Friday, November 23, 2007

My favorite review of "The Mist"

Here, read the absolute worst review I've ever read ... not the review, but the crazy, wacky, I'm-so-clever style the "reviewer" has. I won't even reduce myself to calling him a "film critic" ... he's a "reviewer."

Posted by Nate at 3:43 PM

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Rev. Joshua said...

My first thought when reading the article was the question "how can you call something a 'political allegory' and then reference supposed promotion of political positions championed by diametrically opposed parties?" Anti-religion and pro-gun? That's oil and water.

A quick check of the reviewer's Wikipedia entry confirms my second thought, which was that the reviewer must be a failed novelist. Indeed, Hunter has written a number of novels that you've never heard of. And if there's anything that failed novelists hate, it's Stephen King and his overwhelming popularity (as well as the huge piles of money King sleeps on). Stephen King-flavored Haterade is the official sports drink of failed novelists everywhere. Of course Hunter tries to put it on the director, but it's a Stephen King story and we all hate people who are better than we are at what we do.

5:27 PM
Ron said...

I caught the movie last night and the reviewer is even more off-base than you realize. There is a third "faction" led by Det. Frank Pembleton who are the real "cognitive elite." There is also a good sense of "this religious woman isn't a true representation of religion" running throughout the movie. I don't think the movie is as much political metaphor as it is "this is what happens when people go through extreme stress." Its more psychological than polisci.

Oh yeah....he is right about the ending. The ending makes absolutely no sense when it relates to the characters involved in the final scene.

2:49 PM

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