How to change the Long Walk movie, Stephen King’s book for the best

The biggest change between the book “Long Walk” and the films involve the end. In the book, Ray does not understand his motives to participate in walking. However, the film gives him a hidden motivation: his beloved father (Josh Hamilton) was killed by Major (Mark Hamiel), a military dictator who manages both long walking and America. Ray wants to win the long walking because, in addition to the money, the winner is given one desire, and Ray plans to want to get a pistol – a pistol that will use it to shoot the pioneer. He realizes the house of this plan, and a house tells him that if he wins, he must simply take money and return to his mother (Judy Jarir) and forget about revenge.

In both the book and the film, The Long Walk finally ends up to three alive contestants: Ray, Pete, and a man named Stebins (played by Garrett Wareing in the movie). In both the book and the film, Stebins reveals that he is the illegitimate son of the pioneer. But here things begin to diverge. While the version of the Stebins book appears to be uncompromising, Stebins is due to a type of disease. The film never shows what it is, but it is more likely pneumonia, because this is what happens last Personality in the book called Scramm. Stebins, which he wears, is sick and tired, decides to surrender and allows himself to shoot. However, in the book, in fact, it surrenders and shoots, which raises the horror of Ray. In the end, only Ray and Stebins, and Ray are sure that Stebins will win. But the body of Steps is in the end and dies, leaving Ray as a winner.

The film is very different. After the death of STEBINS, the house and Rai continues, along with. While they were swinging forward in the rain towards a crowd, a house was hanging, and plans to sacrifice himself so that Ray could win. But Ray notes this and immediately pulls a house to his feet and insists on continuing together. However, as soon as this happens, opinion Then hanging. Ray already has three warnings at this stage, so the fire was fired immediately in the stomach and collapses. Terrified, a house that is rushed. Ray dies, he says he eventually surrendered because a house has hope for him that Ray is simply does not have, and that Ray has the power to continue. Then the head was shot by the pioneer. In this book, Ray is the only winner, but it is very delirious and disturbed by the long walking experience that he continues to walk, and he is so cheerful that he sees a dark figure in front of him.

In the movie, a house takes upon him to fulfill Ray’s desire. He asks about a pistol, gives one, and indicates the pioneer. The pioneer tries to talk to him, but a house pulls and kills the trigger. Everything goes quiet. Then a house looks on the way in front of him, and the movie ends. This end is more satisfied with the king’s conclusion. It is more destructive to be Ray sacrificing himself after he was the main character of the quantities of the movie, especially as he does this to save the life of a house. We have learned that a house had a much more difficult life than Ray and we want to stay. At the same time, there is an undeniable feeling here. When Ray Pitt told his plan to kill the pioneer, a house against him warned him, saying that he chose love for hatred, and he insisted that nothing good comes from revenge. But in the end, revenge is exactly what a house ends. These changes to King’s book only enhance the material, and turn a great book into something more powerful – And one of the best films of the year.

“The Long Walk” is now in theaters.