comment-11632 Anonymous Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:32:38 +0000 http://www.madmind.de/madblog/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/#comment-11632 I love pessimism, but that ending straight felt like I'd wasted my time watching it. Its overzealous religious themes were too much to handle at times, even for an exaggerated world. I wanted a movie about monsters and people, not the ironic glorification of god's wrath against atheists. Maybe the real reason I hated it was because up until the ending Thomas Jane was pulling off acting like I'd never think he was capable of. Its unbelievable enough that he kills everyone within minutes of running out of fuel, but then the degradation of his acting after that point made me so disconnected from the movie the ending barely phased me. I love pessimism, but that ending straight felt like I’d wasted my time watching it. Its overzealous religious themes were too much to handle at times, even for an exaggerated world. I wanted a movie about monsters and people, not the ironic glorification of god’s wrath against atheists. Maybe the real reason I hated it was because up until the ending Thomas Jane was pulling off acting like I’d never think he was capable of. Its unbelievable enough that he kills everyone within minutes of running out of fuel, but then the degradation of his acting after that point made me so disconnected from the movie the ending barely phased me.

]]> By: madmind http://www.madmind.de/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/comment-page-1/#comment-11458 madmind Mon, 12 May 2008 06:50:41 +0000 http://www.madmind.de/madblog/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/#comment-11458 Everybody, thank you very much for your comments. You are absolutely right regarding the happy ending thing in horror movies. I, too, hate nothing more than a forced happy ending. So, I was and am absolutely not disappointed over the ending as Hm implies. In fact I really like this bad ending - which doesn't fit the movie in my eyes, though. And there is another thing I forgot to mention in the post: during the movie there were many situations in which the characters were in a bigger and more imminent danger than at the end. Of course, at the end they were in the middle of nothing surrounded unseen creatures. Yet the situation in the shop was very often far worse than that with the creatures hanging on the neck of everybody. In terms of screenwriting, as far as I have learned, you have to put the characters into evolving bad situations, meaning, the situations have become worse over time. The pressure needs to build. But at the end of MIST, at least I got the feeling that there was no pressure at all. If the director or the screenwriter would have taken this into account, the ending suddenly would have fit far more than now. Imagine the ending as it is now, only with a bunch of nasty creatures surrounding the car. Our heroes try everything to cast them off, but they fail. No gas, no water, no food. They wait in the car for days (not minutes as implied in the movie) and during these days, our main hero more and more comes to the conclusion that there is only one way... This ending would have been four to five minutes longer, yet would have created a better flow of events in my eyes. Not a feeling of a forced event we have in the movie. Everybody, thank you very much for your comments.

You are absolutely right regarding the happy ending thing in horror movies. I, too, hate nothing more than a forced happy ending. So, I was and am absolutely not disappointed over the ending as Hm implies. In fact I really like this bad ending – which doesn’t fit the movie in my eyes, though.

And there is another thing I forgot to mention in the post: during the movie there were many situations in which the characters were in a bigger and more imminent danger than at the end. Of course, at the end they were in the middle of nothing surrounded unseen creatures. Yet the situation in the shop was very often far worse than that with the creatures hanging on the neck of everybody.

In terms of screenwriting, as far as I have learned, you have to put the characters into evolving bad situations, meaning, the situations have become worse over time. The pressure needs to build. But at the end of MIST, at least I got the feeling that there was no pressure at all.

If the director or the screenwriter would have taken this into account, the ending suddenly would have fit far more than now. Imagine the ending as it is now, only with a bunch of nasty creatures surrounding the car. Our heroes try everything to cast them off, but they fail. No gas, no water, no food. They wait in the car for days (not minutes as implied in the movie) and during these days, our main hero more and more comes to the conclusion that there is only one way…

This ending would have been four to five minutes longer, yet would have created a better flow of events in my eyes. Not a feeling of a forced event we have in the movie.

]]> By: candice http://www.madmind.de/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/comment-page-1/#comment-11456 candice Mon, 12 May 2008 04:31:23 +0000 http://www.madmind.de/madblog/2008/01/19/about-the-ending-of-the-mist-and-why-it-feels-unconnected/#comment-11456 well, this movie left me feeling torn and it was so depressing. HOWEVER, the movie managed to shock me and it is rare that i am shocked. sometimes you grow tired of the expected happy ending. well, this movie left me feeling torn and it was so depressing. HOWEVER, the movie managed to shock me and it is rare that i am shocked. sometimes you grow tired of the expected happy ending.

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