The King that is Darabont

Stephen King and Frank Darabont have hit up some pretty impressive collaborations in the past.
The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption. Two of the most impressive films of all time, both visually and methodically.

They teamed up in 2007 for The Mist, an adaptation of King's short story of the same name.

I urge EVERYONE to see this film. The trailers made it out to be a terrible horror/monster movie that it most certainly is not. King has a knack with social commentary, creating characters that reflect his country's and the general human's feelings towards life and death, politics and religion, and other human beings.

This film is not short of such characters. The lead is taken by The Punisher's Thomas Jane, who puts in an incredible turn as the trapped father in the film. His efforts for creating a genuine horror in threats towards his son are incredible. The antagonist is Mrs Carmody, a bible-bashing and slightly insane woman who tries to convince the trapped patrons of the supermarket that this is God's wrath. The supporting cast of William Sadler, Laurie Holden and even the Shermanator is incredible also.

There is very little wrong with this film. It has the typical King feel of impending doom, claustrophobia and conflicting personalities acting against each other whilst people attempt to work together. Many moments have dialogue hooks that would lead up to a bang or a spook in many mainstream supernatural thrillers but Stephen King lets you freak yourself out before anything happens.

It is a hard film to watch. It is, emotionally, very intense, and very slow-paced. You have to take your time with this film, much like The Green Mile or Shawshank, or even other non-Darabont efforts such as The Stand and Misery.

I love this film, I will not stop watching this. I will show as many people this film as I can, it is incredible. It brought me to floods of tears, had me shouting at the screen and left me a shell of a human being.

If you have seen and survived United 93, or any other strongly distressing film, then you will survive this. Sissy's (no pun intended, Stephen King fans) will not be able to stand this, and people who 'don't like talking movies' won't like this either. It is fantastic. Nuff said.