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I'm still waiting for Doug to review Meteor Man, Postman, & Bicentennial Man. In my opinion, these are 3 underrated films that deserve to be talked about.
Fun Fact about Stephen King: Originally, he threw the first draft of Carrie, originally intended as a short story, away but it was his wife Tabitha who saw potential and urged him to continue on with it. He ended up dedicating the book to her.
@@joshuakusuma5953 He should do The Rage: Carrie 2. And blame it on Stephen King for lulz and views, even though King was in now way involved with that shit.
@purpleemerald5299 Rouge one by that logic was a waste of time but some still like it, sometimes there doesn't need a happy ending it doesn't mean it was pointless it's the journey that matters.
It's just a shocking ending for the fuck of it The characters don't HAVE to live until the end, but if their death doesn't change anything story-wise, then you're better off leaving them alive Only difference is, Thomas Jane is big sad now because he killed his own son - plus some other Walking Dead fodder. But that doesn't matter because they don't do anything with it. The movie is just over afterwards
Oh, and the *one* thing I really like about The Mist is that the military actually beats the apocalyptic wave of otherworldly monsters and isn't portrayed as totally evil as they just kinda walk over the protagonist at the end and awkwardly stand there like anyone probably would after seeing that.
Idk, we only really saw a glimpse of them near the end, and although they might have enough firepower to take down one of the big creatures, they didn't have any way to contain the portal, or stop monsters coming out. It's basically safe to assume the world was still doomed, even with the military showing up, since the portal would keep growing until it became so big that our entire planet would be completely sucked into that other dimension. Especially since it was opened by accident, containment already failed, and most of the scientists involved in the experiment were probably already dead before the end of the movie, so there is practically no way to know how to close the portal, or even stop it's expansion.
@@Trojianmaru Uh... no. For starters, if the portal was "growing" as you suggest, the survivors wouldn't be in the grocery store alive whatsoever, same for alternate-Carol and her kids. They'd have been swallowed up by that point. Plus, if I remember correctly, the soldier theorized something "bled into our world", not that an ever-expanding wormhole is swallowing up the planet cause in that situation nothing in the town would be left. And if the situation was that this was an ever-expanding wormhole... then why are the military coming OUT of it? The protagonist was trying to find some way OUT of the town when their car ran out of fuel. Like, that was the tragedy of the movie's ending... the characters were riiiiiiiiiiiight at the edge of salvation. The only remaining monsters were literally right behind them, not ahead. Had they just gone a touch further, they would have seen as much. Heck, the Army convoy that shows up is escorting survivors (a LOT of them, by the way) out of the area, not pushing into it. We even see 2 soldiers stop to check on the wailing protagonist. If it was an expanding wormhole they wouldn't have stopped, they would've picked him up or left him there while they hoofed it out of there. Plus, given what we see of the creatures, even if it was a wormhole that transformed a good chunk of the planet, there's no reason to assume our modern weapons couldn't handle them. I think even Stephen King noted that he liked this ending, where the day *is* saved, but the protagonist has lost everything compared to his novella where the situation was much more ambiguous. So... no... there's no evidence to suggest your point is accurate.
Tbh I think the only weakenss of the ending is that no one did anything to signal to someone shooting a gun that a convoy was near, it would have been nice if they did something to make it clear that the mist distorted sound or something similar so no one could hear it or something along those lines
I've lived in Maine my whole life and it's definitely a matter of pride that King is from here, which makes sense, given how successful he's been and the fact that there aren't too many big things to come out of here. I also think someone like him could only have come from Maine; there's just something about growing up here that makes some people turn out... different. It's sort of like how Slipknot could only come from Iowa. For the record,though, I've never buried anyone in a pet cemetery or fought evil clowns in a sewer. Plus, you guys should definitely review National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation sometime.
Funny, was just listening to Slipknot's new stuff before watching this vid. I live in FL, and there is a 'weirdness' to some people here as well, as the news can attest to. It's interesting how certain places can produce a certain mindset or vibe in people.
Besides, thanks to King (and the 1960s version of Dark Shadows) Maine is now the new Transylvania! Lived in Maine my whole life too btw. Mostly along the Midcoast.
I do find it funny how most people (including myself) who talk about this movie are absolutely floored either in a good or bad way by the ending yet Doug just plays the "HaHa" sound when the tank shows up. Like, he does not give a shit. At all.
Why should he? I also found it hilarious when I first watched it. Watch movies with good FX. Good storytelling. Not this thing. This one and Dreamcatcher was one of those were my friend and I wouldn't stop laughing on how over the top everything was. Might as well crash the main character with a tank at the end as if this was a Roadrunner episode.
@@catalinamelo9932 Damn right. Me and my friends frickin' crylaughed when we saw the ending for the first time since you barely get to know the characters and then you have this middle finger type of ending to the MC-guy and his yells while everyone is just going past him is the perfect icing for the cake.
Fun fact: The movie changed the ending to the book where King had it that they just pulled into a building and the book ends, and the movie had this one. King actually applauds the change and is why The Mist is one of his favourites because it actually improved on the ending to his book.
the ending to his original short was even worse. they just drove into the mist and that was it. he added the hotel/motel bit to the extended version he released after/around the time the film came out.
@@RaptorNX01 Yeah, the original is what I remember, and they're just driving and knowing they're low on gas, so it's more an "INTO THE UNKNOWN" ending (although the giant creature was in there too)
It helps that it's obscured in The Mist, so you can't make out any smaller details. Which would have been a fantastic idea to use for all the other monsters in the movie, but...
You say "also" as if you already said something... You do know even if you wrote a comment before no one has any fkn idea what it was and writing another comment with "also" is stupid and pointless.
Honestly when Stephen King says that he was genuinely frightened by this adaption of his novella that is some high praise because King doesn't normally say that and that tells you've got a good film on your hands
Or it tells you that he's seen so many garbage adaptations of his books that when he sees one that isn't a complete dumpster fire, he praises it like it's a masterpiece.
Fun Fact: Frank Darabont had originally been offered $30 million by a producer to make this film, but with one crippling caveat: Darabont would have to change his planned ending, a conclusion he'd personally envisioned and nursed for 20 years. In the end, he turned to producer Bob Weinstein and made the movie for half the amount, but only after forfeiting his directorial salary.
Are you sure that's accurate? Because I sincerely HATED that manipulative and dumb ending. To kill your kid for unknown reasons or when you're NOT ABSOLUTELY SURE that you're doing him/her a favor, is flat out RIDICULOUS. I knew after he did that, that the ending would be what it was. Just awful. As pretentious as his Green Mile movie and the Last of Us part 2 game.
@@mickael486 in the novella the ending is a bit different. For one it was just him, his son, and the blonde woman in the car. And it ends with the monster going over head and them deciding to end it all. You don't get all that extra military bs.
I couldn't help but notice that the tree that "fell over" in the storm, went straight through the window like a battering-ram instead of collapsing the roof too lmao
That happens. When trees break, their branches are tangled together and pieces end up swinging instead of falling STRAIGHT down. That's why amateur tree cutters are so hilarious on youtube!
The thing that always sticks out with this movie is how many actors in this were in the first season of The Walking Dead and how quickly they all died off in the show after Darabont was no longer showrunner. Idk why but that's what always stands out about this film to me.
And then the series just dragged on too long for me to give a damm anymore, and in agreement with Yahtzee (Zero Punctuation in another review) going "Enough with the fucking zombies already!" I don't remember what game it was for aside the subject matter.
Walking Dead lost its charm to me after... what, 2nd season? how many times will we get "we have to move to find safe place- we arrived at safe place- we met an Evil to be defeated- Evil is defeated after we lost some people dear to our hearts- we have to move to find safe place...". I like to watch Rick Grimes do badass things, but enough is enough
The funniest part is that the religious fanatic in the store was offed in the very first episode of The Mist series via having her jaw ripped off. Her replacement, the elderly hippie, actually has a somewhat interesting development into being a religious fanatic.
@@IronAlchemist6 It literally was only 1 season. They should've done 2 as the premise for what the Mist does was very unique and it'd be interesting where they went with it. However, after watching it a few times it was a 6/10 at best (writing is what knocks it down).
Honestly what's funny about the earthquake scene is that it included a surprise in the form of a "huge earthquake rumble" recording that they played via large bass speakers without warning the cast in advance. "Everybody jumped."
25:40 - Everybody talks about how shocking and dramatic this ending is .. but, I never understood why. I mean, they decided to give up and kill each other WAY TOO QUICKLY for me to take the horror of the loss seriously.
Fun story:When I went to watch the movie at the movie theater with my dad as a kid, I had to go to the bathroom during the car ride near the end. So, when I came back, the movie was already over, so I asked to my father what happened and he said "Nah, the military just came and rescue them" It wasn't until years later when I watched it again that I learned about how it really ends XD
Thats sweet, and also funny, poor guy was thinking "how the hell will I tell my kid that the dad killed his kid because sometimes thats the right thing to do?" Even if it wasnt
Honestly while the designs on some of the monsters are pretty silly at times they are unique and can be creepy, hell the Spiders are the #1 monsters fans of this movie are scared of an context wise I agree, their webbing is acidic and they keep their victims alive to incubate their young and unlike aliens where you feel one bursting in your chest there’s hundreds of little spiders crawling underneath the skin. Seriously when the military guy said “I can feel them..!” That actually ran a chill up my spine just imagining what that’s like.
Yeah, that's the vibe I got; the context of these monsters is what terrifies people. Hell, the idea of mutated spiders laying eggs inside you while you're still alive and them bursting your insides as they hatch? That DOES sound scary. But this is Nostalgia Critic; the looks of the CGI effects is ALWAYS the determining factor for him.
Yeah, I think this is what Doug was missing. It seems to me that it's not necessarily the surface level designs/effects that left an impact on people, but rather the scenarios and ideas that come with the imagery. While I agree with Doug that the movie would probably have been more effective had they mostly kept the monsters obscured in the mist, that doesn't change the fact that the idea of us accidently opening a portal that lets in a mist full of Eldritch Horror monsters is pretty damn terrifying.
The reason I like this movie is because it's very reminiscent of Silent Hill (or the other way around, dunno when the story was published). Also, funny thing is that this movie has Carol, Andrea and Dale from The Walking Dead and, like in that show, Carol is the only one that stays alive. Oh and the scene of the behemoth walking by is amazing. Really sells the idea of something otherworldly entering our world.
The Mist was published in 1980 and Silent Hill in 1999. I guess the mist in the game was due to hardware limitations of Playstation but it works in favor of the game.
@Pablo Maldonado Don't worry about that 200 foot tall colossus. That infantry man with a flame thrower will kill it; and if he fails, one of his buddies will shoot it with some 5.56 rounds. ;-)
@@JoakimOtamaa so your right about the hardware limitations necessitating the fog but the use of the fog IS a reference to the mist. Half-Life also drew inspiration from the novella too.
My family and I watched this movie once when I was a teen and we absolutely hated it, especially the annoying neighbor who refused to believe in the tentacle. The characters just seem mean and/or dumb just for the sake of it. Even still, I was legit startled by that tentacle monster just because the tentacles themselves dug into your skin and you couldn't escape their grasp without them ripping you open.
Have to agree about the tentacles. Honestly I remember being frightened by the creatures not because of what they looked like but because of what they could do. The tentacle would shred whatever they touched, the spiders had acid webbing that would burn off limbs, the bugs had large venomous stingers. Yeah they might look a bit goofy (but honestly not that goofy) but I still wouldn't want that shit anywhere near me.
I guess the idea of those monsters scared people. Not everyone watches movies like Critic does and obsesses over wether or not the effects look convincing. Sometimes, giving people the idea of what these monsters can do to you is enough to make them terrifying, and yes, arachnophobia is THE biggest phobia on the planet, of course some would dread the mere thought of having spider eggs layed inside you while you're still alive
The neighbour would only be annoying if you are incredibly Gullible and blindly believe things without evidence. Otherwise he is a rational character with anti-social character traits
My family watched it and hated it the same. My brother had already seen in theaters and when we asked him why he let us watch it he said "I wanted you guys to suffer like I did." He also said the theater cheered when the religious nut was shot.
I just wanna see a short film about how Not Carol managed to survive and get back to her children. Also ending Nostalgiaween with One Woman Wailing is perfect.
Don't worry Not Carol fought off the first monster with her bare hands and teeth and built a weapon out of its stinger. She went on to kill so many of the creatures that she was drenched in their blood and found that they no longer attacked her, as she now smelled rotten to them (the reason religious idiot was spared, she was just rotten). The rest of the way home was easy, but her kids tell her the creatures had taken the youngest. Her randomly psychic child claims the kid is still alive and calling for help and that she can make out images of the military base. Unwilling to accept his death, she smears the kids with blood and tells them to hunker down in the cellar, while she gets the youngest back. On the way to the military base she parties up with an alcoholic cop, her school bully, a religious guy and a straight up a-hole book critic for additional kill-fodder. On the way to the base the religious guy thinks that surely churches are safe and gets himself and the critic killed. It starts raining, washing off the blood. The cop sacrifices himself heroically, after talking about getting sober for his kid. The ex-bully panics and steals NCarol's weapon and runs off with it, but we hear some satisfying screams, heavily implying that person's death. Just when the creatures close in ex-cop and later bully all bloodied, shows back up and they manage to fight the creatures off together and escape. School bully apologizes. They finally make it to the badly-CGed portal in the military base and the group stares for a moment. A giant mass of fleshy substance has grown all over walls and im it are countless unconscious humans. Through plot-convenience NCarol immediately knows that the humans are powering the portal, since the base no longer has electricity. The cop says great and is about to start cutting up the flesh vines leading to the portal, when he is stabbed from behind by the bully, who claims to be one with the creatures now. He promptly gets eaten alive by a huge creature coming out of the portal. The boss fight ensues with NCarol using everything she learned to keep the creature at bay. Alco-cop regains consciousness makes a molotov out of the his last bottle of alcohol and incinerates the creature and the vines. The two and those battery-humans that survived, including her son, go out and see the mist evaporate. Cue NCarol coming home, passing dead monsters and saying something corny like "We are the new people." Or "Sorry had to pick something up."
Man I thought The Mist was one of the greatest Lovecraftian movies I have ever seen! The special effects weren't the best but holy cow I found the idea of the monsters to be terrifying!
The "one woman wailing" song is actually called "Host of Seraphim" by Dead Can Dance and honestly I really love their music and love hearing them in movies
I've never understood Dougs hate for that type of music. If it's because of Zack Synders overuse of the music, that's really stupid. When I hear Host of Seraphim, I think of The Mist.
Okay that Nelson Muntz "Ha ha" thrown in over one of the most bleak and tragic reveals in movie history made me laugh out loud at work; emphasis on the loud
Oh and I love how this movie ends regardless of how it was filmed . The emotional and mental impact of what happens is incredible and honestly for me makes this entire movie.
The religious lady is annoying, hateful, and batshit…. But she is also possibly 100% right. The wasp doesn’t kill her. They aren’t attacked after making the sacrifice. She wanted to sacrifice the kid and immediately after the kid dies the mist seemingly vanishes. This and the fact this was the first real ‘creature feature’ in a while is what made this film so great for me. Yea the effects aren’t great but as someone who grew up on Sci-Fi (the channel) Saturdays I’ve seen far worse. I hate to admit that I agree with you on Shamalan direction it. xD However if that happened we wouldn’t have gotten the wicked ending.
@@scottneil1187 the created a get way between world that went bad, but instead of doing the evil thing like killing survive or feeding the mist. there rescuing survivors. Yeah there the cause but there trying to fix it.
Frank Darabont understands Stephen King. Whether it's serious King with The Green Mile and Shawshank...or King horror. King is a big B horror fan and his work has a lot of cheese as a result. It's the one thing Critic just doesn't seem to get.
But this film isn’t cheesy it tried to be serious, and the monsters don’t look real or goofy enough for it to work, it’s more like a serious monster movie that accidentally is cheesy. Not in a way that was intended, just a run of the mill King adaptation.
@@jackhageman9983 Darabont intentionally directed the movie as a throwback to 1950's-1960's horror, celebrating screenwriters like Paddy Chayefsky, and releasing a version of The Mist in black and white, which is Darabont's preferred version. Darabont says the movie draws from The Twilight Zone, Lord of the Flies, and the 1944 film Lifeboat, among others. I.e., most things people criticize about The Mist are largely intentional, and hence viewers who don't like those eras of horror are not likely to enjoy The Mist either (e.g., because "cheesy"). I think Critic either doesn't get that due to poor research, or doesn't care, because the film's an easy target for material.
@@oskarraulin2908 If it’s a throwback then why does Darabont play it so serious? Then when the monsters come out it becomes a big awful mess. If he really cared the monsters would be practical (Kinda like how they are in the 50s/60s) instead of horribly outdated cgi. The presentation is bad in black and white and in color because the movie wants to be both a callback to campy films and a serious drama. A classic case of trying to have your cake and eating it too. I’m not against those films you mentioned and some of them I like. I just feel like this movie poorly implemented the homages it was trying to employ and ultimately ends up being a mess. The director should stick to what he does best, stuff like Shawshank or The Green Mile. Both better representations of Stephen King vastly superior to this clunky, tonally confused film.
@@jackhageman9983 I would argue that the writers and directors of the earlier styles he was emulating were also playing it serious, and not all of their works turned out great. Mostly, though, I'm just passing on the director's own comments on what he intended, in order to hypothesize why people may not have enjoyed The Mist, and to comment on why I think this review is pretty shallow. Clearly Darabont's intentions in making this film may not have held up too well in the film's final form, for reasons you and others have said. Personally, I enjoyed The Mist and all its messy, terrible cheesiness, but hated the ending. Obviously an unpopular take.
To quote the late great Norm MacDonald and something i'm sure Andre Braugher might be thinking about is “I could not ignore their withering glances. They looked at me the way real vampires look at Count Chocula.”
If we’re talking “horror”, I like Misery the best out of the Stephen King film adaptations. For overall adaptations, I like Shawshank Redemption the best
I mean king's best writing/adaptations are usually when it's just regular people with little to no supernatural stuff- case and point: Misery, Shawshank & green mile
Yeah, that was the character Nostalgia Critic says never shows up again, about 9:30 or so. It’s as if he did not actually watch the movie, the number of mistakes and wrong opinions he has on this one.
Thanks for ending out this year's Nostalgiaween with the Stephen King adaptation that I wanted to hear your opinion on and it was a blast from start to finish thanks for ending out this year's Nostalgiaween with a blast 🎃❤️
He was really ignorant though. Right off the bat. He was dissing the painting of the Gunslinger. Saying it has nothing to do with the plot. OBVIOUSLY the main character is having visions of creatures from The Dark Tower, and outworld, etc.
@@macturner2196 Which plays no part in the story. The character never turns up again, no one mentions the dark tower, it’s completely irrelevant aside from just being an Easter egg.
@@dannyjorde2677 extremely forced. "Ih no we're facing danger and uncertainty, better all kill ourselves" like our ancestors literally didn't fight for survival? Like people in today's age aren't fighting for survival?
It does a good job of hiding the creature effects as well. Darabont had intended this adaptation to be an homage to classic horror and I think just giving it that one little touch goes a long way towards actually selling it.
You underestimate how fast a situation can devolve when people of different backgrounds are confined in a small space. The suburbanite fighting the New Yorker for no reason was probably the most relatable thing in the film.
The film exceled in creating an atmosphere of total oppression. The idea of more unknowable monsters lurking in the mist will always be scarier than the actual monsters we do see.
I might be in the minority where I actually liked the novella ending: The group in the car drives for days and finds a diner (I think) to look for survivors/supplies. They leave a note telling their story/where they're going, and they are unsure if the mist will ever end. They drive several states away and it never ends. The reader is left unknowing if the world returns back to normal or not, and if they survive.
Fun fact, the man who played the military man who gives the confession is played by Sam Witwer, who would later go on to be the voice of Darth Maul in Clone Wars and Rebels.
Doug makes a lot of good and valid points I'd never realized before but despite knowing these things now, I think I can still enjoy the movie regardless.
The one thing I love about this movie is the creatures in the mist, all of them are uniquely designed and have their own sounds they make. After seeing each one it scares and intrigues me
@@RYMAN1321 an interesting note to this is the director filmed the movie to be seen in black and white not in color and the creatures were initially added without color, so when it was required for them to release in color that had to rush to finish the effects, if your interested watch it in black and white as intended and they look much better!
Don’t care what NC says. The spider creatures were legitimately terrifying. They had demonic faces, shot acid webbing and, if they don’t outright kill you, they can impregnate you with 100’s of larvae that’ll eat their way out of you. Could’ve just gone with those and cut most of the other creatures out.
Another Awesome Fact I Love About this Film: In the first couple of seconds of the movie when David Drayton's studio inside his house is shown, besides the posters for John Carpenter's The Thing and Guillermo Del Toro's Labyrinth of the Faun/Pan's Labyrinth drawn by Drew Struzan, there are three posters that are clear call-outs for other Stephen King books. The first (and most obvious) one that David is coloring is the one of Roland Deschain and the Dark Tower. The other two, which are very briefly shown as the camera moves to show the Dark Tower poster, appear to be of a rain-soaked little boy holding a red balloon along with a figure in a yellow overcoat like a slicker. The poster of the boy is clearly a reference to little Georgie Denbrough, one of Pennywise's countless victims in IT, while the faceless figure in the yellow overcoat could be a Low Man from Hearts of Atlantis. Both are books that have been tied into the Dark Tower universe. Also, both books have been adapted into movies.
The Dark Tower should've been done as a TV show. Think about it, with competent writers/show runners, a big budget and doing one book (maybe two to be safe) per season. It could work.
@@jbvader721 Before the movie came out I was so hoping it would get a TV adaptation because I knew there was no way it could work as a movie. Alas, it was not to be. Maybe someday it'll get another adaptation.
I loved the ending, it was just so cruel, a classic horror trope of the sad ending, add to that lovecraftian horrors, & U got a story worth many rewatches.
Not really, I can understand mercy killing them if they were stranded for a day or two, but damn the ending feels too fast, military also shows up way too fast after he kills them
What I find admirable is that many (if not 75%) of these lines were copied directly into the book. The "did anybody else hear that noise?" And the "youre a big-shot artist-" argument, to be specific, as well as the "It appears we may have a problem of some magnitude, here." I think many things are explained really well in the book. The fear he felt from the sounds in the loading dock, because he was in the dark. How he understood people didn't believe because he knew they *chose* to not believe to maintain their sanity. The distrust came from people in shock and not wanting to believe there really was something out there. The book was great, and honestly the movie is almost an exact copy. It's a good and a bad thing that they copied the book, because many things were lost in the movie due to the first person perspective from David. His mentality and empathy is really well-written. The Mist is still one of if not the most faithful adapatations of King's work. It's also one of the best.
I mean my dude, there are so many horror movies that do that already, and don't have such bad writing and cgi. Like if you liked this movie that much then i would suggest going on a horror movie binge because there are tons that do it better.
The Mist is one of those movies you only need to watch once. As soon as you know the ending, there's no point in repeat viewings unless you're a glutton for emotional punishment. -Coming from a husband and father.
I think what's really great about Stephen King praising this film is that it shows when you do a really good job on one of his novels and make a compelling film that isn't filled with farting aliens, green poop jokes or any weird sound Adam Sandler does that sounds like a baby falling down the stairs repeatedly he will praise it for how good it is.
@@linkinparkrulz2275 I wouldn't go so far as to say the Shining is his best film. ONE, a huge chunk of the plot got changed, including what the villain actually is. Two, Shawshank Redemption is based off of his story "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption." Also, Misery exists.
24:51 I wont go as far as calling this a cliché if I were you, since the track called Host of Seraphim by Dead Can Dance was used effectively for this scene showing that characters are wandering into mysterious territory which danger is lurking around (such as from what creature those tentacles are coming from). The track was also used effectively on movies like Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole and Baraka. Lisa Gerrard's haunting vocals still sends chills down my spine to this day whenever I hear this piece. Also while you're at it, name one film that had the balls to have an ending that didn't shy away from being this bitingly real with the sort of situation the characters were in.
Your channel is one of the channels that taught me how to be critical of movies. But I think your criticisms of this movie are over the top. I'll grant you that people did act irrational at times, but the other things you pointed out I don't have a problem with.
I'm still waiting for Doug to review Meteor Man, Postman, & Repo Men, Bicentennial Man. In my opinion, these are 4 underrated films that deserve to be talked about.
I absolutely love Bicentennial Man even if it is a bit too long. But it is one of those movies that really showed how good of an actor Robin Willimas was even without playing the goofball.
Everything the mist does wrong, tremors does right. The slow reveal of the monsters, the well written characters, the feeling of isolation and being trapped, even the characters fighting each other was done better.
As someone who is deathly afraid of spiders I can tell you, this was one movie I didn't find scary at all. I remember feeling so awkward because the actors were doing their damnest to show fear but the cg was so goofy. I think they just went overboard with the scope of creatures. They should've had less monsters but with more creepy and we'll rendered.
On the novel, the ending was left ambiguous, with a prospect of salvation being found in Hartford, Connecticut - based on David apparently hearing that town's name in a brief radio transmission. Also, the Marine who was all bruised after the pterodactyl fight wasn't attacked, he was suffering third-degree burns after you saw him fight with a burning mop only to ignite himself. I also mention this since the reason David and company went to the spider infested drug store was to get him medicine. It didn't matter though since our victim succumbed to his burns by the time David returned.
This movie taught me one thing- if you’re ever in what seems to be an apocalypse scenario, the important things are to be patient and not panic and kill your friends and family before turning the gun on yourself. Because number 1, you might run out of bullets, and number 2, things might seem hopeless, but for all you know, the military has the situation well in hand and everything is actually fine and now you’ve made an unthinkable decision for nothing.
This movie is way more funny if you believe it’s a secret joint-operation by Hydra, The Galactic Empire, and Section 31 to recover aliens that got lost in a time travel incident.
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I'm still waiting for Doug to review Meteor Man, Postman, & Bicentennial Man. In my opinion, these are 3 underrated films that deserve to be talked about.
I KNEW you wouldn't fail bringing us Stephen King Time!!!! I love you Doug!!!
Doug, please! Review a spin-off show of those Titanic movies called “Fantasy Island”. You just have to witness it!
Fun Fact about Stephen King: Originally, he threw the first draft of Carrie, originally intended as a short story, away but it was his wife Tabitha who saw potential and urged him to continue on with it. He ended up dedicating the book to her.
Thought everyone knew that already
I wonder if he’ll do a Nostalgia Critic on “Carrie”…
@@morgan_c Remake or original?
@@joshuakusuma5953 He should do The Rage: Carrie 2. And blame it on Stephen King for lulz and views, even though King was in now way involved with that shit.
@@morgan_c Yes! I really want him too!
This cast contains Darth Maul, The Punisher, Captain Holt and multiple Walking Dead cast members. I just love that lol
By Darth Maul, you mean the guy who was cut in half, right? Cause I'll admit, that's pretty funny
Don’t Forget Dr. Zola
The soldier is also Galen Marek
thats not darth maul. its darth vaders apprentice
And Doomsday
The end, ironically, makes the whole rest of the movie absolutely worth it.
nope
I actually feel like it made me angry and that I wasted my time, but that's how I feel about those kinds of endings.
@purpleemerald5299 Rouge one by that logic was a waste of time but some still like it, sometimes there doesn't need a happy ending it doesn't mean it was pointless it's the journey that matters.
It's just a shocking ending for the fuck of it
The characters don't HAVE to live until the end, but if their death doesn't change anything story-wise, then you're better off leaving them alive
Only difference is, Thomas Jane is big sad now because he killed his own son - plus some other Walking Dead fodder. But that doesn't matter because they don't do anything with it. The movie is just over afterwards
@@DrDolan2000 I mean if it doesn't matter then you could still kill em off
Oh, and the *one* thing I really like about The Mist is that the military actually beats the apocalyptic wave of otherworldly monsters and isn't portrayed as totally evil as they just kinda walk over the protagonist at the end and awkwardly stand there like anyone probably would after seeing that.
A military in movies being portrayed as competent is TIGHT!
@@chasehedges6775 yee
Idk, we only really saw a glimpse of them near the end, and although they might have enough firepower to take down one of the big creatures, they didn't have any way to contain the portal, or stop monsters coming out.
It's basically safe to assume the world was still doomed, even with the military showing up, since the portal would keep growing until it became so big that our entire planet would be completely sucked into that other dimension.
Especially since it was opened by accident, containment already failed, and most of the scientists involved in the experiment were probably already dead before the end of the movie, so there is practically no way to know how to close the portal, or even stop it's expansion.
@@Trojianmaru Uh... no. For starters, if the portal was "growing" as you suggest, the survivors wouldn't be in the grocery store alive whatsoever, same for alternate-Carol and her kids. They'd have been swallowed up by that point.
Plus, if I remember correctly, the soldier theorized something "bled into our world", not that an ever-expanding wormhole is swallowing up the planet cause in that situation nothing in the town would be left.
And if the situation was that this was an ever-expanding wormhole... then why are the military coming OUT of it? The protagonist was trying to find some way OUT of the town when their car ran out of fuel.
Like, that was the tragedy of the movie's ending... the characters were riiiiiiiiiiiight at the edge of salvation. The only remaining monsters were literally right behind them, not ahead. Had they just gone a touch further, they would have seen as much.
Heck, the Army convoy that shows up is escorting survivors (a LOT of them, by the way) out of the area, not pushing into it. We even see 2 soldiers stop to check on the wailing protagonist. If it was an expanding wormhole they wouldn't have stopped, they would've picked him up or left him there while they hoofed it out of there. Plus, given what we see of the creatures, even if it was a wormhole that transformed a good chunk of the planet, there's no reason to assume our modern weapons couldn't handle them.
I think even Stephen King noted that he liked this ending, where the day *is* saved, but the protagonist has lost everything compared to his novella where the situation was much more ambiguous.
So... no... there's no evidence to suggest your point is accurate.
Tbh I think the only weakenss of the ending is that no one did anything to signal to someone shooting a gun that a convoy was near, it would have been nice if they did something to make it clear that the mist distorted sound or something similar so no one could hear it or something along those lines
I've lived in Maine my whole life and it's definitely a matter of pride that King is from here, which makes sense, given how successful he's been and the fact that there aren't too many big things to come out of here. I also think someone like him could only have come from Maine; there's just something about growing up here that makes some people turn out... different. It's sort of like how Slipknot could only come from Iowa. For the record,though, I've never buried anyone in a pet cemetery or fought evil clowns in a sewer. Plus, you guys should definitely review National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation sometime.
Funny, was just listening to Slipknot's new stuff before watching this vid. I live in FL, and there is a 'weirdness' to some people here as well, as the news can attest to.
It's interesting how certain places can produce a certain mindset or vibe in people.
Besides, thanks to King (and the 1960s version of Dark Shadows) Maine is now the new Transylvania! Lived in Maine my whole life too btw. Mostly along the Midcoast.
As a fellow mainer I agree with you!!
Lots of important things come from Maine, like...lobsters for example
I do find it funny how most people (including myself) who talk about this movie are absolutely floored either in a good or bad way by the ending yet Doug just plays the "HaHa" sound when the tank shows up. Like, he does not give a shit. At all.
Why should he? I also found it hilarious when I first watched it. Watch movies with good FX. Good storytelling. Not this thing. This one and Dreamcatcher was one of those were my friend and I wouldn't stop laughing on how over the top everything was. Might as well crash the main character with a tank at the end as if this was a Roadrunner episode.
@@catalinamelo9932 Damn right. Me and my friends frickin' crylaughed when we saw the ending for the first time since you barely get to know the characters and then you have this middle finger type of ending to the MC-guy and his yells while everyone is just going past him is the perfect icing for the cake.
Doug has a *very* dark sense of humor.
Fun fact: The movie changed the ending to the book where King had it that they just pulled into a building and the book ends, and the movie had this one. King actually applauds the change and is why The Mist is one of his favourites because it actually improved on the ending to his book.
the ending to his original short was even worse. they just drove into the mist and that was it. he added the hotel/motel bit to the extended version he released after/around the time the film came out.
@@RaptorNX01 Even then the movie flexed on his endings
Everyone knew that, dumbass. It's already in the video 😂
@@RaptorNX01 Yeah, the original is what I remember, and they're just driving and knowing they're low on gas, so it's more an "INTO THE UNKNOWN" ending (although the giant creature was in there too)
To be fair, improving on a Stephen King ending is a low bar to clear
It wouldn't be Nostalgia-Ween without Stephen King Time!
Also, despite how the effects look, even the Critic has to admit that the giant, six-legged behemoth is awesome
It helps that it's obscured in The Mist, so you can't make out any smaller details. Which would have been a fantastic idea to use for all the other monsters in the movie, but...
You say "also" as if you already said something... You do know even if you wrote a comment before no one has any fkn idea what it was and writing another comment with "also" is stupid and pointless.
Honestly when Stephen King says that he was genuinely frightened by this adaption of his novella that is some high praise because King doesn't normally say that and that tells you've got a good film on your hands
Indeed. It's always great when the creator praises it
he also said that the dark tower adaptation was amazing.... sure the shinning and lawnmower man get the slap but these shits get the thumb up
It also tells you that he was likely on drugs when he watched it.
ikr.
Or it tells you that he's seen so many garbage adaptations of his books that when he sees one that isn't a complete dumpster fire, he praises it like it's a masterpiece.
Fun Fact: Frank Darabont had originally been offered $30 million by a producer to make this film, but with one crippling caveat: Darabont would have to change his planned ending, a conclusion he'd personally envisioned and nursed for 20 years. In the end, he turned to producer Bob Weinstein and made the movie for half the amount, but only after forfeiting his directorial salary.
Wait Weinstein……….
It's always a Weinstein!
Are you sure that's accurate?
Because I sincerely HATED that manipulative and dumb ending. To kill your kid for unknown reasons or when you're NOT ABSOLUTELY SURE that you're doing him/her a favor, is flat out RIDICULOUS.
I knew after he did that, that the ending would be what it was. Just awful.
As pretentious as his Green Mile movie and the Last of Us part 2 game.
You picked an awesome user name, I just wanted to acknowledge that.
@@mickael486 in the novella the ending is a bit different. For one it was just him, his son, and the blonde woman in the car. And it ends with the monster going over head and them deciding to end it all. You don't get all that extra military bs.
I couldn't help but notice that the tree that "fell over" in the storm, went straight through the window like a battering-ram instead of collapsing the roof too lmao
That happens. When trees break, their branches are tangled together and pieces end up swinging instead of falling STRAIGHT down. That's why amateur tree cutters are so hilarious on youtube!
The thing that always sticks out with this movie is how many actors in this were in the first season of The Walking Dead and how quickly they all died off in the show after Darabont was no longer showrunner. Idk why but that's what always stands out about this film to me.
And then the series just dragged on too long for me to give a damm anymore, and in agreement with Yahtzee (Zero Punctuation in another review) going "Enough with the fucking zombies already!" I don't remember what game it was for aside the subject matter.
Well the guy who played Dale quit after Darabont was fired so he was killed off. No idea about Andrea's actress.
Walking Dead lost its charm to me after... what, 2nd season? how many times will we get "we have to move to find safe place- we arrived at safe place- we met an Evil to be defeated- Evil is defeated after we lost some people dear to our hearts- we have to move to find safe place...". I like to watch Rick Grimes do badass things, but enough is enough
I would unironically own a One Woman Wailing soundtrack. It would add just that right amount of importance to mundane things.
I've been at the only concert in Italy of Lisa Gerrald (& Brendan Perry) just to listen this song (Host of Seraphim) live. :)
can you tell me what was the original episode with "One woman wailing"?) I don't remember and can't find 😩
@@TheOneWhoBites It's at the end of the Avatar review :)
There was one in WWZ too I think
The funniest part is that the religious fanatic in the store was offed in the very first episode of The Mist series via having her jaw ripped off. Her replacement, the elderly hippie, actually has a somewhat interesting development into being a religious fanatic.
@Democrats Lie I never said it was great. But, it does have a bit of interesting ideals that were never fleshed out due to it only having one season.
How's the series?
@@IronAlchemist6 It literally was only 1 season. They should've done 2 as the premise for what the Mist does was very unique and it'd be interesting where they went with it. However, after watching it a few times it was a 6/10 at best (writing is what knocks it down).
IT'S STEPHEN KING TIME!!!!!!!!
Whoop whoop
And about damn time
YAAAAAAAAAAAAY
Screams yay like Kermit the frog while waving his hands in the air
Honestly what's funny about the earthquake scene is that it included a surprise in the form of a "huge earthquake rumble" recording that they played via large bass speakers without warning the cast in advance. "Everybody jumped."
I love the "Jim not existing until one of these videos started" part.
I like how this film doesn't give the monsters really dumb weaknesses.
Like “without their heads they’re powerless”
@@GenericProtagonist118 but those are normal weaknesses
time to pull out the pantry doors
Agreed. It doesn't matter if they look like Cthulhu's house pests just beat them with a stick or burn em and that's enough.
Yeah. I also liked how the regular creatures in the mist were pretty realistic as well.
If doug was a creature in the mist, he would just scream “I don’t get it”
That reminds me of an episode of The Simpsons, with the very tall man.
No! He would be screaming…..A BAT CREDIT CARD……
Haven’t shook my head more since his views on Disney’s Hercules
Because screaming is funny
It's Last Action Hero all over again.
25:40 - Everybody talks about how shocking and dramatic this ending is .. but, I never understood why. I mean, they decided to give up and kill each other WAY TOO QUICKLY for me to take the horror of the loss seriously.
Exactly, people simply stupidly fell for it 😂
Fun story:When I went to watch the movie at the movie theater with my dad as a kid, I had to go to the bathroom during the car ride near the end.
So, when I came back, the movie was already over, so I asked to my father what happened and he said "Nah, the military just came and rescue them"
It wasn't until years later when I watched it again that I learned about how it really ends XD
Thats sweet, and also funny, poor guy was thinking "how the hell will I tell my kid that the dad killed his kid because sometimes thats the right thing to do?" Even if it wasnt
That's sadly hilarious.
Were u dropping a deuce the size of a building or something bro? XD!
@@somedudewhodraws9377 Movie theaters don't have toilets right next to every screen.
You have a good, loving father. Good for you. His love shines even through that little funny story
Honestly while the designs on some of the monsters are pretty silly at times they are unique and can be creepy, hell the Spiders are the #1 monsters fans of this movie are scared of an context wise I agree, their webbing is acidic and they keep their victims alive to incubate their young and unlike aliens where you feel one bursting in your chest there’s hundreds of little spiders crawling underneath the skin. Seriously when the military guy said “I can feel them..!” That actually ran a chill up my spine just imagining what that’s like.
Yeah, that's the vibe I got; the context of these monsters is what terrifies people. Hell, the idea of mutated spiders laying eggs inside you while you're still alive and them bursting your insides as they hatch? That DOES sound scary. But this is Nostalgia Critic; the looks of the CGI effects is ALWAYS the determining factor for him.
Also I really enjoy the giant ones that appear near the end which kind of helps that whole hopeless feeling.
bruh i got chills the moment they stepped in the pharmacy.
Yeah, I think this is what Doug was missing. It seems to me that it's not necessarily the surface level designs/effects that left an impact on people, but rather the scenarios and ideas that come with the imagery.
While I agree with Doug that the movie would probably have been more effective had they mostly kept the monsters obscured in the mist, that doesn't change the fact that the idea of us accidently opening a portal that lets in a mist full of Eldritch Horror monsters is pretty damn terrifying.
The reason I like this movie is because it's very reminiscent of Silent Hill (or the other way around, dunno when the story was published). Also, funny thing is that this movie has Carol, Andrea and Dale from The Walking Dead and, like in that show, Carol is the only one that stays alive.
Oh and the scene of the behemoth walking by is amazing. Really sells the idea of something otherworldly entering our world.
The Mist was published in 1980 and Silent Hill in 1999. I guess the mist in the game was due to hardware limitations of Playstation but it works in favor of the game.
Also a little Half-Life with an experiment gone wrong opens portals and random alien animals come through.
@Pablo Maldonado Don't worry about that 200 foot tall colossus. That infantry man with a flame thrower will kill it; and if he fails, one of his buddies will shoot it with some 5.56 rounds. ;-)
The setting of Silent Hill is based on a real world disaster of Centralia.
@@JoakimOtamaa so your right about the hardware limitations necessitating the fog but the use of the fog IS a reference to the mist. Half-Life also drew inspiration from the novella too.
My family and I watched this movie once when I was a teen and we absolutely hated it, especially the annoying neighbor who refused to believe in the tentacle. The characters just seem mean and/or dumb just for the sake of it.
Even still, I was legit startled by that tentacle monster just because the tentacles themselves dug into your skin and you couldn't escape their grasp without them ripping you open.
Have to agree about the tentacles. Honestly I remember being frightened by the creatures not because of what they looked like but because of what they could do. The tentacle would shred whatever they touched, the spiders had acid webbing that would burn off limbs, the bugs had large venomous stingers. Yeah they might look a bit goofy (but honestly not that goofy) but I still wouldn't want that shit anywhere near me.
I guess the idea of those monsters scared people. Not everyone watches movies like Critic does and obsesses over wether or not the effects look convincing. Sometimes, giving people the idea of what these monsters can do to you is enough to make them terrifying, and yes, arachnophobia is THE biggest phobia on the planet, of course some would dread the mere thought of having spider eggs layed inside you while you're still alive
The neighbour would only be annoying if you are incredibly Gullible and blindly believe things without evidence. Otherwise he is a rational character with anti-social character traits
My family watched it and hated it the same. My brother had already seen in theaters and when we asked him why he let us watch it he said "I wanted you guys to suffer like I did." He also said the theater cheered when the religious nut was shot.
Didn’t know you were a Stephen King Fan 👍
I just wanna see a short film about how Not Carol managed to survive and get back to her children.
Also ending Nostalgiaween with One Woman Wailing is perfect.
Don't worry Not Carol fought off the first monster with her bare hands and teeth and built a weapon out of its stinger. She went on to kill so many of the creatures that she was drenched in their blood and found that they no longer attacked her, as she now smelled rotten to them (the reason religious idiot was spared, she was just rotten). The rest of the way home was easy, but her kids tell her the creatures had taken the youngest. Her randomly psychic child claims the kid is still alive and calling for help and that she can make out images of the military base. Unwilling to accept his death, she smears the kids with blood and tells them to hunker down in the cellar, while she gets the youngest back. On the way to the military base she parties up with an alcoholic cop, her school bully, a religious guy and a straight up a-hole book critic for additional kill-fodder.
On the way to the base the religious guy thinks that surely churches are safe and gets himself and the critic killed. It starts raining, washing off the blood. The cop sacrifices himself heroically, after talking about getting sober for his kid. The ex-bully panics and steals NCarol's weapon and runs off with it, but we hear some satisfying screams, heavily implying that person's death. Just when the creatures close in ex-cop and later bully all bloodied, shows back up and they manage to fight the creatures off together and escape. School bully apologizes.
They finally make it to the badly-CGed portal in the military base and the group stares for a moment. A giant mass of fleshy substance has grown all over walls and im it are countless unconscious humans. Through plot-convenience NCarol immediately knows that the humans are powering the portal, since the base no longer has electricity. The cop says great and is about to start cutting up the flesh vines leading to the portal, when he is stabbed from behind by the bully, who claims to be one with the creatures now. He promptly gets eaten alive by a huge creature coming out of the portal. The boss fight ensues with NCarol using everything she learned to keep the creature at bay. Alco-cop regains consciousness makes a molotov out of the his last bottle of alcohol and incinerates the creature and the vines.
The two and those battery-humans that survived, including her son, go out and see the mist evaporate. Cue NCarol coming home, passing dead monsters and saying something corny like "We are the new people." Or "Sorry had to pick something up."
I like to think she just didnt encounter any monsters until she got to the military
Man I thought The Mist was one of the greatest Lovecraftian movies I have ever seen! The special effects weren't the best but holy cow I found the idea of the monsters to be terrifying!
Yea doug is kinda full of himself on this one, btw have u seen the black and white version? Its much better
In the novella the creatures feel even more Lovecraftian and weird
I love this movie I'm a sucker for lovecratian horror
It's hard to do Lovecraft justice but this is one occasion where it's done to perfection.
The "one woman wailing" song is actually called "Host of Seraphim" by Dead Can Dance and honestly I really love their music and love hearing them in movies
Yeah, stop talking smack about Lisa Gerrard, Doug! You heathen.
Wasted on the scene.
Also was used in Legend of The Guardians: Owls of Ga'hool
I've never understood Dougs hate for that type of music. If it's because of Zack Synders overuse of the music, that's really stupid.
When I hear Host of Seraphim, I think of The Mist.
Most probably the best female voice in the world. I've seen here live in 2019 and sadly her health is not in a good shape. :(
This movie was supposed to be in black and white, which makes the effects look a lot better, but the studio refused to release it like that
I’ve been meaning to watch that version
I never realized how many walking dead actors were in this movie lol
Okay that Nelson Muntz "Ha ha" thrown in over one of the most bleak and tragic reveals in movie history made me laugh out loud at work; emphasis on the loud
Oh and I love how this movie ends regardless of how it was filmed . The emotional and mental impact of what happens is incredible and honestly for me makes this entire movie.
The religious lady is annoying, hateful, and batshit…. But she is also possibly 100% right.
The wasp doesn’t kill her.
They aren’t attacked after making the sacrifice.
She wanted to sacrifice the kid and immediately after the kid dies the mist seemingly vanishes.
This and the fact this was the first real ‘creature feature’ in a while is what made this film so great for me.
Yea the effects aren’t great but as someone who grew up on Sci-Fi (the channel) Saturdays I’ve seen far worse.
I hate to admit that I agree with you on Shamalan direction it. xD
However if that happened we wouldn’t have gotten the wicked ending.
There three thing I love about this movie, the creatures in the mist, the military not being the bad guys, and the ending
The military literally caused the mist. They open a portal at Project Arrowhead.
@@scottneil1187 the created a get way between world that went bad, but instead of doing the evil thing like killing survive or feeding the mist. there rescuing survivors. Yeah there the cause but there trying to fix it.
@@scottneil1187 But they weren't intentionally bad, just reckless.
@@jackcoleman1784 he means the military men we see aren't evil.,
I hated the ending at first, but when considering all the cliche deus ex machina endings in movies, it's honestly pretty fresh and nice!
I'll tell you why I love this movie. Not because of the effects, not because of the characters. Because of Sam Witwer. I love that man.
Holy crap, I didn't even know he was in this!
And who woulda thought that poor army guard would be become a Star Wars legend
Sam Witwer would be a good Batman.
As a kid i was so confused when i saw Starkiller appear in this movie all of a sudden
Frank Darabont understands Stephen King. Whether it's serious King with The Green Mile and Shawshank...or King horror. King is a big B horror fan and his work has a lot of cheese as a result. It's the one thing Critic just doesn't seem to get.
But this film isn’t cheesy it tried to be serious, and the monsters don’t look real or goofy enough for it to work, it’s more like a serious monster movie that accidentally is cheesy. Not in a way that was intended, just a run of the mill King adaptation.
@@jackhageman9983 Darabont intentionally directed the movie as a throwback to 1950's-1960's horror, celebrating screenwriters like Paddy Chayefsky, and releasing a version of The Mist in black and white, which is Darabont's preferred version. Darabont says the movie draws from The Twilight Zone, Lord of the Flies, and the 1944 film Lifeboat, among others. I.e., most things people criticize about The Mist are largely intentional, and hence viewers who don't like those eras of horror are not likely to enjoy The Mist either (e.g., because "cheesy"). I think Critic either doesn't get that due to poor research, or doesn't care, because the film's an easy target for material.
@@oskarraulin2908 If it’s a throwback then why does Darabont play it so serious? Then when the monsters come out it becomes a big awful mess. If he really cared the monsters would be practical (Kinda like how they are in the 50s/60s) instead of horribly outdated cgi. The presentation is bad in black and white and in color because the movie wants to be both a callback to campy films and a serious drama. A classic case of trying to have your cake and eating it too. I’m not against those films you mentioned and some of them I like. I just feel like this movie poorly implemented the homages it was trying to employ and ultimately ends up being a mess. The director should stick to what he does best, stuff like Shawshank or The Green Mile. Both better representations of Stephen King vastly superior to this clunky, tonally confused film.
@@jackhageman9983 I would argue that the writers and directors of the earlier styles he was emulating were also playing it serious, and not all of their works turned out great. Mostly, though, I'm just passing on the director's own comments on what he intended, in order to hypothesize why people may not have enjoyed The Mist, and to comment on why I think this review is pretty shallow. Clearly Darabont's intentions in making this film may not have held up too well in the film's final form, for reasons you and others have said. Personally, I enjoyed The Mist and all its messy, terrible cheesiness, but hated the ending. Obviously an unpopular take.
There are so many things Critic doesn't seem to get...
To quote the late great Norm MacDonald and something i'm sure Andre Braugher might be thinking about is “I could not ignore their withering glances. They looked at me the way real vampires look at Count Chocula.”
A moose bite my sister
This is how it should be, King starts the story and someone else handles the ending.
The ending was the best part of the flim. I was blown away by it.
I see what you did there........ nice👍
Dumb as this movie's ending.
I love the ending, it takes balls to end a film so harshly
Darabont is my favorite director of all time and he doesn’t disappoint with his adaptation of this novella.
If we’re talking “horror”, I like Misery the best out of the Stephen King film adaptations. For overall adaptations, I like Shawshank Redemption the best
Hell yeah, Kathy Bates is terrifying in that movie. I love when she says, "I love you," after crippling the poor guy with a sledgehammer.
Overrated af bitch. The Green Mile is so much better
I mean king's best writing/adaptations are usually when it's just regular people with little to no supernatural stuff- case and point: Misery, Shawshank & green mile
"We may have a problem of extreme magnitude here" "our script writer blows" I mean I like this movie but that killed me 🤣
Something I loved about the film is the lady who goes out to get to her kids, makes it and can be found in the military convoy at the end with them.
Carol was actually able to keep her kids alive this time
How the fuck did she make it when everybody else 5 seconds into the edge of the mist gets minced like wet paper.
@@magnusm4 Plot armor works well.
@@magnusm4 it might be that she got out before the big monsters arrived and then just lucked out for the smaller ones and hunkered out at home
Yeah, that was the character Nostalgia Critic says never shows up again, about 9:30 or so.
It’s as if he did not actually watch the movie, the number of mistakes and wrong opinions he has on this one.
Thanks for ending out this year's Nostalgiaween with the Stephen King adaptation that I wanted to hear your opinion on and it was a blast from start to finish thanks for ending out this year's Nostalgiaween with a blast 🎃❤️
I thought you were gonna end Nostalgiaween with Goosebumps and Goosebumps 2 Haunted Halloween
Shame he couldn't try and get one out on Halloween day
Couldn’t say it better 🎃❤️
He was really ignorant though. Right off the bat. He was dissing the painting of the Gunslinger. Saying it has nothing to do with the plot. OBVIOUSLY the main character is having visions of creatures from The Dark Tower, and outworld, etc.
@@macturner2196 Which plays no part in the story.
The character never turns up again, no one mentions the dark tower, it’s completely irrelevant aside from just being an Easter egg.
Easily one of the best adaptions of King's works.
That ending will always haunt me, it’s actually known as one of the saddest movie endings ever known, and it’s accurate
It's a stupid ending, forced af.
@@dannyjorde2677 yeah I'd have to agree with you.
@@dannyjorde2677 extremely forced. "Ih no we're facing danger and uncertainty, better all kill ourselves" like our ancestors literally didn't fight for survival? Like people in today's age aren't fighting for survival?
@@dannyjorde2677 It's a smart ending. It's logical af.
I hated it 😅 but I hate those kind of endings in any horror movie so it's a Me problem lol
The black and white version is the best one to watch. Really sells the atmosphere
It does a good job of hiding the creature effects as well. Darabont had intended this adaptation to be an homage to classic horror and I think just giving it that one little touch goes a long way towards actually selling it.
lol i didn't knew there is black and white version.
What?! It's a big news for me, I go to search and watch...
You underestimate how fast a situation can devolve when people of different backgrounds are confined in a small space. The suburbanite fighting the New Yorker for no reason was probably the most relatable thing in the film.
Yeah Doug clearly never been to a hıgh school dorm.
I think the films weakness are lessened just because of how freaking scary it can be at times
The film exceled in creating an atmosphere of total oppression. The idea of more unknowable monsters lurking in the mist will always be scarier than the actual monsters we do see.
I KNEW you wouldn't fail bringing us Stephen King Time!!!! I love you Doug!!! 💗
I might be in the minority where I actually liked the novella ending:
The group in the car drives for days and finds a diner (I think) to look for survivors/supplies. They leave a note telling their story/where they're going, and they are unsure if the mist will ever end. They drive several states away and it never ends. The reader is left unknowing if the world returns back to normal or not, and if they survive.
Fun fact, the man who played the military man who gives the confession is played by Sam Witwer, who would later go on to be the voice of Darth Maul in Clone Wars and Rebels.
His Maul voice was so incredible
Also the character model and voice for Starkiller in Force Unleashed I think.
And From a game called Days gone Deacon Saint John
@@I-didnt-ask-you correct
It's the ending. The ending is so good, it's all people really remember.
No i remember the crazy Jesus lady because i’ve seen literal evangelicals like her who just lacked the power to get people to listen
@@mckenzie.latham91 Watch Midnight Mass if you want a far superior crazy Jesus lady.
@@mckenzie.latham91 but even then, all i remember is somebody throwing something at her.
Doug makes a lot of good and valid points I'd never realized before but despite knowing these things now, I think I can still enjoy the movie regardless.
"God is finally using his can of Raid on the Earth" I didn't even finish watching this episode and that's already the best thing I'll hear tonight
The one thing I love about this movie is the creatures in the mist, all of them are uniquely designed and have their own sounds they make. After seeing each one it scares and intrigues me
It’s pretty obvious though the CGI is not very good and the designs, as critic pointed out are too cartoonish to be that scary
@@RYMAN1321 an interesting note to this is the director filmed the movie to be seen in black and white not in color and the creatures were initially added without color, so when it was required for them to release in color that had to rush to finish the effects, if your interested watch it in black and white as intended and they look much better!
Cartoonish bug, spider and tentacle... unique?
@@RYMAN1321 wow it's almost like this movie is almost 15 years old
RIP Andre Draughter, whether it was this movie, fantastic 4 or captain holt in Brooklyn nine-nine you always brought a smile whenever you appear
There is a version of this movie that is all in black and white which makes the effects look so much better and makes the film scarier in my opinion
I tried to catch this movie in theaters, but I “Mist”
I’ll go die in a fire now
Don’t care what NC says. The spider creatures were legitimately terrifying. They had demonic faces, shot acid webbing and, if they don’t outright kill you, they can impregnate you with 100’s of larvae that’ll eat their way out of you. Could’ve just gone with those and cut most of the other creatures out.
Another Awesome Fact I Love About this Film: In the first couple of seconds of the movie when David Drayton's studio inside his house is shown, besides the posters for John Carpenter's The Thing and Guillermo Del Toro's Labyrinth of the Faun/Pan's Labyrinth drawn by Drew Struzan, there are three posters that are clear call-outs for other Stephen King books. The first (and most obvious) one that David is coloring is the one of Roland Deschain and the Dark Tower. The other two, which are very briefly shown as the camera moves to show the Dark Tower poster, appear to be of a rain-soaked little boy holding a red balloon along with a figure in a yellow overcoat like a slicker. The poster of the boy is clearly a reference to little Georgie Denbrough, one of Pennywise's countless victims in IT, while the faceless figure in the yellow overcoat could be a Low Man from Hearts of Atlantis. Both are books that have been tied into the Dark Tower universe. Also, both books have been adapted into movies.
The Dark Tower should've been done as a TV show. Think about it, with competent writers/show runners, a big budget and doing one book (maybe two to be safe) per season. It could work.
@@jbvader721 Before the movie came out I was so hoping it would get a TV adaptation because I knew there was no way it could work as a movie. Alas, it was not to be. Maybe someday it'll get another adaptation.
@@00ammy00 completely agreed there, the only thing the film somewhat got right was the casting- Idris Elba does a pretty good Roland
The combo of the fox news joke and the "what do you think this is a school?" Line got me
“You do not need to play the Stephen King drinking game . just down a bottle “
Funniest thing I heard today
I loved the ending, it was just so cruel, a classic horror trope of the sad ending, add to that lovecraftian horrors, & U got a story worth many rewatches.
if by classic you mean old and over used, but I do feel this is one of the rare instances of it actually being done well.
@@RaptorNX01 "Overused" When has this exact situation happened in a movie?
@@dislike_button33 around the time you last read a thread fully before replying to it.
@@dislike_button33 A main character making a mistake that results in things going horribly wrong at the end?
Not really, I can understand mercy killing them if they were stranded for a day or two, but damn the ending feels too fast, military also shows up way too fast after he kills them
The ending still breaks me, even to this day
I might have to watch it for that alone.
Personally I hated it, because the movie was faithful to the source material up until that point.. but Movies Gotta Movie.
I personally loathe it. They turned the characters in a bunch of psycotic cowards at the very end of the movie.
@@mrblack5145 Stephen King love it, the moment he saw it he say that he wished that he wrote it.
My wife HATED the ending. I thought it was fine, but the child death got her in a furious rage.
What I find admirable is that many (if not 75%) of these lines were copied directly into the book. The "did anybody else hear that noise?" And the "youre a big-shot artist-" argument, to be specific, as well as the "It appears we may have a problem of some magnitude, here."
I think many things are explained really well in the book. The fear he felt from the sounds in the loading dock, because he was in the dark. How he understood people didn't believe because he knew they *chose* to not believe to maintain their sanity. The distrust came from people in shock and not wanting to believe there really was something out there.
The book was great, and honestly the movie is almost an exact copy. It's a good and a bad thing that they copied the book, because many things were lost in the movie due to the first person perspective from David. His mentality and empathy is really well-written.
The Mist is still one of if not the most faithful adapatations of King's work. It's also one of the best.
this is easily one of my favorite horror movies. I love that the story focuses on the real horrors of people more than the monsters
I mean my dude, there are so many horror movies that do that already, and don't have such bad writing and cgi. Like if you liked this movie that much then i would suggest going on a horror movie binge because there are tons that do it better.
@@EridianX I actually agree with him. I love this film and I seen tons of horror. Matter of opinion
I love horror movies and the Mist is great
@@bartlett247 same!
But it doesn’t focus on them very well.
So this is why Danny DeVito keeps throwing chairs out of the window and puking green vomit
This Mist isn't half bad as the series they tried to make it into.
He should have reviewed that one.
The Mist is one of those movies you only need to watch once. As soon as you know the ending, there's no point in repeat viewings unless you're a glutton for emotional punishment. -Coming from a husband and father.
I think what's really great about Stephen King praising this film is that it shows when you do a really good job on one of his novels and make a compelling film that isn't filled with farting aliens, green poop jokes or any weird sound Adam Sandler does that sounds like a baby falling down the stairs repeatedly he will praise it for how good it is.
The Shining kind of debunks that theory since it's his best film but King hated it because it wasn't a note-for-note rewrite of his story.
@@linkinparkrulz2275 I wouldn't go so far as to say the Shining is his best film. ONE, a huge chunk of the plot got changed, including what the villain actually is. Two, Shawshank Redemption is based off of his story "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption." Also, Misery exists.
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I wont go as far as calling this a cliché if I were you, since the track called Host of Seraphim by Dead Can Dance was used effectively for this scene showing that characters are wandering into mysterious territory which danger is lurking around (such as from what creature those tentacles are coming from). The track was also used effectively on movies like Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole and Baraka. Lisa Gerrard's haunting vocals still sends chills down my spine to this day whenever I hear this piece.
Also while you're at it, name one film that had the balls to have an ending that didn't shy away from being this bitingly real with the sort of situation the characters were in.
THANK YOU, SOMEONE SAID IT👏👏👏
It is a cliché, quit crying
@@dannyjorde2677 It's a 4 month old opinion, keep on whining.
So this is why you never invite that creepy vampire uncle
I’ve been waiting for YEARS for Doug to review this movie! It’s my all-time favorite Stephen King movie adaptation!
Too bad his review ended up like crap and everyone in the comments defends the movie.
Yup, awesome film
Your channel is one of the channels that taught me how to be critical of movies. But I think your criticisms of this movie are over the top. I'll grant you that people did act irrational at times, but the other things you pointed out I don't have a problem with.
So this is what happens when you give Ghost too much Code Red and Vin Diesel face on a Yo-Yo
The way the people were acting in this is a good match for the original story.
While Mrs. Carmody getting shot wasn’t too satisfying in your eyes, Critic, you gotta admit Irene chucking that can of peas at her head WAS. 🤣
If only Shaq hadn't decided to dunk on the Kool-Aid Man because he owed him money for that hair loss treatment.
I'm still waiting for Doug to review Meteor Man, Postman, & Repo Men, Bicentennial Man. In my opinion, these are 4 underrated films that deserve to be talked about.
Huh. All 3 of those movies end in man. Interesting.
I can't believe he never reviewed Meteor Man. That's right in his wheelhouse tbh.
I absolutely love Bicentennial Man even if it is a bit too long. But it is one of those movies that really showed how good of an actor Robin Willimas was even without playing the goofball.
I love The Mist. I’ll never forget first time I saw the ending. Blew my mind!
Wait a fu-
It really splattered my expectations!
Surprisingly this film needs more Cars that go around a Gas Station in a circle
See what Andre Braugher should of done was use his sweet Robot Captain skills on those monsters
I genuinely did not know people didn't like this movie. I saw it when it came out and really liked it. I haven't seen it in a while, but great review.
Everything the mist does wrong, tremors does right. The slow reveal of the monsters, the well written characters, the feeling of isolation and being trapped, even the characters fighting each other was done better.
Also tremors has Burt
Watched this in Black and White like the director intended and it honestly adds, if very small amount, to this review. Amazing.
As someone who is deathly afraid of spiders I can tell you, this was one movie I didn't find scary at all. I remember feeling so awkward because the actors were doing their damnest to show fear but the cg was so goofy. I think they just went overboard with the scope of creatures. They should've had less monsters but with more creepy and we'll rendered.
This film still feels like a really bad PTA meeting
Makes me think of Simpsons where PTA disbands
One of the best Stephen King adaptations.
From the director who made two other really good Stephen King adaptations beforehand.
If this is considered to be one of the best Stephen King movies, that's a bad sign.
@@mask938 Or maybe it is a good adaptation🤷♂️
@@somedude9450 Something this dumb could never be called a good adaptation.
@@mask938 Or, hear me out. You just think it’s dumb. I mean people do seem to like it
15:06 “The SCARECROW is not much of a strawman as this character!!“
Well said, Doug😂
The movie is a cautionary tale to NOT give up hope, even in the darkest times.
P.S. Midnight Mass is G-R-E-A-T
@Purple Emerald i dunno, thew movie heavily implies that it was the shooting that ended things.
@@RaptorNX01 what? no it doesn't
@Purple Emerald Not really, its used thru-out the film.
YES!!!! THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE HORROR MOVIES EVER!...
that poor military guy in that "sacrifice" scene traumatized me as a kid
Biggest mistake on the whole review was saying that with Shyamalan you have a 50/50 chance of a film being good! Nowadays is around 10/90.
On the novel, the ending was left ambiguous, with a prospect of salvation being found in Hartford, Connecticut - based on David apparently hearing that town's name in a brief radio transmission.
Also, the Marine who was all bruised after the pterodactyl fight wasn't attacked, he was suffering third-degree burns after you saw him fight with a burning mop only to ignite himself. I also mention this since the reason David and company went to the spider infested drug store was to get him medicine. It didn't matter though since our victim succumbed to his burns by the time David returned.
So this is why you don't throw chairs at Monsters
This movie taught me one thing- if you’re ever in what seems to be an apocalypse scenario, the important things are to be patient and not panic and kill your friends and family before turning the gun on yourself. Because number 1, you might run out of bullets, and number 2, things might seem hopeless, but for all you know, the military has the situation well in hand and everything is actually fine and now you’ve made an unthinkable decision for nothing.
“Spiiiders!!!”
Thank you, Critic, for bringing that gag back 😂
Where’s it from I can’t remember
An old running gag where he dresses up as Dr. Smith from Lost in Space, who wants to take over everything with a legion of SPIIIDERS!
Don't thank a lazy joke he will just keep using it over and over again.
I don’t care. I happen to like that particular lazy joke.
I just think the Monsters ran out of Milky Ways and we're very pissed they couldn't find anymore
This movie is way more funny if you believe it’s a secret joint-operation by Hydra, The Galactic Empire, and Section 31 to recover aliens that got lost in a time travel incident.