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Silent Hill always came to mind first. But that's just how I grew up, watching my older brothers play those first several games upon release, cause I sure as s*** wasn't going to.
Stephen King said he wished he had thought of that ending lol. One of my favourite stories to read and movies to watch. Amazing cast and stellar acting.
I really love the ending. Saw a theory saying maybe Mrs. Carmody was right, and David's group paid for their sins. 🤷♀️ As a parent, I thought the ending was brilliant!!! He promised his son the monsters wouldn't get him, so he made sure they wouldn't.
@@megteg The ending in the book is ambiguous. They keep driving and think they might hear something on the radio indicating there were people alive outside the mist, but it's not certain.
@@megteg you got that right. In the Novella the story ends as they head towards the outskirts of the town slowly through the fog. Makes you understand why King said he wished he had thought of the movie ending himself lol
Same here, although for different reasons. It's always a coinflip on whether reactors will appreciate the ending, and understand why it thematically plays out the way it does, or if they'll launch into motivated reasoning and go on and on about its supposed flaws, or worse, about how movies ought to have happy endings. It doesn't help that many people think of their own children while watching the film, and fail to properly absorb and engage with the scene - and the impossible scenario put before David's group - because they're too busy thinking of what they would've done differently, judging his decision from the comfort of home. The whole thing reminds me of a quote by Kafka, which I'll paraphrase below. It serves as a stark reminder that so many think themselves clever for "blowing up the trolley" as means to cope with the absurd unfairness of life and what it can make people do: “We ought to read only the kinds of books that wound us; if literature doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for? To make ourselves happy? We would be happy precisely if we had no books! We need books that affect us like a disaster - that grieve us deeply - like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide. A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.” I don't wholly agree with Kafka here, and I doubt he'd be smacking "feel-good" books out of people's hands, but responses to The Mist make it glaringly obvious that consuming media this way is inconceivable to some.
Also a lot of faces that later became more familiar. The actress playing the cashier girl played one of the lead roles in The Man in the High Castle, Ollie is Dr. Zola from MCU, the actors playing Jim and Myron are reliable strong actors from Darabont movies. Jane was already Punisher when the movie was made, but later played one of the most important characters in The Expanse. And we all remember Captain Holt. The casting of this movie is insanely good.
I think one reason they didn't try to survive was because they had seen how agonizing/scary the deaths have been and the father promised his son that he wouldn't let the monsters get him.
yeah I was thinking that. They'd already been scared, stressed and traumatized for a couple days and witnessed how easy it is to get snatched up and killed horribly, and seeing that guy who left the store who only had half his body pulled back, I think by that point you'd just be so scared, desperate and traumatized from all the deaths and painful bloody injuries you'd witnessed that you'd be quick to want to take your life when it looks like there's no escape and there's no options left
@MilkshakeGuruTTV L writer. His endings suck ass, his books are predictable, and he has questionable thoughts about children which show through his writing. Like the child orgy in the sewers. King knows all about sewers though being the rat faced little shit he is
@@MilkshakeGuruTTV Agreed. I will say: King is my favorite author, and he's a GREAT writer, but he is (famously) not very good at endings, though. (Of course, I'm also one of the seeming minority who actually thinks the ending of the Dark Tower series is absolutely perfect.)
I don't know HOW I went so long without watching this movie and no one spoiling the end for me. I was silent for like a whole 5 minutes after the credits rolled in just staring at a wall, like what the hell did I just watch? lmao
Wow I'm honestly really surprised not only that u haven't seen this movie cause it used to be on TV all the time, but that no one has ever spoiled ending. It's so bleak that everyone that's read the novella & heard that they changed ending for the movie was very shocked & everyone was mixed on opinions except Stephen King voiced that he loved this ending & wished he had thought of it. Imo, it's one of the best adaptations of his work! I hope even though ending is so sad that u still enjoyed this.❤💞❤️
Same here! I'm 28 and old seen this movie for the first time a few months ago.. Absolutely Blown Away jumped out of my seat! Thank God I was alone at work watching it because I was like WHAT!? Lol wild that nothing about the ending ever came up anywhere before
"I didn't like the child sacrifice, and I didn't like the ending." Oak, you aren't supposed to like it lol, it's purposefully made to make you uncomfortable and *not* like it. That's a big part of why it hits so hard and makes some people recoil against it. The ending devastates us all, I completely understand your visceral reaction to it and I think this film may grow on you with time and distance. It's so hard to process at first
Yeah exactly when oak starts talking about The Road I was like come on ! That movie is incredible I love it nd hearing him say wish he hadn’t seen it I was wild .
You have to agree that people hate this movie specifically because of that. Some people believe those scenes to be bad cinema (myself among them). I get that people appreciate the value of shock and disturbance, but you can’t knock people for hating it, and dislike the movie because of it. My opinion: Yes, watched it long ago, and never watched it again, specifically because there is no edification. Shock value for shock values sake. Didn’t grow on me. I really liked the Road, and I’d watch that movie again 👍
@@funkman12345 yeah that’s completely understandable I just didn’t get his gripe with the road cos that movie is about passing the fire along to his son.
@@funkman12345 I disagree massively that it's shock value for shock value sake. It's a realistic portrayal of how people under extreme duress, fear and exhaustion could and likely would react in a situation like that. He also promised his kid earlier in the film that he would do anything not to let the monsters get him, and he lived up to that promise.
This film is not about monsters. It’s social commentary, it’s about fear, despair, religious extremism, and human nature. Thomas Jane’s character at the end breaking down and completely losing his sanity always sends shivers down my spine, and it still haunts me till this day.
It's about the loss of Hope, while Shawshank Redemption is about maintaining Hope. Frank Darabont has talked about the two extremes of these two films.
All the times I've seen this movie and I've never noticed Thomas Jane's character is painting a portrait of The Gunslinger in the beginning. What an amazing little reference.
I guess my movie experience is very different. I appreciate them because, to me, they are so rare. at least outside of kids films, and esp in genre films (horror and sci-fi), even more esp in indie genre films.
I agree. Most movies have people programmed to think life always ends in a happy ending. When it definitely does not. I've noticed they also tend to be in shock when something doesn't end in sunshine and rainbows.
@@Lilithly I disagree that life is sad enough, but that’s your take and that’s fine. I think life is.. life. Full of sad, happy, angry, etc. movies should reflect all aspects of that. It’s okay to disagree on this
This was one of those rare films that truly horrified me. Gigantic creatures trying to eat you with different people showing different levels of fear and coping skills. It was terrifying and bleak; a dark horror.
@@ZakhadWOW - Would you rather go outside and be torn to pieces by towering insects or stay inside and being told it’s the end of the world and it’s all your fault and you’re going to be sacrificed by being fed to the creatures? I’d take my chances venturing outside on my own with a can of Raid.
yeah this movie aged really well imo. it's a lot easier to believe this would be how ppl would behave after seeing the selfishness and chaos of the pandemic.
50/50 One half run outside just because : " Well its all fake and i know better so i do exactly the opposite that i get told to " So in the end we half that stay home will survive lol
The scary part is even without the monsters you know in a situation where people even if they knew each other we're locked in a situation like this with no idea what's going on outside they would act exactly like these people do and that is frightening in and of itself
Yep. While I might normally question things getting so far out of hand that child sacrifice is being seriously considered on day 2, this is far, far from a normal situation. Tense moments and some conflicts, sure, but this far? Thing is, the combination of the enveloping mist, the deadly supernatural creatures lurking all around, and multiple fatalities just in the first day would be bad enough to push many people into potentially dangerous, unstable behavior. After all, a lot of these people are going to be suffering psychological shock from the horrors and surrealness of it all. Add a fire and brimstone zealot who manages a seemingly miraculous survival into that powder keg and no, I don’t find two days that surprising at all.
Oak, you gotta remember that the dad promised his son he would not let any monster get him... That flimsy car would've not stopped these monsters from making a whole in the windshield or the rooftop and getting them. He didn't want his baby boy being eaten alive. He thought no help was coming. No one knew they were on their way to rescue them. Also, this version of the end is Frank Darabont's baby. Stephen King had a different ending and said he was really impressed with Frank's (I think the book ends with them driving off into the fog, open ended, you don't know what happens). Stephen King thought this ending was brilliant. I do, as well. I rage cried the first time I watched it, I get the mixed feelings. Now, years later, I think it's brilliant. It made me rage cry, ffs!
I agree. The ending had me feeling some kind of way when I first saw it. Once you let it sink in, you appreciate it more. We’re getting his raw reaction, immediately after seeing it. He may feel differently later on when the shock value wears off.
the scariest part of this movie is how realistic it is in terms of how the people in the store react. it is absolutely something that would 100% happen given the right combination of minds trapped together.
I get Oak’s criticism of people turning as fast as they did in the movie…but based off of famous psychological experiments conducted throughout history, it does not take long for people to spiral and lose sanity in dire situations. 2 days is not an unbelievable amount of time when you have a person pushing radical ideas. Edit: I forget the name of the experiment but there’s a role playing experiment where they take regular people and split them between guards and prisoners. The guards IMMEDIATELY consider themselves better and treat the “prisoners” poorly
The Stanford Prison Experiment is what you're thinking of, but your interpretation is flawed. That situation occurred because the group was entirely made up of bored, middle-class, white men in college. It is not in any way a reflection of humanity, and actually intelligent people have criticized interpretations of it for years because of it. "Spoiled white boys who feel weak in their daily lives like exerting power over other people when given the chance" is not a damnation of humanity. People make the same stupid mistake with Lord of the Flies, which was specifically about rich private school boys in England. It was very much a targeted commentary on how class and power impacts this specific demographic, and the SPE reflected similar outcomes. Absolutely way off base to say this has anything to do with humanity.
Oak thinking people wouldn’t fall apart after 2 days is hilarious 😂😂 was he asleep through covid, people lost their mind after a few days without any alien invasion
yeah i believe people would be WORSE than here coz the violence, racism, sexism, classism, and division etc etc that would occur in real life can't be shown in order to keep the movie rating down lol
Once religion gets involved, people would absolutely get irrational. It'd be interesting to see how differently everyone would've reacted if Marcia's character wasn't there. They've done a lot of studies, though, that show how compassion & collective action are actually more common in disaster situations than panic.. which gives me hope lol
Oak doesn't usually do well with very dark stuff. He tends to like more of the hopeful, fun, or uplifting stuff, I've noticed. Dark and nihilistic isn't his cup of tea. To kind of understand why they made that decision, is that every single time someone tried to step out they died. There didn't seem to be response from the military, there didn't seem to be hope. The one safe place had given into Mass Hysteria. In general the whole idea was that no matter what they did just stepping out was a horrible death sentence. It wasn't so much about whether they had a chance to survive, it was that, based on all evidence, it was choosing a quick death or a horrible one.
Fun fact Steven King wrote this and he is known for disliking his movie adaptations but he actually likes the ending of this movie better than his book ending. In the book they just drive off into the mist. I feel like this is one of the best shock endings. I love to hate it hate to love it!
Saw this in the theater when it came out and it stuck with me all that night. I just think it shows the danger of misplaced faith and having little. The end is a gut punch for sure.
If I remember correctly, the movie and the book do not have the same ending. King himself said he was mad he didn't come up with the movie ending when he was writing the book. He loved it so much
Oak, you would be surprised how quickly normally rational sane people can be driven to the worst possible behaviours in a panic situation. Especially when provoked by someone very persuasive who seems to be offering a solution, no matter how heinous. And as for the father's actions at the end, I guess the timeframe of the movie makes the decision seem immediate, but I'm sure he thought about 200 million times before he put a bullet in his son. And how can they know they would be rescued? How long should they wait before they give up? Sitting in a car that can't move just waiitng for a giant spider or something to eat them?
Expanding on your second paragraph, they drove from Maine to Connecticut, which surely took them at least a day, if not more. I wish the film had done a better job at establishing just how desolate and hopeless the situation had become, because it was most certainly not a decision made on a whim. There is a great edit here on TH-cam titled "Original Ending to The Mist" by Paul Moore, and I've always thought the closing shots were very powerful and evocative. They'd fit perfectly into a dream sequence or something of the sort, since David most likely imagined things were irreparably that bad; a world that didn't belong to men anymore.
Oak being as sensible as he is, I think he received all the right signals and ended with all the right conclussions. This movie deals heavily with the dangers of extremes, both in cinicism, faith, bad decisions, as well as the loss of hope. The book was kind of more messed up, but the ending of this movie is just incredible, because if they had waited and gotten saved "magically" by the millitary, it would have just been seen as a boring repetitive happy ending, but since it ends with tragedy, and one that involves a very very difficult decision, it sticks in your mind, and of course it gives way for a lot of conversation. Also, the ending in the book is just "and they just kept going and going". That's it.
@@believeume122 Sometimes he also gets the wrong message. I remember he thought the point of Coraline was that kids are spoiled if they actually want their parents to be better, when it was in fact about the dangers of grooming.
1:03:45 First time I disagree so much with Oak. You know that after the pandemic, that's more than possible. We had people trampled by others over toilet paper!!!! People are NOT rational, and the pandemic wasn't as horrid as the scenario in "The Mist". People do all kinds of crazy sh¡t when they're desperate for a solution. Especially after seeing the old religious woman was "right". The bug didn't bite her, and things happened similar to what she "predicted". Of course she was vague af, but people put all of their faith in her and in her "god". I believe people would've been more cruel in real life, if "The Mist" really happened.
I mean... this end was really bad (form what I was excepting, bcs many ppl said this is strongest ending ever). There was really weak binding between that characters so u cant feel some strong loss during that scene. I was really disapointed. For me was way more horrific scene in mall, when they wanted kill that boy. I think book is for sure better in this, but movie did that poorly. If u want ppl to cry over scenes like that, u must work on that characters hard during whole movie, so u can create some link with them. But movie overall was pretty good, even at time when it was released I liked it a lot.
I concur. Very horrible ending. As a psychologist, im not saying the ending isnt possible. But noone carries the mindset to fight so hard to stay alive just to off theirselves, inunderstand its a movie. But the ending itself just doesnt make sense, you just took away the integrity of the main characters@@kubo5185
@@ellehcimbelle Yeah I've noticed that a little too. It's a shame, not all films need or should have a happy sunshine ending. This is a good film, but it would be a lot less memorable and spoken about if not for that ending.
Lol that’s the irony of what Oak is saying. The lady in the store had the same argument. People are rational and what not. Lol then apply the pressure and the people showed themselves. Some were more rational than others 😂
This film was supposed to be in black and white but the studio got cold feet at the last minute, which explains why some of the vfx isn't as strong as it could've been as it was designed and composited to work in b/w. Overall I think it's an amazing adaptation, just super dark, I needed a shower after watching it LOL
Fun fact: the woman singing at the end is the same woman singing on the Gladiator soundtrack “Now we are free”. Her name is Lisa Gerrard from the band “Dead Can Dance”. The song here is called “Host of the Seraphim”.
2 days is a bit fast, but I attribute that to it being a movie; it definitely would be a matter of days, not weeks, especially when you have an extremist riling up scared people.
I think, for the end, for me, what helps, is that his son asks him, he says, "Dad, promise me you won't let the monsters get me," and I look at the ending as the father fulfilling that promise. In that moment, you don't know what is going on, you think there is no hope. There is no gas, nobody coming to your rescue, and you are surrounded by monsters. You remember your son's promise and you make the choice. You will save them the suffering, and take it upon yourself. You make the call, and then, the worst, you are saved. You suffer, are in pain, it sucks. I like that the Stephen King novella, didn't have this ending, it was ambiguous, but after seeing this ending even Stephen King said he wished he'd have chosen it. I love it, it goes against what you'd expect from hollywood. It is rough too, re-watches are hard, but the more you understand, it's gets better. Also, I think looking at this through a classic horror lens, and watching the black and white version helps with the cgi woes and other things, it is pretty good. And I know you want to believe in society, but survival is a basic instinct and if we are put in a situation where there is on other option between you and the person next to you, for the most part, yest it could devolve this quickly. Again, to each their own. But I think it takes a more realistic approach on things. Like, real life is going to be dark. Especially if you have kids or pets. like think of all the crazy end of world scenarios where a single sound ends it all, then think of how your own children act, or pets, yeah, it's over in a moment. Again, it's got it's faults, but I feel this is exactly how real life would go down. Anyways, love you guys, love your reaction to this. Especially because that is exactly how this should go, you leave a stephen king book either amazed, grossed, scared, or changed. Sometimes all at once. :)
The first time i watched this movie was in a theather in a session with audio descprition for blind people. At first i thougth i would bother me someone narrating what was going on in the scene but by the middle of the movie the narration actually was adding to the terror and dread of the film. Truly a one of a kind experience for such a great movie!
Marcia Gay Harden is a phenomenal actress! I've never felt such disgust and hatred towards a character than I have for the zealot Mrs. Carmody. While I respect people's religions and beliefs, I full stop at zealotry because at the point all logic has long been abandoned and in dire times, when emotions are running rampant, it can pull others in. I think that's what I love about this movie, it shows that chaos and fear can quickly divide people even when they're facing the same enemy. Edit: I just saw Oak's speech that he believes a group of rational people wouldn't break down so quickly, however I do have to point out the people in the store weren't thinking rationally. They were scared shitless (highly emotional) which is what allowed Mrs. Carmody's tendrils of zealotry to quickly take hold and warp the minds of the majority of the people in the store.
Seeing Thomas Jane in the thumbnail reminds me that you guys have not watched The Expanse yet. A brilliant tv-show that way too many people haven’t seen yet.
Absolutely amazing show. I binged all 6 seasons a handful of times now, and it's just as intriguing each time. It's sad that not many people have heard about it.
Oh my god Yes. I'm rewatching the reactions from Blind Wave and LM reactions to the Expanse right now, so I can remember the story and watch the end of the show. I'd freak out if Badd Medicine watched it too!
58:48 It's not Stephen King's book ending, no. The original "The Mist", like "The Shawshank Redemption", is open ended. They drive off into the mist and you don't know what happens. Stephen King loved this ending more than his own.
The mighty Oak shaking like a leaf at the end… a father promised his son he wouldn’t let the monsters get him. and at the end of the day he kept that promise.
To me the ending is what made the movie. I agree that if it had a happy ending it would not be as famous or as popular. It would be “eh they escaped” considering the rest of the film but the ending adds that OMG aspect that justified the rest of the movie simplicity most of the complex elements of the film lied within the ending. And the dad kept his promise the monsters didn’t get his son. I remember watching it again with family over the holidays cause it was on TV and everyone had seen it already, and once you watch it again you become desensitize to the ending and kinda find it humorous cause the timing of rescue is perfect it becomes hilarious in a dark shocking way . Like damn you couldn’t wait 30 more seconds dude😂 ???you did that FOR NOTHING😭
@@pythonkatie1985 If they did, I didn't notice but that's interesting! We would go to a certain theater on purpose since the audience always got pretty loud. It was fun for horror movies lol. But I remember the silence after that ending.
I remember seeing "marley and me" and the crowd had that same silence when a certain something happens thats tragic (not trying to spoil it for those who havent seen it). I almost started crying infront of my sisters and mom so i hung my head a bit to hide it and my little sister said "aww, brothers crying" (not in a mean way but sincere and she said it to our mom to get her attention). At that very moment i heard all the other people crying in the theatre and i just couldnt handle my emotions and busted up laughing soooo hard. I guarantee people probably thought i was laughing at them for crying or i was psychotic and was laughing at the dog being dead. Lmfaooo. It got worse because the confusion on my moms and sisters face seeing me laughing only made me laugh harder. Ahh good times.
That is not Clint Eastwood. It is, in fact, the last Gunslinger. The man who has not forgotten the face of his father. It is Roland Deschain, and as fans of the Mike Flanagan horror universe, I promise you will want to know his name soon. ❤️ This movie also has lots of ties to Roland and the Dark Tower series
So glad I saw this in theaters. Legendary ending. This movie is especially fun if you have people watch for the first time all three of the Frank Darbont-directed Stephen King adptations - The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Mist. This one always throws them for a darn proper loop after the other two!
I caught this as an afternoon matinee in late November of 2007, on a gray, overcast day; when I came out of the theater, it was even more heavily overcast, with heavy fog. I didn't want to leave the theater to walk to my car.
Frank Darabont developed the first season and half of the second season of walking dead and he brought most of these actors for it. Thomas Jane was originally going to be Rick Grimes
Its a movie about faith and hope. Its almost like a fairytail for adults to "Never stop fighting". A lot of old fairytails end like this to scare kids.
Haha... yeah, when they said "Clint Eastwood!" I was like... not really, but kinda, since Roland was obviously very heavily inspired by the classic spaghetti western characters that Clint played.
The ending will worm into your brain when you think of this film. King also loved it, even though it differed from his version~ King declared, “It was so anti-Hollywood - anti-everything, really! It was nihilistic. I liked that.” In an industry where narratives often comply with predictable tropes, The Mist‘s ending stood out, breaking norms with its dark, fatalistic conclusion. According to King, this was its triumph, earning his hearty endorsement.
Another person that has spotted the ties to other books! The lady from the Walking Dead makes it to her kids through the Myst due to Maturin protecting her. Some people also think that "Pennywise" is from the dimension that the creatures come from.
Films with bleak, upsetting, or bitter-sweet endings create stakes in the film industry. Most movies these days are boring because I'm NEVER worried since I know the ending will be fine, especially anything non-horror. Films like this that take a risk and create an ending so full of despair have my full appreciation because they're keeping excitement and wonder alive during the entire runtime with no promise of a happy ending. IMO we need more of this.
I can see why the end would want to make them walk out, but it's already the end by that point, so wouldn't make any ifference. I don't understand why people would walk out earlier, though. What happened earleir in the movie that would cause that kind of reaction?
Fun fact. The Mist (the story) what's actually one of the biggest inspirations on Silent Hill, the video game series, and the eventual movie. Down to the creatures coming out of the fog and very specifically the air raid siren that you hear at the beginning.
The Mist is a powerful exploration of faith under extreme circumstances. The film delves into how faith, both religious and in humanity, is tested when people are confronted with the unknown and terrifying forces. As the mist engulfs the town, the characters’ varying beliefs become central to their survival strategies. Mrs. Carmody's fanatical faith, which leads her to demand sacrifices to appease what she believes are divine forces, contrasts sharply with others who cling to reason or lose hope altogether. The film poignantly illustrates how faith can unite, divide, and even drive people to desperate actions in the face of fear and uncertainty. The climax of the film also epitomizes the importance of keeping faith, even in the most dire of times.
I'm a truck driver and I was coming through a really thick fog in California and you couldn't see anything but as you were going down the interstate you could just barely make out the giant windmills that are out there and the first thing that came to my mind is the walkers from this movie
Sam witwer is actually in the first episode of the walking dead. He is the zombie in the tank rick crawls in. He is also in alot of star wars stuff. He's darth mauls voice
This movie’s great, and I’m of the opinion it’s perfect for the black and white version. The cinematography and scares lend itself so well to the old-school horror films before we had color, it really feels like a modern version of a horror classic film.
People in a crisis situation will look to a leader. If a good leader doesn't step up, a bad one will. There were people in this store who could have stepped up and prevented the disaster that occurred, but for multiple reasons, they didn't, and the wrong leader filled the vacuum. No one in this crisis was thinking clearly, and no one had a plan. We don't have as many examples of this sort of thing happening, because in most cases no one survives to tell the tale.
It took me a while to get good with the ending but when I'm upset at an ending I need to take a breath and remember that it's fiction and no one was actually harmed, lol.
This is what I said to myself after watching the movie for the first time with my dad a couple of years ago: I’ll never watch this again, but it’s definitely a must-see simply because it has the saddest, most brutal, cruel, and depressing ending I’ve ever seen in anything. Also, I don’t think I’ve ever hated a character more than Mrs. Carmody. She’s literally the worst of all time. I agree with Oak; we had the exact same thoughts. I just wish David had waited just one more minute before doing what he did. This teaches us a lesson, though: Even in the midst of uncertainty, keep holding on to hope, even when it seems hopeless and impossible. Don’t make any irrational decisions before you find out what you’re dealing with-it could save lives, even if it seems like there’s nothing but darkness… or better yet, a bunch of fog!
Oak really has to stop judging movies that fall outside the cookie-cutter Hollywood/cliche formula so harshly. The story isn't about people working together, it's a horror movie about the horrors of humans. Acting like just because you think people "probably" wouldn't turn into this in 2 days doesn't mean the movie is bad because that's how they showed it. You have no idea how you would act in that situation, you have no idea how others would act in that situation, and even if you do think you know that, them depicting something different from how you think you would act is not "bad writing."
yeah he makes me not want to watch their critiques a lot of the time as he sours everyone else's mood and drags down the reaction if something doesn't line up the way he expects it to. i find it ironic for someone who claims to love 'positivity'.
@@ellehcimbelle I disagree and I think you are being overly harsh. People are allowed to have differing viewpoints and I think Oak's perspective is important, even when it's misguided. I watch the channel for all of their reactions to what they watch. I just personally hope that Oak continues to learn from the different things he watches on the channel and can start to understand that not every movie needs to "logically" work, and to engage with the story on the level it's being told, instead of the level he expects or "wants."
I saw this movie once several years ago and that ending…I never watched it again. It was so mind-blowing and messed up I just can’t. Great movie, but some lines cannot be uncrossed for me.
Same. My husband had seen it and pushed for me to watch it for a while calling it “a fun thriller”. Needless to say his recommendations get pretty severe scrutiny now.
I can't recall if King has said it himself or it's a fan thoery, but The Mist is connected to The Dark Tower universe in that the experiment in The Mist accidentally created a tear to the space between Roland's world and this one. The creatures/monsters are from that space between the two worlds. Or something like that.
Yep..the time has come..the one movie that I promised never to watch again, because it's still so fresh in my mind after a decade..I'm re-watching it with you, guys
The scariest part of this film was supposed to be, and successfully was, the way that humanity breaks down and how people begin to lose it when society falls apart. To quote the great Tobias from Fear The Walking Dead “When society ends, it ends fast.” Yeah this ending was not the way that SK wrote, but he actually said he preferred this one because of how dark it was and how it properly subverted expectations with the typical happy ending
I especially appreciate the existential horror of The Mist movie because the main character is like a surrogate for the audience: Of course in a crisis _you_ would make perfect decisions and respond carefully weighed rationality and compassion. The main character makes all the "correct" decisions and it destroys him. It is a bleak ending, but I wouldn't call it nihilistic. It's not a bad idea to subvert viewers' expectations, and honestly, I think they executed it well here. It's stuck with me for years. On the other hand, you could take away that it's a cautionary tale about being proactive when you're lost or in a disaster. Rescue services (hazmat and military) were on the way but it took time to mobilize. In the meantime the survivors in the store nearly succumb to panic and herd mentality, whereas had they remained calm and turned off the lights at night, they would've been fine. Almost all the deaths in the film resulted from people acting proactively on incomplete information. I find it very interesting as a horror film and a character study.
Honestly didn't even watch the reaction and skipped right to the last 5 minutes to get to the meat and potatoes. This movie needed this, it shows to never give up hope, as salvation may just be around the corner.
A film that actually takes original approaches to the source material. Not only that, the film’s recognition and legacy grow every year. Seeing more and more ppl rank Ms. Carmody as a top tier villain is amazing because Marcia Gay Harden, who’s SEVERELY UNDERRATED, gave another Oscar worthy performance in this film. And the ending speaks for itself. Legendary.
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Next Anime Movie A Silent Voice Pls🙏
Frank Darabont directed the first season of The Walking Dead. That’s why you saw some familiar faces here, or vice versa given the release dates.
P.S. - The black & white version of this movie is really cool.
Y’all pointed out Carol but not Andrea (laurie holden) she was in the walking dead too! Love a good cross over.
@@Cloud-gm7kj they do in the full reaction
This is what I think of every time there's a creepy fog all over my town.
Agreed! Fog freaks me the hell out bc of the movie
dude, a fog in your town is not normal, this should almost never happen, you should really get that checked out by the military or something
Silent Hill always came to mind first. But that's just how I grew up, watching my older brothers play those first several games upon release, cause I sure as s*** wasn't going to.
@@maximillianosaben
Hey! I have Silent Hill in mind as well! 😊
killing all your loved ones in a car?
Stephen King said he wished he had thought of that ending lol. One of my favourite stories to read and movies to watch. Amazing cast and stellar acting.
She was right. They just had to kill the boy lol
That wasn’t the ending in the book?!
I really love the ending. Saw a theory saying maybe Mrs. Carmody was right, and David's group paid for their sins. 🤷♀️
As a parent, I thought the ending was brilliant!!! He promised his son the monsters wouldn't get him, so he made sure they wouldn't.
@@megteg The ending in the book is ambiguous. They keep driving and think they might hear something on the radio indicating there were people alive outside the mist, but it's not certain.
@@megteg you got that right. In the Novella the story ends as they head towards the outskirts of the town slowly through the fog. Makes you understand why King said he wished he had thought of the movie ending himself lol
There are a handful of movie reactions that immediately elicit an "oh no" when it pops up on my feed and this is one of them. That ending is brutal.
Same here, although for different reasons. It's always a coinflip on whether reactors will appreciate the ending, and understand why it thematically plays out the way it does, or if they'll launch into motivated reasoning and go on and on about its supposed flaws, or worse, about how movies ought to have happy endings.
It doesn't help that many people think of their own children while watching the film, and fail to properly absorb and engage with the scene - and the impossible scenario put before David's group - because they're too busy thinking of what they would've done differently, judging his decision from the comfort of home.
The whole thing reminds me of a quote by Kafka, which I'll paraphrase below. It serves as a stark reminder that so many think themselves clever for "blowing up the trolley" as means to cope with the absurd unfairness of life and what it can make people do:
“We ought to read only the kinds of books that wound us; if literature doesn't wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for? To make ourselves happy? We would be happy precisely if we had no books!
We need books that affect us like a disaster - that grieve us deeply - like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves, like being banished into forests far from everyone, like a suicide.
A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us.”
I don't wholly agree with Kafka here, and I doubt he'd be smacking "feel-good" books out of people's hands, but responses to The Mist make it glaringly obvious that consuming media this way is inconceivable to some.
Imagine if they did Threads. 😁
The ending sucks kiddo @@spectrobit5554
@@spectrobit5554 I've never seen a reactor say that this movie needs to have a happy ending. But I have seen people dislike it for other reasons.
The woman who went to get her children survived because the monsters saw that's Carol from The Walking Dead and they just rather avoided her.
Lots of Walking Dead Peeps in this movie....
Also a lot of faces that later became more familiar. The actress playing the cashier girl played one of the lead roles in The Man in the High Castle, Ollie is Dr. Zola from MCU, the actors playing Jim and Myron are reliable strong actors from Darabont movies.
Jane was already Punisher when the movie was made, but later played one of the most important characters in The Expanse. And we all remember Captain Holt.
The casting of this movie is insanely good.
@@JohnDAmico-ci2hzFrank Darabond directed this and the first 2 seasons of the walking dead. I THINK
I love that she survived with her kids.
She told the monsters to look at the flowers and they got the message.
I think one reason they didn't try to survive was because they had seen how agonizing/scary the deaths have been and the father promised his son that he wouldn't let the monsters get him.
yeah I was thinking that. They'd already been scared, stressed and traumatized for a couple days and witnessed how easy it is to get snatched up and killed horribly, and seeing that guy who left the store who only had half his body pulled back, I think by that point you'd just be so scared, desperate and traumatized from all the deaths and painful bloody injuries you'd witnessed that you'd be quick to want to take your life when it looks like there's no escape and there's no options left
The ending is very realistic
But in the end the monsters got him anyways because the humans are the monsters of this story
@@Daytondaily Some humans are monsters. People in the car and dad were not, they were simply hopeless.
Fun fact: Stephen King himself preferred this movie adaptation over the novella, which was written by him. 💜
@@JonNelson523Okay happy? Lol
That's cause Stephen King is not a good writer
@@estebanvelazquez353 L take.
@MilkshakeGuruTTV L writer. His endings suck ass, his books are predictable, and he has questionable thoughts about children which show through his writing. Like the child orgy in the sewers. King knows all about sewers though being the rat faced little shit he is
@@MilkshakeGuruTTV Agreed. I will say: King is my favorite author, and he's a GREAT writer, but he is (famously) not very good at endings, though. (Of course, I'm also one of the seeming minority who actually thinks the ending of the Dark Tower series is absolutely perfect.)
I don't know HOW I went so long without watching this movie and no one spoiling the end for me. I was silent for like a whole 5 minutes after the credits rolled in just staring at a wall, like what the hell did I just watch? lmao
If you're interested it's a very different ending than the book and I believe King said he really liked the movie ending
Thank god you never got spoiled because it is really an ending that stays with you long after the end 😂 I was also speechless after it lol
Wow I'm honestly really surprised not only that u haven't seen this movie cause it used to be on TV all the time, but that no one has ever spoiled ending. It's so bleak that everyone that's read the novella & heard that they changed ending for the movie was very shocked & everyone was mixed on opinions except Stephen King voiced that he loved this ending & wished he had thought of it. Imo, it's one of the best adaptations of his work! I hope even though ending is so sad that u still enjoyed this.❤💞❤️
Same here! I'm 28 and old seen this movie for the first time a few months ago.. Absolutely Blown Away jumped out of my seat! Thank God I was alone at work watching it because I was like WHAT!? Lol wild that nothing about the ending ever came up anywhere before
Yup same lol!
The third collaboration between King and Darabont. This movie, The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. All unforgettable in their own way.
The Green Mile is incredibly sad.
@@thelegacyofgaming2928I thought that said bad and I was about to go to war
"I didn't like the child sacrifice, and I didn't like the ending." Oak, you aren't supposed to like it lol, it's purposefully made to make you uncomfortable and *not* like it.
That's a big part of why it hits so hard and makes some people recoil against it. The ending devastates us all, I completely understand your visceral reaction to it and I think this film may grow on you with time and distance. It's so hard to process at first
Exactly
Yeah exactly when oak starts talking about The Road I was like come on ! That movie is incredible I love it nd hearing him say wish he hadn’t seen it I was wild .
You have to agree that people hate this movie specifically because of that. Some people believe those scenes to be bad cinema (myself among them). I get that people appreciate the value of shock and disturbance, but you can’t knock people for hating it, and dislike the movie because of it.
My opinion: Yes, watched it long ago, and never watched it again, specifically because there is no edification. Shock value for shock values sake. Didn’t grow on me.
I really liked the Road, and I’d watch that movie again 👍
@@funkman12345 yeah that’s completely understandable I just didn’t get his gripe with the road cos that movie is about passing the fire along to his son.
@@funkman12345 I disagree massively that it's shock value for shock value sake. It's a realistic portrayal of how people under extreme duress, fear and exhaustion could and likely would react in a situation like that.
He also promised his kid earlier in the film that he would do anything not to let the monsters get him, and he lived up to that promise.
Fun fact: Ollie is the voice of Dobby!
I came to say that.
Cool, didn't know that
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This film is not about monsters. It’s social commentary, it’s about fear, despair, religious extremism, and human nature. Thomas Jane’s character at the end breaking down and completely losing his sanity always sends shivers down my spine, and it still haunts me till this day.
Almost every Stephen King books are about human nature. That's why people love them
@@bikko3089 True.
The monsters we become to each other and ourselves. Not the monsters outside.
It's about the loss of Hope, while Shawshank Redemption is about maintaining Hope. Frank Darabont has talked about the two extremes of these two films.
All the times I've seen this movie and I've never noticed Thomas Jane's character is painting a portrait of The Gunslinger in the beginning. What an amazing little reference.
I think we need films like this. Not everything should have a happy ending. I think in fact, films like these, make us appreciate happy endings more.
I guess my movie experience is very different. I appreciate them because, to me, they are so rare. at least outside of kids films, and esp in genre films (horror and sci-fi), even more esp in indie genre films.
I agree. Most movies have people programmed to think life always ends in a happy ending. When it definitely does not. I've noticed they also tend to be in shock when something doesn't end in sunshine and rainbows.
@@believeume122 no, movies are entertainment, the ending should have some closure and a positive one.
I absolutely disagree with you here. Real life is sad enough, I don't appreciate sad endings at all.
@@Lilithly I disagree that life is sad enough, but that’s your take and that’s fine. I think life is.. life. Full of sad, happy, angry, etc. movies should reflect all aspects of that. It’s okay to disagree on this
This was one of those rare films that truly horrified me. Gigantic creatures trying to eat you with different people showing different levels of fear and coping skills. It was terrifying and bleak; a dark horror.
some of those humans in the store being worse monsters than the alien creatures.
@@ZakhadWOW - Would you rather go outside and be torn to pieces by towering insects or stay inside and being told it’s the end of the world and it’s all your fault and you’re going to be sacrificed by being fed to the creatures? I’d take my chances venturing outside on my own with a can of Raid.
@@atomzero29 I'll stay inside. At least I have a chance of taking out the other humans. The monsters is an automatic loss.
Two days is all it takes, remember the pandemic shortages? Hoarding?
yeah this movie aged really well imo. it's a lot easier to believe this would be how ppl would behave after seeing the selfishness and chaos of the pandemic.
50/50
One half run outside just because : " Well its all fake and i know better so i do exactly the opposite that i get told to "
So in the end we half that stay home will survive lol
The scary part is even without the monsters you know in a situation where people even if they knew each other we're locked in a situation like this with no idea what's going on outside they would act exactly like these people do and that is frightening in and of itself
this! now more than ever, everyone seems more divided and quick to attack each other verbally and physically over even small things in today's society
Yep. While I might normally question things getting so far out of hand that child sacrifice is being seriously considered on day 2, this is far, far from a normal situation. Tense moments and some conflicts, sure, but this far? Thing is, the combination of the enveloping mist, the deadly supernatural creatures lurking all around, and multiple fatalities just in the first day would be bad enough to push many people into potentially dangerous, unstable behavior. After all, a lot of these people are going to be suffering psychological shock from the horrors and surrealness of it all. Add a fire and brimstone zealot who manages a seemingly miraculous survival into that powder keg and no, I don’t find two days that surprising at all.
Oak, you gotta remember that the dad promised his son he would not let any monster get him... That flimsy car would've not stopped these monsters from making a whole in the windshield or the rooftop and getting them. He didn't want his baby boy being eaten alive. He thought no help was coming. No one knew they were on their way to rescue them.
Also, this version of the end is Frank Darabont's baby. Stephen King had a different ending and said he was really impressed with Frank's (I think the book ends with them driving off into the fog, open ended, you don't know what happens). Stephen King thought this ending was brilliant. I do, as well. I rage cried the first time I watched it, I get the mixed feelings. Now, years later, I think it's brilliant. It made me rage cry, ffs!
I agree. The ending had me feeling some kind of way when I first saw it. Once you let it sink in, you appreciate it more. We’re getting his raw reaction, immediately after seeing it. He may feel differently later on when the shock value wears off.
the scariest part of this movie is how realistic it is in terms of how the people in the store react. it is absolutely something that would 100% happen given the right combination of minds trapped together.
I get Oak’s criticism of people turning as fast as they did in the movie…but based off of famous psychological experiments conducted throughout history, it does not take long for people to spiral and lose sanity in dire situations. 2 days is not an unbelievable amount of time when you have a person pushing radical ideas. Edit: I forget the name of the experiment but there’s a role playing experiment where they take regular people and split them between guards and prisoners. The guards IMMEDIATELY consider themselves better and treat the “prisoners” poorly
the stanford prison experiment
The Stanford Prison Experiment is what you're thinking of, but your interpretation is flawed. That situation occurred because the group was entirely made up of bored, middle-class, white men in college. It is not in any way a reflection of humanity, and actually intelligent people have criticized interpretations of it for years because of it. "Spoiled white boys who feel weak in their daily lives like exerting power over other people when given the chance" is not a damnation of humanity. People make the same stupid mistake with Lord of the Flies, which was specifically about rich private school boys in England. It was very much a targeted commentary on how class and power impacts this specific demographic, and the SPE reflected similar outcomes. Absolutely way off base to say this has anything to do with humanity.
I just saw the notification and i immediately went: " Ugh! The trauma! The horror!!"
I Love this movie 😅
Oak thinking people wouldn’t fall apart after 2 days is hilarious 😂😂 was he asleep through covid, people lost their mind after a few days without any alien invasion
yeah i believe people would be WORSE than here coz the violence, racism, sexism, classism, and division etc etc that would occur in real life can't be shown in order to keep the movie rating down lol
Once religion gets involved, people would absolutely get irrational. It'd be interesting to see how differently everyone would've reacted if Marcia's character wasn't there.
They've done a lot of studies, though, that show how compassion & collective action are actually more common in disaster situations than panic.. which gives me hope lol
Funny, compassion is an important tenet in actual Christianity.... ;)
Oak doesn't usually do well with very dark stuff. He tends to like more of the hopeful, fun, or uplifting stuff, I've noticed. Dark and nihilistic isn't his cup of tea.
To kind of understand why they made that decision, is that every single time someone tried to step out they died. There didn't seem to be response from the military, there didn't seem to be hope. The one safe place had given into Mass Hysteria. In general the whole idea was that no matter what they did just stepping out was a horrible death sentence. It wasn't so much about whether they had a chance to survive, it was that, based on all evidence, it was choosing a quick death or a horrible one.
Fun fact Steven King wrote this and he is known for disliking his movie adaptations but he actually likes the ending of this movie better than his book ending. In the book they just drive off into the mist. I feel like this is one of the best shock endings. I love to hate it hate to love it!
Saw this in the theater when it came out and it stuck with me all that night. I just think it shows the danger of misplaced faith and having little. The end is a gut punch for sure.
Leave it up to Carol to make it out alive!! Lmao Walking Dead watchers know!
If I remember correctly, the movie and the book do not have the same ending. King himself said he was mad he didn't come up with the movie ending when he was writing the book. He loved it so much
What was the original ending?
@@kaylakurosaki4873i believe the book ends with them just driving, stopping at a hotel. The ending is inconclusive. Really.
Oak, you would be surprised how quickly normally rational sane people can be driven to the worst possible behaviours in a panic situation. Especially when provoked by someone very persuasive who seems to be offering a solution, no matter how heinous.
And as for the father's actions at the end, I guess the timeframe of the movie makes the decision seem immediate, but I'm sure he thought about 200 million times before he put a bullet in his son. And how can they know they would be rescued? How long should they wait before they give up? Sitting in a car that can't move just waiitng for a giant spider or something to eat them?
Expanding on your second paragraph, they drove from Maine to Connecticut, which surely took them at least a day, if not more. I wish the film had done a better job at establishing just how desolate and hopeless the situation had become, because it was most certainly not a decision made on a whim.
There is a great edit here on TH-cam titled "Original Ending to The Mist" by Paul Moore, and I've always thought the closing shots were very powerful and evocative. They'd fit perfectly into a dream sequence or something of the sort, since David most likely imagined things were irreparably that bad; a world that didn't belong to men anymore.
How long did it take for people to lose sanity over a cold virus?
Oak being as sensible as he is, I think he received all the right signals and ended with all the right conclussions. This movie deals heavily with the dangers of extremes, both in cinicism, faith, bad decisions, as well as the loss of hope. The book was kind of more messed up, but the ending of this movie is just incredible, because if they had waited and gotten saved "magically" by the millitary, it would have just been seen as a boring repetitive happy ending, but since it ends with tragedy, and one that involves a very very difficult decision, it sticks in your mind, and of course it gives way for a lot of conversation.
Also, the ending in the book is just "and they just kept going and going". That's it.
I think his response was a little unrealistic. He's just caught up in his feelings. It was an incredible ending.
@@believeume122 Sometimes he also gets the wrong message. I remember he thought the point of Coraline was that kids are spoiled if they actually want their parents to be better, when it was in fact about the dangers of grooming.
@@MegaMilenche Is that fact, or is that what you believe it was about? Because if it isn't stated, it all comes down to opinion.
1:03:45 First time I disagree so much with Oak. You know that after the pandemic, that's more than possible. We had people trampled by others over toilet paper!!!! People are NOT rational, and the pandemic wasn't as horrid as the scenario in "The Mist". People do all kinds of crazy sh¡t when they're desperate for a solution. Especially after seeing the old religious woman was "right". The bug didn't bite her, and things happened similar to what she "predicted". Of course she was vague af, but people put all of their faith in her and in her "god". I believe people would've been more cruel in real life, if "The Mist" really happened.
@@iulia.bianca.b In the words of Agent K: "A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals."
A person is smart, people are dumb
You don't even need a pandemic or zombies to have people trample each other. You just require Black Friday discounts, and hundreds die in stampedes.
One of the best endings! of any movie! ever!
So well done, so real, so devastating. Fantastic writing, acting and directing!
I mean... this end was really bad (form what I was excepting, bcs many ppl said this is strongest ending ever). There was really weak binding between that characters so u cant feel some strong loss during that scene. I was really disapointed. For me was way more horrific scene in mall, when they wanted kill that boy. I think book is for sure better in this, but movie did that poorly. If u want ppl to cry over scenes like that, u must work on that characters hard during whole movie, so u can create some link with them. But movie overall was pretty good, even at time when it was released I liked it a lot.
I concur. Very horrible ending. As a psychologist, im not saying the ending isnt possible. But noone carries the mindset to fight so hard to stay alive just to off theirselves, inunderstand its a movie. But the ending itself just doesnt make sense, you just took away the integrity of the main characters@@kubo5185
Mrs. Carmandy is far scarier than anything in the mist. What a great acting job!
I already know the Oak isn't gonna like the ending
yeah ironically his 'positivity' and want for a happy ending is a real downer in a lot of reactions.
@@ellehcimbelle Yeah I've noticed that a little too. It's a shame, not all films need or should have a happy sunshine ending.
This is a good film, but it would be a lot less memorable and spoken about if not for that ending.
Oak! You're not supposed to like the nutcases in the shop or the ending🤣🤣🤣
Lol that’s the irony of what Oak is saying. The lady in the store had the same argument. People are rational and what not. Lol then apply the pressure and the people showed themselves. Some were more rational than others 😂
Mrs. Carmody was right tho. As soon as they sacrified the child, the mist disappeared.
@@GergelyTari Mrs Nutcase was not right. Correlation does not imply causation.
Mrs. Carmody is near the top of my list of most hated fictional characters. As a result, Ollie is among my favorites.
This film was supposed to be in black and white but the studio got cold feet at the last minute, which explains why some of the vfx isn't as strong as it could've been as it was designed and composited to work in b/w. Overall I think it's an amazing adaptation, just super dark, I needed a shower after watching it LOL
I have a copy of this in b & w and the cgi looked a lot better
Fun fact: the woman singing at the end is the same woman singing on the Gladiator soundtrack “Now we are free”. Her name is Lisa Gerrard from the band “Dead Can Dance”. The song here is called “Host of the Seraphim”.
It's such a great song too! "Aria" is my absolute favourite from her though, especially how it's used in the film Layer Cake.
I never knew that but no wonder her vocals at the end always gave me de ja vu😂
It’s a beautiful song and her voice is so hauntingly beautiful
The real horror is the madness of people and the delicate balance of 'civilised' society :(
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Oh no... Oh boy.
2 days is a bit fast, but I attribute that to it being a movie; it definitely would be a matter of days, not weeks, especially when you have an extremist riling up scared people.
I think, for the end, for me, what helps, is that his son asks him, he says, "Dad, promise me you won't let the monsters get me," and I look at the ending as the father fulfilling that promise.
In that moment, you don't know what is going on, you think there is no hope. There is no gas, nobody coming to your rescue, and you are surrounded by monsters. You remember your son's promise and you make the choice. You will save them the suffering, and take it upon yourself. You make the call, and then, the worst, you are saved. You suffer, are in pain, it sucks.
I like that the Stephen King novella, didn't have this ending, it was ambiguous, but after seeing this ending even Stephen King said he wished he'd have chosen it.
I love it, it goes against what you'd expect from hollywood.
It is rough too, re-watches are hard, but the more you understand, it's gets better.
Also, I think looking at this through a classic horror lens, and watching the black and white version helps with the cgi woes and other things, it is pretty good. And I know you want to believe in society, but survival is a basic instinct and if we are put in a situation where there is on other option between you and the person next to you, for the most part, yest it could devolve this quickly.
Again, to each their own. But I think it takes a more realistic approach on things. Like, real life is going to be dark. Especially if you have kids or pets. like think of all the crazy end of world scenarios where a single sound ends it all, then think of how your own children act, or pets, yeah, it's over in a moment. Again, it's got it's faults, but I feel this is exactly how real life would go down.
Anyways, love you guys, love your reaction to this. Especially because that is exactly how this should go, you leave a stephen king book either amazed, grossed, scared, or changed. Sometimes all at once. :)
The first time i watched this movie was in a theather in a session with audio descprition for blind people. At first i thougth i would bother me someone narrating what was going on in the scene but by the middle of the movie the narration actually was adding to the terror and dread of the film. Truly a one of a kind experience for such a great movie!
This movie is more about people and humanity than the monsters and horror, imo.
Quinn’s face having already seen the movie at 15:04 when Oak was talking about the perspective of watching a movie as a parent 😂
Lmaooo
That's not Clint Eastwood (Good, Bad, Ugly) that's the cover art for Stephen Kings book, The Dark Tower.
Marcia Gay Harden is a phenomenal actress! I've never felt such disgust and hatred towards a character than I have for the zealot Mrs. Carmody. While I respect people's religions and beliefs, I full stop at zealotry because at the point all logic has long been abandoned and in dire times, when emotions are running rampant, it can pull others in. I think that's what I love about this movie, it shows that chaos and fear can quickly divide people even when they're facing the same enemy.
Edit: I just saw Oak's speech that he believes a group of rational people wouldn't break down so quickly, however I do have to point out the people in the store weren't thinking rationally. They were scared shitless (highly emotional) which is what allowed Mrs. Carmody's tendrils of zealotry to quickly take hold and warp the minds of the majority of the people in the store.
Seeing Thomas Jane in the thumbnail reminds me that you guys have not watched The Expanse yet. A brilliant tv-show that way too many people haven’t seen yet.
One of my favorite shows, I’m in agreement that it should be watched by anyone who has even an inkling of interest in space.
The Expanse. Hell yeah! I just binged it like 3 months ago..
Absolutely amazing show. I binged all 6 seasons a handful of times now, and it's just as intriguing each time. It's sad that not many people have heard about it.
Oh my god Yes. I'm rewatching the reactions from Blind Wave and LM reactions to the Expanse right now, so I can remember the story and watch the end of the show. I'd freak out if Badd Medicine watched it too!
I knew I could count on someone to be advocating for The Expanse in the comments. Badd Medicine crew get on that, you will not be disappointed!
58:48 It's not Stephen King's book ending, no. The original "The Mist", like "The Shawshank Redemption", is open ended. They drive off into the mist and you don't know what happens. Stephen King loved this ending more than his own.
your guys ads are actually so enjoyable LOLLL, love the skit
I'm at 10 minutes in and silently screaming "Noo! You can still walk away without this burden!"
Love this film. There's nothing scarier than human beings.
The mighty Oak shaking like a leaf at the end… a father promised his son he wouldn’t let the monsters get him. and at the end of the day he kept that promise.
To me the ending is what made the movie. I agree that if it had a happy ending it would not be as famous or as popular. It would be “eh they escaped” considering the rest of the film but the ending adds that OMG aspect that justified the rest of the movie simplicity most of the complex elements of the film lied within the ending. And the dad kept his promise the monsters didn’t get his son.
I remember watching it again with family over the holidays cause it was on TV and everyone had seen it already, and once you watch it again you become desensitize to the ending and kinda find it humorous cause the timing of rescue is perfect it becomes hilarious in a dark shocking way . Like damn you couldn’t wait 30 more seconds dude😂 ???you did that FOR NOTHING😭
Seeing this in theaters was pretty crazy, especially with that ending. The lady with the can of peas is my favorite. 😅
Lmfao that grandma is 110% my favorite. I laugh every time she throws them peas and shes ready to chuck more. Lil off topic but cute profile pic :)
@@holyfire11 Aww thank you! 😊 Yeah she makes me laugh everytime too lmao. I still remember the audience cheering during that part.
Did people walk out for yours? Half the theater I was in walked out when the mist cleared.
@@pythonkatie1985 If they did, I didn't notice but that's interesting! We would go to a certain theater on purpose since the audience always got pretty loud. It was fun for horror movies lol. But I remember the silence after that ending.
I remember seeing "marley and me" and the crowd had that same silence when a certain something happens thats tragic (not trying to spoil it for those who havent seen it). I almost started crying infront of my sisters and mom so i hung my head a bit to hide it and my little sister said "aww, brothers crying" (not in a mean way but sincere and she said it to our mom to get her attention). At that very moment i heard all the other people crying in the theatre and i just couldnt handle my emotions and busted up laughing soooo hard. I guarantee people probably thought i was laughing at them for crying or i was psychotic and was laughing at the dog being dead. Lmfaooo. It got worse because the confusion on my moms and sisters face seeing me laughing only made me laugh harder. Ahh good times.
Fear will lead you to some dark places. There aren't a set number of days before folks start thinking illogically.
That is not Clint Eastwood. It is, in fact, the last Gunslinger. The man who has not forgotten the face of his father. It is Roland Deschain, and as fans of the Mike Flanagan horror universe, I promise you will want to know his name soon. ❤️
This movie also has lots of ties to Roland and the Dark Tower series
So glad I saw this in theaters. Legendary ending.
This movie is especially fun if you have people watch for the first time all three of the Frank Darbont-directed Stephen King adptations - The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Mist. This one always throws them for a darn proper loop after the other two!
I personally love this movie, I think it’s underrated! Just a great movie! ❤
I caught this as an afternoon matinee in late November of 2007, on a gray, overcast day; when I came out of the theater, it was even more heavily overcast, with heavy fog.
I didn't want to leave the theater to walk to my car.
Man that ending
when Oak is almost lost for words, you know its a rough watch!
Frank Darabont developed the first season and half of the second season of walking dead and he brought most of these actors for it. Thomas Jane was originally going to be Rick Grimes
Its a movie about faith and hope. Its almost like a fairytail for adults to "Never stop fighting". A lot of old fairytails end like this to scare kids.
2:52 “…There are other worlds than these.” 🌹🐢
And that is the truth.
Haha... yeah, when they said "Clint Eastwood!" I was like... not really, but kinda, since Roland was obviously very heavily inspired by the classic spaghetti western characters that Clint played.
Thankee sai
The ending will worm into your brain when you think of this film. King also loved it, even though it differed from his version~
King declared, “It was so anti-Hollywood - anti-everything, really! It was nihilistic. I liked that.” In an industry where narratives often comply with predictable tropes, The Mist‘s ending stood out, breaking norms with its dark, fatalistic conclusion. According to King, this was its triumph, earning his hearty endorsement.
Love that you all clocked Ollie as the hero of this film early on.
"My life for you..."
Same thing Trash Can Man said to The Walking Dude in The Stand.
How the hell have I never picked up on that...
Holy shit you’re right
Another person that has spotted the ties to other books! The lady from the Walking Dead makes it to her kids through the Myst due to Maturin protecting her. Some people also think that "Pennywise" is from the dimension that the creatures come from.
Films with bleak, upsetting, or bitter-sweet endings create stakes in the film industry. Most movies these days are boring because I'm NEVER worried since I know the ending will be fine, especially anything non-horror. Films like this that take a risk and create an ending so full of despair have my full appreciation because they're keeping excitement and wonder alive during the entire runtime with no promise of a happy ending. IMO we need more of this.
The end of this movie hits SO hard.
I saw this in theaters when it first came out. It was the only movie where half the audience walked out before it was over.
I can see why the end would want to make them walk out, but it's already the end by that point, so wouldn't make any ifference. I don't understand why people would walk out earlier, though. What happened earleir in the movie that would cause that kind of reaction?
I'm a sucker for a depressing ending, so it was great surprise.
Fun fact. The Mist (the story) what's actually one of the biggest inspirations on Silent Hill, the video game series, and the eventual movie. Down to the creatures coming out of the fog and very specifically the air raid siren that you hear at the beginning.
I absolutely love the ending to this as it's one you really don't see coming or forget.
Badd Medicine, I really enjoyed this video, so I hit the like button!
The Mist is a powerful exploration of faith under extreme circumstances. The film delves into how faith, both religious and in humanity, is tested when people are confronted with the unknown and terrifying forces. As the mist engulfs the town, the characters’ varying beliefs become central to their survival strategies. Mrs. Carmody's fanatical faith, which leads her to demand sacrifices to appease what she believes are divine forces, contrasts sharply with others who cling to reason or lose hope altogether. The film poignantly illustrates how faith can unite, divide, and even drive people to desperate actions in the face of fear and uncertainty. The climax of the film also epitomizes the importance of keeping faith, even in the most dire of times.
I'm a truck driver and I was coming through a really thick fog in California and you couldn't see anything but as you were going down the interstate you could just barely make out the giant windmills that are out there and the first thing that came to my mind is the walkers from this movie
Sam witwer is actually in the first episode of the walking dead. He is the zombie in the tank rick crawls in. He is also in alot of star wars stuff. He's darth mauls voice
Also Starkiller.
This movie’s great, and I’m of the opinion it’s perfect for the black and white version. The cinematography and scares lend itself so well to the old-school horror films before we had color, it really feels like a modern version of a horror classic film.
People in a crisis situation will look to a leader. If a good leader doesn't step up, a bad one will. There were people in this store who could have stepped up and prevented the disaster that occurred, but for multiple reasons, they didn't, and the wrong leader filled the vacuum. No one in this crisis was thinking clearly, and no one had a plan. We don't have as many examples of this sort of thing happening, because in most cases no one survives to tell the tale.
OMG I remember hating this movie when this came out. The ending just pissed me off so much.
I still do lol lol 😂😂😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂 depressing
Going through COVID I can believe a lot of these things could happen.
Ouch……. The ending of this movie though….. 😳 I’m surprised Oak and Answer hadn’t seen this before… how crazy… lol
One of the wildest endings ever
Yayyy❤ this a such a classic. Excited for y’all’s reaction ❤ the plot twist was insane
This movie would’ve been shorter if he was The Punisher
It took me a while to get good with the ending but when I'm upset at an ending I need to take a breath and remember that it's fiction and no one was actually harmed, lol.
This is what I said to myself after watching the movie for the first time with my dad a couple of years ago: I’ll never watch this again, but it’s definitely a must-see simply because it has the saddest, most brutal, cruel, and depressing ending I’ve ever seen in anything. Also, I don’t think I’ve ever hated a character more than Mrs. Carmody. She’s literally the worst of all time. I agree with Oak; we had the exact same thoughts. I just wish David had waited just one more minute before doing what he did. This teaches us a lesson, though: Even in the midst of uncertainty, keep holding on to hope, even when it seems hopeless and impossible. Don’t make any irrational decisions before you find out what you’re dealing with-it could save lives, even if it seems like there’s nothing but darkness… or better yet, a bunch of fog!
That was Frank Darabont’s ending. Steve’s ending had a possible glimmer of hope.
I have never been this shook at a movie ending, just imagine...
Oak really has to stop judging movies that fall outside the cookie-cutter Hollywood/cliche formula so harshly. The story isn't about people working together, it's a horror movie about the horrors of humans. Acting like just because you think people "probably" wouldn't turn into this in 2 days doesn't mean the movie is bad because that's how they showed it.
You have no idea how you would act in that situation, you have no idea how others would act in that situation, and even if you do think you know that, them depicting something different from how you think you would act is not "bad writing."
yeah he makes me not want to watch their critiques a lot of the time as he sours everyone else's mood and drags down the reaction if something doesn't line up the way he expects it to. i find it ironic for someone who claims to love 'positivity'.
@@ellehcimbelle I disagree and I think you are being overly harsh. People are allowed to have differing viewpoints and I think Oak's perspective is important, even when it's misguided. I watch the channel for all of their reactions to what they watch.
I just personally hope that Oak continues to learn from the different things he watches on the channel and can start to understand that not every movie needs to "logically" work, and to engage with the story on the level it's being told, instead of the level he expects or "wants."
I saw this movie once several years ago and that ending…I never watched it again. It was so mind-blowing and messed up I just can’t. Great movie, but some lines cannot be uncrossed for me.
Same. My husband had seen it and pushed for me to watch it for a while calling it “a fun thriller”. Needless to say his recommendations get pretty severe scrutiny now.
I can't recall if King has said it himself or it's a fan thoery, but The Mist is connected to The Dark Tower universe in that the experiment in The Mist accidentally created a tear to the space between Roland's world and this one. The creatures/monsters are from that space between the two worlds. Or something like that.
the first time i saw this movie i was like 14 and i remember after the ending i was crying in an upset rage for like twenty minutes 😢😅
I hear you. I was haunted by the ending.
Yep..the time has come..the one movie that I promised never to watch again, because it's still so fresh in my mind after a decade..I'm re-watching it with you, guys
The scariest part of this film was supposed to be, and successfully was, the way that humanity breaks down and how people begin to lose it when society falls apart. To quote the great Tobias from Fear The Walking Dead “When society ends, it ends fast.”
Yeah this ending was not the way that SK wrote, but he actually said he preferred this one because of how dark it was and how it properly subverted expectations with the typical happy ending
I especially appreciate the existential horror of The Mist movie because the main character is like a surrogate for the audience: Of course in a crisis _you_ would make perfect decisions and respond carefully weighed rationality and compassion. The main character makes all the "correct" decisions and it destroys him. It is a bleak ending, but I wouldn't call it nihilistic. It's not a bad idea to subvert viewers' expectations, and honestly, I think they executed it well here. It's stuck with me for years.
On the other hand, you could take away that it's a cautionary tale about being proactive when you're lost or in a disaster. Rescue services (hazmat and military) were on the way but it took time to mobilize. In the meantime the survivors in the store nearly succumb to panic and herd mentality, whereas had they remained calm and turned off the lights at night, they would've been fine. Almost all the deaths in the film resulted from people acting proactively on incomplete information. I find it very interesting as a horror film and a character study.
Everything isn't a happy ending guys. And yes, human beings would fall into chaos some within hours. Scared people are not rational.
Honestly didn't even watch the reaction and skipped right to the last 5 minutes to get to the meat and potatoes. This movie needed this, it shows to never give up hope, as salvation may just be around the corner.
When I saw that y’all were doing this reaction, my very first thought was, “oh no, poor Oak”😭
A film that actually takes original approaches to the source material. Not only that, the film’s recognition and legacy grow every year. Seeing more and more ppl rank Ms. Carmody as a top tier villain is amazing because Marcia Gay Harden, who’s SEVERELY UNDERRATED, gave another Oscar worthy performance in this film. And the ending speaks for itself. Legendary.