so has anyone gone to see The Mist??i went 2 see it last nite! i was just wanting to know what everyone else thought about it! i thought it was awesome!

I havent seen it but thanks for a movie idea

It's a great movie. I'll post my base review.

I'm thrilled to say I had a great theatre experience. Best in a long time. I went into this movie not sure what to expect, I left with a with a hankering to buy another ticket and watch it again.

King's new big screen adaption was coupled with less than impressive previews, a lack luster budget, and a relatively low-ball cast. I thought for sure it would suck. Fortunately I was wrong. There were flaws, but overall, I received an excellent experience. The Mist follows a man in a struggle to protect his son, and a few others from an odd mist hat rolls in from the mountains.

We start off with our main character, an artist, taking shelter with his young son and wife. A storm has over taken their house on the lake and Mr. Drayton realizes it's a bad one. Unlike my other reviews, I intend to reveal nothing at all, and will only comment on technicals. You'll thank me later.

First off, the bad. The CGI isn't great. I would have preferred a puppet approach, but with the budget and scale I can understand why they went the way they did. Some of the characters were a bit over the top as well. But you know what? Other than being a tiny bit slow feeling at times, there's nothing else bad for me to say. And I'm an extremely negative person, so that's surprising. Onto the good.

The acting is above average. The script and the actors naturally meld into each other. The situations are realistic, and as a result, people's reactions to said situations are also on par with the real world. The people are reacting to a shocking and nightmarish event, and they really pull it off. The sound and soundtrack are very well done. I actually felt sorry when I should feel sorry, felt tension when I should be scared, and more importantly I felt desperate when the characters were realizing just how bad things were.

But the real ticket to this movie, is the ending. It is indeed a brave, brave director to end a movie like this. Two girls were crying in the theatre, gasping could be heard over the sound of the movie. You may not like this ending, but you can't deny its powerful nature.

Overall, if you a fan of horror/sci-fi, or you just plain are tired of the standard movie formula (good guys do good things, bad guys get in trouble, stuff works out, blah blah) I highly recommend it. Easily one of the best King adaptions I've ever seen. The audience really got into the movie, as well, which made it a fantastic thrill ride.

psst...Stephen King lives down the street from me...hes only the coolest guy in the world lol Hes a doll and comes to my work all the time (subway) and cracks everyone up. He even gives me his movie and new book picks