It’s definitely a flawed film but it produced emotion and did move me. The end is a real punch in the guts. It’s like a great ‘B’ movie maybe. They made some changes from the novel and I think they were a mistake:
spoiler
The major is elevated to a supreme leader,
Garrety’s reason for going is much weaker, the end is changed (though I like the new ending)
We don’t really get a strong sense of the physical suffering. The first third of the film is weakest I think but it improves from there. I appreciate that they hold focus on the walk, in fact we almost never look away from it. It did create interesting moments where we know a walker will die in the background and the others must keep walking, some interesting tension and reactions.
Some of the gore seemed just for gore’s sake though. The deaths are senseless and shocking in their own right. I would watch it again if comes to streaming.
I’m ok with it being ambiguous I think! Reminds me of the end of High Noon. Mcvries has done what he had to and now he’s off to something new (death maybe!)
Yes absolutely agree… I swear I heard another gunshot though but my mate thought it was fireworks. That makes it even more ambiguous. David Jonsson stole thr film for me he deserves an oscar
It’s definitely a flawed film but it produced emotion and did move me. The end is a real punch in the guts. It’s like a great ‘B’ movie maybe. They made some changes from the novel and I think they were a mistake:
spoiler
The major is elevated to a supreme leader, Garrety’s reason for going is much weaker, the end is changed (though I like the new ending)
We don’t really get a strong sense of the physical suffering. The first third of the film is weakest I think but it improves from there. I appreciate that they hold focus on the walk, in fact we almost never look away from it. It did create interesting moments where we know a walker will die in the background and the others must keep walking, some interesting tension and reactions.
Some of the gore seemed just for gore’s sake though. The deaths are senseless and shocking in their own right. I would watch it again if comes to streaming.
Excellent analysis! Do you think Mcvries died? My reading was he did but other people have a different view. I fucking hope he lived.
I’m ok with it being ambiguous I think! Reminds me of the end of High Noon. Mcvries has done what he had to and now he’s off to something new (death maybe!)
Yes absolutely agree… I swear I heard another gunshot though but my mate thought it was fireworks. That makes it even more ambiguous. David Jonsson stole thr film for me he deserves an oscar