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The Mist - Patreon Version (Patreon)

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2023-08-12 12:00:04
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No Sync Required Version: https://cinebingers.ca/SpLg6U5dw1 - For Patreon tier "Bingers on The Wall" or higher.

Movie runtime: 2:05:59

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The Mist - Patreon Version

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JediLounger

This is still my favorite Stephen King story even all these years later. I love it because of how simple the story is, but also how it connects to his various other stories and books. They did change the ending, and I think my preference is still the original ending, as I love the ambiguity. They did it this way so a sequel could not be made, and I totally get it. But as usual for me, the book lands better and I enjoy it more. Stephen King actually loves the movie because of the ending. He wishes he had thought of it when he wrote the short story. Edit: Also, same artist did both of the posters at the start of the movie, Drew Struzan. The other poster is for King's Dark Tower series, and the figure in the poster is Roland Deschain, the primary protagonist from those books. King originally based him off Clint Eastwood when he first wrote The Dark Tower 1 back in the 70's for short story magazines, the collected book came out in 1982. Do NOT watch that movie haha, read the books. They are excellent.

christopher b swanson

this ending is so good.........and evil...........the best part about being in my 50s and having seen everything is my ability to know when to fast forward to see watch epic moments.............epic moments that crush simone and george and this reaction is perfection for the moment.............that ending huh

christopher b swanson

last.............george nailed it with the review, what a risk to end it like this.........and while it smashes you in the face, it will stay with u longer than 90% of other movies, and in years to come you will remember it and recommend it to others...............its a classic of its own standard

Spacedone

Simone: "Why did you vote for this one?" Gollum: "You will see... Oh yes, you will see."

Hamesque

Reactions to The Mist is catnip for the same perverts that were book readers when the Red Wedding aired. It's me. Just rolling around meowing and purring.

Spacedone
>>115063356

Also people who look for the Twitter reactions from unsuspecting teens and their twisted parents when they sit down together (usually on Easter Sunday) to watch that nice animated movie about bunnies... That's me too :D

Orphan Crippler

And they all lived happily ever after. The end.

windyWin

When I first saw this film, I found the ending memorable in a depressing way, but I didn't really have a reaction the way Simone and George had. It didn't get me the first time I saw it. Now that I got to watch it again with yall it made me appreciate how intense the movie is after many years, and I appreciate the reaction.

Wyatt Nuxoll

Watching this film a second time was tough especially when I'm watching it with you guys.i remember when this film first came out and I watched it , literally never been so mad at a movie ending. Which is probably the reason that this movie is ranked in the top 5 worst horror movie endings of all time , at least last time I checked . Seeing your frustration and anger though also reminds me of the main plot theme of the film, no matter how bleek and hopeless things seem you have to keep moving forward and don't abandon all hope.... salvation could be right around the corner all you gave to d9 is hold on just 5 more mintues..... haha lmao or at least that's my opinion of the main plot theme and the story just took that and cranked it to an extreme level

Jeff K
>>115059362

I struggled like crazy to get through The Gunslinger, which is weird since it's BY FAR the shortest book in that series, but yeah, the entire saga is amazing in general. I should really do a re-read or listen to the audiobooks again; I haven't read them in 20 years at this point. Reading Gunslinger, it's VERY obvious that you're reading the work of a college kid. And yeah... the movie was so, so bad. Which is such a shame because they absolutely crushed the casting with Idris Elba as Roland and Matthew McConaghey as the Man in Black. Like, McConaghey in that role is about as perfect as it could get, and they still fucked it up.

BiaN

i fucking KNEW george would have a field day with this lmfao

Michael Robayo

The main point of this movie is never to lose hope, ever. I miss Frank Darabont making movies. This is a phenomenal film! I watched this in theaters when it came out, and it took me a long time to leave my seat. Also, the audience was pissed and shocked out of their minds.

gobmob2000

I like the film because its a well made film, but I don't agree with the philosophy in it. The film believes that its in peoples nature to turn on each other when things get difficult, but I agree with Amanda, people tend to be inherently good and actually tend to help each other out. And the evidence supports me (its also what sociology says to be true) If the philosophy in the Mist was correct, we would never have been able to build a society in the first place. We got to this luxury with the lights on and the machines turning etc because we are good to each other and tend to work well together. It does make for a good story, but sometimes I get a little tired of Hollywoods tendency to portray humans "as the real monsters" etc However the fact that we make such films as "warnings", shows that we really are not monsters, since we can recognize monstrous behavior. I.e. we tend to understand good vs evil. However, on occasion people do turn on each other (but its not the norm), so its not entirely unrealistic in social behavior. But looking at the film as a social study for typical social behavior is a mistake.

gobmob2000

Here is something you two missed that will make you even more mad: When you see the rescue arrive, they came from behind the car, which means that when they drove away, they where driving constantly away from the rescue, just staying in front of it until they ran out of fuel.

Opti_Frog

The studio offered Frank Darabont double the budget for the movie if he changed the ending. Thank god he refused. Not only one of the best and bleakest endings in horror history, but as George said: If they all die, what's the point of the movie? This ending, as tragic and and messed up as it is, gives the film a point that is more than a "fuck you" to the audience: Never lose hope. Never give up. This thought about what The Mist says about hope had already been in my head for years when i found this quote from Frank Darabont: "On balance, it seems like, thematically, it’s a pretty good companion piece to Shawshank, in a weird way. Because if Shawshank is the movie about the value of hope, then The Mist becomes a movie about the danger of hopelessness. And believe me, I knew that it was going to be one of those endings that people either really dug, or really hated.” And i REALLY dug that ending. In fact, the irony hit me so hard the first time i saw it that i was cackling with dark glee like an evil witch. 😄

Martin

George: So that’s how this ends? With all of them dying? Us: Lol…no. It’s so much worse.

gobmob2000

Want to get even more mad: There is a theory that the religious nut job was right all along that the kid had to be sacrificed. Because as soon as the kid got shot, rescue arrived. Personally I choose not believe in that theory, but just putting it out there.

gobmob2000

There is a special black & white directors cut of the film which gives you a different, and under many peoples view, superior feel. I recommend you two should watch it, maybe not on the channel but in your spare time.

Opti_Frog
>>115072974

That theory makes no sense, because say that they all sat there in the car at the end and waited, not taking their own lives... Would the army not have shown up a minute later? Did killing the kid make the army, AND all the rescuees, magically appear behind them?

PIG

Right now, and through the centuries, there have been people we don’t know who tried everything they could (EVERYTHING] and it meant nothing in the end. They lost everything. I always like to think that this is the only main stream movie to ever try and represent what they went through and that’s why I think it’s a great movie. Being good and being smart gives no guarantees, it only helps. The universe owes you nothing in the end.

PIG
>>115072703

lol I actually said that out loud on that part.

PIG
>>115073591

Yes! It was such a great idea but the studios shot it down.

REDR58
>>115072350

It’s like with Dawn of the Dead (2004) that they watched here. I prefer that movie ends before the very last scene with the camera showing them reaching the island. What was the point?

DeAndrew Greene

If I remember correctly Stephen King said he didn't like The Shining because it focused so much on Jack Nicholas's character when he's not the focus of the book. From everything I've seen he's been complimentary of most of the adaptations to his material. He even complimented that Dark Tower movie they made and that wasn't good.

Gary Fixler

There's an interesting psychological aspect to the ending, in that we have a feeling of hopelessness and anger, because the people we were with for a week died. It's hard to care about the caravan of survivors - many of them children - and the mist being cleared away, and hope being restored, because we lost our things. Our egos make it about us. I watched this dude for the last hour, and therefore, because of me, he's important, not all these other losers in cobwebs everywhere. It's really jarring to find out we're not the main characters, and our actions didn't lead anywhere good, while the actions of many other survivors may have. I'm not making any big point here; I just find it an interesting pile of threads to think around and through.

Cubonemaker

This movie infuriated me the first time I saw it and I hated it. Now it’s one of my favorites to go back to 😂

King_Panarisi

The handsome soldier guy in this (Sam Witwer) is equally loved by the Star Wars community as Henry Cavill and Keanu reeves are by the rest of the world. None of you called out all of The Walking Dead cast in this so I guess none of you have seen it, you should add the series for polls ;)

PIG
>>115082614

I thought it was okay the first time I saw it, but like you, it’s one of my favorites. True horror.

DeAndrew Greene

One of the best reactions you'll find is to this movie. Frank Darabont is a genius for that ending.

Tenn Seven

The painting in the beginning is of Stephen King's protagonist in The Dark Tower Series, Roland Deschain.

Odd Thomas

This is going to be interesting! I'm loving the informal horror series you're doing. Can we have The Conjuring next pleasepleaseplease

Odd Thomas

Yes all King stories are connected. His magnum opus is The Dark Tower series. It was made into a movie - a very bad movie, but I think Amazon are doing a series. I highly recommend the books, especially if you like sci-fi/fantasy

JayF

I think this may have been your introduction to Andre Braugher (unless you've watched Brooklyn Nine-Nine). He's a favorite of mine and is also in Glory (which a bunch of us recommended to you for another Matthew Broderick movie). Another personal favorite with him is The Tuskegee Airmen (TV movie with stacked cast from 1995).

djKENTO

Yes all of Kings books are connected thanks to The Dark Tower

djKENTO

As for King hating or liking films The Shining is a good movie but a bad adaptation of a much bigger and more fantastical book. Kubrick gutted most of the ideas and stripped it way back. He and Darabont have a great relationship so I’m sure he liked this one just fine. Also Doctor Sleep reaction when?

Jay

"I feel like in general people are used to, or want happy endings, good endings, good guy wins bad guys loses" Yep, and I'm so glad that every now and again, a film like The Mist will come along and say "FUCK YOU" to those people:) This was one of the few times I went into a King adaptation having already read the book so yeah, it was mindblowing at the time. My one major complaint about this film is the CGI. Sorry, but how am I supposed to be scared of that clip art nonsense? That aside (btw, the black and white is so much kinder to the bad CGI), I love this movie! And that disgusting zealot is played by Marcia Gay Harden, I think the only other film I've seen her in is Miller's Crossing. One of my favourite Coen Brothers movies and one I've seen recommended here plenty of times..... just watch it, guys. It's so fucking good.

Beard2134

This was probably said but Midnight Mass would be a great series to watch

Jay

This film also reminds me of the good old days of The Walking Dead. That show went to shit but the early seasons (espeicially season 1 with Darabont as showrunner) are great.

Odd Thomas

Everyone hates the ending the first time but as others have said, it's a story about faith. Crazy lady had faith so was spared from the bug. David didn't, so he paid the price. It's not a nihilistic film - quite the opposite.

Jeff K
>>115083166

The Walking Dead cast, including Sam Witwer... kind of, anyway, since he's the zombie in the tank in the pilot episode.

PIG
>>115090799

A series? I might check that out. I avoided the Tokien one but this one… might work??

FranciscoGios

I’m sorry for laughing so hard when Simone was describing her time at the beach and saw a worm with a stinger this big 👌 coming at her. And George I’m glad and as well as some Patreons here will give you a ‘thank you’ note for reacting to our most voted movie.

DoubleJ

From what I've seen Stephen King tends to be either complimentary of films adapted from his work, or doesn't say much at all (or maybe I've just missed his complaints). Other than The Shining the only one I can think of that he very publicly did not like was The Lawnmower Man as he sued to have his name removed from it entirely (which makes sense as other than the title it has nothing to do with his short story and really should not be watched). And while he has made his disdain towards The Shining well known as it is not a faithful adaptation at all (Kubrick really just takes the basic idea from the novel and then does his own thing), it's really not that uncommon for a movie based on King's stories to stray far from the source material. I think King's issue is more that The Shining is a very personal novel and not seeing that story on screen is a sore spot. But he has always been very complimentary of Frank Darabont's adaptations, and more recently Mike Flanagan who adapted both Gerald's Game and Doctor Sleep (both are excellent) and I believe is working on a Dark Tower series (which by default would have to be better than the movie).

DoubleJ
>>115093652

I'll second the recommendation for a Doctor Sleep reaction. It may be sacrilegious to say, but I think I like it even more than The Shining, which I do like an awful lot.

Grand Moff Slackin'

I would like to know how Simone’s packing went after this one.

Grand Moff Slackin'

There is a bit of a good guy wins tho because the military does takes back control.

JohnB

I haven't read the book, but apparently it had a different ending and Stephen King said in an interview that he liked the movie's ending better.

Brendan Rafferty

Really enjoyed this reaction video, especially watching Simone get visibly furious at the end of the film. 😀

Chase Schleich

I first saw this film in 2008. My son was 4 and I was a single father. This ending has stayed with me over all these years. I could not imagine pulling that trigger. One of the most fucked up endings in movie history and just when you think it's gotten as dark as it could possibly get, they found a way to make it 10x darker. It haunts me forever.

redddfer44
>>115109624

When I first heard of this film, somehow I got spoiled. I decided I will never watch this. I didn't have kids back then. Now that I do, I really don't want to ever watch it.

Odd Thomas
>>115091814

I think I first saw him in City of Angels. Such an underrated Nic Cage film

Odd Thomas

As George said, if nothing else the ending is memorable and it deserves credit for that. Love it or hate, you'll always *remember* it. Most films you struggle to remember what happened in it by the next day. Movies need the odd F U ending to keep us on our toes.

Miles E Coburn

Good reactions, Simone, and George! Yeah, “The Mist” is a tough watch. But when George asked what was the point of the movie I could see you missed the point. It was a play depicting how fragile society can be. As said on the loading dock that if you take away electricity, 9-1-1, and put people in fear, society will break down fairly quickly. I mean, it took one day for the people in the supermarket to divide up into three groups. One group leaves, and then you’ve got a group, spearheaded by a zealot, who will blame anyone for their situations, and the other, “rational” people. Given enough fear, more and more people will gravitate towards the one that will comfort them the most and make them feel protected. The self-destruction of society has been the topic of many stories. The first time I encountered it was in an old “Twilight Zone” episode (and a story in an anthology of Twilight Zone type stories), “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street’. In that story, a neighborhood loses all power, including automobiles not working, etc. A new family had moved into the neighborhood, and for some reason they had power. Suspicion and paranoia take over as another house will have power, while others will lose power they previously had. And the people will naturally turn on each other. I won’t spoil the ending as to why what was going on occurred. But it’s basically the same thing here. Paranoia, suspicion, anger will tear a society apart as each group will view the second group as “Others” and blame will be assigned. Re: the ending. In the novella, the group in the car continue driving (I suppose prior to running out of gas). The movie ending was all Frank Darabont. And Stephen King loved it. He has said he wished he had thought of that ending. But, on to why they didn’t wait. They had no gas, no way to get anywhere. They were still hearing the monster noises all around them. They had no idea how far the mist (and its monsters) had spread. How long do you wait? Also, you may have missed a very important piece of dialogue when you were talking about something else. Billy (David’s son) asked his dad for a very special promise that no matter what happened, he (the dad) wouldn’t let the monsters get him. To the adults in the car, the world had ended. All that remained was slow death by dehydration and starvation, or the quick death via the gun. Afterward, David was exhorting for the monsters to kill him, after he had given his son and the rest a presumably merciful death. After the movie ends, whether it’s a week, month, or a year, I’m thinking David would end himself due to his (misplaced in my mind) guilt. Yes, Stephen Kind thought Stanley Kubrick’s version of “The Shining” was a terrible adaptation of his book. He thought it was a visual masterpiece, but in no way captured the essence of his book. So disappointed was he that he wrote a three-part miniseries for TV which was much, much closer to his book. Most people who read King’s book and then saw Kubrick’s film were disappointed. Including me. It would have been better if Kubrick had called his movie, “The Overlook” (the name of the hotel) as the actual Shining power had little to do any actions in the movie.

Travis

Just had a f-d up thought listening to your recap. What if that hyper-religious lady was right and they needed to sacrifice the boy for it all to end. Think about what those folks in the store will think when/if they hear his story. You could make the argument they were clearing away the creatures before that but from the viewers perspective nothing is resolved until he kills his son. Huge biblical undertones throughout this movie even when they are filtered through an awful character.

Middy

I'm so, so glad George was as annoyed as I was. I can deal with depressing endings, but those people...

Grinznmore

The religious zealot was vindicated. She said the boy must be the next sacrifice. The irony is that the father, the least likely, provides the sacrifice.

Chase Lonnergan

I loved part of this story, if there is one thing that Stephen King is good at, it's ripping off Lovecraft and trying to pretend it's an original idea. But I also cannot stand his utter loathing for Christianity. Every "Christian" character in EVERYTHING he writes is either a lunatic, a monster, a murderer, a racist, or a rapist. EVERY SINGLE ONE. Dude is a major league asshole.

Logan Kerlee

xD This movie was wicked crazy! Wasn't scary to me at all but it was definitely crazy! lmao, any movie or actual place with a overzealous religious person I'm just going to avoid it, thank you very much! While I'm not surprised that she got blown away in the end I would've probably done it or just tossed her outside into the mists before she gathered her flock. Then again though, the people that she turned are among the weakest of the bunch mentally - so no real loss here. xDD These movies always make me think about what I'd be doing in a situation like that. Sorry if you're not the sort that likes to imagine these things, I'm just saying my piece on it. . Happy that you both reacted to this, even if you're not. :P The reaction was very entertaining and fun to watch. Simone's terror filled face or George's reactions to dark scenes really entertain me. While the ending was pretty damn depressing and awful - it's something that I said (as I was watching) would happen. I of course said that in a joking way!.. but then it just happened! xD Wow! hahhaha

Middy
>>115235450

Dude, I would have been hurling tinned peas non-stop. I actually started getting annoyed with the "good guys" for not fighting back more.

Middy
>>115193498

There were religious people in the movie who didn't join the zealot, they just weren't given much focus because it's not a story about God or faith, it's a story about how crazy people get when society breaks down.

Crunkljack

Not Stephen King's ending. But I heard he liked this ending more than his. Not sure if that's true. My favorite ending to any movie I've ever seen. Just because I knew the original ending and this completely subverted my expectations.

Crunkljack
>>115323361

BTW. Do NOT see "Happiness" If you were this affected by a movie. I guess I just like really dark movies.

Shibby

To me I think Mrs Carmody is especially evil because she influences other ordinary people to do evil as well. This makes it worse than just her being evil by herself.

Brendan Rafferty

Your choice of screen capture of the two of you laughing and having a good time seems an odd choice for this reaction video. 😀

William Moffett

This might be one of the wort endings in movie history. It's not deep, it's not satisfying...it's pure shock value just for the sake of it. I enjoyed most of the movie up until the ending, and I'll never watch it again.

Tanx

when I saw this in the theater it was in the middle of the day on like a wednesday or tuesday. the best time to see any kind of horror movie IMO. basically a private screening, in the dark, giant screen, big sound, no one distracting you and extra scary factor being alone. there were like 6 of us in the theater. i was by myself and there was like 2 couples and maybe 1 other person watching the movie. at the end everyone just stood up, just a look a shock on our faces. no one said a thing, not even the couples, we all just walked out in a line. think we were all just wondering, "did we just see that ending?" got to my car a realized i was still holding my empty popcorn tub. looked over at the couple that had been sitting in front and the guy was still carrying their drinks and empty popcorn. just such a WTF ending. I thought it was a great movie, but that ending just threw the whole experience off. I still enjoyed it, even the crazy depressing ending, just never had a reason to rewatch it until now because I knew the struggle was almost for nothing. but still see the whole theme of the movie and appreciate what it really says about society when shit goes down. oh and the painting at the beginning was a King book reference. and there is a series for this as well. but I havent seen it and know nothing about it.

guyincognito

This movie and Splice are equal parts unenjoyable and unforgettable. Walked out of the theater after both movies in a daze thinking WTF did I just watch.

Andrew Roach

Here is an interesting bit of trivia I read: When Jane picked out a comic book for his son in the pharmacy it was supposed to be a Punisher comic but because Jane had some problem with the studio or something he didn't want to do that so it became a different comic. Love or hate the ending, I love it, it certainly makes this movie a true horror movie. Also this makes for one of, if the the, best reaction moments of all movies lol. This reminds me of two John Carpenter horror greats: Christine, based on Stephen King, and The Fog (the original not the lousy remake).