THE MIST: You Won't Be Disappointed -- Brandon's Rant http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/26/THE-MIST-You-Wont-Be-Disappointed----Brandons-rant.aspx Stephen King film adaptations are a dicey lot. King’s a prolific fella, with more than 50 novels under his belt and two or three times that number of short stories, and the law of averages says some of those won’t be worth the paper they’re on. Regardless, Hollywood loves to use his work, as he tends to write with a cinematic POV. Unfortunately, many of those adaptations REALLY suck. Many directors have foundered on his work; John Carpenter and Stanley Kubrick, for example, both produced crap based on King’s work, and those guys rock. There are, however, two directors who have managed high-profile success with King more than once: Rob Reiner and Frank Darabont. This brings me to Darabont’s take on King’s 1985 novella THE MIST. A storm has just blown through a small Maine town, blowing down trees and knocking out power everywhere. David Drayton (Thomas Jane), a commercial artist, heads into town with his son Billy (Nathan Gamble) and snooty attorney neighbor Brent (Andre Braugher) to pick up supplies. While in the supermarket, a strange mist blows in from the nearby lake and shrouds the town in an eerily deep fog. But it’s not just any mist; there are creatures from another world out there, things that are carnivorous and hostile to the extreme. en-US Critics Rant info@criticsrant.com Subtext Version 1.9.4.0 THE MIST: You Won't Be Disappointed -- Brandon's Rant http://www.criticsrant.com/images/default_gravatar_bullhorn.png http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/26/THE-MIST-You-Wont-Be-Disappointed----Brandons-rant.aspx 77 60 re: THE MIST: You Won't Be Disappointed -- Brandon's Rant http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/26/THE-MIST-You-Wont-Be-Disappointed----Brandons-rant.aspx#2305 I really liked this movie. I thought it was very creepy. Catyanna http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/26/THE-MIST-You-Wont-Be-Disappointed----Brandons-rant.aspx#2305 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:16:30 GMT re: THE MIST: You Won't Be Disappointed -- Brandon's Rant http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/26/THE-MIST-You-Wont-Be-Disappointed----Brandons-rant.aspx#2308 a really good movie . but not for small children WAVELYN http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/26/THE-MIST-You-Wont-Be-Disappointed----Brandons-rant.aspx#2308 Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:34:58 GMT re: THE MIST: You Won't Be Disappointed -- Brandon's Rant http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/26/THE-MIST-You-Wont-Be-Disappointed----Brandons-rant.aspx#2364 stephen king movies always rock needs50 http://www.criticsrant.com/archive/2007/11/26/THE-MIST-You-Wont-Be-Disappointed----Brandons-rant.aspx#2364 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:44:21 GMT