This broke my brain, I identified it as “The Mist” but I was 100% sure Mark Wahlberg was the main character so I was trying to work out what the joke was/why Wahlberg was replaced.
Guess I have my own Berenstein Bears thing going on.
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This broke my brain, I identified it as “The Mist” but I was 100% sure Mark Wahlberg was the main character so I was trying to work out what the joke was/why Wahlberg was replaced.
Guess I have my own Berenstein Bears thing going on.
you are confusing the Mist with The Happening. which starred Mark Wahlberg.
Mark Wahlberg playing a science teacher was the most unbelievable thing in The Happening.
He’s the main character in The Happening. Similar premise except its a plague that causes people to commit suicide
Ah good call, released within a year of each other, I’m probably merging the two in my head to some extent.
I was trying to work out what the joke was/why Wahlberg was replaced.
It must have been something happening.
What is it?
Screen grab from the final scene of The Mist (2007).
The father in the driver seat shoots everybody else in the car as an act of mercy to save them from a certain death by the monsters in the movie. Goes to turn the gun on himself only to be met with an empty chamber. Mere moments later, military vehicles emerge from the mist to take on the monsters. If he had waited legitimately 2 more minutes everybody in the car would have been saved.
Vague to avoid spoilers. Must be Mandela effect. I remember it being passed around to each person. Which honestly made it more horrible.
I accidentally found this when I was searching for the ending.
youtube.com/watch?v=u4nZUEkAsw8
The move "The Mist" which ends with uh...
a questionable choice of action taken by an entire family immediately revealed to be incorrect before the credits roll.
My favourite bit of trivia from that movie was that Stephen King watched it and was furious by the ending because he wished he’d thought of such a grim ending when he wrote the book.
They’re not a family but one of them is the main guy’s son
I just watched an edited version of the ending video on YouTube. Basically this family is trapped in a supermarket and terrified of a giant kaiju-type bug attack going on. The story revolves around the groups of people at the store trying to survive. Immediately after this screenshot in the meme, the father kills his entire family, leaves the car, and sees a MASSIVE caravan of military personnel escorting survivors out of the titular mist and using flamethrowers to burn away the bugs and mist. Most of the folks from the supermarket are seen in these trucks.
The Mist
A Stephen King movie from 2007. It’s worth a watch. You can find YouTube videos about the ending, but it’s obviously going to spoil the movie if you’re planning to watch it.
Forgot all about this! Nearly passed out from how hard I was laughing at that ending
So cool an edgy
OMG, there used to be this YTMND where the gun was replaced with a kit kat. I have to find it.
What’s this meant to be? Imgur’s just saying it’s unavailable in my region
This is a scene from a movie called “The Mist” where in this photo, he and his family are on the run from monsters in the mist, they finally got a car and hit the road to escape, the never did get out of the mist… the car runs out of gas and they sit there quietly in the mist… they hear something approaching and the man, knowing damn well what was coming, looks at his wife as to say “sorry, I love you” before he shoots his wife and kids… out of bullets he gets out of the vehicle only to discover the military is marching down the street clearing the mist.
Ah, thanks
I had read the tale long before the movie and was very pissed with the ending. The whole movie is shit but the ending changed everything. That was Fucked up
criss_cross@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Ooof.
I refuse to watch this movie again because of this ending.
capt_wolf@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I genuinely liked the movie, but hated the ending enough that it was years before I watched it again.
Anyone who hasn’t, go read the book. The ending is soooo much better and really had me hoping King would explore that whole world more… Easily one of my top five stories of his.
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The changed ending for the film is a fucking masterpiece. Even King says it, and he’s famously bitchy about filmmakers changing his storylines.
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Maybe the first time I read a comment disliking the movie ending! Yeah, the story leaves the ending open, maybe scarier? But the movie ending is a sledgehammer to the face.
Either way, can we agree the religious-nut lady was one of the most hateful characters of all time? I’d have shot her just to keep the situation from spiraling out of control any further. Seriously! You’re in a fight for your very survival and this bitch is riling up the crowd, the very people you need to help survive, and against your child?!
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 2 days ago
The book ending is super lazy. The “I was actually writing this story this whole time and now I’m leaving it here for someone to find” trope was used sooo many times before (“Handmade’s tale” to name one). Movie ending was at least original.
beejboytyson@lemmy.world 1 day ago
King himself said he liked the new ending better. reddit.com/…/why_do_you_think_stephen_king_liked
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