[CharlieDontSurf]

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My thought on the end. First time I read the mist I wanted a more definitive ending. Several years later I read it again, and was happy for the ambiguity.

Watching the movie, I thought the "troubled" ending was the same as the novel. Then, I realized Darabont was taking King's ending one step further by making it ambiguous and tragic. Therefore, I was one of the few that in no way expected the final ending, making it very shocking and emotional.

Aside from the acting being a little sub par, I thought it was very entertaining. Rarely do I have a problem with contrived scenes, but I agree with CDS in that the ending would have been more effective (for the rest of the audience) if it didnt seem forced. Jane's character was such a survivor that if the plan was to keep driving until they got outta the mist why couldnt they just keep swapping cars on the highway when thewy were low on gas? ldo

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The ending def felt like it was tacked on or a reshoot. It didn't fit Jane's character well and some of the stuff didn't seem to make sense. But I also didnt like it cuz it rehashed the earlier theme of trying to explain everything to the audience and tie up all loose ends leaving nothing unexplained.

The wife, the girl who leaves the market at the beginning, how the mist happened, does the mist end, is the human race screwed, what happens to the main characters, etc etc etc.
If it wasn't such a dark ending I woulda assume Steven spielberg came up with it.