The Road

[TLH]

Spill.com is VERY reliable. I love that they loved it.

Regarding the theater release, it's limited for now. It will expand. My city has it showing at one theater. I'm seeing it Sunday. I'll let you know my thoughts. I love the book and its poetic prose.

 

[omid17]

yea i wanted to check this movie out today but none of my theaters carried it

 

[SPIDERMAN117]

spill.com is very reliable. I love that they loved it.

regarding the theater release, it's limited for now. It will expand. My city has it showing at one theater. I'm seeing it sunday. I'll let you know my thoughts. I love the book and its poetic prose.

qft

 

[redhawk23]

the spill crew are the only critics i trust, i don't know many critics seem to rip on films for the sake of ripping on them, the people on spill actually seem to want a movie to be good rather than rooting for it to fail

 

[omid17]

spill review was awesome

i watched D9 after their audio review and it turned out to be one of my favorite films of all time

 

[Darthphere]

It's pretty odd to see all this positive buzz around this movie when I clearly remember people hating it a few months ago.

 

[omid17]

people were hating it?

 

[Darthphere]

Go back to early in this thread and see some negative early buzz.

 

[omid17]

Go back to early in this thread and see some negative early buzz.

damn

anyway after hearing the spill review, i really want to read this book, guess the book is a little better than the film and the movie ending might be a little different too

 

[Dark Victory]

damn

anyway after hearing the spill review, i really want to read this book, guess the book is a little better than the film and the movie ending might be a little different too

I loved it, but it's definitely not for everybody. A lot of my friends were put off by its repetitive and bleak nature. It was also just too much for some people. I've read that a few gratuitous moments were left out so if the film was incredibly heavy for you, I wouldn't reccommend reading the book.

 

[Project862006]

by bleak is that in the same vein as that movie blindness that movie was depressing

 

[Dark Victory]

by bleak is that in the same vein as that movie blindness that movie was depressing

Yes. By bleak, I basically mean depressing and heavy to an extreme extent in some sequences.

 

[omid17]

I loved it, but it's definitely not for everybody. A lot of my friends were put off by its repetitive and bleak nature. It was also just too much for some people. I've read that a few gratuitous moments were left out so if the film was incredibly heavy for you, I wouldn't reccommend reading the book.

im cool with that, i heard they filmed a scene where[BLACKOUT] i think a baby is getting eatin by cannibals[/BLACKOUT] but didn't add it too the movie maby they'll put it in the dvd

 

[Dark Victory]

im cool with that, i heard they filmed a scene where[BLACKOUT] i think a baby is getting eatin by cannibals[/BLACKOUT] but didn't add it too the movie maby they'll put it in the dvd

I'm not sure if that scene was even filmed at all.

 

[omid17]

I'm not sure if that scene was even filmed at all.

damn i really want to read it, i heard the movie ending might be a little different from the book

 

[Dark Victory]

damn i really want to read it, i heard the movie ending might be a little different from the book

I've just listened to the Spill.com review and it was supposedly filmed, but left out. Hopefully, like you said, it'll be on the dvd.

 

[omid17]

I've just listened to the Spill.com review and it was supposedly filmed, but left out. Hopefully, like you said, it'll be on the dvd.

hopefully, sounds like the movie will be good too

 

[danoyse]

A critic on my local news seemed absolutely horrified that they would release this movie on a holiday weekend. He really seemed disturbed by it. The other news anchor just added "Well, the book was tough too..."

I'm looking forward to seeing it. The book was amazing.

 

[omid17]

so are they goin to be releasing it to more theaters? i can't find any around here that carry it

 

[Shifty]

I didn't find it that depressing like they guys from spill.com said. Viggo will likely get an Oscar nom, certainly one of the better post-apocalyptic movies and one of the best of the year.

[BLACKOUT]So many characters are killed or died on TV or in films but The Man's death is probably the one death I didn't want to see happen. I didn't want to see such a great character go. I would've watched another two films with him in it. The Boy was getting on my nerves, I know he meant well but his voice was just too whiny and he needs to know that when to be nice and when to not be.[/BLACKOUT]

 

[redhawk23]

from what i hear some of the early screenings actually had the baby on the spit, but it wasn't recieved well

 

[TLH]

Okay, just got back...what a movie. It's intense as hell and emotionally draining, extremely bleak and visually stunning. There are some amazing voiceover sequences with Viggo, and all the walk-on cameos are well acted. The score is actually very effective and definitely a positive attribute of the movie.

Some parts of this movie were just heartbreaking. The scene with The Thief is brutally hard to watch.

 

[xmenfilesfan05]

I saw the film yesterday and if you thought the book was good, you'll think the same of the film as far as I'm concerned. No, it's not a happy story, it's bleak and gray and heart-wrenching at times, but that was the nature of it. It's those little peaks at hopefulness that made this story (book and film) the great thing that it is. I came home and said, off all the "films from book" creations out there, this is by far the most faithful and honest of them all. Otherwise the movie would falter. But in my opinion it didn't. It really moved beyond and became real. I read the book two years ago and yet the world the film portrayed was completely true. When viewing, it strips you down, makes you feel helpless at times and yet when those moments of fairness come forth, it's because of the draining effect that you feel almost elated. Great book, great movie.

 

[Midnyte_Sun]

I watched it last night and I have to say it was impressive, but the only thing that dissapointed me was the ending. I guess I'm used to seeing a conclusion, but it ended too abruptly for my taste. [blackout]Having the boy picked up by another group of wanderers (who seem to have enough food to feed a dog as well as two kids) seemed kind of a cop out to me. [/blackout]

[BLACKOUT]I thought the first half was the story of the boy and his father, and the 2nd half would be the boy on his own, which would have made a great story in itself.[/BLACKOUT]

This movie just didn't seem complete to me.

 

[omid17]

Roasted Baby on Spit Was 'Too Much' for 'Road' Director

http://www.popeater.com/2009/11/25/the-road-baby-scene/