The Road

The Road

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The Road

Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Guy Pearce, Garret Dillahunt

From Cormac McCarthy, author of NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, comes the highly anticipated big screen adaptation of the beloved, best-selling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, THE ROAD. Academy Award-nomine...( read more  read more... )e Viggo Mortensen leads an all-star cast featuring Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce and young newcomer Kodi Smit-McPhee in this epic post-apocalyptic tale of the survival of a father (Mortsensen) and his young son (Smit-McPhee) as they journey across a barren America that was destroyed by a mysterious cataclysm. A masterpiece adventure, THE ROAD boldly imagines a future in which men are pushed to the worst and the best that they are capable of—a future in which a father and his son are sustained by love.

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  • December 27, 2009
    In a post-apocalyptic world, I imagine there would be little joy or happiness to be found. The world would be bleak and unforgiving on those who survived (assuming any survivors would remain.) The bond between family would be reinforced; but it would also hang on a fragile thread...( read more). In essence, the world as we know it would end for everyone--including those who still live.

    The Road is the latest film in a string of these post-doomsday features that present this pessimistic premise as a plausibility. The difference with this movie is that it does not, in any way, rely on computer-generated imagery; gimmicks or visual tricks; and definitely not on any sort of world-wide, slice-of-life showcases. It follows the life of, primarily, two characters willing themselves to survive in a world that really isn't worth living in anymore.

    Viggo Mortensen plays the dismayed father of a young boy with his he travels. After the unnamed catastrophe that ensued and ended their world, they must move out of their home due to predatory, mercenary-type humans that have lost their humanity and are out to hunt and harvest others as food and prey. They travel along a road, which sometimes leads them into more trouble and obstacles than if they'd stayed off the path.

    The movie is really an examination of the way we, as humankind, would react or would descend into barbarism if this scenario were a real-life one. All semblance of dignity would be lost or overshadowed by a voracious, primal urge and instinct to survive at all costs. Some good would still remain (as is encountered in a few characters along this road the two travel.) But much more peril and fright would have to be experienced in order to reach any sort of rewarding conclusion.

    The film itself is much too stark in tone for the casual viewer. But for those who are a bit more patient with pacing and who aren't expecting an action-esque, Will Smithified version of the apocalypse, this movie might deliver some genuine nuggets of realism and cinematic resonance. In the end, the brilliant performances by the film's two main actors, despite their greatness, isn't enough to lift this movie from the low valley of misery and loathing it has created for itself. There is simply not enough hope to look forward to or be rewarded with during the entire story arc of this film.
  • December 9, 2009
    This is such a pedestrian thing to say, but God, the book was so much better.

    More later
  • December 8, 2009
    * Thoughts in a bit
  • December 4, 2009
    Bleak, depressing road movie based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Cormac McCarthy about survivors of the apocalypse . With only the slightest hair of a story, this film is a fascinating study of the strong bond between a father and son. Actors Viggo Mortensen and Kodi S...( read more)mit-McPhee who play the central pair, are compelling and elevate what could have just been just a variation of 28 Days Later. The pacing can be extremely lethargic at times, but for those who are willing to be drawn in by the hypnotic gloom of this post apocalyptic world, the rewards are substantial.
  • November 30, 2009
    The thinking man/woman's post-apocalyptic film.
    While the biological, geological and structural devestation is ever present and ominous, the film focuses mainly on the deeper horror of such an event; the social, psychological and physical deterioration of society,
    This film is ...( read more)Intense, bleak and at times horrific. But always deeply thought provoking and very complex to spite it's simplicity.
    WIth the exception of Mortensen and Smith-McPhee, screen time is minimal for the rest of the cast. But everyone does a really good job with the time that they have and over all the acting is pretty amazing.
    One of those films that you will think (and talk) about for awhile after seeing it.
  • December 27, 2009
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  • December 27, 2009
    no nothing just interested...
  • December 26, 2009
    A decent movie that was lack luster. It had the potential, but it lacked something. The movie was indeed about the bond between father and son, yet why did I leave the matinee unsatisfied about the movie. I haven't read the book, but I am sure it was better as it went into more d...( read more)etail about everything.
  • December 26, 2009
    I'm gonna start out rite away and say I never read the book ater seeing the film I really want to read the book because im not sure this movie did it justice I did like the way the end of the world looked and Mortensen did A fine job in the movie but it felt weak at some points l...( read more)eft more to desire when watching some scenes and felt like this could have been an Epic but didnt quite reach it hard to explain really it is worth A rent at least
  • December 26, 2009
    very good story about a father protecting his son.

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