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Watched The Long Walk in theaters tonight
| cock of michael obama | 09/20/25 |
| Cousin Greg | 09/20/25 |
| cock of michael obama | 09/20/25 |
| Cousin Greg | 09/20/25 |
| cock of michael obama | 09/21/25 |
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Date: September 20th, 2025 10:31 PM Author: cock of michael obama I watched the movie The Long Walk tonight, which is currently in theaters. It got good reviews and it is based on a book by Stephen King’s pseudonym, Richard Bachmann, which I read back in the day and which I liked but didn’t love (The Running Man was the best of Bachmann’s four books, and it is also being remade and coming out soon, but the trailer looked very bad).
The Long Walk premise is simple: 50 young men walk, and whoever walks the farthest wins, and everyone else dies. The movie sticks pretty close to the book until the very end (which was changed in a detrimental way, but not too bad). It is not a dissident film and doesn’t say much about the world; rather, it is a psychological film about young men being forced to grapple with their imminent mortality too young. How do people react to it, who lives and who dies and how they respond to such intense stress, what it reveals underneath about their character - and does the winner/longer survivors deserve it, or is he lucky? In this way it mirrors life; some people live longer who don’t deserve it, some people die young who deserve more life - life itself feels random and arbitrary in many ways. It is a dark and pretty grim film which will decrease rewatchability, but it is directed and edited well, and the language in the script is tightly used (although too much swearing). Mark Hamill chews his scenes as the evil Major, and David Jonsson, the black British actor who stole the show in Alien: Romulus, also does a good job here. He’s going to elevate further in his career, I think.
I’d give this a…7.5/10. I think parts of the reason why it doesn't resonate more than this is because, while it emphasized a theme of brotherhood, there isn't enough moral agency; in other words, the main character stumbles along, creates some friends, helps out those he can, but basically just participates in the game, and is lucky enough to make it to the end. A deeper novel/movie would force the main character into an unresolvable paradox and make him pay for his choice.
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Date: September 20th, 2025 10:39 PM Author: Cousin Greg I just reread the book last month and saw it last weekend. Really enjoyed it, but the book was easier to imagine as they made the movie as cheaply as possible.
They did completely change the end to make it not ambiguous and have a different winner. 8/10 though. |
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Date: September 20th, 2025 10:42 PM Author: cock of michael obama I preferred the original ending where the main character was driven insane. The budget of the film didn't bother me because the book itself seemed like it would be low budget (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5778169&forum_id=2/en-en/#49287977) |
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Date: September 20th, 2025 10:45 PM Author: Cousin Greg I wanted the scene where he gets a handy from some chick and collects all three warnings before pulling up his pants to get back to walking. Just the way King described her arousal as the seconds ticked by after the third warning was issued. I probably jerked off to that as a teenager when I first read it.
King’s early works were so preoccupied with sex, which makes sense since he was literally 18. I learned most of human sexuality from his work. |
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Date: September 21st, 2025 12:22 AM Author: cock of michael obama i saw the main guy, who did an OK job but nothing special, is philip seymour hoffman's son and he's like 22. he looks 35 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5778169&forum_id=2/en-en/#49288148) |