The Mist (Frank Darabont 2007)
Posted on August 09 at 19.46, 2008 by Eric Mahleb
A group of people in Hawaii recently decided to sue CERN over the potential dangers of the Large Hadron Collider Project. The project, located in Switzerland, is the largest scientific project ever undertaken by humanity and attempts to recreate the conditions of the early universe in a tunnel. This led to fears by a few skeptics that the project could potentially open up a black hole here on earth. While these fears have been dismissed by all scientists, they nonetheless help spark the imagination of a populace who is unfortunately more than willing to embrace worse case scenarios about science and about the future of our planet.
Such an implausible scenario is the foundation for Frank Darabont’s latest film (based on a story by Stephen King), The Mist, an old-fashioned monster flick that chills the spine and abounds with dark and pessimistic nihilism. Darabont, who is better known for directing sugar-coated fares such as The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and The Green Mile (1999), shows us a very sinister side of his personality with this truly scary and grabbing film in which all kinds of monsters from another dimension are let loose on a quiet village in New England.
But The Mist is more than just a suburban Cloverfield (2008). It also takes a shot at religious fanatism, at the scientific and military establishments and at a right-wing conservative and small-minded America. In the tradition of many monster movies from the 50s, behind its layer of superficial but effective entertainment (if horror fulfills your entertainment needs that is) lies a social commentary that offers a reflection on the US’ post 9/11 malaise.
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2 Responses to “The Mist”
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Jon Ramster Says:
October 13, 2008 at 22.02Just saw this today: a very tense film and vastly better than something like Cloverfield, which still felt very main-stream. Future genre classic.
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Tuma Says:
January 2, 2009 at 15.40did not like the ending….Great movie however the ending sucked…why did they have to die…they have came so far just to die like that…what the hell..