Anyone catch the movie 'The Road'?

[JulesMaximus]

We have 3 months of free Showtime through Directv and I caught this last night. Christ what a depressing movie.

If you like depressing end of the world/apocolypse type movies then this is a must see.

 

[tooriski]

saw it a while back, good move. but yeh depressing.

 

[LordMorpheus]

Book is also very good. Very austere prose, which really sets the tone.

I've actually not seen the movie yet, but it's on the list.

 

[Pheran]

Yeah, I saw it. I liked it but it is incredibly bleak. I mean we are talking "Requiem for a Dream" bleak, so definitely not something to watch if you are looking for a feel-good movie.

 

[purbeast0]

yea very depressing. there was apparently a scene in the book where some people were "pig roasting" an infant, to eat for food obviously, and was actually filmed for the movie, however they didn't actually put it in.

 

[rudder]

If you are depressed and suicidal... don't watch this movie.

 

[Blackjack200]

Yeah, I saw it. I liked it but it is incredibly bleak. I mean we are talking "Requiem for a Dream" bleak, so definitely not something to watch if you are looking for a feel-good movie.

Requiem for a Dream was actually a decent movie though. The Road was just horrible.

 

[nick1985]

The book is great. I actually thought the movie was pretty close to the book, which is rare.

 

[Aharami]

yea. good movie

 

[nick1985]

The Road was just horrible.

ur stupid

 

[Possessed Freak]

The road is about un-named protagonists against an un-named apocalypse while they travel down an un-named road. If the author felt the story was strong enough to not need these details, so be it. But I found it hard to try to connect and was just left with a billion questions (mostly related to what kind of apocalypse happened and the fallout of this).

 

[nick1985]

The road is about un-named protagonists against an un-named apocalypse while they travel down an un-named road. If the author felt the story was strong enough to not need these details, so be it. But I found it hard to try to connect and was just left with a billion questions (mostly related to what kind of apocalypse happened and the fallout of this).

What caused the apocalypse had no effect on the story.

Just pretend it was an A-bomb and they were on route 66.

It doesn't matter.


*edit*

My ex-GF read the book with me. She hated it because of the things you mentioned. This is when I realized she was a stupid wise and beautiful woman. I dumped her shortley thereafter.

 

[Gooberlx2]

(mostly related to what kind of apocalypse happened and the fallout of this).

It's nice to leave that to imagination though. One gets to speculate about what could have caused such an apocaplyse. I lean towards an impact event or supervolcanoe.

 

[KeithTalent]

Great movie. I did find the kid somewhat annoying, but I thought it felt like a very good representation of how the apocalypse could feel, at least in my mind.

KT

 

[KeithTalent]

The road is about un-named protagonists against an un-named apocalypse while they travel down an un-named road. If the author felt the story was strong enough to not need these details, so be it. But I found it hard to try to connect and was just left with a billion questions (mostly related to what kind of apocalypse happened and the fallout of this).

It's irrelevant to the story at hand.

KT

 

[nick1985]

It's nice to leave that to imagination though. One gets to speculate about what could have caused such an apocaplyse. I lean towards an impact event or supervolcanoe.

IIRC, in the book it mentions early on about weather patterns changing.

 

[Blackjack200]

IIRC, in the book it mentions early on about weather patterns changing.

Must have been anthropogenic global warming. In that case, the book is probably an accurate portrayal of what life will be like in 5 years.

 

[nick1985]

Must have been anthropogenic global warming. In that case, the book is probably an accurate portrayal of what life will be like in 5 years.

lol :awe:

 

[Lifted]

It's irrelevant to the story at hand.

KT

But fairly obvious it was the Rapture.

 

[torpid]

The movie was a lot more depressing than the novel; mostly because there were more scenes of tenderness between father and son, and a lot of internalized stuff of a similar nature. I usually prefer movies to novels because I like to draw my own conclusions about things and movies tend to leave more open to interpretation. In this case, I felt the novel was better because it was more hopeful and allegorical.

 

[Gooberlx2]

But fairly obvious it was the Rapture.

:hmm: Not sure if serious.

I mean, it's as valid an interpretation of the event as anything else, but I certainly didn't see any religious overtones in the story.

 

[JoeBleed]

I liked it for the most part. I got tired of the kid though. And i don't think i could find myself as trustworthy as the guy tried to be due to the kid.

 

[JulesMaximus]

I liked it for the most part. I got tired of the kid though. And i don't think i could find myself as trustworthy as the guy tried to be due to the kid.

What do you mean? You would compromise your ethics? He kind of did at the end when he took the clothes of that guy who stole their stuff and left him standing there in the cold naked.

 

[Pheran]

It's nice to leave that to imagination though. One gets to speculate about what could have caused such an apocaplyse. I lean towards an impact event or supervolcanoe.

Yeah, after watching I concluded that the most likely scenarios were either large-scale nuclear war, a supervolcanic eruption or a large asteroid impact.

But fairly obvious it was the Rapture.

I don't know how you pulled that out of your butt, it's not obvious at all.

My main problem with the movie was his decision to leave the fallout shelter just based on some animal snuffling around. That seemed quite stupid to me. Perhaps it was described better in the book, but even if someone was coming back, that place was worth defending.

 

[Andy22]

papa,papa,papa,papa,papa,papa,papa

PS Great movie