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The Mist (2007)
Much better than anticipated
I am a Steven King fan and usually enjoy most of his movies. This however was one that I did not anticipate as being a good one because I had read the book and also listened to the CD and didn't think there would be much to it.
I was surprised not only by the cinematography but also by the dialog. There were several quips in the movie that made the entire audience chuckle even though this was a horror movie. You could actually feel the audience anticipate the next action.
I have to hand it to the director and the writers of this movie because they turned a below par story into a decent movie with a surprise ending.
The Year Without a Santa Claus (2006)
Worst movie (or what part I actually watched) I've seen in years
I was actually fortunate enough to watch part of the filming of this movie in Natchitoches, LA and never would have believed how bad it was when it hit the screen. I was sorely disappointed for many reasons including the fact that they filmed this during the hottest time of the year expecting the extra's to wear winter coats, sweaters & other items so hot that many were suffering from heat exhaustion...even Santa. The extra's were not even paid extra's. They wanted 1,000 and I think were lucky to get 100 if that but I know not near as many showed up in the 90-100 degree weather sporting their winter attire.
I had TIVO'd the movie for my grand children to watch around the holidays and ended up deleting it before I even watched it all the way through.
The grand kids weren't disappointed at Christmas because I had recorded many of the "good" Christmas specials for them and didn't make them suffer through this one.