Horror The Long Walk

[Sawyer]

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“Escorted out” mhmmm… I know what that means.

 

[Link]

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I hope they still get their three warnings before their ticket is torn. This is a fantastic concept. God, the shape I could be in if gym-cinema became a widespread phenomenon...

 

[Deck Rickard]

I'm currently reading the book, and I'm really enjoying it. It's dark and thematically rich (and unsettling), but it hasn't been that gory as of right now, especially compared to some of King's more fleshy work. Based on the reactions and one wild shot in the trailer, I wonder if this is going to be the one King adaptation that's actually gorier than the source material. So many of those, particularly older ones, are annoyingly toothless.

Yeah this book is next on my list once I finish the two I’m currently on.

 

[Babillygunn]

Yeah this book is next on my list once I finish the two I’m currently on.

It’s a must read. I’ve read it a few times. You can easily finish it in a couple of days.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Sawyer]

 

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Stephen King Demanded ‘The Long Walk’ Show Teens Getting Shot: “A Pretty Brutal Movie”

As 'The Long Walk' makes the trek from the page to the screen, Stephen King recently revealed the one condition he had for adapting his 1979 novel.

deadline.com

 

[blueharvest]

 

[:eek:]

A missed opportunity that Mark Hamill isn't playing a character named Luke Longwalker in this movie.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[:eek:]

‘The Long Walk’ Review: Stephen King Adaptation Is Distinctly Dystopian And Disturbingly Prescient

A review of The Long Walk, based on the Stephen King book, one of the bleakest, most relentlessly dark major studio movie releases of recent memory.

deadline.com

 

[Drizzle]

I saw it last night. It was very good. Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson continue to impress me each time I see them.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[sueb1863]

Ouch. A shame because it's supposed to be a really good movie.

 

[Drizzle]

I'm surprised because my theater was full on Friday night. I didn't think it would take down The Conjuring in its second weekend but I also didn't think it would be overtaken by Downton Abbey. It also looks like it didn't open in as many theaters as the others.

 

[Sawyer]

This thing could make five dollars at the box office and it wouldn’t make a difference to me. This group ****ing killed it.

 

[Sawyer]

Been listening on loop. What a debut.

 

[kguillou]

I thought this a solid movie. I’ve got some logistical problems with the concept but this was well acted and directed. And surprisingly i didnt find it nearly as oppressively depressing as i was expecting it to be from everything I heard beforehand.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Just finished the book and it’s very good (bleak as hell but that’s obvious). Looking forward to seeing how it translates to film.

I had a football game on TV the other day while I was reading it and it paralleled what I was reading fairly well. Living in a collapsing, dystopian society while the masses sit around watching what is essentially gladiatorial combat to distract themselves and remain ignorant from observing the freedoms that are disappearing before our eyes.

What a time to be alive.

 

[donuts]

Ouch. A shame because it's supposed to be a really good movie.

The Lionsgate team needs to get their **** together.

How they open their flicks is often a crapshoot.

 

[Kane52630]

RIP to the dude who had diarrhea

 

[Art Vandelay]

Saw this yesterday. I liked it, but I think what put it over the top for me was that despite having read the book, the story veers in a very unexpected way, so the ending landed much harder for me than I thought it would. One thing that I appreciate about the movie is how empathetic it is towards its characters, and how empathetic its characters are towards each other. It's refreshing to see characters that actually care about each other, even when they sometimes don't like each other. And the film's two leads, Ray and Pete, are heroic, selfless characters. I think it was a wise decision to take the more compassionate moments from the book, and make that the driving theme of the story.

 

[Drizzle]

RIP to the dude who had diarrhea

Normal people: How did they make Elijah Wood look three feet tall next to Ian McKellen in LOTR?

Me: Was that guy really s****ing in The Long Walk?

I'm actually genuinely curious how that's done because the only other time I can recall seeing someone graphically dropping a deuce on screen was in the first season of The White Lotus.

 

[Kane52630]

Normal people: How did they make Elijah Wood look three feet tall next to Ian McKellen in LOTR?

Me: Was that guy really s****ing in The Long Walk?

I'm actually genuinely curious how that's done because the only other time I can recall seeing someone graphically dropping a deuce on screen was in the first season of The White Lotus.

Gotta be the best CGI i've seen

 

[Sawyer]

I mean… of all the things we’ve seen get faked with CGI, I can’t imagine this is that hard to do.