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| quote: | Originally posted by Acton
Many people slated 'The Mist' but I actually enjoyed it. Yeah, the religion aspect was a little tedious, but overall I thought it was a good film, with a great ending (which is surprising considering endings aren't Stephen Kings strong point). |
The ending was the only thing that saved it from being utterly appalling. The acting was terrible throughout (particularly wooden are the opening exchanges between the main character and his neighbour), much of the scares were utterly contrived and almost every single character in the film acted relentlessly and unrealistically stupid.
It's not just your typically frustrating horror movie dolts who never run the fuck away when they clearly should do. The whole pattern of monster attacks on the supermarket just felt unbelievably stupid. If a bunch of monsters had smashed through the windows and killed a few people I would stay the fuck away from that glass and keep the lights low as much as possible. I would not continue to mill around right in front of the fucking windows with the lights on acting without any paranaoia until another monster appeared. The film was clearly written so the monster attacks were plot points conveniently arranged around other plot points. What's unforgivable is the characters act like they know that.
I could go on listing example after example that just destroyed any credibility the film had. If a horror film is going to be scary, you have to buy into the concept and suspend your disbelief. It's impossible to do that when no real humans would ever act like the carboard-cutout plot people you're watching dick about on screen.
Even the editing was bunk. What was the deal with stopping Host Of Seraphim halfway through the climactic montage and then starting it up again? Were the film-makers incapable of editing a sequence so it fit the length of the music they had chosen?
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