The Mist

I just finished watching the Mist, and am utterly depressed. It is really in fact not a monster movie at all - that is if you think what is happening with the spooky mist is the main point of the movie. No, according to Stephen King, people are monsters. I am sorry but....

spoiler alert

I did not enjoy watching some man shoot his son, only to be rescued 5 minutes later by the fucking military. I get it, but obviously S.K is not into redemption for the human race. Its rather telling that the only religious character in the movie is a raging psychopath.

I don't like sad movies - at all - that is why I watch horror films, and I feel seriously misled. The end is heart wrenchingly unbelievably disturbing and depressing.
To give the man credit though, while some people have said the movie was stupid I think they were only talking about the main plot, which isn't actually what the movie is about. The monsters and such crawling about and attacking people aren't really that frightening, and perhaps kinda silly. But in the end, the movie isn't about them - its about the people who find themselves locked in a building together and are each other's own worst enemies.

Really though, I didn't like it. Its one thing to kill everyone off at the end, but its entirely too much to have one man kill his friends only to be rescued. What is S.K really saying about people here? What does that say about him? (Alternately, what does my reaction say about me?)

Post-Halloween Grading Session

I am about to engage in a marathon grading session - must finish exams!

I did however, finally complete this insane paper on William Clifford and Soren Kierkegaard. I think I came up with a rather nifty title, hopefully the paper is as good -- "The Passion of the Infinite and the Vagaries of Belief: Faith, Reason, and the Individual in William Clifford and Soren Kierkegaard."

Party last night was much fun, I did manage to complete my costume. I will happily post pictures onto Facebook as a reward to myself when I finish grading.

ed. to add that at around 11pm I finally completed those god-forsaken exams. but then I made the mistake of looking at my neglected syllabi to see what else I hadn't done, I might have nightmares b/c of it...