My friend told me to watch 'The Mist' with the sound off at the end

So my buddy Jake, who is really into horror movies, told me to watch the end of 'The Mist' with the sound off. He said it would change the whole feeling. I finally tried it last week. In the movie, the main guy shoots everyone in his car, including his son, to save them from monsters, only for the army to show up seconds later. With the sound off, you just see him sitting there in the truck, totally broken, and then the rescue happens in complete silence. It felt way more hopeless and empty, like all the emotion was just drained out. It made the ending even more brutal, in a weird way. Has anyone else tried watching a famous movie scene without sound to see if it changes the meaning?

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grant_gibson12d ago

My cousin did that with the final scene of 'Heat'.

jamieh7612d agoMost Upvoted

Man, I have to disagree. That ending is perfect as it is. The way De Niro just... lets go, and Pacino holds his hand. It's not about winning. It's about this weird respect they have. Changing that would ruin the whole point of the movie for me.