Shut Up And Watch It "The Long Walk"

[DBCowboy]

I'm sorry, I don't bend to the will of the mob. I'm not a Marxist appeaser.

Did I stutter?

[DontTreadOnMe]

There are not many King adaptations that work.

The Long Walk is an exception.

Don't expect light-hearted suspense.

This was a dark drama from beginning to end.

Well, I managed to read The Stand.   I guess I can handle King's first novel as well.
I know this is about the movie.   But they always leave out so much....
From Amazon:

The brilliant and chilling first novel Stephen King ever wrote tells the tale of the contestants of a diabolically cruel competition where 100 boys start the “long walk” and there is only one winner—the one that survives......


There is no finish line—the winner is the last man standing. Contestants cannot receive any outside aid whatsoever. Slow down under the speed limit and you’re given a warning. Three warnings and you’re out of the game—forever.

The Long Walk

[putnam6]

Well, I managed to read The Stand.   I guess I can handle King's first novel as well.
I know this is about the movie.   But they always leave out so much....
From Amazon:

The Long Walk

Haha...

King's not for everybody, that for sure... he is so prolific, Im a huge fan, but even I have books of his that are rated subpar

[UltraBudgie]

Did I stutter?

You're really dialing your opposition to "No Kings" up to eleven, huh?

[GENERAL EYES]

I remember reading it as a teenager, I'm not much of a television person anymore (can't afford it, for starters) but it was one of my favorite stories from the Bachman Books.

Enjoy!

[DBCowboy]

You're really dialing your opposition to "No Kings" up to eleven, huh?

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[IdeomotorPrisoner]

So SHUT UP AND WATCH IT, or I'll have Trump run for a 4th term.

The last movie someone told me "I had to watch" was called Inception and I listened to them...  And I really shouldn't have.

It was like Christopher Nolan did a bunch of amphetamines and spewed out a contrived, increasingly complex, Inconsistent, and outright illogical screenplay to see what the most ridiculously layered piece of shit he could write could be. 

And the PTSD of having to sit through that terrible movie has caused me a lasting trauma that resists commands to watch things. 

Also...
 

Set in an alternative, dystopian version of the United States, the plot revolves around the Long Walk, an annual contest in which 100 young men walk continuously along a pre-arranged route (presumably on Route 1). Walkers must keep a minimum pace of 4 miles per hour (6.4 km/h), and are issued verbal warnings by soldiers monitoring their progress if they fall below this speed for 30 seconds. A walker can lose one warning if he walks for an hour without earning another. If a walker receives three warnings and falls below the minimum speed for 30 seconds again, he is shot and killed by the soldiers. Walkers must walk day and night, without any breaks: walkers eat without stopping, and are given no breaks for using the bathroom or sleeping. The walk may continue for hundreds of miles, over many days, while exhausted walkers who fail to keep pace are killed. The Walk continues until there is only one survivor, who can have whatever he wants for the rest of his life as his prize.

I didn't even hold attention when I was forced to watch Highlander. And I loved saying, "There can be only one!"

The movie? Kinda boring. 

And much more interesting than walking.

[DBCowboy]

The last movie someone told me "I had to watch" was called Inception and I listened to them...  And I really shouldn't have.

It was like Christopher Nolan did a bunch of amphetamines and spewed out a contrived, increasingly complex, Inconsistent, and outright illogical screenplay to see what the most ridiculously layered piece of shit he could write could be. 

And the PTSD of having to sit through that terrible movie has caused me a lasting trauma that resists commands to watch things. 

Also...
 

I didn't even hold attention when I was forced to watch Highlander. And I loved saying, "There can be only one!"

The movie? Kinda boring. 

And much more interesting than walking.

I said, "Shut up and watch it".

[imitator]

This is looking like a good treadmill movie... every step reminds you that you’re not on that walk. 

Finally, a Stephen King flick that doubles as cardio.  

[RichardHurt]

This is looking like a good treadmill movie... every step reminds you that you’re not on that walk. 

Finally, a Stephen King flick that doubles as cardio.  

I just got the movie pulled up!
This better be good DB. I even went out and picked up a marijuana cigarette for this.