April 2, 2008 by

What do you think about the character Mrs. Carmody?  


Here's a summary:


Mrs. Carmody 
She is a religious woman with the extreme belief in a bloodthirsty God; Mrs. Carmody is driven insane by the scenario and eventually declares that a human sacrifice must be made to rid the world of the mist. She is shot and killed by Ollie shortly before the escape attempt. Mrs. Carmody was initially perceived by everyone involved as borderline insane, but achieves a growing congregation as the story progresses. Perhaps the most benign of the terms used to describe her was "Too Old Testament." At one point, she accuses someone of stealing food, yet at the same time is sipping out of a likely non-purchased pint of milk.

I just hope we don't turn out like her! 
sanabeans
I don't have much to say about the character of Mrs. Carmody.  Insane people like her do exist but it takes a lot for someone to turn out like her. I think we have more to learn if we look at the people who began following her and who bought into her crazy human sacrifice idea. How much are we li...View More
Sage
Sanabeans made a great point.  I thought that whole mob mentality thing wasn't a study on Mrs. Carmody per se, it was more of an examination on society's primal urge to be LEAD...especially, as sana so eloquently put it: "In times of desperation and uncertainty"  hehe, film discussion rocks...View More