The Long Walk [movie]

 The Long Walk [movie]

THIS IS A SURPRISINGLY INTERESTING MOVIE. THE PREMISE MAKES IT SO THERE CAN'T BE THAT MUCH THAT ACTUALLY *HAPPENS* IN THE PLOT AND THE CONCEPT MAKES IT HAVE TO BE BASICALLY FILMED AS JUST SOME KIDS WALKING NONSTOP.  THE MOVIE HAD LIKE ONE DIAGETIC CUT AWAY AND THAT IS ABOUT IT. SO THE WHOLE MOVIE IS FILMED AS JUST LIKE A PLAY WITH VARIOUS PEOPLE HAVING VARIOUS CONVERSATIONS. NOT A LOT OF STAGE DIRECTION. IT'S ALSO FAIRLY SURPRISING THE MOVIE DIDN'T GIN UP MORE INTERPERSONAL DRAMA OR ANYTHING. IT'S REALLY GOOD IN THAT IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE A MOVIE LIKE THIS. ALSO A REALLY HARD TAKE ON POLITICAL VIOLENCE THAT IS HARD TO TAKE IN ENTIRELY. 

PS. NO WINTERPORT THOUGH, I HAVE ALWAYS HAD A SPECIAL CONNECTION TO THE BOOK BECAUSE AS FAR AS I KNOW IT'S THE ONLY FICTIONAL BOOK THAT EVER HAS ANY EVENT SPECIFICALLY TAKE PLACE IN WINTERPORT MAINE. ACTUALLY THE BOOK IN GENERAL HAD AN EXTREME SENSE OF PLACE, WHERE TOWN NAMES AND SPECIFICS ARE VITAL TO THE SENSE OF EXTREME DISTANCE WHERE PASSING EACH TOWN ONE BY ONE IS THE SORT OF MAIN BACKGROUND OF THE PROGRESSION. THIS WAS FILMED IN CANADA AND SEEMS TO GO WEIRDLY OUT OF IT'S WAY TO NEVER EVEN MENTION WHAT STATE THEY ARE IN AND INTENTIONALLY OBFUSCATED THAT.  ALTHOUGH NON-SPECIFIC FREEPORT EXISTS AS A TOWN AND CROSSING A BIG BRIDGE AT THE STATE BORDER IS A THING. IT'S SORT OF INTERESTING HOW DIVORCED FROM ANY PLACE THE MOVIE IS. THE BOOK IS ALL NAMEDROPPING PLACES, THIS WHOLE MOVIE THE ROADS ARE ENTIRELY EMPTY AND FLANKED BY EMPTY FIELDS, AND NONE OF THE INTERACTION WITH CROWDS ELEMENT. (I FEEL LIKE AS A KID STEVEN KING SAW A NAKED GIRL ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD BECAUSE THAT HAPPENED IN EVERY ONE OF HIS EARLY BOOKS REBECCA SUGAR LEAVING A TOY RABBIT IN THE YARD STYLE)