I plan to check it out. I've usually enjoyed King's short stories more than his novels.

On a side note, if anyone is on the fence about seeing No Country for Old Men, go see it. Darker than the Coens usually go, but good.

Must be pretty damn dark then. I thought Fargo was fairly morbid at times. Funny, but morbid. Is it the same amount but without the comedy?

Half-Life was based off of a short story by Stephen King?

N4m3 plz!

Yeah, I remember reading The Mist back in high school and thinking it was the bee's knees. It's definitely his best stuff in short story form since The Long Walk and The Running Man (COMPLETELY different than the movie). I usually wait for rental periods for these kinds of movies but since The Mist is one of my favorite King stories, I might take the plunge and see it on the big screen.

Gotta also give a nod to No Country for Old Men. I saw it a couple weeks ago and absolutely loved it. The mood and pacing are freakin' incredible. Side note: Did you notice that there was not a single bar of music written for the whole movie? I thought it was a great angle where you didn't have music swelling a poignent moments in the movie to tell you how you're supposed to feel.

So... sheltered. I didn't know there was a movie before seeing this topic. I've still got my hardcover of Skeleton Crew (picked up when it came out) on the ol' bookshelf. Looks like it's time to dust it off, re-read, and catch the flick.

My wife and I saw The Mist last night and were floored by its awesomeness. It was absolutely incredible and I think I might have to put it in my top 25 movies of all time. Now I'm dying to read the novella. I don't think I've been that emotionally moved and tensioned in a movie in quite some time. It's a terrific movie; forget the "torture porn" crap that Hollywood's been churning out, The Mist is a true return to form for the horror genre... almost a renaissance of the stomach churning, pulse pounding, mind f**k movies like Alien or The Thing. I seriously cannot recommend it enough, especially if you are a parent.

Also, Marcia Gay Harden needs a supporting actress Oscar nomination.

But she's already got one.

She wins another one and then I'll really start feeling like I was born in the wrong section of our family tree.

That uncomfortable feeling and the ending was crucial though, I wouldn't have felt nearly as passionate about the movie if it had remained faithful. Darabont (the director/adaptation writer) took a huge chance on the ending and was originally unable to find any studios willing to risk making the movie. Instead of giving in on his vision of The Mist he finally found a studio willing to take a huge gamble on a rather polarizing ending that left the entire theater speechless.

King has also been quoted (I don't have it handy, but I could probably dig it up if need be) as approving the ending of the movie and even said if he'd thought of it at the time he would have ended it the same way. I haven't seen the movie, but I kind of have a feeling I know how it's going to end. It's been like 15 years or something since I read the story but if I recall it doesn't exactly have an uplifting ending either.

I don't know if limbo is the best word. More like transient. I know the difference is subtle, but, I think of limbo as a state of rest, and he was planning on pushing forward.

I think.

Like you, it's been a few years since I read that.

That one lady was driving me crazy. If that one thing hadn't happend when it did I would of freaked out.

I was interested that they captured that feeling from the book perfectly.

I found it to be:

myself.

Yeah, no sh*t. That was rough.