This was a very hard movie to finish. Almost nothing interesting occurred. I really would have liked to see more of the world. It felt like 90% of the film took place on a never ending road in the middle of desolate country. This would have been fine if something was happening but the entire movie was nothing but a father and son walking aimlessly. The movie definitely conveyed a drab and bleak atmosphere but it also felt very confined. Visually, i never felt like i was observing a story that was taking place in a post apocalyptic world. Other than the scene where the father and son take refuge in the well stocked bunker i was bored out of my mind. Nothing of interest or consequence ever happen in the movie. I did like the message of survival and strength but even that went no where. I really liked how the movie ended but because the rest of the film was so empty it felt incredibly anti-climactic.
Originally posted by Robtard
Old man wearing cardboard for shoes they meet on the road. Make-up was great, didn't recognize it was Duval until after a few minutes.
Indeed. Duvall had to say a few lines before I recognized that classic Duvall speaking ways...
I enjoyed his character.
Also, there was plenty of time to incorporate the catamite/food thing. I don't understand why they cut that out.
Well shit. The DVD just came today from Netflix and I was excited because I had thought that they would include the baby on the spit scene as a deleted scene, since it was filmed but just left out of the final film because the director thought it was too much.
But no, it's not even a deleted scene. The director apparently doesn't want anyone to see the scene. I wish they had gotten another director. One who was willing to show the grimness and viciousness of the world of the story, which was so important to the story and is a big reason why the movie doesn't work nearly as well as the book.
Yeah, the film was depressing; only a slight glimmer of something resembling hope. But the book was grimmer, and also I think more hopeful. I felt like the movie played it a little safe and it lacked the prose (obviously) that makes McCarthy's book so good.
In the end, I just keep thinking the same classic thing about adaptations - "the book was better."
Unlike No Country for Old Men; in that case the film was just as good, if not better, than the novel. But I'm afraid with the Road that just isn't the case.
I really liked this movie. The movie was actually truely inspiring, unlike many other films that set out to be inspiring and fail. The father character was great, did the film do a good job of capturing his essence?The little boy seemed decent to me, and Mortensen was great. Probably the best Post-Apocalyptic movie I’ve seen in years.
I've never read the book , and wonder if the fans of the novel think the movie is absolute shit. I can understand claims that the movie did not capture the mood of the book as readers saw it, as I feel this way about the Trilogy of The Rings movies. For really good books, there is probably no way that a film can capture the emotional investment and influence that books give you.
Originally posted by Blinky
I really liked this movie. The movie was actually truely inspiring, unlike many other films that set out to be inspiring and fail. The father character was great, did the film do a good job of capturing his essence?The little boy seemed decent to me, and Mortensen was great. Probably the best Post-Apocalyptic movie I’ve seen in years.I've never read the book , and wonder if the fans of the novel think the movie is absolute shit. I can understand claims that the movie did not capture the mood of the book as readers saw it, as I feel this way about the Trilogy of The Rings movies. For really good books, there is probably no way that a film can capture the emotional investment and influence that books give you.
Granted, I think that if I saw the film before reading the book then I would've liked the film more than I do....But really...Just...read the book.
You'll understand the criticisms once you do.
Survival is the ultimate motif of the Cormack McCarthy Pulitzer The Road. And so too is the film adaptation, faithful to the original while adding what McCarthy can't—the actualization of a landscape barren of life and humans barren of humanity. Then again, the film's failure is being even bleaker than the source, a testimony to the power of the imagination.
Originally posted by jinXed by JaNxPretty much. LOL @ cannibalism.
This was a very hard movie to finish. Almost nothing interesting occurred. I really would have liked to see more of the world. It felt like 90% of the film took place on a never ending road in the middle of desolate country. This would have been fine if something was happening but the entire movie was nothing but a father and son walking aimlessly. The movie definitely conveyed a drab and bleak atmosphere but it also felt very confined. Visually, i never felt like i was observing a story that was taking place in a post apocalyptic world. Other than the scene where the father and son take refuge in the well stocked bunker i was bored out of my mind. Nothing of interest or consequence ever happen in the movie. I did like the message of survival and strength but even that went no where. I really liked how the movie ended but because the rest of the film was so empty it felt incredibly anti-climactic.