Just mist it
This broke my brain, I identified it as “The Mist” but I was 100% sure Mark Wahlberg was the main character so I was trying to work out what the joke was/why Wahlberg was replaced.
Guess I have my own Berenstein Bears thing going on.
What is it?
The Mist
A Stephen King movie from 2007. It’s worth a watch. You can find YouTube videos about the ending, but it’s obviously going to spoil the movie if you’re planning to watch it.
The move “The Mist” which ends with uh…
a questionable choice of action taken by an entire family immediately revealed to be incorrect before the credits roll.
My favourite bit of trivia from that movie was that Stephen King watched it and was furious by the ending because he wished he’d thought of such a grim ending when he wrote the book.
Yeah Stephen King probably wrote some ending about having to sacrifice a child and then it showing up before the credits as a ghost with the other dead children in a dreamworld. I have no idea, just guessing.
He left the ending ambiguous for the reader to imagine what happens. He missed out on twisting the knife.
Ooof.
I refuse to watch this movie again because of this ending.
I genuinely liked the movie, but hated the ending enough that it was years before I watched it again.
Anyone who hasn’t, go read the book. The ending is soooo much better and really had me hoping King would explore that whole world more… Easily one of my top five stories of his.
The book ending is super lazy. The “I was actually writing this story this whole time and now I’m leaving it here for someone to find” trope was used sooo many times before (“Handmade’s tale” to name one). Movie ending was at least original.
