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Kian Kavanagh

Without a doubt my favourite film this year and it has been a fantastic year at that

Jeff K.

It's funny that Diamond Dave mentions trying to find logistics to have the guys all walking during the reaction. I can't remember where it was, but I read about an early screening where if you got in, they put you on a treadmill and you had to maintain a pace of at least 3 MPH for the full movie and if you fell below that speed, an usher would come and escort you out of the theater so you couldn't watch the rest of the movie.

Ron B.

This movie is F'd lmao...but you know what’s funny about this movie…You’d think someone would’ve tried to adapt it when the hunger games craze was going on. The fact that it came out this much later is kind of weird.

Dana Sow

I’m so happy it’s the entire crew. This was one of my favorite movies of the year.

slavicandsapphic

I wonder how many actually got escorted out bc the videos i saw, people were actually doing ok

Anthony Velasquez

First time watch for me this movie did not disappoint one the best movies I have seen this yr I put it right under Sinners I know the comparisons to Hunger Games is there only difference is Hunger Games you dont have a choice whereas in this they had a choice to participate in this 5/5 easily

Mr Hat n Clogs

I WAS WAITING FOR THIS DROP!!!! BADD MEDICINE THE GOATS RIGHT AFTER A LONG DAY OF WORK!!! “WHAT TIME IS IT IN THE WORLD? SHOW TIME”

Ren

Well it is no longer on the big screen in norway and on ZERO streaming services in Norway...so I guess i just watch it for the first time with you guys🫶

MandaM

OMMMMG IM SO EXCITED FOR THIS

Badd Medicine

Did they say how long this has been in development?

DA Rodriguez

The book came out in 1979 so there may have been various attempts!

MynamecouldB

This movie is from the same director of the Hunger Games movies, Francis Lawrence. This movie is just as great as those, so bleak but love it.

Nicholas Scala

Just got a flashback from my photos and it was a pic of you guys reacting TWD 3 years ago can’t believe it’s been that long 🥲 happy Friday everyone

So Tired

2:09:04 When it comes to Pete, I believe and so do many others that he gets shot right after he kills the Major. The crowd suddenly disappears, the sound cuts out, and he walks toward the light leading into darkness. In the book, although it's different there are similarities. Garrety “wins,” but loses his mind and hallucinates a figure walking ahead of him, so he chases it into the dark, implying he will keep going until he drops dead. When it comes to the whole movie in general, to me, the meaning is the same no matter how you interpret it, Pete lost. He lost himself, the beauty he spoke about, the idea that only certain people could kill, all of it gone. The system won by corrupting even the most noble person. Also at 2:09:57, even though The Major is dead, it wouldn't change anything because if you go back at 56:46, Billy ( the Major son) said "The Major isn’t a smart target", but they cut him off. This is definitely one of my favorite movies of the year.

slavicandsapphic

sobbing so hard already over this movie but so excited for the reaction!!

So Tired

Also fun fact the actor who played Garraty is the son of Philip Seymour Hoffman and the director behind this, Frances Lawrence was also the director of most of the Hunger Games films.

Anthony Velasquez

I definitely think Pete did get shot after killing the major I dont see a world where the military would just let Pete kill a military member and not do anything about it

Megan

Man, I watched this movie a week prior to the trailer drop for the channel. I didn't and still don't know how I feel. When I was googling for answers for background info, a commenter said the movie left him with a feeling of despair. I think that is the most perfect explanation for it. This is the only movie to illicit such emotions from me and have a lasting impact. Hunger Games, Battle Royal, etc, once the movie was over I moved on. I can't even imagine how the book hit for those who read it first. My wishful thinking is that McVries is going to find Garraty and be at peace and not the tragic route of him forever walking alone. I know people are split on the ending, I 100% think McVries is dead, I just don't know at what point. Was he dead/dying when he bent the knee and the rest a hallucination as he died? Before he pulled the trigger, or after? I wish that was clearer. As for the actual ending, I like it because the entire movie, I want McVries to win, he was the driving force behind so many lasting as long as they did. I know they made changes from the book to make him more likeable, from my understanding. I think the movie ending fit perfectly but man the book ending, was just as heartbreaking. But I don't think it would've worked as well in the new media form.

So Tired

1:59:54 "For the sake of the story. I think they have to show the violence", funny that you say that Oak because Stephen King explicitly stated this as a condition for the film's production, arguing against the trend of bloodless violence in many modern movies (such as superhero films). He felt it was essential to the story's brutal and hopeless themes, which he wrote as an allegory for the Vietnam War "war machine" that pulled in young men. He reportedly told the filmmakers: “If you’re not going to show it, don’t bother". The director and screenwriter for the film, Francis Lawrence and JT Mollner, confirmed they made a "pretty brutal movie" and "went all the way" with the violence as depicted in the book. Not only that, he also approved all the actors choices (saying they were all perfect) and the ending that they changed.

Jenna G.

i read the book, watched the movie in theaters 2 nights in a row opening night then read the book again. i was so excited to see your reactions to this!! one of my favorite movies of this year for sure

Jenna G.

I think it was a metaphor for the vietnam war draft. Sending young boys off who really have no other choice due to finances. Also the director Francis Lawrence is the same director for the Hunger Games and Cooper Hoffman is Philip Seymour Hoffman's son. I hope we see more Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson in more stuff!

ZuZu

The book was published in 1979. Over the years various people have held the rights or been attached to it, but it's been less than two years since Lawrence became attached to it and the rights moved to Lionsgate, so it happened pretty quick from that point.

Jenna G.

Ray was dead set on revenge during the walk. Pete suggested he choose love instead. In the end, Ray chose love, he chose Pete to win. And Pete chose revenge for Ray. They sort of switched their mindsets

Alanna Meyers 🍌

Gary wanting to be a part of the group at the end despite being an asshole because he realized his chances of survival would be higher if he was with the gang, Stebbins telling everyone at the end they gotta stop saving each other was definitely another survival tactic since as an outsider he realized his chances of survival were low as long as Ray and Pete were helping each other, Stebbins’ surprised reaction in the beginning when the Major calls him “son”, Garraty asking Pete if he had a lady and Pete pausing and smiling saying “No” 🏳️‍🌈, so many character moments that you might miss on first watch.

ShaniaBADDIE4LIFE🤘🐶🐱✨

I loved the humor in this, and the emotional scenes got to me. With this being a Stephen King movie, I did not expect this. Great film. 🤘

Cass&Jason

This is the first book Stephen King wrote, though it's not the first published. He wrote it as an allegory for the Vietnam War. And, yes, Vietnam is a beautiful country, full of lush rainforests. But that's where the men had to fight -- not in burnt out cities of modern urban warfare or future dystopias. Now you need to watch Life of Chuck. Also Stephen King, and I vacillate between which is a better movie. LoC is so different from this, it's almost hard to believe the same man wrote both. It's more like Shawshank. It's beautiful.

Megan

Not sure if you remember from the book but did it specify if any winners actually survived? I tried to google but it never gave me an answer. I can't foresee the winner's body lasting much longer from everything it went through even if they got immediate medical attention.

Jenna G.

Not that I remember, I dont think it went into it much. I agree, the mental and physical toll it would take on your body would be hard to come back from

Stephen Hert

I was blown away by Mike Flanagan and LoC. Makes me have faith in his "Dark Tower" series. Mike is an awesome director. Long Walk is one of my favorite books of King, and although they changed the ending, it was still beautifully done.

Cass&Jason

Oh, and we watched this in the theatre, so this is my (Cass) second viewing. I cried in the theatre a couple of times, especially with Art, but knowing how it ends when I watched this time, I barely stopped crying.

Jan T

As someone who has long admired this story, I loved most of this adaptation. Fantastic cast, but I hated the way the writers changed the ending. It made no sense, and I preferred the ambiguity of the way the book ended. They had absolutely no need to change it. Disappointing.

ShaniaBADDIE4LIFE🤘🐶🐱✨

I can go back for the humor moments once, but those emotional scenes make my head hurt. Yeah, I can't watch this again (in a good way not in a bad way). 🤘😂

ThetaSigmaTheOriginal

It is set in the past, although King wrote this when he was a teenager. I think it was his first. But he didn't publish it for a long time, until his wife convinced him to.

Alanna Meyers 🍌

It’s interesting cause “son” is something not necessarily used just for your children.

Alanna Meyers 🍌

It’s so good. Stephen king is such a misunderstood writer. People think he’s just a horror writer but some of his best works are his human stories like Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Long Walk, Apt Pupil, 11/22/63, The Body (AKA Stand By Me), etc.

ThetaSigmaTheOriginal

OAK: What type of messed up society would want to watch it? It's shocking to me, but a lot of people used to watch people being flogged, decapitated, hanged, and killed in other ways, for punishments. Witch burnings, and so on. There are some dark people out there, but back then it was so "normal", even more people were "conditioned" to see it as entertainment.

itsdivya

"what sort of messed up society would cheer for this sort of thing" the films are a bit more allegorical/hyperbolic but i feel like we're already living in it

ct

Pete is hell of a character, his optimism even when the odds are stacked against him is admirable. The themes here sort of remind me of the ones seen within squid game. This film is perfect considering the times we’re living in here in the US. It’s really no surprise people would enjoy the violence in that universe either. It’s a commentary/allegory for what already exists/has been seen before. Loved this film!

Anthony Velasquez

It was Ray death that did me in the moment Pete was going give his life for Ray only for Ray to encourage Pete to keep going then Ray just stops walking up to the point when Pete finally realized what was happening but yea quite few deaths were sad asf hated losing Hank dude was funny as hell definitely a standout when it came to the supporting characters

Anthony Velasquez

Same one watch and reaction is good enough for me loved the movie but cant watch it again its too heartbreaking there are a bunch of channels I follow on youtube I can watch their reaction but just cant do it

Charity Konusser (the chonus)

"What sort of messed up society would cheer for this sort of thing?" Ours. Ours would, and has, and does.

roxie c

i cried. “i’m going home” 😭

M Star

The ending ambiguous in the book right? I’d say it’s the same here

Jan T

Not really ambiguous to me. From what the major says to Pete and the soldiers when Pete points the gun at him, and the disappearance of the crowd the moment Pete shoots it’s obvious Pete is killed. In an authoritarian state, there’s no way he wouldn’t be. In the book, there’s no revenge plot of Ray wanting to kill the Major. Ray just doesn’t stop at the finish line, he runs past, clearly still alive. In the film Pete just throws away the sacrifice Ray made for Pete to do good things with the money when he wins. How was that honouring Ray sacrificing himself? Doesn’t make sense. The Long Walk is one of Stephen King’s best novellas, the ending was entirely fitting for the story. There was absolutely no reason to change it.

Ashley K

This was my ftw and wow I haven’t been so stressed throughout a film in a long while. What a ride. Or walk. I probably would be killed after mile 5.

Alexce

Yeah I really liked this movie(ftw) but the ending didn’t land right for me. I looked up the book ending since I heard it was changed and your right the book ending is way better not sure I liked the twist here. Still loved that this adaptation was made great film.

Hypatia

And if you follow the metaphor of the long walk being about war (down to the dog tags)….we send our young men, and tell them it’s heroic and it’s for country and king to go to war. It reminds me of the white feather campaign in WWI and WWII- where young men were shamed for not volunteering, and when they did volunteer they had visions of being heroes, and not understanding the mud blood and tears involved. (I have a number of Anzacs in my family)

Alexce

Omg I didn’t realize Olsen is the same actor who played the new karate kid in karate kid legends!

ShaniaBADDIE4LIFE🤘🐶🐱✨

I know that, but I didn't know that Davis was Jojo Rabbit. I had a look a little longer, and I was like, "Holy shit," he grew up; I could hardly recognize him. 😂

Natacha P

I had no idea what to expect but wow! Longest walk in one stretch I've done was 35km(around 21-22 miles) across the Peak District in the UK and I was fine afterwards but also was in very good health and hiked every weekend. I can't hike at anymore because of long covid but before I think I'd have been able to manage at least 80-100 miles maybe longer with the threat of a gun to my head! I was surprised none of you caught the to me broadcasted "twist" regarding Stebbins, rewatch the moment they get their tags and it's pretty clear. I was so confused the movie made it out like it was a huge twist 😅

Alanna Meyers 🍌

Well he had the rights for awhile, he should’ve done something sooner I guess 🤷‍♀️

Josip Buretić

Didn't know anything about this movie and I am only few minutes in and already interested in the story let see...Oak was so fast to recognize JoJo rabbit I had to look twice to be sure that that is him 😊....it was a good movie but I don't know how to feel about ending 🤷🏻

So Tired

I just noticed a parallel between Garraty and Pete. They both ask each other personal questions, go silent and change the subject, and then later in the movie they end up answering those same questions. At 24:20, Pete asks Garraty, “Hey, what is it? You and the Major?” Garraty goes silent and changes the subject by asking for water. Then at 32:03, the same thing happens to Pete. Garraty asks him, “You know, in the meantime Pete, wanna tell us about that scar?” Pete also goes silent, and change the subject by agreeing with Baker that we should keep quiet.

totallynotimari

They’re so harsh with Oak sometimes 😭 His last input about Pete essentially dying once killing The Major is something lots of people theorized when watching this. JUSTICE FOR OAK 🤣✋🏽

totallynotimari

“[…] you even made some friends.” UNIVERSE ENOUGH 🤺

totallynotimari

Sure but in this case it was… that’s why Stebbins does a double take and mentions the Major knowing at the end.

totallynotimari

Under a separate review, I recall some mentioning the last part of what you said. Some winner’s passed after surviving due to their body ultimately never recovering. Infections, organ failure, etc.

totallynotimari

I’d also like to add that with the many “cannot do a second watch” comments I’m seeing (which is totally fair), this being my 9th or 10th makes me feel like a nutjob 😃

Josip Buretić

For some reason I was not so affected by any death in this movie and I will not have problems watching it again, don't get me wrong I was sad when some of the characters were dying but we knew from beginning that in the end we will have Pete and Garraty and for some reason I was not affected the most shocking moment was the first kill when we lost "JoJo Rabbit"

Jasmin

I'm not sure what to think of this movie. The book is one of my all time favorites and one of the first King books I've read some 30+ years ago. I think the movie is solid, but it didn't catch me as the book did. No tears shed here. Maybe they should have made a series out of it and expand the characters backgrounds more. It's not bad, but I just couldn't connect with the characters. So it's a meh for me.

Ste Rawlings

I fear the fact that this is all a damning critique of and metaphor for capitalism and how it pits individuals against each other has been completely missed here.

Charity Konusser (the chonus)

Yes - the timing of this story very much lends itself to the Vietnam War - the last one with a compulsory draft. While we learn all about the protests of that war, we're not often taught that there was a whole other half of the population energetically cheering that war on - which is what we see in The Long Walk.

Helena

Tbh I wouldn't say he just threw it away, I felt like he was radicalised by the events he witnessed - he was continuously optimistic but everything that happened along the way broke him down, and in all that emotion, seeing people celebrate as his friend lays dead, he takes the moment to lash out at the state and reject their offer of 'riches'. The major talked about making a statement to the world, and that was it.

Iben Frederiksen

I'm with Oak, I'm sure Pete dies at the end - him being completely alone is a big confirmation in my eyes that he's dead. It also fits very well with the ending of the book, with Ray staggering after a shadowy figure, either dead or alive.