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post #91 of 111
5/15/09 at 6:50am

Re: The Road coming in 2008...

i can't express how much i hope that they exclude all of the newsreel end-of-the-world bullshit from the final cut; if they give any more information about armageddon than is provided in the book, it will be terrible.

as for the rest of the trailer, 99% of the scenes are in the book; they're just all of the tense moments strung together in 90 seconds.

the other 1% involve charlize - i guess it was always inevitable that they'd flesh out her role a bit more in the film.

i'm still not sure if i'm going to see this, only because i remain skeptical that the lyrical austerity of mccormac's prose is (losslessly) translatable into the celluloid medium.
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post #92 of 111
5/15/09 at 9:09am

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Originally Posted by Matt^Brown
This is the first thread I have read on this book so I guess I have not paid attention. I read it last year and I can still recall it very well. I loved it but I do not believe the HOLLYWOOD CROWD will enjoy a movie with so much heart. Mindless action always seems to win out at the box office.

I still think that this movie can not work the way it is written. Most people I know want an action packed movie with a happy ending or at least an implied happy ending. This book is depressing from beginning to end so you either love it or hate it.
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post #93 of 111
5/15/09 at 9:24am

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Originally Posted by Matt^Brown
I still think that this movie can not work the way it is written. Most people I know want an action packed movie with a happy ending or at least an implied happy ending. This book is depressing from beginning to end so you either love it or hate it.

I think you underestimate movie audiences (mature movie audiences). A) you got fans of the book who will want to see the movie - that alone will probably pay for the movie.

Then you have the B-factor. The B-factor is people who want to go to the movies to be "moved emotionally." People who are tired of the cliches evident in "blockbusters," tired of knowing the ending after the first 10 minutes of the movie....! I believe this film will not be a contrived formula that's been done time and again - no happy metropolis awaiting at the end for The Man and The Boy, no sir.

The word of mouth alone - forget the trailer - will generate billions, if the film is as good as it is supposed to be.

And to those C-factor people, I'm sure there will be an Adam Sandler movie in the fall (not that there's anything wrong with that).
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post #94 of 111
5/15/09 at 10:43am

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i can't express how much i hope that they exclude all of the newsreel end-of-the-world bullshit from the final cut; if they give any more information about armageddon than is provided in the book, it will be terrible.
If you read the Esquire article from earlier, the author makes clear that the movie has none of that stuff on the front of the trailer. Indeed, he finds the Weinstein marketing philosophy rather dumbfounding. I'd agree...I haven't read the book, but based that article and the discussion here, even giving an inkling of what caused the apocalypse undermines the whole point of the story. Seeing that crap will turn off people who love the book, and frustrate people who are coming in cold, expecting to see some destruction.

Regardless, I'll definitely be seeing this. Uncompromising end-of-the-world stories have always interested me ('On the Beach' and 'Testament' come to mind). I also liked Hillcoat's 'The Proposition' a great deal...he seems a perfect fit for this material.
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post #95 of 111
5/15/09 at 11:06am

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Originally Posted by Patrick H.
If you read the Esquire article from earlier, the author makes clear that the movie has none of that stuff on the front of the trailer. Indeed, he finds the Weinstein marketing philosophy rather dumbfounding.
yeah, i read it, and i realize that it suggests that the footage is simply a marketing ploy; problem for me is that because i also find the choices made by people running movie studios dumbfounding, there is an ineliminable kernel of cynicism at the center of my heart that expects jackassery to win the day.

i hope the footage stays out and isn't shoe-horned into the film in the eleventh hour out of a concern for the bottom line...
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post #96 of 111
5/22/09 at 6:55am

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New trailers are up.

http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplayli...&sdm=web&pt=rd (720P)
http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplayli...&sdm=web&pt=rd (1080P)

BTW, if these trailers are not an amazing mislead and they've turned this into a high-action romp then blah.
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post #97 of 111
6/10/09 at 5:57pm

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Originally Posted by mattCR
New trailers are up.

http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplayli...&sdm=web&pt=rd (720P)
http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplayli...&sdm=web&pt=rd (1080P)

BTW, if these trailers are not an amazing mislead and they've turned this into a high-action romp then blah.

The trailer is up on Apple:

Apple - Movie Trailers - The Road

I hadn't watched it since it first came out on 5/14 and I have to say that I'm even more concerned after watching again. I'm more or less convinced they've changed the event that created the state the world is in so they can tie it into current hot-button issues. I'm also in agreement with you that they may have made this into an action flick. My interest drops dramatically if they did that. I really, really hope they are just playing up the action to get people in the seats because this is far from an action flick.
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post #98 of 111
6/10/09 at 7:50pm

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If this becomes an action oriented race across country, then it misses the entire point of the book, and I will stay home. I could see that film now.. it's called Mad Max.
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post #99 of 111
6/10/09 at 8:25pm

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I have not read the book.. but the trailer looks pretty good!
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post #100 of 111
6/11/09 at 6:04am

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I agree....trailer looks awesome! And I read the book!
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post #101 of 111
6/11/09 at 10:58am

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The trailer does look awesome....except it doesn't match the tone of the book, IMO. It doesn't reflect the feelings I experienced while reading the book. As I said up thread, the book has a few moments of very tense action but not like what the trailer shows.

Example, the scene in the trailer where they find the can of Coke is lost and seemingly minor but in the book, at least to me, it's a special moment when the father shares a 'treat' from the world before the event. It has emotional weight to it, even though it's only a Coke.

Obviously I shouldn't judge the movie before seeing it, or that scene without seeing it in context, but the trailer sends the wrong message. I hope I turn out to be wrong.
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post #102 of 111
6/11/09 at 12:39pm

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If you've read the Esquire article that Brett M linked on page 3 of this thread, then most of your fears of the film not matching the tone of the book would be unjustified. It seems the article's author had seen a workprint of the film and in his review praised it as being very true to the book with a few (non-damaging) changes.

As for the opening of the trailer that seems to give an explanation to the apocalyptic events, that just seems to be a part of Bob Weinstein's marketing scheme to sell the film to the masses, and has no relation to the finished product. Here are a few quotes from the article:

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there is a speed to them that the actual movie — which I saw before seeing the trailers — does not possess or seek to possess, an urgency that feels manufactured.

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The odd thing is, the start of each trailer includes glimpses of a storm, panicky news footage, little puzzle pieces of the world before it ended. No one — not the director or the myriad producers, not the novelist or the screenwriter — had ever even hinted at how it happened, until this.
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post #103 of 111
6/11/09 at 6:17pm

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Well, all of that may be true but until I see it on the screen I'll worry about the studio screwing with it. I'm still annoyed by the Kingdom of Heaven theatrical version
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post #104 of 111
9/4/09 at 7:57pm
Here is a link to 5 clips from "The Road" totaling about 12 minutes. This will give a much better idea of the tone than the trailer did.


http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/09/04/see-twelve-minutes-of-clips-from-the-road/
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post #105 of 111
9/5/09 at 10:57am


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Originally Posted by Darcy Hunter View Post

Here is a link to 5 clips from "The Road" totaling about 12 minutes. This will give a much better idea of the tone than the trailer did.


http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/09/04/see-twelve-minutes-of-clips-from-the-road/

Now THAT'S more like it. The tone from those clips resembles the book more that the trailer did.
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post #106 of 111
9/7/09 at 6:02am
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by Darcy Hunter View Post

Here is a link to 5 clips from "The Road" totaling about 12 minutes. This will give a much better idea of the tone than the trailer did.


http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/09/04/see-twelve-minutes-of-clips-from-the-road/
 


Thanks for posting this.  I didn't watch any of the clips -- nor will I.  There are review rumblings from test screenings and the festival circuit that are less than glowing.  I don't care.  This is not a feel-good film and I don't doubt that it will be hard for it to make a splash at the box office.  Don't bother reading the review in Variety, either.  It's swill.

We are the good guys.  We carry the fire.  I'll be in the theater on October 16th.
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post #107 of 111
9/8/09 at 9:59am
One of the guys at Aint It Cool (Quint maybe?) posted a review of the film.  He has read the book and he liked the movie.  It wasn't all that spoilerish IMO but then again I have read the book.  Regardless of reviews, this is one I will be seeing.
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post #108 of 111
9/9/09 at 4:25pm
Thread Starter 

Now it's coming out on Thanksgiving. 

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post #109 of 111
10/21/09 at 8:43pm
Saw A screening tonight Guys. I loved it!

from The Review Thread:


I Just attended a screening tonight of The Road which is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book by Cormac McCarthy.

I was apprehensive going in due to the trailer and the numerous delays and was worried that the film would disappoint.

It Doesn't

I Loved It!

For those not aware, the film is about a father and son trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. It's a unique powerful film. It is in my opinion the most faithful adaption of a novel since The Silence Of The Lambs.

They nailed the tone of the book perfectly. The look, settings, pace,story, its all there. It's pretty much exactly as I imagined it while I was reading the book.

The performances are very good, especially Viggo Mortenson as the father. As was Charlize Theron, the actor playing the son and a few surprises.

It's a deliberately paced film, heavy on emotion and lite on action, as was the book. I was never bored. It's not the typical Hollywood/Apocalypse film and thats a good thing, trust me. 

So for those of you that read and loved the book like me, I think you will all be happily satisfied.

And for those of you looking for a film that is powerful, original and entertaining, this film is for you.

FOUR STARS



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post #110 of 111
10/22/09 at 3:03am
Thanks Tino. You have alleviated most of my concerns.
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post #111 of 111
10/22/09 at 11:27am
So it seems like it's once again a movie studio screwing around with a movie that's actually good. I have the novel, but I still have to read it. I keep getting distracted with other things for some reason.
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