The Road, new film out later this year.

Kentucky Fried Panda · Post by **Kentucky Fried Panda** » 09 Jun 2008, 19:04

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the cinema...

The Road

peakprepper · Post by **peakprepper** » 09 Jun 2008, 19:48

I read the book a few months back. I bought it on the basis that several readers on PO.com and DODGY TAX AVOIDERS said how good and un-putdownable it was.

I was however severely disappointed, and really had to make an effort to get through it, let alone finish it.

I think more than anything, it was the writing style which really put me off, particularly the narrative.

Films based on books are usually not as good as the book itself, but I suspect that this is one of those books which will however make a brilliant film if properly directed.

PS - If anyone wants to buy a "like new" copy of the book, please PM me!

Bandidoz · Post by **Bandidoz** » 09 Jun 2008, 20:06

Cool, I'll look out for this - thanks for the heads-up.

Erik · Post by **Erik** » 09 Jun 2008, 22:56

peakprepper wrote:I was however severely disappointed, and really had to make an effort to get through it, let alone finish it.

I think more than anything, it was the writing style which really put me off, particularly the narrative.

Just a question of personal taste I suppose, but I was really moved by The Road and have since gone on to explore other work by Cormac McCarthy. They all seem to be such lonely, desperate, heartbreakingly honest affairs, loaded with a tension that builds up out of almost nothing. Can't get enough, me!

peakprepper wrote:I suspect that this is one of those books which will however make a brilliant film

I agree. The Road could make for a great cinematic experience. The sort of film you'd want David Lynch to work on.

Kentucky Fried Panda · Post by **Kentucky Fried Panda** » 13 Nov 2009, 19:41

well they keep moving the release date, but it comes out next month and the advance reviews are pretty favourable...

next week 2012 hits the big screens and after the silly season there's another post apocalyptic film called The Book of Eli...

it's a bumper crop of doom from Hollywood in the next few months

fifthcolumn · Post by **fifthcolumn** » 23 Nov 2009, 23:28

It's out on Friday.
I'm debating whether I should go to see in the cinema or wait for the DVD.
The cinema might be mind destroyingly bleak.

dudley · Post by **dudley** » 24 Nov 2009, 11:58

Hey, Charlize Theron is in it. She plays the role of Woman. I hope the cannibals don't get her. She plays Dagny Taggart in the upcoming Atlas Shrugged film, Vortex.

Kentucky Fried Panda · Post by **Kentucky Fried Panda** » 01 Dec 2009, 19:13

new release date is said to be jan 2010

welshgreen · Post by **welshgreen** » 02 Dec 2009, 19:27

looking forward to this.

Vortex · Post by **Vortex** » 04 Dec 2009, 20:30

Atlas Shrugged and The Road ... if you watch both on the same day your head will explode ...

Kentucky Fried Panda · Post by **Kentucky Fried Panda** » 04 Dec 2009, 22:17

I just watched Carriers, very bleak also.

fifthcolumn · Post by **fifthcolumn** » 12 Dec 2009, 00:07

Just saw it this afternoon.

A very, very good film but completely different that what I expected.

Kieran · Post by **Kieran** » 16 Dec 2009, 00:46

Mark Lynas after seeing it:

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter ... 41829.html

Feel a sense of hollow despair just reading his review, not in a hurry to see this film.

Kentucky Fried Panda · Post by **Kentucky Fried Panda** » 16 Dec 2009, 21:53

i think hollow despair is very seasonal...

Aurora · Post by **Aurora** » 03 Jan 2010, 07:17

Times OnLine - 03/01/10

As any marketing guru worth his thick-rimmed spectacles will explain, The Road, Cormac McCarthy’s 2006 Pulitzer-winning novel, was always destined to be a smash bestseller. Consider its zippy premise. In a post-apocalyptic landscape where hordes of cannibals roam — pausing only to roast mutilated human babies on a spit — two protagonists known as “the man” and “the boy” scour the ashen planet for signs of life, or “anything of colour”. The perfect stocking-filler!

Well, yes, actually. Picador, McCarthy’s British publisher, has shipped 530,000 copies of the book from its UK warehouse. In America, The Road has sold more than 1m copies. Certainly, the film adaptation has pushed the novel into new territory.

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