Archives for the Month of December 2007 on media addict
The Mist
The Mist is a perfect example of what could have been a great movie that loses its way and ends up only being decent. The plot is fairly standard horror: isolate a group of people, give them no information about their situation, and scare the crap out of them. This is all done very well; I liked the way this movie is shot as well as how the mist itself almost has some character. One of the biggest negatives for me came in an early scene when the first victim was attacked. The CGI special effects were horrible. If this movie had been made in the mid-90s this would be excusable, but not in 2007. This made even less sense given that the special effects later in the movie were more than acceptable. Why was the first (and arguably most important) scare so poorly done? Special effects aside, the acting and atmosphere are excellent and they are what keep this movie from running off the tracks. As the plot evolves, however, we realize that the story really has nowhere to go. This results in some fairly ridiculous situations as well as an absurd assertion about the origins of the monsters. All of this culminates in an incredibly stupid ending. I just wish they could have maintained the intelligence and creativity of the first three-quarters of The Mist into the last quarter. 3/5