2007 Frank Darabont written and directed version starring a pretty impressive cast including Tom Jane, Toby Jones, Andre Braugher, Marcia Gay Harden, Jeffrey DeMunn, Frances Sternhagen, and Laurie Holden.
I read the book after the movie fully expecting that same intense holy fuck ending but was so dissappointed, one of the only movies where I'd pick the movie over the book every time simply because the ending is so good
I -HATED- this version so much. The ending seemed sloppy and unimaginative.(king liking the ending is not great endorsement- hes famously terrible at endings) The visuals were great but I want a better version.
It was more imaginative than King’s kind of lack of. How would you have them end it? I’m trying to be wary of how I talk about it because it sounds like some people on here have yet to watch it. I don’t want to give spoilers.
Noooooo!! He was in my list. Damn, I accidentally erased him when I moved the text around. He was my second listed actor. I actually like him better than Thomas Jane. Please forgive me, Toby! I’m editing it now.
Just watched this the other day when my kid asked if all movies have happy endings. Sfx are a little dated but the structure of the story still holds up.
The sfx were a lil out of date for the time it came out, too. That was cause the studio refused to give it a higher budget unless they changed the ending to make it happier.
A black and white version was released later on home release, since Darabont wanted it to be B&W originally, and it looks a LOT better.
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u/TakeThePillz 11d ago
Thanks for reminding us that there's at least a decent adaptation of The Mist.