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I peeped the new STEPHEN KING movie called ‘The Mist’. It was aiiight, but far from one of his classic movie adaptions. There is still a nice comedic intensity built into the horror aspect, but there was something missing from ‘The Mist’ that holds it back from being a new classic.

‘The Mist’ is the story of a little sleepy northeastern town that is besieged by a grand military eff up. The army lets some bad shit loose that effs the town in the a, and quite literally. The movie centers around townspeople that are holed up in the ssupermarket and the dynamic that surrounds them as they try to escape from this unknown terror. THOMAS JANE is the central ‘hero’ character although after you see the ending you will rethink his heroism. ANDRE BRAUGHER plays his opposite for much of the film and he turns in a performance more fitting for Broadway than for the silver screen.

The overall acting in the film was sort of ham-fisted with people yelling at the camera as if they were acting in the school play. The best performance was turned in by the child actor whose name I never bothered to find out even though I’m sitting here at a computer and IMDB is all but a click or two away. Maybe that’s how uninspired I am? Anyhoo, I won[‘t say the film is unwatchable, I just won’t spend the $11.25 on the ticket. So if you’re into ‘plexing like Big Walt, and frankly, at the prices of movies nowadays who isn’t? ‘The Mist’ is on the list for third or fourth string behind nekkid ANGELINA JOLIE’s ‘Beowulf'(excellent story despite the Shrek-like CGI animation), ‘Bee Movie'(racist SEINFELD, funny film) and ‘SAW'(24, or whatever number they are up to).

** True story is that my dudes from PardonMeDuke dot com and my homey Twerkolator came through the screening with me and none of them even turned around when the director announced that STEPHEN KING was in the theatre seated behind us. STEPHEN KING may have written a few books and made a few movies, but he is no iNTERNETS CELEBRITY.