FIRST TIME WATCHING | The Mist (2007) | Movie Reaction | That Ending...

[@thelonelydirector]

I used to not like how quickly everything went to hell in this movie and how quickly everyone picked sides, but then I lived through the last 5 years and I now feel like I owe Stephen King and Frank Darabont an apology.

[@barbadosslim]

Rewatched this movie a couple months ago. Couldn't agree more.

[@KCohere33]

Haha, you should have learned this lesson from The Stand. If he makes anything clear about humanity, it’s how quickly people can turn on each other.

[@thelonelydirector]

@@KCohere33 I mean, this is fair, but honestly I felt like The Stand took place over months/years so I was like, "Okay ya sure I can see how this would happen." :D

[@Blisteryn]

I accept.🤣

[@Juan-qn3yl]

Moral of the story? Hope is what makes us better people: as people lost hope in the store everyone became worse than the monsters outside... once the dad lost hope he did became the monster that killed his kid.

[@MisterDevos]

The movie wasn't about the monsters overall. It's showing how humanity turns on each other in dire situations based on our beliefs

[@popculturewatch8689]

So, 2021 in a nutshell.

[@user-vc5rp7nf8f]

Pretty much the pandemic

[@user-vc5rp7nf8f]

@@popculturewatch8689 yup. Humanity at its finest

[@Trusteft]

I hear the same about zombie movies. No. It is about the monsters.

[@josephg.1.130]

@@Trusteft monsters in this movie play such a minor part in the theme.

[@pencilnecked1579]

I wish more filmmakers would take chances with endings like this. Sometimes an audience just needs to have their hearts/guts ripped out to make us appreciate the things we do have.

[@Patriiiiick]

Yeah, everything is way too safe. Studios would jump on an ending like this and shut it down as quickly as possible nowadays, in most cases.

[@26101976bdm]

Watch a bit of Korean cinema - they're usually willing to not follow the norm.

[@Letssee92]

Yeah I mean this is one of the best endings to any film ever made!! I mean the twist was just shocking and the end just made you feel like holy shit!! An ending like this just makes you think about everything!!

[@x-man9473]

Why would they? Whenever movies and tv shows takes risks, it becomes a subject of ridicule and people spend the rest of their lives complaining about it.

[@WeirdSoIL]

For me, 1408 is the best adaptation. I liked it better than the short story!

[@JohnGundy]

18:12 “he made it halfway back.” That joke did not go unnoticed good sir. Got a good laugh from it. Also I love this movie & think it’s insanely underrated. The ending blew me away when I seen it at the theater.

[@parcaleste]

Mrs Movies totally missed it, which somehow made it even more funny. 😂

[@StudioMod]

yeah seriously that was the funniest most intelligent joke that could have possibly been made there and I was dying when he said that.

[@sc1338]

That was hilarious 😂

[@Tateorsomething]

Never lose hope. That's a message that could be taken from the ending.

[@Brooklyn_Bleek]

Yep...keep hope alive aka Keep On Truckin'!

[@ssombies]

Exactly. That's what I always take away from this film.

[@Tateorsomething]

@BattleAngelFan I absolutely agree with that. Had they been cornered and trapped, with certain, horrible death imminent, I could see that. But having just run out of gas, with no monsters in sight much less attacking? Makes no sense.

[@NeilPower]

Because help can be just 30 seconds behind you.

[@gloriebluestein9721]

@@Tateorsomething well they weren't in sight cause the mist.....they could still hear them

[@lynnbowers4722]

Best ending ever. Sorry but...that took balls. Every Hollywood movie has to have a happy ending but no...here is the most nihilistic ending of all time. I love it. Hee hee.

[@JBurnz001]

Idk I’d argue most horror flicks don’t have happy endings. The evil always lives on.

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

Agreed. Many of the best movies have grim endings. The Thing, anyone?

[@TheRadScientist_]

I wouldn’t say every Hollywood movie has happy endings. Try some A24 horror films they have some dark endings almost dark fairy tale like even. But I will say that “the Mist” has one of the Bleakest endings I’ve ever seen. As others have mentioned a lot of horror movies don’t have happy endings BUT not many horror movies are this fucking bleak so it does stand out in that regard.

[@CrazeeAdam]

@@JBurnz001 there's "evil wins" and then there's this. Depressing as fuck. This is more like "the human spirit has lost and we are now morally doomed"

[@CorwinTheOneAndOnly]

I would argue it's more of a *message* to the audience, rather than a nihilistic ending. Throughout the entire movie, the audience was feeling almost empowered, knowing that they were on the side of "the smart people" and that they would never go crazy like the nutjobs. The ending was the writers saying "Nonono, all it takes is a moment. You're not immune to panic."

[@alexistrebexis3195]

The reason it ended the way it did, is because if it didn’t, no one would talk about it. This ending is so unbelievably memorable.

[@Wraiven22]

"Well he made it halfway back." I. AM. DECEASED. THAT WAS SO GOOD.

[@Frank_San_Nicolas]

“Well, he made it half way back.” That’s too good.

[@oldcdog91]

“He made it halfway back..” 😂🤣😂🤣

[@PaulWinkle]

They got half of him back, better than nothing!

[@doesnotexist305]

That ending is what’s going to keep this good-not-great little sci-fi/horror movie from 2007 alive forever. One of the greatest endings ever.

[@Erulin68]

When asked if he was angry that they changed the ending to his story for the movie, Stephen King replied that the only thing he was angry about was not having it written it that way.

[@noobaroni]

One of the best stephen king films. Favorite aspect of the story is the realization that humans have the potential to be much worse than any cthulhu-type monsters or demons. It took that woman a day to rile those people up into a frenzy and start resorting to human sacrafices. I'll give you that it's a crazy situation, but the clear headed people in that store all decided they would rather deal with cthulhu, massive crabs and demon spiders than stay and deal with the REAL monsters. The fear driven fanatics. Absolutely terrifying.

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

Similar to Night Of The Living Dead in many respects. The threat is different, but people just don't do well under stress.

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

Ollie should have capped the butcher that stabbed the army kid.

[@josephg.1.130]

Okay lets not say ANY cthulu-type monster

[@sandragill9916]

Trump for eg

[@seanrosenau2088]

My parents were EXACTLY like the religious lady. Couldn't even watch The Smurfs because they all had 'satanic powers'.

[@JBROisUNDEAD]

The take-away from the ending is "Don't stop, believing. Hold on to that feeling". 😂

[@daniellanctot6548]

“Shut up, you miserable buzzard! Stoning people who piss you off is perfectly okay. They do it in the Bible, don't they? And I got lots of peas!” ... Love it! 😂👍👍 The point of the ending is, even if I disagree with it: Never lose hope and fight on to the very last second. It is delivered in a more brutal way than if they had done that and survived, but that is what makes the ending so great: People ignore fairytale endings that have becomes cliché. This rubs it in your face in an ugly way and you can’t ignore it. Masterful!

[@YODAJJ]

Believe it or not this movie is actually about never losing hope

[@davidede7778]

I take the ending to mean, “Never give up hope. No matter how bad things look, you never know if help might be right around the corner.” When you think of it that way the ending could be seen as a very dark way to express a very hopeful and beautiful message. I might be reading into it because I’m a therapist, but I could see it as a lesson against suicide. Never give up hope because you never know. Btw, my favorite monster is the behemoth at the end

[@JonathonTheAsshole]

The mist only cleared because the boy was killed.

[@davidede7778]

@@JonathonTheAsshole That’s a popular interpretation based on Mrs. Carmody's rhetoric, and I can’t altogether exclude that. However, I don’t personally hold that interpretation based on how I perceive the main theme. "The story is less about the monsters outside than about the monsters inside, the people you're stuck with, your friends and neighbors breaking under the strain." - Darabont Carmody was a fanatic that should be disregarded. I see the situation not as the wrath of a god that demands human sacrifice but more of a commentary on humanity living within an ‘absurd’ world.

[@spectrobit5554]

@kyre lymrick I think you should see a therapist bud

[@Mauther]

Notice the mother who ran in to the mist to get to her children not only lived but got to her kids and both kids survived. Humanity survives by adapting and struggling, and when necessary, relying on hope.

[@rumham7466]

@kyre lymrick ? Where did the topic of kids come from? Or money? There are a vast amount of things people deal with that are greatly helped by either being diagnosed, or talking and learning coping skills, etc. You went off on a stranger based on your personal specific grudges against the world

[@Sidewalkman1]

Watching this felt like a prelude to the Walking Dead. They had the guy who played Dale, the girl who played Andrea, and Melissa McBride.

[@Tateorsomething]

Jeffrey DeMunn, who played Dale on TWD, is also in The Shawshank Redemption as the prosecuter at the beginning. Also he was in The Green Mile. All Frank Darabont.

[@fairone1000]

Also, Morales was one of the soldiers and the soldier who was stabbed and then shut out of the store was the walker soldier that Rick killed in the tank in the first episode.

[@Sennesation]

One of the best endings ever. That haunting soundtrack is just phenomenal.

[@HollywoodLito]

39:10 I think the point of the ending is: teaching the importance of NEVER giving up hope, which is clearly a very meaningful lesson to Darabont.

[@ImTOoNzzz]

34:51 like how she looks back at us and shakes her head 😂

[@endorphinzz]

Wife: "Sneak out the back?" Me: "Ooooh, not a good idea lol" Hubby: "Well, they made it halfway back." Me: (insert rolling on the floor laughing my ass off emoticon here)

[@The_Texorcist]

Woof I remember when I saw this in theaters. It was filmed not too far from here and that ending… it’s the most gut wrenching ending I think I have seen in any movie. It’s funny cause Frank Darabont also changed another one of Stephen King’s endings with his adaptation of The Shawshank Redemption (with happier results). Personally I think Darabont really knows how to do a king film.

[@dewjade4897]

Where was it filmed?

[@The_Texorcist]

@@dewjade4897 Vivian, Minden and Shreveport Louisiana.

[@jameswallace5235]

Lets not forget the mastepiece that is The Green Mile. Darabont is the OG of adapting King. But Mike Flannagan is quickly challenging that crown, with Geral'd Game, Doctor Sleep and the upcoming Dark Tower show for Amazon.

[@aarontwenty7]

That piece of music , near and at the end is hauntingly beautiful, fits the desperation of the characters, its dead can dance , host of seraphim , love the film , love seeing people’s reactions

[@8mycake244]

One could say the moral is "never give up hope". The theme is cemented when he sees the girl in the transport with her kids. She kept going. He gave up to a tragic end.

[@darionirwin4138]

exactly what i was gonna say. Pandora's box only thing left inside is hope; enscription above the gates of Hell: Abandon all hope ye who enter here/

[@vadalia3860]

Except there were lots of people who left (like the neighbor's group) who all died as far as we know. That lady didn't live because she had hope... she just got lucky. Same as the people left behind in the store (especially after we see the spiders who infested the pharmacy next door- presumably if they'd decided to go for the store instead of the pharmacy all those people would have died instead)

[@HiddenDarkHM]

You know that's actually a really good point. I've thought that too that the moral is not to give up hope until the very end but I didn't think about that with the mother and her kids, she really did keep going, and considering where she came from you can tell she went FAR for her kids and didn't give up. Really great read there.

[@8mycake244]

@@HiddenDarkHM That’s it.

[@8mycake244]

@@vadalia3860 If have Hope first, then maybe luck will help you. Gotta have Hope first.

[@GNo03]

One of the saddest endings, and yet in a way it has a positive message. To never give up hope

[@lakeracer8453]

I just re-watched this last night on Netflix with my son. 2nd time for both of us. I read the story in the 80's. I think of King's ending as a cliff hanger. They drove off into the mist, encountered creatures but had no contact and we got no resolution. This ending is horrifying, but better. Did anyone notice as we did this time that the first woman to leave the store begging for an escort was on the military transport with her two kids? Great reaction guys "He made it half way back" 🤣.

[@jimtatro6550]

I still can’t believe this movie was released on Thanksgiving.

[@Gnossiene369]

Watched this way to young. Truly pure horror in every aspect. I remember my dad looking at me and apologized. And that was after we had watched movies that is considered horror. I was a tough kid but damn, not that tough.

[@AnomalyINC]

I had a similar experience with my dad when mum found a sci-fi movie for us to watch. She knew we liked those. It was "Event Horizon".

[@seanrosenau2088]

I accidentally took my 5 year old nephew to see Boy in the Striped Pajamas. I don't know much about computers, so I didn't look up the movie beforehand. Let's just say I'm still allowed to take him to sports and the zoo, but never the movies again. Ha ha.

[@GoCrazyBaby3]

18:12 “well, made it halfway back” 😭😭

[@inventsable]

"Well he made it halfway back" 🤣

[@SWEGTA]

This is one of my favorite films of all time. The ending is so brutal and cold that it absolutely crushes you. And this is exactly why I like Frank Darabont; He knows exactly how to make you FEEL more than you'll ever expect when watching his films. Truly a master of his craft.

[@Hum0ng0us]

God I'm crying my eyes out watching this again with you. Every time. Every time. I'm phobic of bugs and such so this movie makes my skin crawl. I just love this movie.

[@mw5158]

"Well he made it halfway back" was a pretty good one 😂. Good job sir 🤟

[@jasonc2341]

I remember seeing this is theatres. Total silence walking out of a packed theatre.

[@markpartin2000]

The quick forming of factions within the group has been seen in real life over the last few years. But in story-telling, it reminds me of the episode "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street" from the original Twilight Zone. If you haven't seen it, it's a great episode along the same lines.

[@JustKelso1993]

Rod Serling understood humanity so freaking well, that episode was my go to example about the covid situation.

[@marennicholson5444]

Ooofff this is a brutal movie. I love how in the grocery store, society and humanity is portrayed as an incredibly fragile thing which is scarier than the monsters (a theme Darabont stretched further in Walking Dead). That being said, the spiders are soooooo awful!

[@petemcfeet28]

Ha! Funniest thing he's ever said @18:10... "Well, he made it halfway back."😂

[@cgarciahfcu]

This is the best reaction video I've seen for this movie. All the other reactors keep talking through the ending. She though keeps quiet and takes it all in. With that ending, you should be in a state of quiet shock.

[@commsense1979]

"Well he made it halfway back." That was great lol

[@Nethescurial95]

I don't quite know why, but that "Oh, Norm" almost made my spill my coffee! 😅

[@CDmusic10]

Moral of the story: "shit happens"- best explanation ever😂

[@NoLegacyLeft]

Thomas Janes characters logical thinking served him well all the way up until the end. Most people would have made the same choices he did and given what he knew, he was doing them a kindness. I loved the ending, and made me think alot more then if the mist just went away.

[@disconnexionsdotcom]

"Maybe she was allergic" I had to pause the video and laugh at that for a minute or two.. 🤣

[@redlaytee6157]

00:46 "This should be fun..." I laughed so hard at that. I would not equate that word with this movie. lol

[@danwilliams2551]

Stephen King on the ending: "Frank wrote a new ending that I loved. It is the most shocking ending ever and there should be a law passed stating that anybody who reveals the last 5 minutes of this film should be hung from their neck until dead."

[@classiclife7204]

Funny, coming from a writer who thought Kubrick's adaptation of "The Shining" was too "cold".

[@dylangintherofficial]

@@classiclife7204 that sounds like a joke I mean it was a cold ending Jack froze to death it was so cold

[@kushstein]

Thankfully, King has warmed up to the Kubrick film in recent years.

[@justarandomveryintelligent8934]

@@classiclife7204 well it was. Jack torrance in the book was a recovering alcoholic who genuinely loved his family and was trying desperately hard to be a better husband and father. The overlook played on his fears, insecurities, and childhood trauma to get him to a place where he would be capable of murder and then gave him an excuse to do it. In the film i can't tell whether its jack nicholson's performance or kubrick's writing but jack comes off as capable of murder from the outset and the hotel just gives him an excuse. King's problem with the movie was that it eliminated the complexity of jack torrance to make him a straight up monster when he was always just another victim.

[@classiclife7204]

@@justarandomveryintelligent8934 Well, I won't argue in-depth here, but I thought book-Jack was worse than movie-Jack. I mean, at least movie-Jack wasn't involved in an unreported, probably fatal DUI, and, in a separate incident, didn't smash a teenager's head on the pavement. But I respect your opinion, and yeah, you're right, Nicholson hates his family, especially his wife, which I personally found more frightening and realistic. In the novel, King spends maybe too much time trying to make us sympathetic to a pretty nasty piece of work.

[@gordondavis6168]

The ending also means that sometimes love hurts, sometimes we do terrible things out of love. A bullet is a much cleaner death than having alien spiders growing inside of you.

[@cheebees]

The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Maybe if they were infected or injured I would agree. In this case as evident by the ending, he was wrong.

[@sussychachi]

@BattleAngelFan this movie is about realism, psychological most humans would of killed themselves in this situation. Car was on empty no sign of a way out. No food any monsters outside. They were stranded. Hope is only good based on luck. Am not saying that I agree he should of killed everyone and himself but I understand why he would and why Many would perfectly natural. Fear is natural instinct. I would of waited into I ran out of food maybe a day or more then shot them all when a monster actually approached the vehicle. He did the deed to early but we can blame that on the movie since the movie can extent its own time limit.

[@sussychachi]

Also the suicide was a group choice everyone agreed on it. The boy didn't but he did say he didn't want to be killed by the monsters. So he did get his wish.

[@mikemcmike6427]

@@cheebees it wasnt evident he was wrong. humans cant see n the future and have to act based on his current knowledge.

[@stevenbinger704]

Hell yeah I love it when 12pm hits u get to hang out with my favorite people ✅

[@alejandrobarboza2004]

Great job!!!...I just subscribed tonight but I thought I did when I watched Sleepaway camp..lol...back to this flick..the ending is just wow...always a tearjerker no matter how many times watching..keep it up you two

[@clbaker8356]

Right after this film Darabont began work on The Walking Dead. You'll notice three actors this film (the man runs into store saying "there's something tn the mist" played dale, the woman main character becomes attached to at store played Andrea and woman who asks for someone to see her home is carol).

[@stevenbinger704]

I love you're guys personality, it makes my day watching your videos 🤟

[@user-vc5rp7nf8f]

“It’s coming pretty thick and fast” That’s what she said

[@zairac2564]

Mrs.: "They're just all going to die." Me: Haha Soooo much worse! Mrs.: "We're just never going to know what happens to them." Me: Haha Soooo much worse!

[@nedzed3663]

First time I saw this movie was on a night shift at my security job on my laptop, years ago. And the ending, where the tank comes rolling out right after he killed everyone, said out loud "ARE YOU F*CKING KIDDING ME"!!!!!???? That man is never going to be right, he's gone, his mind will never recover

[@louisenglish8069]

Solid outing as a movie. Yes, one of the most horrific endings you'll see

[@stevem2323]

To me it was absolute masterpiece.

[@Ebrahim766]

This man is single handedly holding this channel ! I love you man , your understanding in movies are amazing .

[@ssombies]

One of the greatest endings in the history of storytelling. I knew she was going to hate it.

[@gggooding]

If y'all care: good call that the poster at the start was Roland from the Gunslinger passing through a door (well before the disappointing Dark Tower movie.) The monsters in the *mist* are from the thinny in the Dark Tower series...the Lovecraftian space between dimensions that is made of nightmares.

[@MotherAce]

why the ending is great as it pertains to the theme of the film; Throughout the movie runtime we see what unquenching faith does to the group, as they become divided by religious fervor, and almost swallowed by it. The message seems to be that you shouldn't be blinded by faith, or it'll be your doom. But then we see what no hope or faith at all does to our last little group of survivors..., ultimately bringing it back to the message of a little faith is a good thing. Salvation might just be just around the corner, even if you don't believe. (tl;dr; Don't be an extremist)

[@thomasplummer8103]

Also, Notice that right after sacrificing the Son, the Army arrives and the mist begins to dissipate....Crazy Lady was right.

[@williammatthews693]

I like to go with the Lovecraft interpretation of a story like this. "What's the point of an ending like this?" the wife asks. Lovecraft would say there is no point. Humanity is insignificant and just a plaything for the greater cosmic forces out there, which contrary to most religions, isn't kind or benevolent. Lovecraft existed in a dark place.

[@MotherAce]

@@williammatthews693 sure the nearly cosmic nihilism of the ending plays into the Lovecraftian monsters establised too. As Stephen King himself pointed out; "I wish I'd think of it myself" Because yeah, its a rather obvious 'ending', perfectly aligned with the theme of the story. Frank Darabont did a marvellous job, as he always does.

[@ChrissonatorOFL]

I usually refrain from using the term faith, since as it applies to belief systems, it's a belief maintained for no reason and against all reason... I'd say one should maintain hope, more than faith. However, people shouldn't let reason give way to hope or faith. The problem is, people will make up whatever they want to cope with something, it's human nature unfortunately, we try to explain away anything we don't understand, rather than just accepting that we don't know something.

[@krispurdy78]

"It's coming pretty thick and fast!" That's what she said! 🤣

[@jasonfitak9521]

So glad you got to this one. It's one of my favorite endings ever.

[@DaneofHalves]

Would have been hilarious as the camera is pulling back at the end of the movie...that you hear Holiday Road song start from the Vacation movies.

[@wadas9042]

That movie ending was one of greatest in movie history. I dont understand why you think otherwise. This was sad, dramatic and impactful ending, there is not many movies that do it.

[@jordanhenshaw]

That was the worst ending ever.

[@williamjones6031]

I hope these "as we go" helps 1. In context it is similar to what King did with The Stand except in this case it's monsters and not a virus. 2. Jeffery DeMunn is known as a favorite of director Frank Darabont, who has cast him in all four of his films: "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994), "The Green Mile" (1999), and "The Mist" (2007). All King adaptations. He was also in what King himself says is the best adaptation of his work. "Storm of the Century". 3. William Sadler also was in Shawshank and The Green Mile. 4. Frances Sternhagen was in "Misery" by King. 5. Marcia Gay Harden kills it. Her character mirrors Carrie's mother in "Carrie" 6. King wanted to do a cameo of the big guy that goes out with the rope around his waste but he was shot down.. 7. This is not how the book ends. Darabont wanted this ending. King later said that as horrific that it is he likes it now too. 8. Stephen King. You're welcome.

[@granterwin952]

The real monster of the mist is fear itself, and how it drives people to do monstrous things in dire situations. Whenever we are scared of something, much of fear is the anticipation of a thing not the actual thing itself. When David acts on an anticipated fear, he commits a monstrous act. Darabont's ending confirms that David really didn't have anything to be afraid of, and what really kills his family is himself when he's scared. The idea of fear of unknown ramifications driving people to do monstrous things is also represented in Carmody's cult.

[@vadalia3860]

I'm sorry but this is a frankly ridiculous take on the movie. David DID have something to be afraid of- the actual physical monsters from another world who were violently attacking and killing people. He didn't kill his family... he killed his son. His wife was killed by those very real, literal monsters and he lived. Through sheer dumb luck (or bad luck, depending on how you look at it) And the fact his act of killing his son is monstrous is only dumb to the dumb luck that the calvary rolled in immediately afterward. If he'd refrained and instead the movie ended with him watching those spiders paralyze his still-alive son & use his body to incubate their eggs- it's his restraint that would have been monstrous.

[@sussychachi]

The fear of him losing his son to the monsters. Very sad. I would of waited into monster came close to my son then shot my son and told him it's better if daddy shots you and you die fast an with love then for a fucking giant spider to eat you.

[@vadalia3860]

@@sussychachi The problem with waiting is that often these creatures strike so quickly, there's no guarantee you'd actually have time to mercy kill your kid before they got snatched away from you by tentacles or before you were paralyzed/incapacitated by acid webbing, etc.

[@stanleysmith2221]

Love this reaction, your face was exactly how I felt watching in the theater, so many well known actors now, were in this movie

[@Yes_king6973]

That guy played in dexter he tried to say he was the ice truck killer .never noticed it till now lmao .

[@YouMeTheMovies]

Oh yeah. I wondered where I recognized the soldier from. Good catch.

[@SaRENRampaiger]

I almost banged my fists on the chair while I was seeing this in theaters and I had the same reaction as him in the ending, I even bawled my eyes out and I ALMOST yelled at the theater like him as well. lol.

[@jimtatro6550]

This is the best horror Stephen King adaptation ever. The Shining doesn’t count because it’s not really based on the novel very closely, (I still love The Shining btw).

[@CannonRaw]

What are your thoughts on Shawshank Redemption?

[@OvDevilz]

Those are all great but, although its old, I think Storm of The Century is still the best production of King's novel adaptation to date... (with very unexpected ending as well) and not many knows about it since its divided into 3 parts and total length is around 4 hours. Also the classic flicks like The Stand, Pet Cemetery and Christine as well.

[@amandaasbury3688]

@@OvDevilz a fun fact: King initially started to write Storm of the Century as a novel but it evolved into a teleplay in the process.

[@OvDevilz]

@@amandaasbury3688 that's good to know...and up until today, Andre Linoge's identity is still unknown. Although his last name is an anagram for Legion and fans have speculated that fact, King himself never confirmed nor denied it, which makes it more interesting.

[@JamesASharp]

1408 (2007) is up there too in my opinion.

[@Lue_Jonin]

The moral of the story is about survival. The five could have survived three days without water.... If they would have not lost thier WILL to survive, they had a chance. As a cold climate wilderness survivalist and extream long distance backpacker, I point out to all that hike with me that the most importance thing one can bring with into the wilderness... Is the WILL to survive.

[@WhereIsNaldo]

..."he made it halfway back"......lol...

[@davevannatta985]

This is truly the most I've wanted to see how the Mrs. would react to.

[@superstuffinc.official34]

As an adult, this is the only movie ending I’ve actually cried at.

[@MarkFaust]

Frank Darabont's point in this movie is to create the same exact feeling that was just witnessed. Utter gut wrenching dread. Mission accomplished. First of it's kind.

[@rtvnartavian09]

"He made it half way back"

[@cheshirecat1611]

nobody would remember this movie if it ended another way. this ending punches you in the gut and leaves you absolutely devastated. I would say, the moral is to never lose hope. It's always the most dark before dawn. this movie is so incredible and I will never forget it simply because of that ending. just incredible!

[@kageyama1083]

As you stated the ending of the novella is ambiguous. Instead of running out of gas the group bunkers down in a Howard Johnson while David writes down the preceding events of the mist on a notepad before leaving it on the front desk of the Hotel. Darabont's ending was such a gut punch for the audience regardless if you've read the story or not. I remember feeling this chronic sense of emptiness as the film drew to a close, I just sat in the dark and staring blankly at the screen as the credits rolled. Great experience honestly

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

Stephen King said he actually preferred the movie ending to his own.

[@davidgalvez5341]

Gotta respect her tenacity: she keeps relentlessly asking questions though he's loath to give anything away. 👍

[@brandoncollins1225]

Morgan Freeman: "This should be fun," said Mrs. Movies, but this would not be fun. This would be the most horrific ending to a movie she'd have ever seen. And Mr. Movies would witness every bit of it.

[@LMoftheCoast]

@@aj897 to be fair, most of us who have seen the film and love the ending are like that. There’s a weird sense of glee you feel when you inflict that ending on a friend or a loved one, and you watch them go through the same rollercoaster of emotions you did. I also find Mrs. M’s response immediately after watching the film to be pretty normal. It’s not until you sit with the film for a little bit afterwards that you realise how “good” it is. The initial shock and trauma of it is just so overwhelming to start with that it’s hard to analyse rationally. It was such a work a genius, and frankly we, the audience occasionally need a gut punch like this movie to wake us up and realise how fragile the strappings of civilised society really are.

[@WadeWallenstein]

One of the best King movie adaptations ever. I originally came across this through a full cast dramatization on cassette then read the short story. Excellent reaction!

[@JamieLeaFL]

Love your reacts. Often watch them with my husband as I smirk at him, “Familiar?”

[@jamo8378]

- " Maybe it only eats men?...." - " You wish....." Spit my damn drink out 🤣 thanks for that. Reminds me of me and my girlfriend watching movies.

[@007odc]

That ending was so controversial when it came out i was kinda expecting that when I first saw it in theaters….but i love the ending the movie had, just another way of saying never give up cause look what could possibly happen if you do….it was a nice twist I didn’t read the book until after i saw the movie, were that ending in the book would be way more expected by people for this kinda film, but the way they switched it up made it feel different for once for a movie

[@NeelTheSphynx]

I love any story that isn't afraid to end with tragedy.

[@julius-stark]

I love the ending of this movie because it affirms my belief that you should never give up hope. Just hang in there a little bit longer, you never know how things might suddenly change.

[@julius-stark]

@@aj897 true, but what I won't do is put a gun in my mouth. That's an action I won't take.

[@OpenMawProductions]

38:56 You can be the most rational, sane, intelligent person in a group, and still be completely wrong in your assumptions and presumptions. That's who Jane's character is. He's the rational voice of reason for the whole movie... and in the end, it still didn't matter. Rationality without hope will lead you to despair just as easily as zealotry.

[@eddiebaker40]

I will never shy away from saying how effective I think that ending is. It really shows how important it is to have hope when you see someone lose all of theirs too soon.

[@ChantingInTheDark]

LMAO, your wife's reaction when the tanks rolled in was priceless! I love that they had the balls to do this ending!

[@rs91268]

Another awesome reaction

[@Uldrod]

One of the best movie endings ever made! I love this movie! Great channel guys!

[@PriceFamPrime]

Darkest ending in movie history as far as I'm concerned, especially if you have kids.

[@onespeed4ever901]

I just got home from work and seen this notification and had to play it immediately

[@gordondavis6168]

How come when we make contact with another dimension we don’t make contact with the playful puppy dimension or the darling duckling dimension? Why is it always a hell dimension?

[@MikeB12800]

😂😂😂 Event Horizon would so much fun with puppies floating around!

[@parcaleste]

Well, judging by the last two years... welcome to reality. :/

[@mrmrgaming]

Some films don't need a moral ending; some just need to wow you, surprise you, or, disturb you. Amazing film and it's still talked about and debated over.

[@Deckaio]

39:00 I guess this was his point, having the most gut-wrenching ending possible. This is also the reason why it's so memorable and a favourite for a lot of people. You don't get many movies with such downer-endings. I also have the special edition, on which they have a black&white version, which adds to the atmosphere in my opinion. Marcia Gay Harden character is also one of my most hated characters in movies, very well played by her.

[@rumham7466]

Oh god she drove me nuts, lol. I was a little too pleased when she got taken down. And yea I heard about how it was originally filmed to be a black&white film, but someone didnt think it was a great idea. I'm interested to see how it is in B&W

[@Rzo139]

@@rumham7466 I read in some comments on other videos about this movie that, in theaters, people cheered when she got killed. I would've loved to been among the crowds for that.

[@quixote6942]

Three of the Actors were also Major Characters in a Darabont Series... The Walking Dead... The Only one Still Standing (So Far) is "Carol"... and she Survived THIS Movie as well. The GOOD NEWS is, No one left asking "I wonder what Happened After...?"... Well, you got your Answer!

[@CERULEANSPIRAL]

I *really* appreciate Mr. not saying anything- warning Mrs. or making comments to distract from what she saw/felt first- even when she asked. I don't understand how Mr. was able to eat popcorn for any length of time because I had a lump in my throat from go and it only got worse the further along it went- and this is like the 4th reaction to this movie I watched today, lol. I saw it in the theater and cried for about half an hour, I was a newer mom at the time. Destroyed.

[@My-Name-Isnt-Important]

Don't really have anything to say, other than you two are awesome. Even if I've seen a film or not even interested in the film you're watching, I watch a long. You both elevate what you're watching and add a lot of interesting commentary and fun humor. Glad you got a sponsor and hope a lot of money is rolling in. You guys deserve it.

[@MrsMovies]

This is one of the nicest things anyone has said. Thank you so much for the kind words. We really appreciate the support. We’re not rolling in the money (yet) but we’re having such a fun time making the content and getting to hang out with people like you. You make it worth it! Thanks again for all the support. Can’t wait to watch with you again.

[@My-Name-Isnt-Important]

@@MrsMovies Oh wow! You're very welcome. Hope you and your family have a great weekend.

[@Emburbujada]

I don't know about favourite monster, but the worst is definitely crazy religious lady

[@parcaleste]

For starters: can we give a standing ovation for Thomas Jane' performance in this movie first? Thank you. Now, the book ending is basically they travel through the mist, refilling the car tank at every gas station where this was possible, sleeping in abandoned motels and such, and they think they hear a radio transmission for a direction to go. I like it, it's one of the better Stephen King endings. ... but I LOVE the ending of this movie since the first time I saw it. I was like "Will you go there? You'll fucking dare go there? WTF? You are going there!?! YOU FN WENT THERE??!!!" I was in awe. Then took my then not exactly yet girlfriend to see the movie. She loved it even more. We were in a 5 years relationship after, still hear from each other from time to time. You can say that this was the movie that brought us together, as she pretty much said "If this didn't ended like it did, I think I would slap you for making me watching it". She was deep into the funeral doom metal back than and was studying animation here, thus was watching all sorts of bizarre stuff in her cinematography classes. We ended up rewatching it at least couple of more times after (basically each and every time it came on TV and we managed to catch it). Blessed years. 🥲