Thursday, January 31, 2008
THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE MIST! YUP, that was the show i caught last night, the mistttt.
The Mist
There are multiple types of horror movies. There’s the type that goes BOO! all the time trying to make you jump out of your seat, there’s the type that saw people apart and show you their innards, and there’s the type that reaches down into your soul and tickles that part of your being which has identified with the characters on screen.. tickles it and leaves you speechless as you come to grips with the horror you have witnessed. The Mist is in that glorious third group, the true rarity that horrifies you. True, there are a number of BOO! moments, and there’s plenty of blood thrown around and bodies pulled apart, but the true testament to this movie is what happens when the credits roll, as you witness the audience sit in silence for the first few minutes of the credits while the true horror sinks in.
The Mist doesn’t take long to get started. During the opening credits a violent thunderstorm moves into a small Maine town, causing massive damage and sending most of the townsfolk shopping to get supplies. In the aftermath of the storm, a strange mist rolls in from the mountains. While getting groceries with his son and ornery neighbor, David Drayton (Thomas Jane) and a whole store full of people see a man running out of the mist, face bloodied screaming “there’s something in the mist!” While they don’t see anything, the mist is creepily thick and they lock the store doors after letting him in.
Due to the storm phones are working, the radio station is off the air, and there’s no TV. These people are 100% isolated from the outside world, and now they can’t see more than a couple feet past the plate glass windows that line the front of the store. You’re now 10 minutes into the movie, told ya it started quickly.
While looking for a blanket to cover up his son who got quite frightened by the screaming guy, David notices that the generator in the storeroom area is leaking exhaust into the store. He quickly shuts it off and is left in the dark, and hears something pushing up against the loading bay doors. Rushing back to the store he tells a few guys what he heard, and they think he’s just hearing things. Next, they do the logical thing.. put together a hasty plan to open the loading bay door enough for a stockboy to run out and remove whatever is blocking the exhaust so they can get the generator back on. Yeah, there really is something in the mist and they’re about to learn this the hard way.
What follows is a lesson in group dynamics, with the people branching off into 3 groups. The first group believes (and some know) that there’s something in the mist, the second group thinks it’s hogwash and are putting together a plan to leave, and the third (initially just one lady played brilliantly by Marcia Gay Harden) believes is the end of the world as told in the Bible. Eventually we get down to the 2 groups as it’s painfully obvious there are things in the mist, those who don’t know what the things are but just want to survive, and those who believe it’s the end of days and are trying to appease an angry God in hopes to saving their asses. The interplay between all of these people is brilliant, it’s not at all difficult to believe that this is how the situation could unfold if such a thing were to happen on this side of the screen. As the religious camp gets larger, their leader becomes more and more sure of herself and her position as that of a prophet, and some of her followers get fanatical while most just stand around and watch it happen while hoping for the best. Brilliant and accurate portrayal of human nature, sad as it might be.
While a good portion of this movie is a simple setting in a grocery store, the creature effects are quite good. Without going into detail so that I won’t ruin the surprise, it’s gonna hit on many peoples phobias. Any reader of Kings books will immediately recognize how accurately these creatures have been yanked from those pages, and Mr. King has one hell of an imagination when it comes to this sort of thing. If the whimpering guy sitting in the row in front of me is any indication, there are some seriously scary moments here.
For me however, the horror wasn’t with the creatures, or the blood, it was the story itself. The interplay between characters and the decisions that they found themselves forced to make, and the conclusions those decisions caused. Is this a 5 star movie because it just HAS to be seen on the big screen? No, but it is a 5 star movie based on the fact that if you manage to see it without someone giving you too many details, you will have experienced what a true master of horror is capable of.
-Lonerpapa screamed-
1:34 PM
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
i ran with mr teng today hahaha,
bloody hell he kept asking me questions while running, trying to burn me out of stamina.
TUESDAY is a LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG day.
Lessons end at 6 but we(Me and Jeremy) still have to go for extra Pe lessons -.-
BECAUSE i wore uniform and played squash.
Jeremy had to do extra PE too cos he played squash with someone wearing uniform LOL.
I SAW MY BEST BRO!NEOYAOZONG AND HIS SISTER, SHERLYN NEO.
Haven seen them for ages,OMFG YAOZONG IS SO TALL, i bet he had some medicine or tonic or whatever shit =D but his sister is still as short hahaha.
I MISS THE DAYS WITH THEM!,
especially primary school days. We used to meet each other everyday.
Hanged out around emporium all the time, which used to be at heartland mall.
Pokemon was the trend that time, and we craved for pokemon cards.
His grandmother used to "sponsor" us for the cards we bought and she would also give us extra $$ to spend. Dinner is always either at my house or his grandma's house. We spend most of our time at the arcade playing.SO FUN, NO NEED STUDY UNLIKE NOW.
-if only we could reverse time
-Lonerpapa screamed-
8:42 PM
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Me and jeremy were talking about the assassination of bhutto. THEN, yushao said "eh, i thought bhutto is a planet?"LOLOLOLOLOLOLIn the morning, heard mr chacko chatting with nicholas, "why ur hair grow so fast?u put fertiliser izzit?" hahahaSchool is so boring.
-Lonerpapa screamed-
10:24 PM
Monday, January 14, 2008
Piles and piles of homework.Today's econs lesson was about cigarettes lol.So, Mr Tan was asking how much a packet of cigarettes cost.Shane: it depends.Mr Tan: Malboro?Shane: 11.80Mr Tan: wad colour?Shane: all colours laMr Tan: how u know so much ar?u smoke?Shane: ar, yes.hahaha.
-Lonerpapa screamed-
5:27 PM
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
HAPPY NEW YEAR!The crowd keeps building up. Even the mrt was quite packed in the afternoon. i guess everyone's getting excited for the new year. After all, it's a once in a year celebration. We didn't go for the countdown at vivo becauseeeeeee we went there the previous day and walked around the whole place alr, soooooooooo in the end our plan was to go to suntec and watch fireworks at midnight.While waiting for the rest, we went to this shop that sells swords. 1 sword for 400 bucks, who will buy it?Maybe if im rich enough, i could collect them. Next, we visited the cosplay shop and i saw naruto!haha. and the girls were like in sailormoon costumes?i want to buy the akatsuki rings!Decided to catch AVP2 at suntec but couldn't decide on the timing for the show. It's either 10.45 and we miss the fireworks or 12.10 and we miss the show. Majority voted for 10.45. Oh and the girl working there was quite pretty and some guys actually tried getting her number while she was working HAHA NERDS. Slacked around and went to Macs for dinner. After dinner, we had like 1.5 hrs more before our show. We were tired of walking around so we camped at Macs. Talked about secondary school days. Damn fucking funny LOL. kept going on and on and on until time's up.During the show, junhan got high. Kept talking bout girls, blah blah blah. I remembered 1 part was "ltr the acid dissolve the girl's shirt hehehe" hahaha, his fantasies.We didn't felt like going home after the movie so we went to dhoby ghaut, someone's ingenious idea. There was no celebration there but we saw a couple of indians shaking hands with some bengs, shouting happy new year haha. The next moment, the police was talking to those indians LOL.Stopped right in front of Istana, Mr. President's fav destination. Discussed on what to do next. In the end, we strolled to cathay where a party was going on. Hanged around for a while and cabbed home with the rest.
-Lonerpapa screamed-
10:57 AM