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SpacialEntropy
04/30/20 7:48:05 PM
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The film anyway. Those giant gut punch, pull the rug out from under you kind of endings? I know a lot of people didn't like the ending to that movie, but I love it and I use the same type of set ups and endings in my more Twilight Zone inspired short stories. It just has this...gut-wrenching type of feel to it. Like a giant "ooooh shit...." type of thing, and it's all so deliciouly bleak.
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Hexenherz
04/30/20 7:48:31 PM
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It was stupid and nonsensical but then again I find a lot of King's stuff overrated.

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NOM
04/30/20 7:49:02 PM
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Extremely depressing

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Irony
04/30/20 7:49:11 PM
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They suck

Hexenherz posted...
It was stupid and nonsensical but then again I find a lot of King's stuff overrated.
King had nothing to do with the movie's ending.

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Hexenherz
04/30/20 7:50:53 PM
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Irony posted...
They suck

King had nothing to do with the movie's ending.
well he had something to do with the original story. I thought it was an adaptation of a king story anyway

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specialkid8
04/30/20 7:51:04 PM
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I love it. It's always refreshing when the good guys don't win and shit goes completely sideways in one way or another.
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ApherosyLove
04/30/20 7:52:16 PM
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More movies need to have the balls to do something like that.

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Gafemage
04/30/20 7:53:26 PM
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Theyre good if done right but usually they just come off as too melodramatic & cheap to illicit any real emotional response from me.
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nevershine
04/30/20 7:55:08 PM
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It was certainly unexpected. At the end of the day though, Id call it a good change of pace as far as endings go.

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creativerealms
04/30/20 7:56:14 PM
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Irony posted...
They suck

King had nothing to do with the movie's ending.
And his book had no ending at all.

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NoMeLx22x
04/30/20 7:57:15 PM
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Can someone spoil this for me.

I know I saw it forever ago but can't remember what happened

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Irony
04/30/20 7:57:50 PM
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creativerealms posted...
And his book had no ending at all.
Which is better than the movie's

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Hexenherz
04/30/20 7:58:15 PM
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NoMeLx22x posted...
Can someone spoil this for me.

I know I saw it forever ago but can't remember what happened
They finally escape and then they're driving and they run out of gas or something and then there's this fake dramatic moment where the dad's like "ok lol well that's it" and he kills them and shoots himself and then like ten seconds later there are some military troops coming down the road clearing out the mist.

So terrible.

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nemu
04/30/20 7:59:29 PM
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They can be good, but it takes a masterful approach to pull it off.

NoMeLx22x posted...
Can someone spoil this for me.

I know I saw it forever ago but can't remember what happened
They get to what they think is the end of the line, so the guy kills everyone and, before he kills himself, the army appears and starts to push back the mist and creatures,
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IReallyDoubtIt
04/30/20 8:00:24 PM
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It can work, but the Mist's movie ending sucks and it's not actually that bleak because the military saves the day,

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Anteaterking
04/30/20 8:00:30 PM
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I feel like there should be more of them in mainstream movies but are often overused in indie stuff with the belief that a "**** you" ending is more artistic or whatever.

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Payzmaykr
04/30/20 8:00:57 PM
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Waste of time. Horrible ending that ruined the entire movie.
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specialkid8
04/30/20 8:01:25 PM
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NoMeLx22x posted...
Can someone spoil this for me.

I know I saw it forever ago but can't remember what happened
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLvKj4WOYfE
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Laserion
04/30/20 8:01:43 PM
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I read that when King saw the movie ending, he loved it, and wished he had ended it like that.
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Hexenherz
04/30/20 8:03:16 PM
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"balls to do that"

Lol, balls to do a shitty ending?

They could have written it better but for the same effect.

Example: Car breaks down. Family's like "shit", they think about it for a minute, finally decide they'll take whatever few things they have and carefully set out. Everything's clear for another minute or two then monsters start attacking, maybe tear up the son, dad gets a couple of shots off and then they get him, mom gets nicked (was she there? haven't seen it in a while) she's bleeding out of her jugular and saying she's so sorry and she loves the daughter and all that and just as the daughter's on the verge of fully breaking down that's when the military rolls in and saves everything.

How's THAT.

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EbonTitanium
04/30/20 8:07:49 PM
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I love that ending.

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SpacialEntropy
04/30/20 8:09:13 PM
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specialkid8 posted...
I love it. It's always refreshing when the good guys don't win and shit goes completely sideways in one way or another.
Yes! This. It's like, yes, I want to root for these characters, I really do, but sometimes shit just doesn't work out and there isn't always a happy ending. In fact, the end can be soul shatteringly sad and still be good imo.
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LeadPipeCinche
04/30/20 8:09:39 PM
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Thought the ending was fucking great.
If they had waited just a bit longer they all couldve lived.
Now he has to live with himself for the rest of his life knowing what he did.

Now i do also have an issue with the ending as well.
The movie makes it seem like they run out of gas and he unloads on the car all in a span of 15 seconds.
If you run out of gas you gotta sit there for a little bit before firing it up.
If they did that theyd all be alive.

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SpacialEntropy
04/30/20 8:11:00 PM
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IReallyDoubtIt posted...
It can work, but the Mist's movie ending sucks and it's not actually that bleak because the military saves the day,

But for the main characters it's as bleak as it gets really... I loved the movie as a piece of human drama more so than a monster movie tbh.
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unclekoolaid73
04/30/20 8:11:03 PM
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movie ending was better. The book was to Hichcokian.

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SpacialEntropy
04/30/20 8:13:58 PM
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Hexenherz posted...
"balls to do that"

Lol, balls to do a shitty ending?

They could have written it better but for the same effect.

Example: Car breaks down. Family's like "shit", they think about it for a minute, finally decide they'll take whatever few things they have and carefully set out. Everything's clear for another minute or two then monsters start attacking, maybe tear up the son, dad gets a couple of shots off and then they get him, mom gets nicked (was she there? haven't seen it in a while) she's bleeding out of her jugular and saying she's so sorry and she loves the daughter and all that and just as the daughter's on the verge of fully breaking down that's when the military rolls in and saves everything.

How's THAT.

Not as much of a fan because the good guys still win. Maybe not entirely, but in some way. With this one, no one in the main group gets a happy ending. There's no happy take-away unless you care deeply about the side characters and just general world.
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Hexenherz
04/30/20 8:14:32 PM
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How do the good guys still win,

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Keith_Valentine
04/30/20 8:14:38 PM
#33:


Good movie, great short story. Forgot about that.

Some of Kings shorts are really good imo. Some are just totally off the wall. Like 'Cain Rose Up' think its called.
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Vicious_Dios
04/30/20 8:15:53 PM
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I wonder if he gets imprisoned for manslaughter or something.

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SpacialEntropy
04/30/20 8:17:39 PM
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Hexenherz posted...
How do the good guys still win,

Sorry, wrong wording. I guess it just leaves me feeling like the daughter might actually be okay in the end? Idk. I get the feeling Thomas Jane's character won't ever be the same if not, you know, take himself out too. I guess I also have the whole build up of The Mist vs your synopsis too.
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Spellcaster
04/30/20 8:18:08 PM
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How the hell does something as bad as the tv series end up getting greenlit

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SpacialEntropy
04/30/20 8:19:25 PM
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Spellcaster posted...
How the hell does something as bad as the tv series end up getting greenlit

No idea honestly. Was pretty bad from what I remember.
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Bluebomber182
04/30/20 8:21:59 PM
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perfect ending for the curb your enthusiasm theme
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Vicious_Dios
04/30/20 8:22:15 PM
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Spellcaster posted...
How the hell does something as bad as the tv series end up getting greenlit

That emo kid was fucking unbearable. Goddamn.

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SpaceBear_
04/30/20 8:22:37 PM
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I loved it too. Bold move from the film makers.

There was a deleted ending from the movie Dodgeball where the bad guys win. Ben Stiller's team wins and celebrate and the credits roll.

A few of the crew wanted to end it that way, but they didn't dare.

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Prismsblade
04/30/20 8:23:12 PM
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Dumb, how did the woman who left the mall earlier survive when practically everyone else was killed within minutes of stepping foot into the fog?


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Tsukasa1891
04/30/20 8:24:57 PM
#43:


Hexenherz posted...
"balls to do that"

Lol, balls to do a shitty ending?

They could have written it better but for the same effect.

Example: Car breaks down. Family's like "shit", they think about it for a minute, finally decide they'll take whatever few things they have and carefully set out. Everything's clear for another minute or two then monsters start attacking, maybe tear up the son, dad gets a couple of shots off and then they get him, mom gets nicked (was she there? haven't seen it in a while) she's bleeding out of her jugular and saying she's so sorry and she loves the daughter and all that and just as the daughter's on the verge of fully breaking down that's when the military rolls in and saves everything.

How's THAT.
Sounds like the ending of every movie like this ever.
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Darmik
04/30/20 8:25:32 PM
#44:


The ending was great. Don't think anyone would remember the movie otherwise.

Hexenherz posted...
"balls to do that"

Lol, balls to do a shitty ending?

They could have written it better but for the same effect.

Example: Car breaks down. Family's like "shit", they think about it for a minute, finally decide they'll take whatever few things they have and carefully set out. Everything's clear for another minute or two then monsters start attacking, maybe tear up the son, dad gets a couple of shots off and then they get him, mom gets nicked (was she there? haven't seen it in a while) she's bleeding out of her jugular and saying she's so sorry and she loves the daughter and all that and just as the daughter's on the verge of fully breaking down that's when the military rolls in and saves everything.

How's THAT.

Generic and crap. The tragedy of the ending is that it's his fault and it could have been avoided.

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HagenEx
04/30/20 8:26:09 PM
#45:


Some of them are good (Martyrs), some are bad (The Mist).

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LeadPipeCinche
04/30/20 8:26:34 PM
#46:


Prismsblade posted...
Dumb, how did the woman who left the mall earlier survive when practically everyone else was killed within minutes of stepping foot into the fog?

Cause Carol is a badass
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Bluebomber182
04/30/20 8:27:08 PM
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Prismsblade posted...
Dumb, how did the woman who left the mall earlier survive when practically everyone else was killed within minutes of stepping foot into the fog?



dude thats fucking carol peletier. ofc she survived
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SpacialEntropy
04/30/20 8:30:13 PM
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HagenEx posted...
Some of them are good (Martyrs), some are bad (The Mist).

Is Martyrs the French revenge movie? The one with the shotgun scene and the family? I forget the ending.
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Funkydog
04/30/20 8:30:36 PM
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I liked how they did it in the film. Showed the true despair they felt they were in, with nowhere else to go.

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Zodd3224
04/30/20 8:31:19 PM
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Movie ending was better than the book ending

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SpacialEntropy
04/30/20 8:32:39 PM
#51:


Zodd3224 posted...
Movie ending was better than the book ending

Also agreed. The book just kind of... ends. Leaves the characters fates totally up in the air. Not a horrible thing if done right, but I didn't care for it in the book.
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