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The Mist (2007)
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Summary: A Cautionary Tale |
The Mist is a movie based on the book by Stephen King, which was
inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and The Lord of the Flies. Perhaps even Dawn
of the Dead. but whatever influenced it, it must be said it has equally
inspired others as well, among them one of the most popular PC Games
"Half Life".
The Mist brings into focus a military experiment gone awry. Where
portals, doorways, windows to other worlds are opened, and what lies
beyond is unleashed upon mankind. But it is much more than that. It is
a story of faith, and man's worst enemy: ourselves. It talks of the
survival instinct but in so that it can lose a fight against our own
lack of faith.
So a buddy of mine came over today and made me watch the DVD of this
today, even though I watched the movie when it first came out.
Definitely upon second viewing I enjoyed this movie so much more.
The pharmacy scene is incredible. The tentacles ripping chunks of the
Sherminator felt visceral. The acidy spider webs were freaky, and it
just all worked better for me.
You start out at home, go to the grocery store, to the pharmacy and
back to the grocery, then to the finale. This movie really was
well-rounded with a lot of story. The actress who played the religious
woman was awesome, especially in the scenes where she was talking to
God or to the creature who spared her life, that was sweet.
When the military man at the end is explaining what the military was up
to, he basically spells out the plot to the game Half-Life, awesome
game by the way.
Bernie Wrightson (who designed the Impossibly Tall Creature) said his
design was inspired by an illustration from a Lovecraft book that
depicted a mass of tentacles atop a bunch of elephant legs.
I think the message was that mankind will bring about it's own
destruction. We know curiosity killed the cat, but we rarely think
about what it does to us.
