*** The Long Walk (Movie Adaptation) *** - Page 2

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8:27p, 10/26/25

Decent movie to to pass the time, but far better short story. It's like they tried to hit on all of the different walker's personalities but outside the main two, none of them were flesh out in the least.

Hammil actually did decently in his role - from what I remember about the story the major was a caricature.

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In reply to brew82 • 3:55p, 12/9/25

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brew82 said:
Finally got around to watching it. I enjoyed it for the most part. Had a Hunger Games feel to me. Can someone post how the book ended. The ending of the movie was pretty blah. Also, were there unimaginable riches going to the winner? Just didn't seem like they were being honest on that part.

Bolded as I'm interested as well.

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In reply to tamuags08 • 6:36p, 12/9/25

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tamuags08 said:
brew82 said:
Finally got around to watching it. I enjoyed it for the most part. Had a Hunger Games feel to me. Can someone post how the book ended. The ending of the movie was pretty blah. Also, were there unimaginable riches going to the winner? Just didn't seem like they were being honest on that part.

Bolded as I'm interested as well.

Been a while, so I might be off a little on details. Pete doesn't win. It gets down to Pete (the black guy with the scar), Ray (the guy that wants to kill the major), and Stebbins (the major's *******).

They get to the crowd like the movie, and Pete falls asleep walking and Ray tries to save him, but Pete sits down and dies. That left Ray and Stebbins, the *******. Ray obviously breaks down and then sees a dark figure ahead and is about to give up and let Stebbins win when Stebbins falls down and gets shot.

Ray is the winner, and when the Major goes to tell him he's won Ray turns, sees the dark figure, and just keeps walking after it. It doesn't tell you what happens after that. The reader kind of decides for themselves if he went crazy, had PTSD and kept walking, or something else.

I remember watching something about Stephen King and how he basically figures out the story as he's writing it. For the vast majority of his novels he doesn't have an ending in mind until he gets there. When I saw that it made complete sense why he's a great writer who cannot write and ending to save his life.

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7:29p, 12/9/25

That ending is not any better than the movies.