Yeah, I don't recall hearing any noises, and I've seen it twice.
Yeah, I don't recall hearing any noises, and I've seen it twice.
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Another 48 Hrs. (Hill) ***
/48 Hrs./ (Hill) ***½
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Yeah, I don't have a problem with choosing to shoot yourself rather than go out the way that they had seen the others go, but it is a complete bust to have them do it when they are not in any immediate danger AND to then suddenly have the army arrive 30 seconds later. It's cheap and manipulative, when it could have been shattering and mournful.
Yeah, no way the film wants to champion Carmody and vindicate her beliefs. I think number8 meant more "right/wrong" not in the moral sense, but in the "decision that had the better outcome" sense. Not that Braugher or Carmody ever made decisions that turned out particularly well, but neither did Drayton. Thus there was a cynical irony in the film (which I think is strikingly belied by the seeming earnestness and somberness of the film's tone as a whole), but I did not sense a moral backwardness (other than the questionability of the "crowd-pleasing" Ollie/Carmody moment).Quoting Raiders (view post)
I don't remember any noises either. Just a communal sense of doom after the
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Which is good. If there were monster noises pushing them to it or a vocal panic instead of the silent acquiescense of their decision, then it wouldn't support as well my "Ending is a purposefully absurd and over-done joke on us" reading. "Shattering and mournful" would have been mawkish and cheap. Ironic and kinda funny in how ridiculous it is was the way to go.
The Act of Killing (Oppenheimer 13) - A
Stranger by the Lake (Giraudie 12) - B
American Hustle (Russell 13) - C+
The Wolf of Wall Street (Scorsese 13) - C+
Passion (De Palma 12) - B
Turn up the volume, guys.
I just FF'd to the ending, and there are definitely monster noises in the distance while they are sitting in the car.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Well, I'll take your word for it, because I'm not watching this again. All I can say then is that it was very poorly done. If this many of us heard nothing, they did a bad job with their sound.Quoting megladon8 (view post)
Quoting Kurosawa Fan (view post)
I find this very odd, because I was aware of the sounds from the first time I saw the movie.
It's not like the monster is right beside the car - it sounds like something in the distance is growling.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
I heard the monster noises and I still think it was a laughable stretch.
No desire to watch it again. I trust my initial instincts, and if there were sounds, they weren't loud enough.
Regardless, a large number of us agree. Something is wrong there.
Strength in numbers, eh? You should line up for Carmody's next sermon.Quoting Ezee E (view post)
:P
You got me there.Quoting Dead & Messed Up (view post)
But she was right....
Yeah, there were definitively monster sounds in the distance.
In a way, and speaking about the sound, I'm sorry I already saw this on DVD, because I'm positive it will get a theater release a month from now or something like that. And watching it on the theater must be a blast. I saw The Descent like that - great experience.
They should have put a bullet in that bitches skull once she started quoting scriptures.Quoting Ezee E (view post)
“What we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, er... an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution. All this machine does is swim and eat and make little sharks and that's all.”
I agree. There is also added hate within me since a review I read in the Rue Morgue gave away what was in the mist.Quoting Kurosawa Fan (view post)
I watched the movie tonight. I read most of this thread. In essence, I agree with iosos and Kurosawa Fan, except I believe I enjoyed everything pre-ending less. They got my basic points across better than I can at the moment, though.
Still love this film.
I wonder why I don't own the DVD.
Sure why not?
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (Rian Johnson) - 9
STRONGER (David Gordon Green) - 6
THE DISASTER ARTIST (James Franco) - 7
THE FLORIDA PROJECT (Sean Baker) - 9
LADY BIRD (Greta Gerwig) - 8
"Hitchcock is really bad at suspense."
- Stay Puft
This movie made me like Spielberg's War of the Worlds more. It actually convinced me to give it another shot.
Also, I was pretty meh on Jane's performance. He's alright, I guess.
Quoting Sycophant (view post)
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Ummm cool?
Hard pass. Swipe left. The mist doesn't mess with your mind, it has big damn monsters from another dimension that eat people like they're a shrimp buffet.
Why are you bumping a 9 year old thread for a new TV show?
Click around some more, dude!
http://matchcut.artboiled.com/showth...l=1#post570084
Shaeeeeeeeeeeeet.
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Watched this again last night- I'm surprised so many people above didn't hear the noises in the car right before the final scene. But Meg was right, they are there. I've come to appreciate this film more over the years. Obviously the best stuff is the dread and interactions inside the supermarket. The final scene still feels cheap but I've come to accept it for what it is.