I still wonder...

Why Thomas Jane isn't more of a star? In the wrong place at the wrong time? Or is it the right place at the wrong time?

I mean, every time I see a film with him, he just exhudes this old school charm, ala Steve McQueen or James Coburn.

Hell, just watching The Mist alone proves his starring power. One of those films that had everything working from it. A good story, a great script, cast to die for and the go to guy to direct any Stephen King story for the screen. So why didn't people go see it?

Ticket prices are through the roof now. That's one reason. A monster movie that wasn't the typical yarn. That's another reason. A thinking man's horror movie, which we must realize a ton of people don't like so often.

Many things didn't work for it. I'm one of many people to blame. I kept insisting to go see it in theaters, yet just didn't. I bought it the first day on dvd, the 2 disc edition, yet it wasn't until a few months later that I finally sat down to watch it.

Loved every minute of it, the character development, the monsters (which are much more horrifying than anything in Cloverfield), the color scheme, the direction, the gore, and the climatic buildup to one of the better endings I've seen in quite some time.

It's a great film about the horror of humanity, about fears of the unknown, religious fanaticism and how it can skew people's views on serious issues and the ongoing struggle with one's own psyche.

Plain and simple, a brilliant film. I think it'll be a film people praise and forget about flashes in the pan that came out around the same time.

-J