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@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
The Long walk
Stephen King adaption of young men in a post war America volunteer to walk until they are the last one to win a big bunch of money and a 'wish', the catch is, you cant stop or drop less the 3mph, if you drop out, you are shot.
I think its meant to deliver a message about friendship, human spirit etc...
2.5 final warnings out of 5 now do you take a dump
Watched it this weekend too.. it’s good..
Buuut as a long time fan of the book it left me
Conflicted
So many changes from the original story and character changes/left out too
Biggest change from the original Stephen king novella is who survived at the end..One change that was made and it was 100% correct is the speed, for some reason it was 5mph which you can imagine would be near impossible to keep up
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@Virgil so when you say who survived, watching it I thought
Pete was going to sacrifice himself for Garraty, was that how it happened in the book then as opposed to Garraty for Pete. At least Pete killed the Major for GarratyYeah 5MPH would be a considerable walking pace to maintain.
Was a decent enough watch, moved at a decent pace, but just lacked something for me.
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@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
Weapons: Enjoyed this film even though we don't really get to know the why which was a bit annoying. Kind of batshit crazy.
Got to watch this too.. Was a more enjoyable horror movie than most I have seen of late maybe because it doesn't involve the standard friends group getting knocked off one by one. I'm just hoping it wasn't left deliberately open for sequels but definitely curious as to how and why it came to be..some of it kind of funny
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@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
Looks like someone wanted to make a Michael Mann movie. There really needs to be a moratorium on using Rolling Stones songs in trailers. ESPECIALLY that one.
I don't actually mind that use-case... looks promising.
Worst case - shit take on Heat.
Possible case - yeah, taking all those tropes, but reasonable end-product.
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@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
There really needs to be a moratorium on using Rolling Stones songs in trailers.
You can't always get what you want.
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@bayimports said in Movie review thread...:
@Nepia said in Movie review thread...:
Weapons: Enjoyed this film even though we don't really get to know the why which was a bit annoying. Kind of batshit crazy.
Got to watch this too.. Was a more enjoyable horror movie than most I have seen of late maybe because it doesn't involve the standard friends group getting knocked off one by one. I'm just hoping it wasn't left deliberately open for sequels but definitely curious as to how and why it came to be..some of it kind of funny
I don't watch horrors usually (only really watch the hyped ones that aren't just slasher or jump scares) so haven't been burnt out by the tropes.
I didn't even think about it being left open for sequels. But, considering most horrors have sequels we may have to worry about that now. Although it seemed to be of a higher budget than the Blumhouse style that churn out profitable sequels.
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@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@Virgil so when you say who survived, watching it I thought
Pete was going to sacrifice himself for Garraty, was that how it happened in the book then as opposed to Garraty for Pete. At least Pete killed the Major for GarratyYeah 5MPH would be a considerable walking pace to maintain.
Was a decent enough watch, moved at a decent pace, but just lacked something for me.
The book is better, alot of details and characters were left out...
For a start there are supposed to be 100 runners, not 50. Stebbins is very different in the book, hes this mysterious kid who is always at the back of the race, he never talks to anyone. Ray Garraty is almost obsessed with him. He looks completely unbeatable for almost the entire Long Walk.
Another change is Ray has a girlfriend, Jan who he constantly thinks about. Shes his motivation and seeing her (with his mum) is what keeps him going. Shes his first girlfriend, he walks for her. Pete had a GF too, its a bitter sad tale. They had a fight and she actually caused his scar, which is meant to be on his face. Not shoulder.
They removed a character called Scramm. Who is this big beefy dumb witted guy who is the fav to win, he's the one with a wife which all the other kids couldnt believe. He gets sick (Not Stebbins) and it wrecks his walk. He gives in and dies. Other guys we see are better fleshed out too.
The biggest change is the ending, the final 3 are correct but Pete dies first, he just sits down and is killed as Ray tries to pull him along. Then its just Stebbins and Ray before Stebbins eventually cracks and collapses. Ray then just walks off kinda having lost his mind. No one kills the Major
Also the major didnt execute Ray's dad, hes taken away, 'squaded' disappeared and hes never seen again. Think Nazi Germany in the 1940's..
Also its hinted throughout the story that the US lost the 2nd World War, the Nazis won....Fun fact too, this was Stephen Kings first ever story he wrote. Its only a novella, longer then a short story but nowhere near full novel length. It was written during the Vietnam war when he was at College.
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@nostrildamus said in Movie review thread...:
@Tim said in Movie review thread...:
There really needs to be a moratorium on using Rolling Stones songs in trailers.
You can't always get what you want.
Chapeau
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@Virgil said in Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@Virgil so when you say who survived, watching it I thought
Pete was going to sacrifice himself for Garraty, was that how it happened in the book then as opposed to Garraty for Pete. At least Pete killed the Major for GarratyYeah 5MPH would be a considerable walking pace to maintain.
Was a decent enough watch, moved at a decent pace, but just lacked something for me.
The book is better, alot of details and characters were left out...
For a start there are supposed to be 100 runners, not 50. Stebbins is very different in the book, hes this mysterious kid who is always at the back of the race, he never talks to anyone. Ray Garraty is almost obsessed with him. He looks completely unbeatable for almost the entire Long Walk.
Another change is Ray has a girlfriend, Jan who he constantly thinks about. Shes his motivation and seeing her (with his mum) is what keeps him going. Shes his first girlfriend, he walks for her. Pete had a GF too, its a bitter sad tale. They had a fight and she actually caused his scar, which is meant to be on his face. Not shoulder.
They removed a character called Scramm. Who is this big beefy dumb witted guy who is the fav to win, he's the one with a wife which all the other kids couldnt believe. He gets sick (Not Stebbins) and it wrecks his walk. He gives in and dies. Other guys we see are better fleshed out too.
The biggest change is the ending, the final 3 are correct but Pete dies first, he just sits down and is killed as Ray tries to pull him along. Then its just Stebbins and Ray before Stebbins eventually cracks and collapses. Ray then just walks off kinda having lost his mind. No one kills the Major
Also the major didnt execute Ray's dad, hes taken away, 'squaded' disappeared and hes never seen again. Think Nazi Germany in the 1940's..
Also its hinted throughout the story that the US lost the 2nd World War, the Nazis won....Fun fact too, this was Stephen Kings first ever story he wrote. Its only a novella, longer then a short story but nowhere near full novel length. It was written during the Vietnam war when he was at College.
One of my favourite King stories. I read it again a couple of months ago and it occurred to me that...
Garraty might have died at the end. The mystery figure dressed in black could have been the grim reaper. Or something else I thought of, was the figure 'Flagg' drawing him to darkness? I have never picked up on the Nazis winning the war -
@Crazy-Horse said in Movie review thread...:
@Virgil said in Movie review thread...:
@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
@Virgil so when you say who survived, watching it I thought
Pete was going to sacrifice himself for Garraty, was that how it happened in the book then as opposed to Garraty for Pete. At least Pete killed the Major for GarratyYeah 5MPH would be a considerable walking pace to maintain.
Was a decent enough watch, moved at a decent pace, but just lacked something for me.
The book is better, alot of details and characters were left out...
For a start there are supposed to be 100 runners, not 50. Stebbins is very different in the book, hes this mysterious kid who is always at the back of the race, he never talks to anyone. Ray Garraty is almost obsessed with him. He looks completely unbeatable for almost the entire Long Walk.
Another change is Ray has a girlfriend, Jan who he constantly thinks about. Shes his motivation and seeing her (with his mum) is what keeps him going. Shes his first girlfriend, he walks for her. Pete had a GF too, its a bitter sad tale. They had a fight and she actually caused his scar, which is meant to be on his face. Not shoulder.
They removed a character called Scramm. Who is this big beefy dumb witted guy who is the fav to win, he's the one with a wife which all the other kids couldnt believe. He gets sick (Not Stebbins) and it wrecks his walk. He gives in and dies. Other guys we see are better fleshed out too.
The biggest change is the ending, the final 3 are correct but Pete dies first, he just sits down and is killed as Ray tries to pull him along. Then its just Stebbins and Ray before Stebbins eventually cracks and collapses. Ray then just walks off kinda having lost his mind. No one kills the Major
Also the major didnt execute Ray's dad, hes taken away, 'squaded' disappeared and hes never seen again. Think Nazi Germany in the 1940's..
Also its hinted throughout the story that the US lost the 2nd World War, the Nazis won....Fun fact too, this was Stephen Kings first ever story he wrote. Its only a novella, longer then a short story but nowhere near full novel length. It was written during the Vietnam war when he was at College.
One of my favourite King stories. I read it again a couple of months ago and it occurred to me that...
Garraty might have died at the end. The mystery figure dressed in black could have been the grim reaper. Or something else I thought of, was the figure 'Flagg' drawing him to darkness? I have never picked up on the Nazis winning the warFor sure, its a typical book ending where its vague.
In fact im pretty sure 99% of anyone who 'wins' the long walk never survives much longer.From memory there are subtle hints about the US losing WW2 throughout the story.
Its definitely set in a different timeline to the current.Felt to me the movie didnt need to make all those changes, no doubt it was because of budget restraints too. But its a short movie, an extra 30 mins would have allowed for what was cut out.
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That was way too long of a walk
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@MiketheSnow said in Movie review thread...:
That was way too long of a walk
just sit down and dont worry about it. Just wait for your ticket..
30 seconds later it wont be a problem anymore -
A House of Dynamite
Well acted and exciting with a pretty cool ‘three different viewpoint’ perspective…….missile on its way to US soil and how the White House intends to deal with it.
But all let down by a really stupid ending rendering the whole thing pointless.
2 Brits pretending to be Americans out of 5 Tough decisions
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@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
A House of Dynamite
Well acted and exciting with a pretty cool ‘three different viewpoint’ perspective…….
But let down by a really stupid ending rendering the whole thing pointless.
2 Brits pretending to be Americans out of 5 Tough decisions
@MN5 said in Movie review thread...:
A House of Dynamite
Well acted and exciting with a pretty cool ‘three different viewpoint’ perspective…….
But let down by a really stupid ending rendering the whole thing pointless.
2 Brits pretending to be Americans out of 5 Tough decisions
agree on all points thought it was good and then the ending was awful
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@taniwharugby said in Movie review thread...:
The Long walk
Stephen King adaption of young men in a post war America volunteer to walk until they are the last one to win a big bunch of money and a 'wish', the catch is, you cant stop or drop less the 3mph, if you drop out, you are shot.
I think its meant to deliver a message about friendship, human spirit etc...
2.5 final warnings out of 5 now do you take a dump
Watched this on a plane so devoted more attention to it than a lot of movies I've watched lately. I really enjoyed it; acting was good, pace (no pun) felt just about right - perhaps if anything a little rushed.
Interesting reading @Virgil's point about the differences in the book, but I hadn't read it so took the movie at face value.
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If you’ve never read the book then absolutely you’d take the movie on its on merit. It’s very well done.
It’s just much harder if you’re a long time fan of the original book. A lot of Stephen King fans would have this as one of their favs. Lots of his stories have in the past being changed significantly when turned into a film. A lot of times it’s been needed. But in this case it surprised me as it’s such a pretty simple and short story
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The Astronaut
Really good premise and plot with some genuinely scary moments but let down by cheesy dialogue and ham acting in the last 15 minutes.
3 Cuddly Aliens out of 5 Evil CIA Agents
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Watched Platoon again.
Such a good but brutal movie.
The likes of Sheen, Depp, Whittaker all very young.
Man, Berengers character was pretty menacing too, John C. McGinlys was an absolute cowardly fluffybunny.
The score hits hard, fits perfectly.
4.5 friendly fire out of 5 fuck im glad I never had to go to war
