Stephen King Fans discussion

The Long Walk Trailer is out:
https://www.liljas-library.com/articl...

My jaw dropped to the floor when I saw this trailer. I’ve never read the book so I have zero context, but it looks absolutely amazing. Also excited for this one, and I plan to read the book prior to watching!!

My excitement for this adaptation is through the roof!! Read is one a few years ago and I’m gonna need to reread before the film comes out. One of my favorite of Richard Bachman books by Stephen King.

Loved the book so hopefully the adaptation is just as good.

Whoa, this one looks well done.

That looks really great. I want to reread before it comes out.

I’ve not read it for thirty years yet it stuck in my mind. I’m hoping the film’s great

Has anyone else had a chance to see this yet? I thought it was super well done but also surprising how unflinching the gore is in this film. Overall I’m really glad I saw it though. Thoughts?

I finally saw it. It was exactly what I wanted, low budget and not flashy, it even seemed to be period.
In a way it was actually a little too low budget. I thought some more scenes of the crowds would have been good.
I think the ending of the book was perfect but the ending of the movie was really good too.

Lol, so that was Mark Hamill! Didn't even recognize him. God, he was obnoxious(in a good way).

Saw this last weekend and loved it . They used the director of the Hunger Games movie (also last man standing type book /movie). I even really loved some of the changes especially at the end . Go see it if you’ve been wondering if you should .

Tried to watch this but walked out (pun acknowledged) half-way through and got my ticket (pun acknowledged) refunded.

Not the movie's fault, it was great, I went in blind and was very pleased to see they kept the time period true to the source.

The problem was a baby making noises, then added to that other small child noises, like happy gabbling sounds. I didn't stare hard but at a glance it looked like there was a family with multiple children, maybe one with special needs. Jesus, this is not a child-appropriate film! I won't forget the shot of the first ticket being given, the diarrhea, so much clearly not for children's eyes in any way. I tried to ignore the sounds but they grated more and more until I couldn't focus on the movie any more.

I watched it this past weekend. I read the book at the age of 16 in 1987, picking up the Bachman books in a Tokyo airport before a flight to LA. I've re-read it a few times, and I've listened to the audio book while doing the treadmill. Laughing in the face of death, I suppose. So I knew what to expect. And this movie fucking hollowed me out. Judy Greer, playing the protagonist's mother, made me cry harder than I did when E.T. died. When she drops her son off for the beginning of the walk, I was thinking she would be stoic about it and maybe express some sorrow, like in the book, as I remember it. No, she loses her shit and grabs her son, determined not to let him go and begging him not to do it. Exactly what a parent would do. I can say it gets worse from there, but I mean that with high praise. This movie doesn't flinch. It's a great, tragic, and disturbing movie that everyone involved with did a fantastic job on. I think what gets to me the most is the fact that the story is more relevant today than when it was published. That's bad. I need to go re-watch Superman and cleanse my soul.

Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!* wrote: "The problem was a baby making noises, then added to that other small child noises, like happy gabbling sounds. I didn't stare hard but at a glance it looked like there was a family with multiple children, maybe one with special needs. Jesus, this is not a child-appropriate film! I won't forget the shot of the first ticket being given, the diarrhea, so much clearly not for children's eyes in any way. I tried to ignore the sounds but they grated more and more until I couldn't focus on the movie any more.
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I know. I love kids but agree.

I am a huge fan of Jaws. I went by myself to a special movie theater showing on its anniversary in Imax, finally able to see it on the big screen, was excited.

I was dismayed to find the theater and rows all by me full of small children. I know it's a G rating, but still, that's only because that was the highest rating available when the film was out. I had a mom with four of her kids behind me with a 3 year old who talked throughout, two small children directly in front, and a family with kids on the right and left of me.

Then there was a new announcement of another special showing this year - I refused to go. Jaws apparently attracts a lot of moms with small kid groups, so it was not the experience I want to pay and see.

Erin *Proud Book Hoarder* wrote: "I know it's a G rating, but still, that's only because that was the highest rating available when the film was out.."

I'm afraid G was the LOWEST rating when Jaws came out. At that time, PG, R, and X were a also available.

Some ratings history:
1972: GP replaced M
1974: GP became PG
1984: PG-13 was introduced
1990: NC-17 replaced X

This ratings systems started sometime in the 1960s when the Hays/Breen code was retired.

Stephen King was born around the middle of the Hays Code era. Carrie White was born closer to the end.