Your horse and carriage response made me giggle. I started "the mist" today. I LOVED reading IT. I didn't want it to end.I have quite a lot of experience of carriages and horses.
Still commonplace here.
Yes, i have seen the film and , much to my surprise, i actually rather liked it.
But i still prefer the book ending, though I don't dislike the film's version.
I like the utter hopelessness for all of mankind in the book, the film gives hope, though the ending is a personal tragedy.