SPOILER ALERT FOR THE MOVIE VERSION OF THE MIST
Today it occurred to me that there’s an obvious political read of the film version of The Mist‘s rejiggered ending, and I don’t recall seeing it anywhere:
Couldn’t one say that insofar as the mist is a horrible but ultimately very fleeting catastrophe, and David’s homicidal/suicidal reaction is basically much ado about nothing, there’s a parallel to America’s response to the horrendous but ultimately isolated (so far/thank god) attacks of 9/11?
I’m not saying this was the filmmakers’ intention; I’m not commenting on the validity or the interestingness of the interpretation; I’m just saying it seems like you could look at it that way and I’m surprised no one did, as far as I know.