I really like this movie. I never saw that ending coming which is rare. I was so sad for the character to suffer that fate after surviving a living nightmare. But I was so impressed with the writing, not the typical happily ever after ending which is a nice break from the norm. It was well done.
@Tim_the_Enchanter People are just to sensitive they have it in their heads that every movie ending is sopossed to be happy and sunshine and all that while i do like those endings i like endings like these better.
I always thought it was kind of dumb how fast they rushed to shooting themselves...... at least wait until you see all the monsters are swarming your car and theres ZERO chance to escape...
All sorts of armchair theorizing come into play here. Rather than drive aimlessly around they should have tried getting to the police station with its weapons and cell blocks monsters couldn't get into. Or robbing a gun store. Or going to the military base if possible against the flow of monsters, etc.
This is 1 of the few horror films where the crazy/religious person was kind of right; after he shot his son The Mist went away & the military arrived, almost as if the monsters were waiting for a child sacrifice all along.
@@AntDouble07 I think the idea was that the blood of the child had to be shed in a form of ritual slaughter by a human leader, not just be another casualty of war
I’m not gonna believe anything that comes from a fanatic who demand human sacrifice mouth, no matter who desperate I am and I’m not gonna believe that one child can end the terror of the fog, it’s just the bad decisions of our protagonist that’s it.
I remember when I first watched this scene vividly. I was sitting with my laptop, watching some random movie I found interesting. Up to this point it had been just another horror/survival movie. But then David actually kills everyone else in his party, including his son, which was a shock in itself. And then the mist cleared... I was left entirely numb afterwards. This ending is just that harsh...
It's amazing that Frank Darabont was able to do something like The Shawshank Redemption, a film all about the importance of hope, and then he does a film like this, a film about the loss of hope. I really hope he returns to filmmaking. Shawshank, Green Mile and The Mist were all amazing movies.
I remember seeing this movie and that ending I was like yeah i get they wanted it to be dark but damn could of just waited a bit and the happy ending for them would of been there. The twist in the end was fd up. I m sure the marines there has a extra bullet for him tho.
This scene still makes me cry, his wife and child could have been alive and safe, they could have live on together and the agony he must feel when only moments ago he killed them, to see other kids driven to safety... holy shit its been years since ive seen this movie and just this scene alone made me cry again
Well maybe get manslaughter sinc ehe didnt want to kill them as it was a mercy kill also if anytjing he might be diagnost with insanity judging by how he screams at the end
Army still has flamethrowers. They still had them in ‘Nam too. The ones they have now are used for clearing “vegetation” just a lot of that vegetation in this case moves.
@@pain4perks436 I did, actually - sadly, that fell flat as well. Tried to lamely borrow from the stellar success of Shawshank. But it had nothing to say; and did nothing of any note. It just "existed." Its "depression-era prison in Maine" setting, for its "Shawshank prison characters" drama were the only thing that even made it an attempt at a story. The supernatural element and vomited-florescent graphics meant less than nothing. Stephen King's DRAMA writing was always actually his best talent. Shawshank stood and will always stand our test of time.
Some people say this is about good old never-lose-hope repatory but I think this is rather a story about how the greatest hope breaks, considering all dedication and endurance against mysterious threats and massive madness he has gone through. Or maybe the director just wanted to troll him and all of the audiences
I just watched this on AMC and it went to commercial right before the part where he shot them, so right when it came back from commercial it was the part with the gunshots. Horrible decision, because if you changed the channel or left the room during the commercial break you might not have made it back in time to see the most important part of the scene.
moral of the story kids, if you ever are gonna end your family's suffering make sure you give it 5 minutes and step outside to see if the army is coming first
I love the horrible ending for him and his family, kinda reminds me of the dark and depressing endings of movies that I’ve experienced growing up in the black community.
For one, the place they were indeed hunkering down had been overtaken by desperate zealots led by a religious nutjob damnding sacrifices. Second, every inkling they had of hope had been squashed. From the army themselves saying they don't know wtf to do, to seeing everything taken over by the monsters. There wasn't anywhere left for them to run as even the pharmacy next door was compromised. Riding it out until the fuel tank was empty was the best option they had. That's what makes the ending so powerful. It was a hopeless situation that was remedied at the worst possible moment.
I love this ending because of how much I hate it. Stories almost always serve some point. That point might be to just make you feel good and soothe your desires in some way. It might be to teach a lesson. The story may be to convey the feelings of the author. The story may be to just get you to think about something and whatever conclusion you reach, whatever! It might be some kind of pacifier for the masses with no real life or soul in it. I don't really know what the intention here was. What I got out of it though was some kind of inversion of an inversion that lands you not where you began but somewhere alien. The improbable possibility of this ending is absurd. His horrifying bad luck feels like one a in a million. Billion? Trillion? It's monumental and insane how horrific this outcome is. It does happen though doesn't it? Sometimes life is just so outrageously, insanely, intensely, BULLSHIT. The ending gets a lot of shit because of that. People feel that it's BS. That's fair. But what if this or something similar did happen to you? How cheated by reality itself must you feel? How betrayed by everything? By a god? By chance? By just a few moments in time? By just a better sense of hearing that would have stayed your hand from pulling the trigger because, "what's that noise?" Every moment of life is on a knifes edge. What happens next for this man? Does his story continue or does it end the moment he finds a way to unpack his brain from his skull? I love this ending. I saw it in theaters and I'll never forget it because I chose to take it at face value and I think you should too. How would YOU actually feel in this situation? I can't imagine anything other than madness.
@@nothingbutnet35 I dont. Didnt even know his name before. I just thought it was bad. Sorry, if my opinion makes you feel bad, that was not my intention. But it is also not my problem.
They didint know the millitary was aproaching it was a mercy kill so they didnt have tonduffer from what was out there he evenntried to kill himself you see him attemlt ti shokt hinself and gets out and waits for the monster.Also he mercy killed them as well since they were running out of gas and were hearing strange noises outside.
@@troymelnyk7253how is it not logical someone mercy killing so they wouldnt have to suffer from whats outside they didnt know the millitary were showing up they were also pretty screwed since they were out of gas and where hearing strange noises outside.
The worst way of showing how patience is a virtue ☠️
what is that have to do with patience?
@@HelloKitty3y3they didn’t have the patience/hope that the mist would go away
Dude, they make that decision after seeing a fucking kaiju pass by
@@blacklightvirus5204 Yeah, and I think that's why he said it is the "worst(brutally)" way to put it
@@blacklightvirus5204 i mean, doesn't means its immune to any kind of firepower we have i geus. so,
Maybe not the best movie to watch on FATHER’S DAY.
Hahaha and Hahaha
Gee... today is father's day in Brazil
The road is the best fathers day movie
@@gustavodutra8578 I don’t know about that, but I understand what you mean
The best worst ending to a movie of all time.
But the most realistic...
I liked a lot this movie , but I hate, hate , hate the end .
I really like this movie. I never saw that ending coming which is rare. I was so sad for the character to suffer that fate after surviving a living nightmare. But I was so impressed with the writing, not the typical happily ever after ending which is a nice break from the norm. It was well done.
Realistic ending not everything is going to be happy like a disney movie welcome to the real world
Just imagine the level of Guilt and regret
A lot of people are uncomfortable with this ending, but i love it. He thought he'd been through the worst thing he could imagine ... but he was wrong.
I never have seen a movie make me cry and I’ve watched a lot of emotional sad movies but this made me cry
@Tim_the_Enchanter People are just to sensitive they have it in their heads that every movie ending is sopossed to be happy and sunshine and all that while i do like those endings i like endings like these better.
The moral of this story. Never give up
Never let you down
@@icecreamjunkie6790 Never run around
And hurt you
In the original ending of the novella, David drives into an uncertain future alongside with his son, Amanda, and Mrs. Reppler.
Well, that's depressing
Bummed out now
@@Jero-P its a bummer man :(if I was a bug id a bummed out bumble bee 🐝:(
Patience is virtue
"The Mist"(2007) is an excellent mystery horror movie! The ending scene of the movie was creepy and very unpredictable!
Never, ever, give up. They could've at least waited for a creature to attack them before deleting themselves.
The moral of this brutal ending - never give up hope, even when things look darkest.
I still, love and hate this ending with a passion... its absolutely heart wrenching..
I always thought it was kind of dumb how fast they rushed to shooting themselves...... at least wait until you see all the monsters are swarming your car and theres ZERO chance to escape...
All sorts of armchair theorizing come into play here. Rather than drive aimlessly around they should have tried getting to the police station with its weapons and cell blocks monsters couldn't get into. Or robbing a gun store. Or going to the military base if possible against the flow of monsters, etc.
@@rcnelson kinda hard to do that when you are with a kid, a housewife, and two old person. The only one going full army commando is the dad
@@Fei-Chan
And also that you cannot see ahead of you so you don’t even know where you are going
THE WALKIND DEAD was nothing without Frank Darabont
Walrude dead
Dale, Carol and Andrea
This is 1 of the few horror films where the crazy/religious person was kind of right; after he shot his son The Mist went away & the military arrived, almost as if the monsters were waiting for a child sacrifice all along.
Glad someone noticed this.
Bro, I think they got enough children
@@bopply2616yeah I don’t think that’s the only child who died in the mist
@@AntDouble07 I think the idea was that the blood of the child had to be shed in a form of ritual slaughter by a human leader, not just be another casualty of war
I’m not gonna believe anything that comes from a fanatic who demand human sacrifice mouth, no matter who desperate I am and I’m not gonna believe that one child can end the terror of the fog, it’s just the bad decisions of our protagonist that’s it.
How to surpass Steven King in horror
King said he prefers the movie ending.
I remember when I first watched this scene vividly. I was sitting with my laptop, watching some random movie I found interesting. Up to this point it had been just another horror/survival movie. But then David actually kills everyone else in his party, including his son, which was a shock in itself. And then the mist cleared...
I was left entirely numb afterwards. This ending is just that harsh...
I saw Andrea, Dale, and Carol
The last movie directed by Frank Darabont
But now he's doing tv series
this was great acting by thomas jane here
mh i think it was mediocore at best
That's okay, you clearly aren't an expert.@@bertafuchs2384
@@bertafuchs2384That's okay, you clearly aren't an expert.
@@MichaelEwoldsen well cool, we have something in common. cool down.
3:29
yep, just yep, i love this movie and thomas
you just feel the hate and sadness from his acting alone
It's amazing that Frank Darabont was able to do something like The Shawshank Redemption, a film all about the importance of hope, and then he does a film like this, a film about the loss of hope.
I really hope he returns to filmmaking. Shawshank, Green Mile and The Mist were all amazing movies.
if only the military convoy showed up little sooner!
There is a theory that someone has to sacrifice his kid or loved one so the mist would go away.
Or for his life to survive
It would have showed up way sooner, if they hadn't been driving away from it all the time
Preeeetty sure dude offed himself within weeks or nonths after that decision lol..
At least Carol made it out with her kids this time...
I remember seeing this movie and that ending I was like yeah i get they wanted it to be dark but damn could of just waited a bit and the happy ending for them would of been there. The twist in the end was fd up. I m sure the marines there has a extra bullet for him tho.
I remember seeing this scene for the first time. Tears of waterfalls.
Prob the darkest ending ever. Shooting your own kid and wife 1 min before everyone still alive gets saved. Damn
She was not his wife. His wife was killed by spiders.
Yea
"I told her I'd fix it."
I watched this years ago, and this ending is still one of the best bad endings I've ever seen.
And this would be proof that you should never lose faith..."Hope is the last thing that dies".
In life there are few fates that are worse than death.....this is one of them.
Best yet saddest example of irony.
Supposedly, when Stephen King saw the ending of this movie he said, "why didn't I think of that?"
Don't let impatience and despair cloud your mind
"I have one bullet left please line up so I can save a bullet for me" 😢
This scene still makes me cry, his wife and child could have been alive and safe, they could have live on together and the agony he must feel when only moments ago he killed them, to see other kids driven to safety... holy shit its been years since ive seen this movie and just this scene alone made me cry again
"I won... But at what cost..."
Time to take him to jail for a quadruple homicide
Well maybe get manslaughter sinc ehe didnt want to kill them as it was a mercy kill also if anytjing he might be diagnost with insanity judging by how he screams at the end
I thought they quit using flamethrowers in ww2?
Given the circumstances, an exception was made
They are not fighting people, they are burning insect nests.
Army still has flamethrowers. They still had them in ‘Nam too.
The ones they have now are used for clearing “vegetation” just a lot of that vegetation in this case moves.
For monsters
Darabont made ONE good movie - Shawshank - but it was a candidate for the BEST movie ever made.
He made more than one good movie.
@@trust-me-im-vik
No - he sadly, ABSOLUTELY did not.
@@justinklenkbro never watched the Green Mile
@@pain4perks436
I did, actually - sadly, that fell flat as well. Tried to lamely borrow from the stellar success of Shawshank. But it had nothing to say; and did nothing of any note. It just "existed." Its "depression-era prison in Maine" setting, for its "Shawshank prison characters" drama were the only thing that even made it an attempt at a story. The supernatural element and vomited-florescent graphics meant less than nothing.
Stephen King's DRAMA writing was always actually his best talent. Shawshank stood and will always stand our test of time.
When stephen king watched this, he said he was annoyed he didn't come up with it 😂
Best movie ending of all time!
Yes! I love it
When you ride your gas tank to nearly empty and finally fill up at $4.50 a gallon and the next morning its $3.80.
Some people say this is about good old never-lose-hope repatory but I think this is rather a story about how the greatest hope breaks, considering all dedication and endurance against mysterious threats and massive madness he has gone through. Or maybe the director just wanted to troll him and all of the audiences
Punisher is a real one for killing ben Grimm's wife then killing her and the son they had out of spite
This is like that one alanis morissette song
Now isn't that just a bit ironic, don't you think?
Which song?
Ironic @@Neonseasnake
@@westerosi27 thank you
Are you still mad (this works too)
I just watched this on AMC and it went to commercial right before the part where he shot them, so right when it came back from commercial it was the part with the gunshots. Horrible decision, because if you changed the channel or left the room during the commercial break you might not have made it back in time to see the most important part of the scene.
I don't think the ending gave justification as to why he did what he did at the end. And, personally, I'd never do that myself.
moral of the story kids, if you ever are gonna end your family's suffering make sure you give it 5 minutes and step outside to see if the army is coming first
I love the horrible ending for him and his family, kinda reminds me of the dark and depressing endings of movies that I’ve experienced growing up in the black community.
The funniest ending of all time. 🤣
You must have a singular wit.😶
Why didn't they just wait for the army to come rescue them? Hunker down dudes!
Usually in these apocalyptic films the military isn’t this good at their jobs, and so there was no faith in the military to do anything
There's no indication whatsoever the military is doing this at all, let alone successfully
For one, the place they were indeed hunkering down had been overtaken by desperate zealots led by a religious nutjob damnding sacrifices.
Second, every inkling they had of hope had been squashed. From the army themselves saying they don't know wtf to do, to seeing everything taken over by the monsters. There wasn't anywhere left for them to run as even the pharmacy next door was compromised. Riding it out until the fuel tank was empty was the best option they had.
That's what makes the ending so powerful. It was a hopeless situation that was remedied at the worst possible moment.
They never knew the military was coming, they most likely would have wanted a quick death because they didn't want to be torn apart. 💀
Because the religious are uncontrolable in the market
3:33 - He just found out McDonald's was out of fries.
At 7:09
You can see a military soldier to the left you can see it burning what looks like a corpse of a Grey Widower look how big it is
bigger one on the right
5:20 It was at this moment he knew...he fucked up.
That's mean but that's funny as hell 😂
Out of gas & could’ve waited 5 Minutes
If they were all gambling addicts they’d have survived 😭☹️ Stay on the slots people
I think this is the happy ending. Theyare dead but humanity is still alive
I love this ending because of how much I hate it.
Stories almost always serve some point. That point might be to just make you feel good and soothe your desires in some way. It might be to teach a lesson. The story may be to convey the feelings of the author. The story may be to just get you to think about something and whatever conclusion you reach, whatever! It might be some kind of pacifier for the masses with no real life or soul in it.
I don't really know what the intention here was. What I got out of it though was some kind of inversion of an inversion that lands you not where you began but somewhere alien. The improbable possibility of this ending is absurd. His horrifying bad luck feels like one a in a million. Billion? Trillion? It's monumental and insane how horrific this outcome is. It does happen though doesn't it? Sometimes life is just so outrageously, insanely, intensely, BULLSHIT.
The ending gets a lot of shit because of that. People feel that it's BS. That's fair. But what if this or something similar did happen to you? How cheated by reality itself must you feel? How betrayed by everything? By a god? By chance? By just a few moments in time? By just a better sense of hearing that would have stayed your hand from pulling the trigger because, "what's that noise?" Every moment of life is on a knifes edge.
What happens next for this man? Does his story continue or does it end the moment he finds a way to unpack his brain from his skull?
I love this ending. I saw it in theaters and I'll never forget it because I chose to take it at face value and I think you should too. How would YOU actually feel in this situation? I can't imagine anything other than madness.
6 months ago 😅😮
note,whenever some crazy ass alien type shit happens,just wait for the military
Some horror movie conclusion.
5:19 smell my freedom
I regret watching that ending
Also I probably would have roll dice with monsters
What does Drayton say at the end?
"All dead, for what?" I think.
@@kevinfanning8027 or maybe ''Theyre dead, what, here, theyre not''... amidst sighs and tears, that's why we don't understand very well
@@kevinfanning8027Yeah, I watched with subtitles and that’s what it said
@@icecreamjunkie6790yes, But after that he says something else that I couldn't understand and put in the caption
*cues Curb Your Enthusiasm music*
This is why you should always trust God and never rely on sin to save you
Were those pmk gas masks?
impressive scene but his acting was kind of bad. looking into the cam, being stiff, sorry not very good.
Really going to extra to spread this bad take through the comment section, aren't you?
@@MichaelEwoldsen sure, why not? the comment section is for comments, right?
@@bertafuchs2384 Nope, you just have a hate vendetta against Thomas Jane
@@nothingbutnet35 I dont. Didnt even know his name before. I just thought it was bad. Sorry, if my opinion makes you feel bad, that was not my intention. But it is also not my problem.
@@bertafuchs2384ass take lil bro
Wow😊
Dale and Andrea
Normally i dont like to be edgy, but this deserves a LOL
Fuck yea I love Stephen king
Did the wife ever die?
Yes they drove to his house and found her dead she was in a cacoon like thing
When I saw the ending I just bursted out laughing 😂 that has to be the biggest troll ending of all time.
why did he kill his family when the military was right there? is he stupid?
They didn’t know the military was approaching at all.
They didint know the millitary was aproaching it was a mercy kill so they didnt have tonduffer from what was out there he evenntried to kill himself you see him attemlt ti shokt hinself and gets out and waits for the monster.Also he mercy killed them as well since they were running out of gas and were hearing strange noises outside.
The first time I seen the ending I laughed way too hard
Why are you so pressed lol
😭
What a clown 😂
first
Òoops
Worst ending
Great ending. Heartbreaking.
Stephen King literally said it was good
It's legit so bad lol not logical at all
Tighten up.
Not all movies need a Cinderella story ending 🥴🤷🏾♀️🤣
@@troymelnyk7253how is it not logical someone mercy killing so they wouldnt have to suffer from whats outside they didnt know the millitary were showing up they were also pretty screwed since they were out of gas and where hearing strange noises outside.
What a stupid ass ending😭
Dumbest moment in movie history
Stephen King even like this ending more than his book, so you're wrong here
You must like Cinderella story endings 😂😂.
Tighten up bro.
@@Diia_MorB ok pedo
Oh, no.
Trust me. There are way more dumb moments than this. This isn't dumb at all.
Welcome to the real world where not everything is all sunshine happy and rainbows everywhere
This is one of the stupid endinf i've ever seen in my life
I think this is the happy ending. Theyare dead but humanity is still alive