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Something in the Mist...!!!
I used to know a guy we'll call Jim (because that's his name). Whenever he would do something cool for his girlfriend: buy her a gift, tune up her car, whatever, he'd say "that's a blow job in the bank" meaning that he could cash in that good deed for oral sex at his leisure. I can remember being torn. On the one hand it's pretty funny, but on the other it reduces the relationship to a rather base trading of deeds in a quid pro quo fashion that has nothing to do with love. Jim had a lot of issues in the romance department anyway...
Somehow though, when I saw The Mist today, I thought to myself "Well, Mr Darabont, that's a blow job in the bank for you sir!" While it's true that I'll likely never have to do the deed, The Mist was surely worthy of it. Yay to director Frank Darabont!!
Along with Alfred Hitchcock and George Romero, Stephen King fed the horror-loving young Wednes a steady diet of scary shit. I read The Shining when I was about eleven. I know, what the fuck was my mom thinking...I read Salem's Lot after I saw the movie in the early 80's (even though it came out in 1978). While I am sometimes pissed off at his endings, Stephen King remains a hero of mine. And The Mist, it so happens, has a good ending if I recall correctly, and I haven't read it in years and years.
This movie rocked my socks. Thomas Jane was pretty subdued, and a joy to watch. William Sadler is also enormously good as the guy who changes direction as the wind blows. Marcia Gay Harden is great as the spooky Mrs Carmody, and Andre Brauer was great as the neighbor who also happens to be a jerk. Also enjoyable to see are Jeffery DeMunn, Frances Sternhagen, and the guys who run the grocery store.
When I see a heavy CGI movie, I usually think that they should ditch one special effect and hire some damn writers. They did precisely that here. There's a solid story, both character and plot driven, some very scary moments and a lot of grossness. While I understand why people were pissed at the ending, I love zombie movies, so I thought it was fine. More movies should have so realistic a conclusion.
Of course now I want to change the scary story I wrote for NaNo because my monster has tentacles. This would not be the first time someone stole my idea while I was still writing it. LOL
H put up new posters in the living room, which means he took some down. I'm sort of relieved that that horrible Irreversible poster has been taken down. I love that movie and all, but it's not the sort of thing I need staring at me in my living room, if you get me. Anyway, he put up Sweeney Todd in it's place. He also put up Resident Evil 3 and Kill Bill. So our living room is looking damn snappy.
Somehow though, when I saw The Mist today, I thought to myself "Well, Mr Darabont, that's a blow job in the bank for you sir!" While it's true that I'll likely never have to do the deed, The Mist was surely worthy of it. Yay to director Frank Darabont!!
Along with Alfred Hitchcock and George Romero, Stephen King fed the horror-loving young Wednes a steady diet of scary shit. I read The Shining when I was about eleven. I know, what the fuck was my mom thinking...I read Salem's Lot after I saw the movie in the early 80's (even though it came out in 1978). While I am sometimes pissed off at his endings, Stephen King remains a hero of mine. And The Mist, it so happens, has a good ending if I recall correctly, and I haven't read it in years and years.
This movie rocked my socks. Thomas Jane was pretty subdued, and a joy to watch. William Sadler is also enormously good as the guy who changes direction as the wind blows. Marcia Gay Harden is great as the spooky Mrs Carmody, and Andre Brauer was great as the neighbor who also happens to be a jerk. Also enjoyable to see are Jeffery DeMunn, Frances Sternhagen, and the guys who run the grocery store.
When I see a heavy CGI movie, I usually think that they should ditch one special effect and hire some damn writers. They did precisely that here. There's a solid story, both character and plot driven, some very scary moments and a lot of grossness. While I understand why people were pissed at the ending, I love zombie movies, so I thought it was fine. More movies should have so realistic a conclusion.
Of course now I want to change the scary story I wrote for NaNo because my monster has tentacles. This would not be the first time someone stole my idea while I was still writing it. LOL
H put up new posters in the living room, which means he took some down. I'm sort of relieved that that horrible Irreversible poster has been taken down. I love that movie and all, but it's not the sort of thing I need staring at me in my living room, if you get me. Anyway, he put up Sweeney Todd in it's place. He also put up Resident Evil 3 and Kill Bill. So our living room is looking damn snappy.