The Road Movie Review! Movies Unlimited Movie Buzz Raw Review

[UmbreonUniverse]

The only thing that I did not like was the ending... it was just to bleh... I mean it just gave a too much of a happy ending... I think the only reason they did that is so people wont have too much depression.

[chuppachoppa]

The Road being absolutely shut out at last year's Oscars with 0 nominations was a travesty, but the omission that upset me the most was Viggo's Best Actor snub. All I had to do was read the plot description of both Crazy Heart and Invictus to know that the Academy would eat it up and nominate Bridges and Freeman for Best Actor.

And The Blind Side nominated for Best Picture? Really? Over this? Over A Single Man? Over Bright Star? Jesus Christ.

[MoviesUnlimitedInc]

@chuppachoppa It's a tough thing to swallow especially in the year they went with 10 nominees instead of five. You'd think the film might have merited a slot from voters more than Up being nominated in two categories, too. But me (the guy behind Irv's camera), I'm still smarting from Gangs of NY coming home empty-handed, so there's always something for somebody to be irked about! :)

[muffinman9797]

Awesome acting,but it should win the most depressing movie of the year award

[MoviesUnlimitedInc]

@muffinman9797 Now maybe if they'd invent a few creative categories like the one you suggest, the Oscar ratings would go up a little :) Thanks for watching!

[hanseykemmerer]

This movie was amazing! 10/10!

im happy they didnt pull a stephen king and kill off everyone at the end, just like "the fog" or whatever its called haha

[MoviesUnlimitedInc]

@hanseykemmerer Two spoilers in one comment! I guess I don't have to actually watch "The Mist" now :) Thanks for checking out our review. Most folks seem to agree "The Road" was a sorely overlooked movie. --Irv's Man Behind the Camera

[BanjoOz]

@MoviesUnlimitedInc Spoilers can be a pain... but read the book of The Mist instead, it's better than the movie anyway.

[MoviesUnlimitedInc]

@BanjoOz I (Irv's cameraman) was always curious about The Mist (book & movie), especially after reading that the movie was released with Darabont's "alternate" B&W version. Though I must confess ahead of time I wasn't a fan of the Green Mile film. Thanks for writing in!

[BanjoOz]

@MoviesUnlimitedInc I'm a pretty big King fan, but IMO most movies made of his books are pretty poor adaptations. I wouldn't consider The Green Mile one of his best stories (though I quite enjoyed it)... it was an experiment in 'serial' novellas originally, anyway. I haven't seen the movie version, but I doubt I'd love it either, as I'm not much of a Tom Hanks fan! :) I've not seen the B&W version of The Mist either (its only on the US DVDs) but I don't know if that can fix the film's problems!

[BanjoOz]

@hanseykemmerer Hey, don't blame King for that mess... the original ending has them survive, but director Darabont made up his OWN different ending to The Mist! :)

[sharpshooter6666]

but what oscars 2010 or 2011??

[MoviesUnlimitedInc]

@sharpshooter6666 The Road would have been eligible for 2010 Oscars, and was overlooked, to say the least. (You wouldn't know it by the interest shown here, though!)

[ahcidkdfj]

This movie was so depressing

[MoviesUnlimitedInc]

@ahcidkdfj So we hear -- and yet there's an enormous amount of continuing interest in it, where you might think word-of-mouth would sink a movie that's a downer and not worthwhile. Wonder what accounts for it -- the acclaim of the book, perhaps?

[ahcidkdfj]

@MoviesUnlimitedInc Well I think the movie was well done, but it was mainly built for mature audiences.

I was caught in it because my dad was interested in the movie and I didn't want to leave because it would hurt more to leave the theater and not know what happened to the son and father then to watch them walk through those dark and sad moments.

[agun17]

@MoviesUnlimitedInc

The are only 2 somewhat happy moments in the entire film. 1 when they find a can of cola and 2 when they find an underground shelter with some cans of spam.

The rest is a SOB STORY WITH LOTS OF SOB.

[MoviesUnlimitedInc]

@agun17 "Sob story with lots of sob" -- if that's not a ready-made blurb, I dunno what is! :)

[louiefoo]

i still liked the book more if you havent read it yet you are a bad person

[orangedac]

pretty good movie

[LukeSaysss]

Great film, hated to see it get snubbed by the Academy.

If nothing else, Viggo deserved a Best Actor nod.

Robert Duvall's 5 minutes in the film are also shockingly well done.

[crispybacon100]

I loved this Movie

[JonGarrett2008]

I just came from seeing this movie. its NOT an action movie full of suspense as I had hoped for but rather its more realistic than your typical movie of this type.

its very dark and gritty. its what a real post-apocalyptic world would be like.

I give this movie 3/12 stars out of 5.

[SaigoAnchuu]

Uh Why did you give it such an average score when you didn't say anything bad about it?

[JonGarrett2008]

youre right, I give it 4 out of 5. if it was a longer movie (3hrs) OR if certain scenes were longer then I would give it 5 out of 5.

its a great movie, you really should see it.

[AlexRiosX15]

Does anyone know when the DVD is coming out?

[CrustyRim1]

I only drove 40 miles to see it. I want to drive another 40 to see it again.

The Road reminded me of District 9 in some ways.

You are left to figure out the fine details on your own. So refreshing.

Great acting with what feels like real human emotion and reactin to extreme circumstances.

The book "The Road" scarred me for life as a father. The movie is just as hard core.

[fhddriver]

There is ONE....I say, ONE single solitary movie theater here in the Twin Cities showing this movie! I read the book, and want to see the film, but I don't want to drive 50 miles. Come on! Let's not qverlook the fact that there are some serious Minnesota fans of this story too........ :(

[bmcguire80]

@fhddriver Don't wanna hear it! I'm driving 4 hours tomorrow to see it.

[david19846]

where I live we have to drive 50 miles to see ANY movie, consider yourself lucky and if you are true fan go see it

[ragingbrawler]

i love how in the book the two are always referred to as the man and the boy

[marsyvolty1]

i don't understand why it's not everywhere by now ... it's like a $30 million budget film...i want to see it damn it

[duba3988]

no kidding, why the fuck is it not out in theaters, oh probably because they would rather show someone getting fucked by a goat.

[CrustyRim1]

@marsyvolty1

Word of mouth is the only thing that will get this movie to the masses. From what I hear Hollywood did not want to touch this movie with a 10 foot pole. Marketing people are stupid and can only market stuff that has already been marketed. You have never seen anything like The Road.

[marsyvolty1]

hopefully not... i wonder when dvd release is then cause i can't afford a road trip to find it lol

[DuckDitch]

No showtimes here in Low Country SC either.

[mns983]

It isn't available in my local theatres too. It's supposed to be a wide release. We had to drive 30 minutes to this restaurant/movie theatre hybrid and I ended up spending more.

[m3talmilitia15]

This film was fantastic. Good review.

[Emapten]

hey man I live in Utah, with high anticipation for this film. There are not any showtimes in any theatres whatsover! Maybe you could explain why?

[xxxNightstalker1xxx]

they didnt release the movie in high budget theatres, like here in Canada we have Empire Theatres, but we also have (and it was only released in this one) the Oxford Theatre, i dont really know why but what are ya gonna do, right?