The Mist - Black and White version

[LouCipherr]

Darabont wanted The Mist in B&W, but the studio wouldn't let him. It's available on the dvd and it's great! OMG, the B&W version of The Mist works even better than the color version! THAT is how the film should've been done, and damn the studio for not letting Darabont do it that way. At least he did get it on the DVD.

[Neil]

OMG, the B&W version of The Mist works even better than the color version! THAT is how the film should've been done, and damn the studio for not letting Darabont do it that way. At least he did get it on the DVD. I assume you just turned your colour down? ie: There isn't a specific B&W release?

[bassman]

No...there's an entire edit of the film in B&W. It's available as a special feature on the R1 two disc dvd. Not sure about your side of the pond, though...

[Legion2213]

No...there's an entire edit of the film in B&W. It's available as a special feature on the R1 two disc dvd. Not sure about your side of the pond, though... I've got the R2 special edition...2nd disc contains the B&W version.

[DjfunkmasterG]

I've got the R2 special edition...2nd disc contains the B&W version. The Blu-Ray has the B&W version and it is region free

[AcesandEights]

The Blu-Ray has the B&W version and it is region free Perhaps it's time I pick it up and check out this movie with the ending everyone's hedging has somewhat indirectly spoiled.

[JDFP]

Perhaps it's time I pick it up and check out this movie with the ending everyone's hedging has somewhat indirectly spoiled. The ending of "The Mist" is fantastic. I had a great laugh at it. It's one of the few films I actually saw in the theatre and at the ending I literally started cracking up laughing and the other folks in the theatre just turned around and looked at me like they were mortified. Eh, I guess not everyone sees the humor in it as I do -- their loss. j.p.

[MinionZombie]

I'm 26 and I've been watching B&W films for years. I've got a bunch on DVD - I'm a Bogart fan, for example - and yeah, B&W photography is much better than colour. It's truer, if that makes sense. B&W feels more like your memory, and it gets to the essence of the subject much more directly than colour. Colour is full of distraction - it can be beautiful, naturally (e.g. Roger Deakins' cinematography) - whereas B&W is much more intense, especially in a nice strong contrast ... like Film Noir - GORGEOUS! I can confirm the B&W version of The Mist on the 2-disc R2 DVD (which I bought a few months ago for £3 ), so you might wanna snap that up Neil. ... As for "now and then", well, true, all of Cameron's films have sentimental elements to them, but in some things they're handled better, or not such big parts of the overall film - it's front & centre in Titanic, but it doesn't bother me like it once did. I was all loved-up with Avatar though.

[Neil]

I can confirm the B&W version of The Mist on the 2-disc R2 DVD (which I bought a few months ago for £3 ), so you might wanna snap that up Neil. Confused... A whole new version in B&W? Can't you just turn the colour setting down on the TV with the original? :

[MinionZombie]

Confused... A whole new version in B&W? Can't you just turn the colour setting down on the TV with the original? : Well ... yeah ... but this means you don't have to, plus it's been done properly by those involved. Plus you get more special features.

[Neil]

well ... Yeah ... But this means you don't have to, plus it's been done properly by those involved. Plus you get more special features. Is the special 2 disc version extended/uncut?

[DjfunkmasterG]

Is the special 2 disc version extended/uncut? In the UK I dunno, but int he US... Yes,, on the Blu-Ray it is one disc, a BD50

[Trin]

OMG, the B&W version of The Mist works even better than the color version! THAT is how the film should've been done, and damn the studio for not letting Darabont do it that way. At least he did get it on the DVD. Actually, the BEST version is the colorized version of the B&W version.

[MinionZombie]

Christ, Neil. You can get the double discer for £3, what's the fuss? And I don't think it's a case of "cut or uncut", it's really just "colour or B&W" in terms of different versions. Good extra features on the 2-discer too.

[LouCipherr]

Whoa, interesting. How did I start this thread when I know I didn't start this thread? STOP FUCKING WITH ME! "We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like 'I feel a bit lightheaded. Maybe you should drive.'" (I know, moved 'cause of being OT, just had to have some fun with it)