It’s All Mike

SPOILER ALERT!! Don’t read on if you plan on reading or watching The Mist.

Earlier today I finished reading a Stephen King book titled The Mist. I thought it was a pretty good book, and it had a very open ending. Well, it really didn’t have an ending – you have to use your imagination I guess. I thought it would be interesting to watch the movie right after finishing the book. I was surprised to see how much the movie actually followed the book. One noticeable difference was the graphic content in the movie. Of course gore and stuff like that are much easier to see than read. I guess you can’t get too gory with words. The big big difference between the book and the movie was the end. Like I said, the end of the book was non-existent. The end of the movie was one of the most depressing endings I’ve ever seen. To sum it up – in the end of the book they are in a deserted building, trying to get out of the mist. Then it ends. That’s it. In the movie, they are driving through the mist looking for a way out and run out of gas. They all realize it’s over so the main character shoots his little boy along with the three other passangers (to end their suffering). With no bullets left, he gets out of the car wanting to be killed by the monsters in the mist. Funny enough, minutes after he kills everyone and gets out of the car, the military rolls by – the mist clears and everyone is saved (except the people he just killed). Woops.

Either way I’d highly recommend the book and movie, if you can handle it.

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