A perfect ending. You almost want to see Rick and Louie battling Nazis in three more movies--but it's so much better this way, an alliance newly formed with the promise of adventures to come....
I have a really obvious choice... that someone else will probably post later tonight. So I'm going WAY off the board for a controversial selection:
Holy shit, was that dark. People absolutely freaked out over it. But I loved it. Darabont was making a point: after resisting the paranoid, apocalyptic ravings of Mrs. Carmody for the entire movie, David lost hope and gave into despair--and once hope was lost, he was lost.
And just to drive the point home, Melissa McBride--after vanishing for half the movie--zooms by with her kids, safe and sound. She never gave up hope, never gave in to despair and nihilism, and the gods rewarded her.
There are obvious political overtones to this version of The Mist, about how our leaders use fear and rage to bring out the worst in us. But this goes deeper than politics; it's a pure and palpable expression of Thanatos.
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I have a really obvious choice... that someone else will probably post later tonight. So I'm going WAY off the board for a controversial selection:
The Mist (2007); directed by Frank Darabont
https://youtu.be/ktqNNsVJhUE
Holy shit, was that dark. People absolutely freaked out over it. But I loved it. Darabont was making a point: after resisting the paranoid, apocalyptic ravings of Mrs. Carmody for the entire movie, David lost hope and gave into despair--and once hope was lost, he was lost.
And just to drive the point home, Melissa McBride--after vanishing for half the movie--zooms by with her kids, safe and sound. She never gave up hope, never gave in to despair and nihilism, and the gods rewarded her.
There are obvious political overtones to this version of The Mist, about how our leaders use fear and rage to bring out the worst in us. But this goes deeper than politics; it's a pure and palpable expression of Thanatos.
Cut! Print it!
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