Anyone see this trailer yet? Looks like it could be a good one!
http://www.hulu.com/watch/74331/movie-trailers-the-road
http://www.hulu.com/watch/74331/movie-trailers-the-road
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My daughter read The Road for a senior literature class and told me I needed to read it. Thinking this to be just another one of those literature pieces to be pondered by intellects and twisted into some meaningless BS about the degradation of society I resisted reading it. Until one night I asked my daughter for a book to read and The Road is what she gave me. About five hours later and at zero dark thirty in the morning I closed it after reading the last page saying to myself damn that was a good book and very thought provoking. I would certainly recommend reading this book before seeing the movie as there is no way the camera will be able to capture the internal struggle each of the characters must face. Get the book it will damn sure make you think about the "what ifs."
My daughter read The Road for a senior literature class and told me I needed to read it. Thinking this to be just another one of those literature pieces to be pondered by intellects and twisted into some meaningless BS about the degradation of society I resisted reading it. Until one night I asked my daughter for a book to read and The Road is what she gave me. About five hours later and at zero dark thirty in the morning I closed it after reading the last page saying to myself damn that was a good book and very thought provoking. I would certainly recommend reading this book before seeing the movie as there is no way the camera will be able to capture the internal struggle each of the characters must face. Get the book it will damn sure make you think about the "what ifs."
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The film is very well done - not a date flick, FYI
It "generally" follows the book, but adds quite a bit with the wife and changes some of the ending around a bit, but all for the better to make it was as a film pacing-wise. There is a shit ton of visual effects work in there that you'll never recognize - hat's off to Crazy Horse et al who made the film look like the end of the world it's supposed to be.
FYI, it's not a date flick and not for kids. There is a LOT of disturbing shit in there.
The film is very well done - not a date flick, FYI
FYI, it's not a date flick and not for kids. There is a LOT of disturbing shit in there.
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Book is a good read and very thought provoking. My kids and I have always enjoyed what ifing scenerios like this and developing our plan. We are looking forward to seeing the movie and how the producers, screen writers, and director interpret the written word. In addition to cyborgs, zombies, and deceptacons, now we have to plan on dealing with roving bands of cannibals. We may need to enlist some advice on the "best" 20mm weapons system to handle the cyborgs and deceptacons, .50 cal I just don't think is going to get it done.
Book is a good read and very thought provoking. My kids and I have always enjoyed what ifing scenerios like this and developing our plan. We are looking forward to seeing the movie and how the producers, screen writers, and director interpret the written word. In addition to cyborgs, zombies, and deceptacons, now we have to plan on dealing with roving bands of cannibals. We may need to enlist some advice on the "best" 20mm weapons system to handle the cyborgs and deceptacons, .50 cal I just don't think is going to get it done.
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cannibals wouldn't be much different from zombies, IMHO. shoot 'em in the head, take their gear.
cannibals wouldn't be much different from zombies, IMHO. shoot 'em in the head, take their gear.
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Good movie. Saw it last night. Words will not adequately explain the hurt it puts on you. The father-son relationship can be felt much more strongly than in the book and it is this tool -love- that might be this world's most neglected asset.
It is interesting though to consider that every man is walking his own road and along the way there are all sorts of people with all sorts of motives.
Good movie. Saw it last night. Words will not adequately explain the hurt it puts on you. The father-son relationship can be felt much more strongly than in the book and it is this tool -love- that might be this world's most neglected asset.
It is interesting though to consider that every man is walking his own road and along the way there are all sorts of people with all sorts of motives.
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Am on page 199. The worst thing about the story is that it is just people, not zombies or monsters. Makes one wonder what lengths one would go to to survive.
Am on page 199. The worst thing about the story is that it is just people, not zombies or monsters. Makes one wonder what lengths one would go to to survive.
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People will go to any length. I wonder what if the oil gets turned off and on day one the hippies in the big cities cheers "hooray, no war for oil!". And then on day four there is no food in the stores because diesel running trains, trucks, and farm equipment, can move food. Do you think the millions in places like NYC are just going to sit there and die? I'm planning on a "game on" scenario.
Anyway, glad to read the good reviews here as I bought this book for the wife as a Christmas present.
People will go to any length. I wonder what if the oil gets turned off and on day one the hippies in the big cities cheers "hooray, no war for oil!". And then on day four there is no food in the stores because diesel running trains, trucks, and farm equipment, can move food. Do you think the millions in places like NYC are just going to sit there and die? I'm planning on a "game on" scenario.
Anyway, glad to read the good reviews here as I bought this book for the wife as a Christmas present.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dogtown</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What an uplifting and thoughtful gift!
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Yeah, I probably should have explained my wife a little. First, she is a reader. She is also a shooter, martial artist, and is from Israel. Her father was a soldier and is a third degree black belt. She owned four handguns before we met. She has a degree in literature, but also chemistry. She reads Sci-fi. And has the right-wing extremist survival nut gene. Our copy of "No Country for Old Men" (same author) was given to us by a good friend of ours in DEVGRU. The book is right up her alley.
I figure you thought I was pulling a Homer Simpson -- who once gave Marge a bowling ball that Homer Had drilled to fit his hand and fingers!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dogtown</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What an uplifting and thoughtful gift!
Yeah, I probably should have explained my wife a little. First, she is a reader. She is also a shooter, martial artist, and is from Israel. Her father was a soldier and is a third degree black belt. She owned four handguns before we met. She has a degree in literature, but also chemistry. She reads Sci-fi. And has the right-wing extremist survival nut gene. Our copy of "No Country for Old Men" (same author) was given to us by a good friend of ours in DEVGRU. The book is right up her alley.
I figure you thought I was pulling a Homer Simpson -- who once gave Marge a bowling ball that Homer Had drilled to fit his hand and fingers!
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I though it was a good movie. Depressing at times, but overall worth watching.
NOTE: Not suggested for Compulsive Hoarders, since it might trigger uncontrolled desire of stashing huge amounts of food and ammo
I though it was a good movie. Depressing at times, but overall worth watching.
NOTE: Not suggested for Compulsive Hoarders, since it might trigger uncontrolled desire of stashing huge amounts of food and ammo
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Bought it on the recommendations I had read here, and viewed it last night.
Stark and depressing. Well done? Yes, but...
Bought it on the recommendations I had read here, and viewed it last night.
Stark and depressing. Well done? Yes, but...
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***POSSIBLE SPOILERS***
I thought it was realistic in at least several senses:
One - the reality of trying to survive in an environment like that goes beyond having a few extra cans of Dinty Moore in the pantry. If one were to survive the initial devastation, resulting illness and injury, rioting, roving gangs, etc, walking and foraging would be the MO for survival for most people. Of course we don't know exactly what would happen, but if one did survive the initial chaos life would be very bleak, for a very long time. Unless of course you think of the apocalypse as the second coming, etc.
Two - Humans have shown, in modern times, that they are willing to eat each other if times get rough enough. Once you cross that boundary, I think life might take on a different meaning. In that scenario it would not be unthinkable to have some people keeping others in captivity for use as food and entertainment. Again, this is not so far removed from what we see in isolated cases already.
Three - The wife. Many, many people would not be able to survive mentally even if physically they were ok. She suffered for years before walking off. Most people can mentally handle a short period of extreme discomfort, but for long term mental stability they need to see a light at the end of the tunnel. Once the initial shock is over, the days, weeks, months, and years could look very hopeless indeed. It wouldn't be long before most people realized nobody is coming to rescue them. However we humans are ever hopeful. The question is how long would that hope stay alive? That's part of the fire they were carrying.
Overall, I think it's a good movie and one worth watching. We can't always watch Iron Man... and at least it had a somewhat happy ending.
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***POSSIBLE SPOILERS***
I thought it was realistic in at least several senses:
One - the reality of trying to survive in an environment like that goes beyond having a few extra cans of Dinty Moore in the pantry. If one were to survive the initial devastation, resulting illness and injury, rioting, roving gangs, etc, walking and foraging would be the MO for survival for most people. Of course we don't know exactly what would happen, but if one did survive the initial chaos life would be very bleak, for a very long time. Unless of course you think of the apocalypse as the second coming, etc.
Two - Humans have shown, in modern times, that they are willing to eat each other if times get rough enough. Once you cross that boundary, I think life might take on a different meaning. In that scenario it would not be unthinkable to have some people keeping others in captivity for use as food and entertainment. Again, this is not so far removed from what we see in isolated cases already.
Three - The wife. Many, many people would not be able to survive mentally even if physically they were ok. She suffered for years before walking off. Most people can mentally handle a short period of extreme discomfort, but for long term mental stability they need to see a light at the end of the tunnel. Once the initial shock is over, the days, weeks, months, and years could look very hopeless indeed. It wouldn't be long before most people realized nobody is coming to rescue them. However we humans are ever hopeful. The question is how long would that hope stay alive? That's part of the fire they were carrying.
Overall, I think it's a good movie and one worth watching. We can't always watch Iron Man... and at least it had a somewhat happy ending.
/comments
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: platypus</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My daughter read The Road for a senior literature class and told me I needed to read it. Thinking this to be just another one of those literature pieces to be pondered by intellects and twisted into some meaningless BS about the degradation of society I resisted reading it. Until one night I asked my daughter for a book to read and The Road is what she gave me. About five hours later and at zero dark thirty in the morning I closed it after reading the last page saying to myself damn that was a good book and very thought provoking. I would certainly recommend reading this book before seeing the movie as there is no way the camera will be able to capture the internal struggle each of the characters must face. Get the book it will damn sure make you think about the "what ifs." </div></div>
im only going to use the book if you are at my bedside reading it to me.. and dont lie your daughter wrote your review.. hahaha... miss ya brother.. prepare for a hunting trip in sept..
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: platypus</div><div class="ubbcode-body">My daughter read The Road for a senior literature class and told me I needed to read it. Thinking this to be just another one of those literature pieces to be pondered by intellects and twisted into some meaningless BS about the degradation of society I resisted reading it. Until one night I asked my daughter for a book to read and The Road is what she gave me. About five hours later and at zero dark thirty in the morning I closed it after reading the last page saying to myself damn that was a good book and very thought provoking. I would certainly recommend reading this book before seeing the movie as there is no way the camera will be able to capture the internal struggle each of the characters must face. Get the book it will damn sure make you think about the "what ifs." </div></div>
im only going to use the book if you are at my bedside reading it to me.. and dont lie your daughter wrote your review.. hahaha... miss ya brother.. prepare for a hunting trip in sept..
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: AZ15</div><div class="ubbcode-body">***POSSIBLE SPOILERS***
I thought it was realistic in at least several senses:
One - the reality of trying to survive in an environment like that goes beyond having a few extra cans of Dinty Moore in the pantry. If one were to survive the initial devastation, resulting illness and injury, rioting, roving gangs, etc, walking and foraging would be the MO for survival for most people. Of course we don't know exactly what would happen, but if one did survive the initial chaos life would be very bleak, for a very long time. Unless of course you think of the apocalypse as the second coming, etc.
Two - Humans have shown, in modern times, that they are willing to eat each other if times get rough enough. Once you cross that boundary, I think life might take on a different meaning. In that scenario it would not be unthinkable to have some people keeping others in captivity for use as food and entertainment. Again, this is not so far removed from what we see in isolated cases already.
Three - The wife. Many, many people would not be able to survive mentally even if physically they were ok. She suffered for years before walking off. Most people can mentally handle a short period of extreme discomfort, but for long term mental stability they need to see a light at the end of the tunnel. Once the initial shock is over, the days, weeks, months, and years could look very hopeless indeed. It wouldn't be long before most people realized nobody is coming to rescue them. However we humans are ever hopeful. The question is how long would that hope stay alive? That's part of the fire they were carrying.
Overall, I think it's a good movie and one worth watching. We can't always watch Iron Man... and at least it had a somewhat happy ending.
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I agree 100%. I do think the book had more detail and honestly didn't think the book or the movie as being disturbing at all but that might be me. As a writer I think the movie was one of the best books that has been adapted into a movie.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: AZ15</div><div class="ubbcode-body">***POSSIBLE SPOILERS***
I thought it was realistic in at least several senses:
One - the reality of trying to survive in an environment like that goes beyond having a few extra cans of Dinty Moore in the pantry. If one were to survive the initial devastation, resulting illness and injury, rioting, roving gangs, etc, walking and foraging would be the MO for survival for most people. Of course we don't know exactly what would happen, but if one did survive the initial chaos life would be very bleak, for a very long time. Unless of course you think of the apocalypse as the second coming, etc.
Two - Humans have shown, in modern times, that they are willing to eat each other if times get rough enough. Once you cross that boundary, I think life might take on a different meaning. In that scenario it would not be unthinkable to have some people keeping others in captivity for use as food and entertainment. Again, this is not so far removed from what we see in isolated cases already.
Three - The wife. Many, many people would not be able to survive mentally even if physically they were ok. She suffered for years before walking off. Most people can mentally handle a short period of extreme discomfort, but for long term mental stability they need to see a light at the end of the tunnel. Once the initial shock is over, the days, weeks, months, and years could look very hopeless indeed. It wouldn't be long before most people realized nobody is coming to rescue them. However we humans are ever hopeful. The question is how long would that hope stay alive? That's part of the fire they were carrying.
Overall, I think it's a good movie and one worth watching. We can't always watch Iron Man... and at least it had a somewhat happy ending.
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I agree 100%. I do think the book had more detail and honestly didn't think the book or the movie as being disturbing at all but that might be me. As a writer I think the movie was one of the best books that has been adapted into a movie.
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I read the book a few years ago and was worried when they said it would be a movie.
I was very surprised how well it turned out though.
The son and father were actually believable.
Other then missing a few minor details I would saw its the best book to movie adaptation I have seen.
I read the book a few years ago and was worried when they said it would be a movie.
I was very surprised how well it turned out though.
The son and father were actually believable.
Other then missing a few minor details I would saw its the best book to movie adaptation I have seen.
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I picked the book up at the airport a few weeks ago. I read the entire thing on a flight from Dallas to New Jersey. I couldn't put it down. It really grabs you and makes you feel for the characters and makes you ask "what would I do".
I do want to see the movie.
I picked the book up at the airport a few weeks ago. I read the entire thing on a flight from Dallas to New Jersey. I couldn't put it down. It really grabs you and makes you feel for the characters and makes you ask "what would I do".
I do want to see the movie.
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Finally got around to watching this the other night.
Loved it. Will have to read the book. Just kept thinking, man if only you had an ar15 and a couple of mags.
Finally got around to watching this the other night.
Loved it. Will have to read the book. Just kept thinking, man if only you had an ar15 and a couple of mags.
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boring as hell, major disappointment. no action sequences. what a waste it had a good premise but wheres the action? what was going on with the wife...whyd she leave? whyd they run around willy nilly. i dont know because it was so boring i slept thru it.
boring as hell, major disappointment. no action sequences. what a waste it had a good premise but wheres the action? what was going on with the wife...whyd she leave? whyd they run around willy nilly. i dont know because it was so boring i slept thru it.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: marduk185</div><div class="ubbcode-body">boring as hell, major disappointment. no action sequences. what a waste it had a good premise but wheres the action? what was going on with the wife...whyd she leave? whyd they run around willy nilly. i dont know because it was so boring i slept thru it. </div></div>
6/10
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: marduk185</div><div class="ubbcode-body">boring as hell, major disappointment. no action sequences. what a waste it had a good premise but wheres the action? what was going on with the wife...whyd she leave? whyd they run around willy nilly. i dont know because it was so boring i slept thru it. </div></div>
6/10
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I guess if you read the book the things they kind of glaze over in the movie don't bother you as much.
Thinking back on the movie though they should have done more character work with the mom.
I did the the action was on par with reality though, in a real world scenario there would be more hiding then gunfights.
I guess if you read the book the things they kind of glaze over in the movie don't bother you as much.
Thinking back on the movie though they should have done more character work with the mom.
I did the the action was on par with reality though, in a real world scenario there would be more hiding then gunfights.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: varmint6</div><div class="ubbcode-body">well the two video stores by me shut down.
so i guess ill have to buy it cause it sounds pretty good </div></div>
Same here we have lost four within 20 miles.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: varmint6</div><div class="ubbcode-body">well the two video stores by me shut down.
so i guess ill have to buy it cause it sounds pretty good </div></div>
Same here we have lost four within 20 miles.
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Read the book, and saw the movie.
If you really like the "what will happen after the SHTF" this isn't the best treatment, eithr book or movie.
"Lucifer's Hammer" explores lots of themes within the general "EOTWAWKI" genre.
Not just one group (dad and kid) that ekes out a dying living, but people who are doing well, people who actually pull things together, people who rampage, and pillage, etc.
Next, an out of print book, "False Dawn" by Chelsea Quinn Yarborough, follows a woman who starts in Chico Ca, and ends up south of Lake Tahoe. Bad guys abound, and lots of action.
"Earth Abides" Weak on action, but interesting how the author explores a group of people who expect the lights and water to keep running, and how it impacts them when things stop a year after the SHTF.
"The Road" was OK, but I would have done things a lot differently in the main character's shoes. There were too many points in the book, where I thought it was clear the author did not have factual knowledge of how people behave under these scenarios. There is enough material in recent and ancient times, in Africa, Europe, and China in near exact conditions. Since the author doesn't spell out what happened, you can choose, and there are enough scenarios closely related to apply.
For instance, consider surviving, with your family, in the conditions that existed in Belgian Congo, in the 50's or in a German Concentration camp, or the Gulag Archipelago.
Consider surviving under conditions that the American Indians had to when under siege in the early 1800's. Not then even, take those conditions, and survive them NOW.
There are scenarios aplenty to stretch one's mind.
Read the book, and saw the movie.
If you really like the "what will happen after the SHTF" this isn't the best treatment, eithr book or movie.
"Lucifer's Hammer" explores lots of themes within the general "EOTWAWKI" genre.
Not just one group (dad and kid) that ekes out a dying living, but people who are doing well, people who actually pull things together, people who rampage, and pillage, etc.
Next, an out of print book, "False Dawn" by Chelsea Quinn Yarborough, follows a woman who starts in Chico Ca, and ends up south of Lake Tahoe. Bad guys abound, and lots of action.
"Earth Abides" Weak on action, but interesting how the author explores a group of people who expect the lights and water to keep running, and how it impacts them when things stop a year after the SHTF.
"The Road" was OK, but I would have done things a lot differently in the main character's shoes. There were too many points in the book, where I thought it was clear the author did not have factual knowledge of how people behave under these scenarios. There is enough material in recent and ancient times, in Africa, Europe, and China in near exact conditions. Since the author doesn't spell out what happened, you can choose, and there are enough scenarios closely related to apply.
For instance, consider surviving, with your family, in the conditions that existed in Belgian Congo, in the 50's or in a German Concentration camp, or the Gulag Archipelago.
Consider surviving under conditions that the American Indians had to when under siege in the early 1800's. Not then even, take those conditions, and survive them NOW.
There are scenarios aplenty to stretch one's mind.
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I haven't bothered to watch the movie, but I thought the book was terrible.
My personal theory is that MOST people agree with me, but are just afraid to go against all of the praise. Seriously, this just didn't do anything for me.
I haven't bothered to watch the movie, but I thought the book was terrible.
My personal theory is that MOST people agree with me, but are just afraid to go against all of the praise. Seriously, this just didn't do anything for me.
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Hankpac,
I will have to try those books.
It does make you wonder how most people would deal with this kind of scenario though.
Hankpac,
I will have to try those books.
It does make you wonder how most people would deal with this kind of scenario though.
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I thought it was a good book and the movie was OK. If your looking for an action book/movie this isn't it. If your looking for a good story about a couple peoples will to survive what is basically an extinction level event this is pretty ok.
The book drags on, painfully in some points, because thats how the life of the two main characters is. Dragging and unending. Always searching, usually in vain, for food and shelter. With a goal in mind that is most likely bullshit anyhow. But it shows that hope and a goal, no matter how small, can make the will to survive flourish.
The wife gave up hope, she couldn't deal with the new reality and didn't want to be a part of it. She lost her will to live and went off into the night to die.
Alot of guys read it and think in terms of directly after a large attack or SHTF scenario. Its pretty clear that the book takes place 7-10 years after a nuclear war during nuclear winter.
Maybe there was some fighting between the masses for the first couple of years after the bombings. But once food runs out, and the ammunition runs out, and theres no possibility of growing anything new. Then what happens?
I thought it was a good book and the movie was OK. If your looking for an action book/movie this isn't it. If your looking for a good story about a couple peoples will to survive what is basically an extinction level event this is pretty ok.
The book drags on, painfully in some points, because thats how the life of the two main characters is. Dragging and unending. Always searching, usually in vain, for food and shelter. With a goal in mind that is most likely bullshit anyhow. But it shows that hope and a goal, no matter how small, can make the will to survive flourish.
The wife gave up hope, she couldn't deal with the new reality and didn't want to be a part of it. She lost her will to live and went off into the night to die.
Alot of guys read it and think in terms of directly after a large attack or SHTF scenario. Its pretty clear that the book takes place 7-10 years after a nuclear war during nuclear winter.
Maybe there was some fighting between the masses for the first couple of years after the bombings. But once food runs out, and the ammunition runs out, and theres no possibility of growing anything new. Then what happens?
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watched the movie last nite
would have to agree if you are a hoarder this is probably not the movie to see.
but i know acouple of people ill put this dvd on there christmas list just to boost the economy.
lmao
watched the movie last nite
would have to agree if you are a hoarder this is probably not the movie to see.
but i know acouple of people ill put this dvd on there christmas list just to boost the economy.
lmao
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bcw1284</div><div class="ubbcode-body">cannibals wouldn't be much different from zombies, IMHO. shoot 'em in the head, take their gear. </div></div>
You forgot to take a hind-quarter for later.
I read this book a few months ago and couldn't put it down. I'm looking forward to seeing the movie.
CW
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bcw1284</div><div class="ubbcode-body">cannibals wouldn't be much different from zombies, IMHO. shoot 'em in the head, take their gear. </div></div>
You forgot to take a hind-quarter for later.
I read this book a few months ago and couldn't put it down. I'm looking forward to seeing the movie.
CW
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: AZ15</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That's part of the fire they were carrying.</div></div>
You obviously get it. Spoiler indeed. When early man first built fire and saw his image cast upon the wall of the cave, there were some that were afraid and others that became deeply curious about where their existence would carry them. You belong to the latter. MOST of the people that I know that didn't like the book, if they were honest with themselves, cannot read. Dickens, Dostoevsky, Balzac, and Plato: must be idiots. The movie only lacked the power of personally read words, which allow one's own mind to conjure images incredibly more shocking than a film. (Except for maybe the scene where Pesci and his brother get beaten nearly to death in the cornfield in Casino.)
This little light of mine. I'm going to let it shine.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: AZ15</div><div class="ubbcode-body">That's part of the fire they were carrying.</div></div>
You obviously get it. Spoiler indeed. When early man first built fire and saw his image cast upon the wall of the cave, there were some that were afraid and others that became deeply curious about where their existence would carry them. You belong to the latter. MOST of the people that I know that didn't like the book, if they were honest with themselves, cannot read. Dickens, Dostoevsky, Balzac, and Plato: must be idiots. The movie only lacked the power of personally read words, which allow one's own mind to conjure images incredibly more shocking than a film. (Except for maybe the scene where Pesci and his brother get beaten nearly to death in the cornfield in Casino.)
This little light of mine. I'm going to let it shine.
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The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (formerly novel) is not just given away like those Peace Prizes. Cormac McCarthy joins ranks with Robert Penn Warren, Updike, Faulkner, Hemingway, Eudora Welty, Harper Lee...
The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (formerly novel) is not just given away like those Peace Prizes. Cormac McCarthy joins ranks with Robert Penn Warren, Updike, Faulkner, Hemingway, Eudora Welty, Harper Lee...
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Watched it last night. I liked it, but will probably not buy it.
Charlize Theron walking out into the cold night to die. . . that was a waste
Watched it last night. I liked it, but will probably not buy it.
Charlize Theron walking out into the cold night to die. . . that was a waste
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Words will not adequately explain the hurt it puts on you. </div></div>
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Words will not adequately explain the hurt it puts on you. </div></div>
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Re: "The Road"
I can't speak to what the book revealed but I do not think it was a nuclear event that devastated the world, more likely a geological event possibly caused by an asteroid or perhaps a mega volcano like the Yellowstone caldera. The movie had brief clues such as continuous minor earthquakes, signs of tsunami with boats washed up onto obviously dry land,ash induced winter and signs of massive devastating wildfires. They also didn't seem to have any water radioactivity issues to worry about.
While deeply disturbing it was a good movie.
To all, significance of cut off thumbs to-wards the end???
JM2C
I can't speak to what the book revealed but I do not think it was a nuclear event that devastated the world, more likely a geological event possibly caused by an asteroid or perhaps a mega volcano like the Yellowstone caldera. The movie had brief clues such as continuous minor earthquakes, signs of tsunami with boats washed up onto obviously dry land,ash induced winter and signs of massive devastating wildfires. They also didn't seem to have any water radioactivity issues to worry about.
While deeply disturbing it was a good movie.
To all, significance of cut off thumbs to-wards the end???
JM2C
Re: "The Road"
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: drmarc</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
While deeply disturbing it was a good movie.
To all, significance of cut off thumbs to-wards the end???
JM2C </div></div>
I think the cut off thumbs, though never really stated, were done as punishment of some sort. Perhaps for stealing from some group.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: drmarc</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
While deeply disturbing it was a good movie.
To all, significance of cut off thumbs to-wards the end???
JM2C </div></div>
I think the cut off thumbs, though never really stated, were done as punishment of some sort. Perhaps for stealing from some group.
Re: "The Road"
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What if it started with a large oil spill that turned the waters of the world black? </div></div>
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Forty-One</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What if it started with a large oil spill that turned the waters of the world black? </div></div>
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