trifle
Lady in Waiting
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Sept 6, 2006 18:28:38 GMT -4
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Post by trifle on Nov 26, 2007 12:45:43 GMT -4
It ends very differently. Initially, I thought the ending of the movie was darker than King's original story; the next day I woke up and felt the exact opposite.
As someone who was a huge fan of the novella, I was really disappointed. It's not a terrible movie; it just felt like it didn't add up to much. I wonder what it would have been like if they'd given it to a real horror film director. And if they'd decided to show less and let our imaginations fill in more.
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Post by Smilla on Nov 26, 2007 14:58:19 GMT -4
Could somebody please tell me how The Mist (the film) ends? You can PM the spoilers to me if necessary.
ETA: Nevermind. MoviePooper.com had 'em. Not bad. I guess. But I think I'll skip it.
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Post by satellite on Nov 26, 2007 22:19:32 GMT -4
I saw No Country for Old Men and The Mist over the holiday, both very good, with The Mist being better than I expected.
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Post by bklynred on Nov 27, 2007 0:54:22 GMT -4
satellite, how were performances in No Country for Old Men?
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Post by satellite on Nov 27, 2007 12:20:23 GMT -4
I thought they were great. It took place in West Texas in 1980 I believe, so it had a "Western" vibe as opposed to just an "escaping from drug dealers" vibe. Tommy Lee Jones played the sheriff, a descendant of a line of sheriffs so he talked about how it had become harder to enforce the law in their present time and how his dad/uncle? didn't even have to carry a gun most of the time. Josh Brolin as the main character and Javier Bardem as the badass who was trying to kill him had a bit of a Roadrunner/Coyote relationship, but there wasn't as much scenery chewing as there would have been in a lesser film. Everyone was a rather world-weary but still trying to achieve their goal.
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Nov 27, 2024 21:09:17 GMT -4
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2007 12:54:43 GMT -4
I liked the Mist right up to the end, because I expected and got scenery chewing, cliches and all the characters from the novella.
And then it came to the ending, which pissed me right off.
The story is one of my favorites, and one of the things I like best is the last two or three sentences (which because I can't spoiler tag, I won't quote). Technically, it could be said that the ending is more or less the same, it's just that the circumstances preceding it were changed enough to make it, well, suck donkeys.
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Post by Binky on Dec 2, 2007 1:05:10 GMT -4
No Country for Old Men.
It's a beautiful, very well-acted movie, but the ending sucked so badly that if you think about it too hard you start being annoyed by the entire movie. I thought it totally lacked any kind of emotional payoff and there was actual verbalized outrage from my entire theater when the credits rolled.
I'm torn on recommending it, because 2 hours of it is really good and then it just blows.
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Post by bklynred on Dec 2, 2007 16:00:19 GMT -4
You're reading my mind, binky! I also thought the acting was great, but the ending was annoying. Still, there was lots of suspense that made up for some lacking backstory... I'm really torn on this. It wasn't bad, but... I dunno, the Coen brothers screwed me. My theater was oddly quiet and exited fast as the credits rolled.
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Nov 27, 2024 21:09:17 GMT -4
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2007 16:55:45 GMT -4
I saw "Into the Wild" over the Thanksgiving weekend. I wasn't sure it would be my thing, but I loved it. Well done and very moving.
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marywebgirl
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Nov 27, 2024 21:09:17 GMT -4
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Post by marywebgirl on Dec 9, 2007 17:57:56 GMT -4
I just saw Into the Wild and I really liked it. Mr.MWG read the book and says it's very different, but everyone did a good job with their role (can Katherine Keener do any wrong?). I'm going to hunt around for info about the story and filming, which must have taken for-freaking-ever.
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