The Road

I do hope you're right, asteroid strike sounds the best, considering how the book described the landscape.

I noticed that too, they were also not as filthy in some parts, so I take it time is passing and things are getting worse and worse. Though the novel pretty much had things all rotted and decomposed,

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as several years had passed before they went on their journey

Possible, but it looked like a bunch or mega-storms from the trailer. I'd accept either that or the asteroid as following the book best.

You will be pleased to know the Charlize Theron scenes are dream sequences/flashbacks according to another review I read.

Robtard is please, as the book was great, so the closer they follow the book, the greater greatness of this film.

Sorry can't be arsed to look back if already said, but apparently the weather/distruction footage at the start of the trailer is only for the trailer, will not be in the film for some reason. I read.

Good...I don't want any crap explanation.

Just saw the preview.

I think, Robtard, that I may have to take your advice and actually read the book.

You should...It's ace.

Originally posted by dadudemon
Just saw the preview.

I think, Robtard, that I may have to take your advice and actually read the book.

WTF are you waiting for, my advice is solid, always is. After you're done with that one, pick of World War Z, another good book and it's being made into film.

BTW, I know I told you this before, but Road will especially **** with you, since you're a father. Have fun reading.

Originally posted by MildPossession
Sorry can't be arsed to look back if already said, but apparently the weather/distruction footage at the start of the trailer is only for the trailer, will not be in the film for some reason. I read.

Thank God. Having that in the film would greatly hinder the power. The mystery of the disaster is paramount to the power of the story. There should not be any footage at all in the film.

As far as the trailer, I'm not going to start casting judgment based on a 2 minute spot, but I didn't like that they seemed to be trying to pace it as a thriller/action story, when it's really anything but. Of course, trailers are infamous for implying things about a film that are completely untrue, so we'll see.

I do really like the look of it, though. Very gray and despairing which is great. And like Robtard it was very amazing to see a few segments directly from the book in the trailer.

Oh and I really liked the music.

As far as the cause of the disaster, I seem to remember reading something where McCarthy himself said something along the lines of "we did it to ourselves". Which would fit with the theme of the book, since it paints humanity as a very ugly and grotesque bunch, for the most part.

Originally posted by BackFire

As far as the cause of the disaster, I seem to remember reading something where McCarthy himself said something along the lines of "we did it to ourselves". Which would fit with the theme of the book, since it paints humanity as a very ugly and grotesque bunch, for the most part.

Bit of an ambiguous thing to say really. Climate change wouldn't really explain the ash...Nuclear war and the cities would be far more totalled and the ash would be nuclear fallout meaning they'd have been dead long before.

Still. It's not really worth speculating anyway. I'd prefer it to be unexplained.

Frankly, I bet McCarthy himself never really figured out exactly what happened. He probably just came up with the idea and theme of the story and went with it adding all sorts of effects from a number of different possible scenarios to make the atmosphere as rich and detailed as possible.

But really, yeah, it's not really all that important what caused it.

but I didn't like that they seemed to be trying to pace it as a thriller/action story, when it's really anything but. Of course, trailers are infamous for implying things about a film that are completely untrue, so we'll see.

It's been said, but people who have seen it have said the trailer is quite misleading. I too liked the music used in the trailer, will have to find to download. 🙂

Oo saw another review in the newspapers today from a critic who saw it at the Venice film festival, gave it four out of five.

Oh, found it:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/sep/03/the-road-adaptation-cormac-mccarthy

Dimension Films just announced that the post-apocalyptic has been pushed one month later than originally planned for a November 25th release.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mopKOdrjspg

A song from the OST. Beautiful.

That's a beautiful piece. Good to see the two are doing the whole score. Reminds me of Spiegel im Spiegel by Arvo Part.

I'm keeping a close eye on this movie....now where is the nearest bookstore.

I'm kinda bummed, I just read that the

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baby on the spit

Originally posted by BackFire
I'm kinda bummed, I just read that the

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baby on the spit

scene is not in the final film.

I figured that would be case after reading the book. They'll no doubt be aiming for a 15 release and so some of the scenes from the book simply wouldn't make it in. That one being the most extreme example.

I have a feeling you wont see all of the detail from one of the scenes shown briefly in the trailer. Namely the basement of the house and the man lying on the floor

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with his legs cut off and caurterized