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1. 

   When this movie was released to the theaters, I had very high hopes for it. King’s novella was always one of those great King stories that the general public didn’t know about and I had read and re-read it many times over the years. Needless to say, this movie turned out to be a too-much CGI, action, too many dead spots movie.

   I was happy to see an FE of this movie come out. I agree with what Karcreat was trying to do with this edit. He excised most of the things that bothered me about this movie. Unfortunately, excising the things he did, does sort of make for some “plot holes” in some points in the movie later on. Not a big deal, but they are there. I was hoping for a little more removal or at least som editing down of some of the longer attack/blood-bath scenes – scenes that were only hinted at in the book. I have always been of the mind that movie watchers are much more inteleigent and have bigger imaginations that Hollywood thinks. So many ties “LESS” is much better than more. Hinting at but nor seeing things sometimes makes for a better movie (Think of the recent hit “Paranormal Activity”, very minimal effects, a very effective, scary movie).

   On the whole, though, this edit still stands up better than the original. My fiance (who is VERY critical of suspens/horro movies) and I watched it and she seemed mor epleased with it than the original.

   Technically, no issues to speak of.

   I think I will have to watch this FE again some time soon before I really can thoroughly flesh out what I think of it.

   Review by flyboy707 — January 10, 2010 @ 8:53 pm

2. 

   I used to speak to Karcreat via Youtube quite a bit. In fact it was by coincidence that I found out about his fan edit and that he too was a member of this site. Getting back to the point, I have never met someone who was more obsessed with the Mist then Karcreat. When he told me about his work on the edit and how he hated the film ending, this lead to a debate/discussion between us.

   I had never read the short story, therefore the rather drastic ending of the original film worked for me in certain ways. I explained my reasons of why I thought it worked (which I am not going to re-do all over again here) to Karcreat and I think he understood. In his view he was waiting for a film version for a number of years after loving the original story. When a film version was finally produced and presented this new ending he was crushed in a way (and that I understood as well).

   I like the theatrical and I like his edit as well as it picks up the pacing and (as much as possible) caters more towards the actual story.

   I did enjoy his ending, though my one complaint of his “book” ending was the second set of wording on the screen, as that flew right by without enough time to fully read it.

   Usually I avoid any feature film with Stephen King’s name on it (IT and Pet Cemetery being an exception) because most are just god awful. But I am glad I did go see the Mist. Has a nice 1950’s monster movie feel to it and I am going to check out Karcreat’s black and white version of the edit as well.

   9 stars from me. I enjoyed this quite a bit

   Review by tranzor — January 12, 2010 @ 9:13 am

3. 

   This could have been good, but the video quality was bad. I hope there will be an update. The main weaknesses of the movie are still there: too much bad CGI monsters, too much of that preacher lady, too many stupid talks. I have rated this with 4 stars. Sorry.

   Review by akeserns — January 12, 2010 @ 3:43 pm

4. 

   I’d totally disregard the previos review by akeserns.
   The video is acceptable. It’s not perfect but it’s far from unwatchable.
   You can see screen shots at the forum link, on page 7 of the thread, and judge for yourself.

   This is the jist of the review that I posted in the forum:

   Well this is my second time reviewing this fanedit.
   Just to recap, the problems the first time around were technical. A section of video was looped/repeated, the vertical pixelation on the right side and the video quality was well below par.

   Those are all solved, I’m happy to say – though the video can still be better.
   This is probably because the audio is PCM which takes up massive space so that steals room that could be used for a higher video bitrate.
   Just a tip: better to use AC3 audio, like you did the first time, with a video bitrate in the 4000Kbps ballpark or higher… like you did the first time. This would result in a pristine looking DVD.

   *SPOILER WARNING*

   As for editing, there are 3 very obvious cuts. I don’t recall noticing any the first time around though so I was surprised by this. All 3 of them happen in a 10 minute span – revolving around the pharmacy scene. When they go outside, there is a cut to Amanda holding the boy, which is in the original, but then there is a hard cut back to David outside. Turns out that there was a very short outburst from Mrs. Carmody snipped out.
   The other 2 happen in the pharmacy. It’s just obvious there was something missing because the flow got disrupted.
   I checked my DVD and it turns out that both cuts have to do with removing the MP.

   You probably chose remove him because of what he said, but damn, that is some really good horror right there.
   I would rather leave him in and just cut out his offending lines.

   For editing choices, I have no arguement – apart from the missing MP and, well, the ending is the same as last time so… meh… I wish you’d lose the snow globe.
   Like I was saying, I loved your editing choices for the most part. I know of 2 deleted scenes that you put back in (before going to town and inside the store when David comes back from the loading dock full of blood) and they work wonderfully. Funny thing is that, when watching those 2 scenes, the original feels like it’s the fanedit.
   I’m not sure what the 3rd inserted scene is though.

   The pacing is wonderful. I don’t know why, but I enjoyed watching this movie more than ever before.
   Maybe it’s because I watched it in black and white this time.
   It really sucked me in and it truly felt like a roller coaster ride with highs and lows not too far apart.

   I enjoyed this more than the original.

   I almost forgot about DVD presentation.
   It’s a nice motion menu with audio and a chapters submenu as well. Each chapter has a motion thumbnail that gets highlighted when selected.
   Very nice.
   Karcreat did make a DVD Cover so I had included the artwork in the DVD-ROM folder of the DVD.

   So the bottom line:
   Technical: 7
   Editing Choices: 8
   DVD Presentation: 9
   Enjoyment: 9

   Overall: 8

   Review by zeppelinrox — January 12, 2010 @ 9:51 pm

5. 

   I started watching this Novella Cut of The Mist and straight away noticed a constant stutter to the avi. This made watching rather irritating. Also the image quality is not that good when compared to a standard avi of the original, which is crisper and cleaner.

   I got as far as the shop store and noticed some poorly done audio transitions particularly as the fire engine goes past. The sound fades too quickly and audio is heard from a preceding shot.

   The coming of the mist while the characters are being introduced in the check-out lines feels oddly paced. Maybe the removal of the MP informing the soldiers to return to base robs some of the sensation of impending danger, I don’t know but it is strange to feature an MP enter and then leave the shop with no action in between. Why show him at all?

   I cheated and skipped to see how the end has been changed. I was surprised because all that has been done is a simple fade-out before the suicides, then a cut to 2 panels of white text over black talking about “hope” and a final shot of the earth covered in mist. This ending does not really bring any resolve to the proceedings and for me is far from satisfying. I assumed from the FE description “Redone finale, all new footage I created” that the ending would be in visual images rather than text. Maybe seeing them drive into the mist, gently disappearing into white and then slowly fading to the last shot of the earth covered in mist would have worked better.

   Review by Rock Savage — January 14, 2010 @ 12:48 am

6. 

   First off, THANK YOU to everyone that has posted comments on my edit here, much appreciated!

   I would like to point out that EVERYTHING critical that has been said here is being viewed as very constructive and helpful, as well…I am currently working with a very talented bloke in the UK (he does great CGI work) to attend not only to the points that have been made here, but to add a few more scenes to the finale of the film, all based on events detailed in the original story ‘The Mist’….you can learn more about these new scenes and view clips and production art at the ‘Novella Cut’ website mentioned in the fan edit description here, would love to hear what you all thionk of the prospective alterations/additions…and if you have other ideas for V2.0, please let me know!

   I would like to ask, if I may, of flyboy707…what ‘plot holes’ did you note that I apparently missed? (I thought I got ‘em all, down to removing the ‘bloody handprint’ on the glass door at the end…DOH!…;)
   Please let me know should you read this…thanks in advance!

   Tranzor…nice to see you here again, Bud…and your comments regarding the second ‘text onscreen’ bit is noted, thank you…V2.0 will fix that, among other things, as I hear about them from you all here.

   Thanks again, I REALLY appreciate the assistance, you guys!

   -K

   Review by karcreat — January 27, 2010 @ 9:01 am

7. 

   Karcreat, my sincerest apologies for my “plotholes” portion of my review. This is actually an error on my part. I missed a portion of the FE when we were watching it. I actually finished watching it again last night and need to rescind that portion of my review.

   I’d agree with other reviewers, that maybe the MP could be excised completely out of the movie? My goal today is to re-read the novella and get a refreshed view of the pacing and plot of the written material.

   After watching this FE a second time, I definitely still believe this is HUGE improvement over the original. As I have said in other reviews of other FEs, I get very tired, very quickly with movies that rely too heavily on CG and action. So any pruning of neddless action and over the top CG stuff is always a good thing to me.

   Great job, karcreat and I am definitely looking forward to ver 2.0 from you!

   Review by flyboy707 — February 1, 2010 @ 4:41 pm

8. 

   flyboy707:

   NP, regardin’ the ‘plotholes’ deal…;)

   RE, the MP…no real way to cut his short sequence out, as the town ’siren’ starts up as he is exiting the market, and cutting that scene would mean a serious, noticable ‘jump’ in the audio…plus, as I think I’ve stated here before, I actually like the fact that we see him enter/exit with no explanation…it comes off (to me, anyway!) as rather foreboding and creepy…we DON’T know why he is there (hell, it CAN’T be GOOD!) but you can pretty much guess that he was in there to quietly converse with the soldiers, who entered in a previous sequence…

   Either way, thank you for the kind comments…this being my first ever fan edit, I’m pleasantly shocked that it seems to have gone over as well as it has…praise from Fanedit.org is beyond anything I could have hoped for with this!

   K

   Review by karcreat — February 13, 2010 @ 11:45 pm

9. 

   I liked this edit much more than the original version. This version seems much tighter to me and a little more coherent.

   I had read the other reviews of this while I was downloading it and decided to do what Flyboy707 says he was doing. I took the time to read the novella first before watching the edit.

   There’s not much I can add to what has already been said.

   A great first effort and I believe that Karcreat took a so-so movie and made it better.

   Review by UnkwnFactor — February 8, 2011 @ 1:39 am

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