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[Trilobit]

I liked it. Strong performances.

It's basically two hours of this, but without interrupting taxis:

 

[Dirk Benedict]

I liked it. Strong performances.

It's basically two hours of this, but without interrupting taxis:

With Tommy Guns.

 

[jufonuk]

I'm resting with an Achilles injury on crutches. I couldn't even start lol


Warning ….

I'll follow her. Ok bye

 

[jufonuk]

Watched it not a bad film. Was enjoyable for the time I watched it.

 

[Dev1lXYZ]

I read the book. The ending of the book was ambiguous and has a different ending than the film, overall, the book was kind of a slog to read through. I do a lot of walking myself, about 4 miles on average a day, and in the book, if you fall below 4MPH you catch a warning. After three warnings, you get shot. Most of the time, I average 4MPH. Now doing that for 300 miles, day and night wouldn't be possible and I am in very fit condition. I'd probably catch it about mile 50 or 60. Also, by the end of the book, their shoes are pretty much gone, and they are walking barefoot on messed up feet. Because I do so much walking in Hoka brand shoes, I can definitely attest to shoes wearing out faster than you expect, even the high dollar versions. They are just made so cheaply that they just start falling apart after a couple hundred miles. I used to walk about 7-10 miles a day and I could wear out a pair in a few weeks.

 

[Come On Tars]

I read the book. The ending of the book was ambiguous and has a different ending than the film, overall, the book was kind of a slog to read through. I do a lot of walking myself, about 4 miles on average a day, and in the book, if you fall below 4MPH you catch a warning. After three warnings, you get shot. Most of the time, I average 4MPH. Now doing that for 300 miles, day and night wouldn't be possible and I am in very fit condition. I'd probably catch it about mile 50 or 60.

Interesting. Wonder how much research king put into that. I bet we'll get a YouTuber doing this eventually. Seems right up Mr beasts alley

 

[Dev1lXYZ]

Interesting. Wonder how much research king put into that. I bet we'll get a YouTuber doing this eventually. Seems right up Mr beasts alley

I think Mr. King was at one point a very avid walker up until he was struck by the van. The book captures the experience very well. What I didn't like is that there was a lot of banter between so many different characters that it was hard to keep track of and most of the conversations were just BSing with next to zero exposition. I didn't even realize who the main character was until the closing chapters of the book. One of the guys even tries to get it on standing up with this girl in a group watching from the sidelines real quick, He gets blue balls, cramps up afterward, bitches about it and keels over on the road in tears and gets shot. I doubt that made it into the movie, but when I read that part I was just like that's King being King as usual.

 

[wondermega]

Good film overall, and I feel so satisfied seeing something like this being made (and being relatively successful) in 2025. A movie just about a bunch of young dudes. A few big-deal sequences, but it's 90 percent just walking (and talking). And talking a bunch of empty BS part of the time, at that. Still, enough chilling moments to keep you on edge a bit.

The only real issue I had was Hamill. He didn't ruin it or anything, but he was constantly distracting. I feel like they could have done that bit differently, overall I dug this film and would recommend it.

Didn't like Hoffman JR in Licorice Pizza (didn't like that film at all actually) but he was in good form here.