Spoil Me, Please (The Mist's Ending)

[gategrrl]

 Has anyone seen The Mist? The new movie that's out?  Here's a quote from a review:

The only thing Darabont [the director] changes from King's 1980 extended short story is the ending, tamping down the source material's ambiguity in favor of a somewhat contrived "Twilight Zone" twist.

and another review says:

Everyone is talking about the ending of The Mist, which is a major departure from King's own "fading into the fog" dot-dot-dot period at the end of his short story. I don't mind an ambiguous conclusion at all (in fact I usually prefer them), but I have got to hand it to Darabont for coming up with one of the most definitive, unforgettable climaxes in horror movie history. It's worth the price of admission, alone.

Can someone PLEASE tell me what the twist is? I can assure you: I am NOT going to see this movie because I don't like being freaked out when I go to the movies (I don't do horror movies, even though I write the stuff).

Comments

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

My daughter said that the main character kills his young son and the remaining few survivors to spare them, only to have the "cavalry" arrive to save them a short while later.

She said it sucked.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Hmm.

I recently reread the story the movie comes from...and I can imagine the main character eventually doing that - but not the rescue after. It seemed pretty certain that the mist covered the entire planet.

[mdhenry.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. The Mist is the apocalypse. We just saw the movie last night and the adaptation was repulsive. When will I learn to stop going to film versions of my favorite reads?

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

I've started reading reviews and responses to the movie, and it's wild - folks either hate it with a passion, or love it beyond reason.

There's such a thing as *too much* irony, I think, in an ending.

[seanchaidh.livejournal.com]

Wow, I've seen... a lot of things that end that way. The first time it was interesting, a French play I saw, but... it's now old.