The Long Walk (Francis Lawrence, 2025) • Page 2

not everything needs a hard and fast black and white concrete ending. sometimes its ok to just wonder and think about it.

 

I gather some people are not liking the ending because it changed from the novel but I thought it was profound really. the emotional whiplash from 'fuck yes kill the Major's ass' to 'oh he just lost his whole worldview in doing that' really shook me up. Garraty being inspired enough by his friend to sacrifice himself instead of pushing for vengeance and then McVries did it for him... good good stuff
goes without saying but Jonsson is a force of nature man, that guy is going places

 

Never said it had to be. That was a question for others who have seen it and what they think the ending meant lol

 

I think Ray sacrificed himself because he knew he couldn’t shoot the major and Peter could. Peter is then shot and killed and the end is him being at peace.

 

I laughed hard at the start when Peter walks up, just absolutely jacked, then they look at Stebbins like “wow you’re so muscular and built for this” while they have those big juicy arms in Peter right next to them

 

I read this post before seeing the movie and couldn’t stop thinking about it lol

 

went into this completely blind and didn't like it at all. had no idea that was PSH's kid. jonsson was awesome.

 

do you think the whole walk is livestreamed unedited, because the sickos who watch The Long Walk wouldn't want their children seeing swearing and scatological stuff they're supposed to be watching good old fashioned violence

really smart to have the same director as The Hunger Games because both are war parables where everyone is punished for the "sins" of their ancestors, also I would not do well in the dystopia where any art that is potentially subversive and having IBS are illegal

 

I think this might be the first movie where I’ve seen people straight up shitting.

 

My main problem with this is it betrays the promise the Musketeers made to the one guy to set up his wife with some of the winnings

 

clearly never seen horror movie masterpiece Dreamcatcher

...maybe King has a thing for people dying while taking a dump actually

 

Just got home from the cinema after seeing The Long Walk and this was fantastic plus Cooper Hoffman and David Jonsson were excellent as well

 

This got me good. Friendship to get through hellish times. Trap/broken systems. Fascism. Hope in the face of it. Hell yea.

 

haven't stopped thinking about this

 

This was such a bleak experience. It’s especially timely with how young men are being radicalized into believing in a system that ultimately breaks them down and leaves no winner. We live in a system where even the most hopeful and optimistic of us must abandon that outlook when confronted with the reality. Pete kills the Major, but I have no doubt that he is probably immediately killed afterwards. Does that inspire the rest of the nation to rise up? Sadly I would guess not.

The violence and graphic depiction of the killings is effective, but it’s the less graphic deaths that stand out. It’s not a moment of gore, but Olson screaming “I did it all wrong” as he’s waiting to get shot is one of the more disturbing things I’ve seen in a film like this. There’s a harsh outlook on the effectiveness of mutual aid in a capitalist system too. You can run to help a friend when they are down, but eventually they will have to be left behind if you are to survive.

 

Jackass comes to mind.

 

Very, very heavy handed but effective and I was moved.

 

This was excellent.

 

thought it was just okay. the change to the ending stunk. good performances and tension throughout and it hit me hard a few times. if he was my son i would have just hung out every night with judy greer instead. music and books aren’t that important.

 

As a pretty big Regular Show guy, Mark Hammill's Major voice sometimes sounded almost exactly like Skips and that got a chuckle outta me

 

Thought this was pretty average with some above average acting. The ending felt like it was building to something great and I thought it landed like a wet newspaper.