The movie is super dark because the book is super dark. I can't figure out why everyone keeps giving credit to the director for the bleak and super dark feel of the story when infact the darkness comes directly from the book. And the ending came from the book as well. WTF?!
They follwoed then in secret because they wanted to see what type of people they were.
This film was alright, it was very well shot, but the story wasn't too good imo. A very bleak view (which im not having a go at) but it wasn't too interesting. This reviewer is annoying saying he's so annoyed about not knowing what the apocolypse is. Im sick of people assuming that they have to have all the answers
@houwie300 Yea even if we had know idea why do the audience have to know? Its a snapshot of their lives and you can see the situation that they are in, i hate when people dont like something just because they arnt given all the answers. Thats part of the wonder of mystery
There was absolutely nothing he could do to stop that robber from hurting them .. and taking the clothes gives them a head start .. Think about this .. if he kills the robber .. the father doesnt get shot and doesnt die on the beach most likely
You never find find out what caused the apocalypse because none of the characters know what happened. Viggo's character, however, said, "the clock stopped at 1:17 AM, and then there was a long bright light and a series of low concussions." Judging by how the sun is blocked and all plant/animal life is gone, my best guess would be that there was either a meteor impact, or a super volcano erupted and the characters were far enough away from it to survive without knowing what the actual event was.
However, I did like it a lot. The first time I watched it, my friend downloaded it from the net. Without sound. And it still brought me to tears. This movie showed just how as bad as it gets, really can get. A LOT of loose ends. But overall, it delivered the message to me and the emotions. And I got exaclty what I was expecting.
I liked the movie, unlike a lot of people. My crit is though, where there hell were they headed off to? It didnt explain why there was a death of everything on the planet. It lead me to fill in many gaps with suppositions and probabilities on my own.
Why did the mother leave and where?
Why did the family at the end of the movie suddelnly want to take the kid onboard, even though they had no food for themselves?
From what did the father die? Malnutrition? Radio active poisoning?What?
@ekimtoor no he dies from some sort of lung problem that got increasingly worse. he mentions it long before he gets shot with the arrow. he says "each day we live is a lie. but i am slowly dying, and that is not a lie."
@Domzdream: The mother left because she could not stand living in fear any longer. She just died outside in the cold, she ended her life. They took the boy because they retained the flame ;) The father didn't have the chance to consult a doctor, so you are probably not the only one who doesnt know from what kind of illness he was suffering. But one question I'd like to know either is where they were heading to. I don't remember if there was an answer in the movie.
I thought it was a decent movie, although I agree with TYT, I do not want to see it again and again. I found it to be pro guns and family. The ability to survive in this situation depended on a pro gun mentality and unity of father and son. No one else could be trusted, as their lives were at stake if the wrong person was ran across. Some of it freaked me out, like holding a gun to his sons head, yet that was to save him from torment. And the basement scene stands out as well. Very edgy film.
@newcomster but is'nt that part of the beauty and mystery of the movie and book? even the child knew, as the months passed, the man was becoming what he hated... protection and anger pushed him a few times... now let me say this, i would not do much better, but the book was mostly a commentary of "if you had to killa family to feed yours, would you do it? seriously?
We actually read the book in our AP English class, and I personally enjoy the book more. I have to respectfully disagree with their global warming statements though. As for the not mentioning what actually happened, I think that's just to let the viewer draw their own conclusion. By leaving it open it allows you to personalize it in a way.
i think the movie and book are beautiful. Within the bleakness there is the essence of humanity from the boy and the man. This movie and book has changed the way I interact with people. I try to be more kind
i thought this film was really stupid. they find an underground bomb shelter full of FOOD and WARM BEDS and they decide its not safe there any more because they heard a dog on top. they decide its much safer to carry all thier food with them and wander around on top where they could easily get robbed, shot, raped or killed. and why the HELL do they want to go to the seaside that much. it seems like they just want to go there because its nice
@mrbombastic3: you forget one thing. The man knew he was ill and he probably knew it was serious too. He might have known that he wouldn't have survived too long. He might have decided to take all the risk to bring the boy to their target... Whatever this target was.
That guy who is saying he didn't think he would remember much of the plot in a few months time I don't think really understood that was the intention of the screenplay. The way the film moves on from the event of the apocalypse without any description of what occured and the way the father and his son drift through the land almost in a transe is reflective of the setting where everything is forgotten and history and memories are no longer. I think The Road is more of a complete journey.
i thought i herd the mom say the boys name. she said eden...idk but thats just me..she said it in the seen when she was loading thr gun up with the 2 bullets and there talking
True but like I said with more people you can cover more ground when you do resupply or some party members could get killed off by accedent or canablized
I guess what I'm trying to say is that they would have increased their chances of living with a bigger party wich depending where you search and how carefull you are when doing so would increase your food stores and with at least one more person you can well cary more food and stuff
The reason they didnt tell what caused the bombs to drop (he says there wuz low concusions, so yes bombs) was because they didnt wanna make the movie cheesy...think about it. It just adds sadness to it. I saw this movie cuz i liked the vdeo game fallout 3, and i ended up seeing the most sad movie i have ever seen. I still really liked the movie though, even though i was expecting more of an action thriller, but whatever! thumbs up!!
I would have made him come with us to help find food cause he could have killed the kid just like that but he didn't he just wanted food so just like split a little bit each day to ration and you can such more places in shorter time+WTF was that old guy going to do to them?!? He's like 80
Extra mouths to feed make the food go down more rapidly. If you fed the guy 1/4 of a days ration every day then in four days he ate a whole days food, nearly 2 days worth of food a week.
If you dont know when your going to get resupplied then why waste food you will prob need to keep your kid alive?
If he didnt just die from eating 1/4 of a ration then he would be getting week and then die or need more food. That food the old guy puked could have kept them alive 1 more day.
I loved the film. I understand why there are not answers such as how the story beggins and ends. After all we can imagine all that. But is the impression of how human race fall into tragedy and how the father and the son struggle; what makes the sense of the film.
I saw this last night, i wish they would show us WHY the world ended up like that and what happened after the boy meets that family that followed him and his father. There were alot of unanswered questions, like why the mother killed herself and how....in the end, i was wondering the purpose of the movie.
remind your guess, that the globe warming BS is just that BS. Global temperatures have been going down for the past 7 to 8 years. Al Gore is a bald faced liar!!
Manipulating the data, and twisting it to his own, financial ends.
How come he's managed to convince all the respected science guys (minus those hero's who 're funded by the energy industry) to join him in the mega conspiracy?
Damn, they must be reaping it with all that grant money, unlike the nay sayers who scrape along on big coal and oil's pocket book...
You can't watch any TYT clip related to movies you haven't seen because they always spoil just to get in their 'clever' quips. Remember Avatar? "I don't think it's spoiling too much when I say...*spoils the ending*"
@RatherGoRaptor It really pointed out how people's morals and ethics are really almost all but thrown out the window in such a bleak environment. The thief wasn't a bad guy, Viggo and his son aren't bad either, but they're all just trying to survive. The cannibals are "bad guys," but they're likewise trying to survive. It's definitely thought-provoking and made me think what I would do in similar situations. Is Viggo right, his son wrong or vice versa?
@DarthMakaveliSithMC: I think Viggo was right. And I assume I would remain a "good guy" even in that situation. But I guess that is what everyone assumes.
@houwie300 If I'm Viggo's character, and I know I'm dying, and I'm trying to keep my son alive, and armed with smarts for life without me, I would likely act just as he does. And, man, it's really sad thinking of this movie given what's happened in Japan. Those images I've seen seem apocalyptic... and very disheartening.
@RatherGoRaptor but remember, the man stole things that they NEED, like food, clothes, shoes necessities, they basically would have nothing if they hadn't find the thief, but again you can't blame him. I would have left him with nothing myself, thats just my opinion, what would you do in this situation??
@kragger1985 i agree, the ending was not really an ending, like it didn't have a good closure or conclusion, what happened at the end, did the boy travel with the family and get South??? If they did, what happen??? Questions like that was what i asked my self.
I just saw this movie and it's great. It's true what they said that's is way more scary then most of the horror that came out in last few years. Good stuff.
@Edwardluvr121 actually no ... I thought so too at first ... But ..if he doesnt take the man's clothes .. then that man can keep following them and kill them when they are not looking .. What happens next is the man goes back to his home, and then when they show up in his neighborhood . he shoots to kill them with the crossbow .. to kill and rob them ..
@AlmostaFlipinSkater Very creepy. I found myself checking around corners after it was over. My roommate read the book and I remember watching thinking, oh yeah, Jon told me about this scene. *shudders*
the movie was sad because the father always said stay away from the bad people, but in the end what he did to that man was so awful and he in a way became what he feared.
I guess your talking about the black guy who stole their cart of food? I dont see that what he did, stripping him and leaving him to die was so bad. He'd basicly left them to die in a barren wilderness and had the father not done what he did the guy could have come back to kill them or steal their stuff.
Taking their stuff was the same as taking their life in that situation.
@newcomster He did relent when he took the clothing back down the road and piled it up. Now as to whether or not the naked guy continued on that way and found the clothes, who knows... Overall, WOW! Its rare to see a movie that leaves you with such an overwhelming sense of emptyness. While this isn't a horror flick, there is at least one scene that will channel fear directly into your soul. The terror comes from the believability of the situation and the gravity of what's at stake.
@newcomster << In a way, the son's his redemption because he continues on hoping his son will survive and not become what mankind has become, himself included.
I just watched this movie like 30 minutes ago, and as I was watching it, I didn't enjoy it, but then at the end, as I reflected, I realized how much that movie touched me emotionally with its hopelessness, and how the entire film I actually felt the desolation within me, and felt for the kid, and the other survivors on the Road, and everything, and how suspenseful it was, and I realized it's a great movie.
It would be hard to beat No Country, it was one of the most profound movies I have ever seen. I saw No Country two years ago and it still effects me now, it's feeling has never left me, it's that powerful.
Just watched the Road and it was so sad but I liked it. I read someone say that it lacked depth but I don't think so at all. Just because it didn't have some disney plotline with a moral story doesn't mean it didn't have depth. It was gritty realism and heartwrenching at the end but sadly satisfying in a sad way.
I think something you can't overstate is that it is the most realistic post-apocalyptic movie most people will ever see. In that sense, it's a genuine horror movie. It actually disturbed me, which is something that can't be said for the other theater horror movies of late (Saw series, Hostel, Zombie movies, etc.). When even the most basic means of sustenance are taken away, most people will STILL do anything to merely stay alive. It's Hobbes' state of nature, in the worst possible way.
I think you're right. It was closer to comedy/farce than to a thought-provoking human story. The death toll was INSANE, but you never thought of any of them as actual human beings...it was actually pretty funny, most of the time. It was like watching a live-action Dethklok concert. That said, I was thoroughy entertained.
however, if i had to choose between 2012 and the road, even though 2012 is made to be more 'entertaining', i would still choose to watch the road everytime.
kodi smit is a brilliant actor, i hope he doesn't throw it away, i heard he's set to appear in a kids comedy film where children become 'cops'.
a cringeworthy prospect indeed and with the talent he has it would be such a shame to see donning a fake policeman outfit like the one used by danny devito on friends. :/
Agreed 100%. The sheer terror of losing all means of sustenance other than that which is certain to run out makes one feel their own mortality more than anything else can. And that's the real horror of it all. How you know that this is the real apocalypse. And yet people are still trying to live. Some go mad. Maybe everyone goes mad. I just know I wouldn't be able to take it.
This is such a superficial review. Even though I was afraid something like this would constitute the majority of the reception there were several people in the theater with us speaking and reacting to an absolutely book-consistent interpretation of McCarthy's film positively.
It's for the same reason no one fully understood No Country For Old Men as well.
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.
if my memory serves me correct she whispers "don't" as he tries to grab for her.
not john. that would be a horrible mistake to make as in the book his name isn't mentioned once, adding to the realism but also representing the empty face of this disaster, it could happen to any of us, any one of us could be 'man'.
The Road was UNBELIEVABLY beautiful....its strange that a post-apocalyptic setting w/ nothing naturally left...yet it looks better than most films this year.
i didnt cry during it, but the story was powerful enough, heartbreaking, but also heartwarming!!!
somehow, its possible to still find some comfort left in this bleak, scary film.
EXCELLENT.
Viggo Mortenson should ATLEAST be nominated for Oscar.
Global warming? As I watched the film I never once thought about global warming...considering you could see each character's breath, the snow, etc. Global warming causing torched cities? What the hell does 'global warming' have to do this anything in this film?
I think it might have been a gamma burst from a dead star that caused it. Hell, we have one pointing at Earth right now about 100 light years away. By the time we would know what hit us it would already be too late. The gamma would instantly flash-fry the portion of the Earth that it hits, to include the ozone. Then the other side of the planet would feel effects that are still speculative. So the ray may have hit China and we're just seeing the effects on our side of the pond. Just a theory.
but how come at the start of the film, and in the dreams (mostly in book) there is already fire, i presume that viggo and his wife didn't go to bed with the neighbourhood covered and flames amid screaming and shouting. the lights don't work and water supplies are empty.
Surely that means something happned quickly whilst they slept
surely the aftermath of a 'gamma burst' would take longer.
Dont think of it like that. It relates to the movie ecologically. Like the movie was kind of a preview of what might happen to our ecology. So they kind of relate. But yes, the torched cities and coldness...definitely the after math of a nuclear holocaust. One think i really learned though from the movies is...if the ecology dies civilization fails.
Well they never outright tell you, but in the movie you can kind of tell. There's a few shots with a thick layer of ash on things, so that suggests a volcano or a meteor.
Not even the author of the book knows or cares to speculate on what caused the apocolypse in the book. If he doesn't know, don't even bother guessing. I doesn't matter.
Just by looking at the trailer i can immediately tell what happen, i meteorite struck the earth and that's why its so dark and trees look dried up and dead.
With North America descending into this sort of anarchy, can you imagine what the more densely populated European continent would be like? Not pretty.
This one was done VERY well. I guess it really helps to have the lead actor be such a transcendant ubermensch like Viggo. Its clear that he reveres McCarthy's masterful work and wants to do it justice.
The key is the adaptation, and I daresay that some films actually kick their source book's ass. A great example of that is "Clockwork Orange". Good book, but a classic film.
OMFG I was listening and reading comments so I wasnt watching and I heard Cenk the annoying guy and then fucking kermit THE fucking frog.... I was wtf (scroll up)? lmao then realised oooo snap was a dude. OMG what I wouldnt have given for a dude saying well this is kermit the frog here reporting on the movie.... lol
This movie was so unbelievably creepy. The basement / cellar scene was DISTURBING! They cut some of the harshest shit from the book out eg. the newborn baby roasting on the spit that the presumably parents are cooking to eat. INTENSE!
I'm surprised by the people here who say that they SPOILED the movie. They didn't mention anything that wasn't actually in the book, so I don't feel like anything was spoiled. I'm looking forward to seeing the movie.
Michelle Williams is not in No Country -- it's Kelly Macdonald. [sic]
cjwright79 3 weeks ago
That Ben guy looks and sounds a lot like Michael Showalter.
bearo657 3 weeks ago
The book was extremely beautifully written.
TheHerpaderpderp 4 weeks ago
they headed south because they wouldnt survive another winter
michaelvd0wnzu 1 month ago
Global warming hahs !.. Idiots.
brabus8317 1 month ago
@brabus8317 Yes, you are.
TheHerpaderpderp 4 weeks ago
My favorite character from this movie was the Old Man.
WiggieWomper 2 months ago
Ben - it didn't seem like a set because it was filmed on location...
MultiUniv3rsal 3 months ago
I'm sick of this nonsense of using "it's too bleak" as a criticism.
floppykid 4 months ago
The movie is super dark because the book is super dark. I can't figure out why everyone keeps giving credit to the director for the bleak and super dark feel of the story when infact the darkness comes directly from the book. And the ending came from the book as well. WTF?!
They follwoed then in secret because they wanted to see what type of people they were.
ThePhilosophersAbyss 7 months ago
-----!!!SPOILER ALERT!!!-----
The ending was appropriate like the guy on the right said.
Looking as how the father was, it would've been very unsafe for those people to have had any contact while the father was around.
I liked the ending, it ties in with the rest of the movie.
Like when the kid saw another child outside of the father's old home,
I thought the kid was hallucinating the whole time.
And when the kid hears the dog while they're underground.
I loved this film from start to finish.
youknownoyuno 8 months ago
i am legend- awesome movie
Animotion1000 9 months ago
What is the name of the kid in the movie?
iMesh142 10 months ago
@iMesh142 The boy, he's unnamed in the book and the movie.
mwps99 5 months ago
This film was alright, it was very well shot, but the story wasn't too good imo. A very bleak view (which im not having a go at) but it wasn't too interesting. This reviewer is annoying saying he's so annoyed about not knowing what the apocolypse is. Im sick of people assuming that they have to have all the answers
clintdelicious 10 months ago
@clintdelicious: True, it's just not important why the apocalypse came. It didn't bother me at all. Plus... everyone knows possible scenarios for it.
houwie300 10 months ago
@houwie300 Yea even if we had know idea why do the audience have to know? Its a snapshot of their lives and you can see the situation that they are in, i hate when people dont like something just because they arnt given all the answers. Thats part of the wonder of mystery
clintdelicious 10 months ago
@DXSXDXSXD
How?
Skinnyoompalumpa 1 year ago
There was absolutely nothing he could do to stop that robber from hurting them .. and taking the clothes gives them a head start .. Think about this .. if he kills the robber .. the father doesnt get shot and doesnt die on the beach most likely
kagiso3741 1 year ago
dude they coulve live in that secret food vault or watever, that got me really pissed off
RedGun15 1 year ago
@RedGun15 but they did leave and honestly where eles could they go
kylekc1997 11 months ago
You never find find out what caused the apocalypse because none of the characters know what happened. Viggo's character, however, said, "the clock stopped at 1:17 AM, and then there was a long bright light and a series of low concussions." Judging by how the sun is blocked and all plant/animal life is gone, my best guess would be that there was either a meteor impact, or a super volcano erupted and the characters were far enough away from it to survive without knowing what the actual event was.
Fleshy91 1 year ago
the little boy who was also in let me in was terrible and ruined the road. the end was also terrible
SteveSteves11 1 year ago
However, I did like it a lot. The first time I watched it, my friend downloaded it from the net. Without sound. And it still brought me to tears. This movie showed just how as bad as it gets, really can get. A LOT of loose ends. But overall, it delivered the message to me and the emotions. And I got exaclty what I was expecting.
Domzdream 1 year ago
I liked the movie, unlike a lot of people. My crit is though, where there hell were they headed off to? It didnt explain why there was a death of everything on the planet. It lead me to fill in many gaps with suppositions and probabilities on my own.
Why did the mother leave and where?
Why did the family at the end of the movie suddelnly want to take the kid onboard, even though they had no food for themselves?
From what did the father die? Malnutrition? Radio active poisoning?What?
Etc etc
Domzdream 1 year ago
@Domzdream
He died from an arrow to the leg...infection.
ekimtoor 1 year ago
@ekimtoor no he dies from some sort of lung problem that got increasingly worse. he mentions it long before he gets shot with the arrow. he says "each day we live is a lie. but i am slowly dying, and that is not a lie."
hugz04drugz0 1 year ago
@ekimtoor right
kagiso3741 1 year ago
@ekimtoor no he was dieing before he got shot if u read the book he coughs up blood every morning
kylekc1997 11 months ago
They're headed south where maybe it's warmer and the sun isn't blocked out.
Mom gave up, that they were going to die anyway, regretted bringing her son into the world so she walked off into the night during a storm to die.
The theme of the movie was love/compassion. The family was managing somehow, they haven't eaten their dog.
Collapse was left to imagination, the theme was more important. Sun blocked out = mass extinction.
Dad prolly has lung cancer or breathed in a lot of the dust.
FortitudeOfHeaven 11 months ago
@FortitudeOfHeaven
Cool. Thanks.
Domzdream 11 months ago
@Domzdream: The mother left because she could not stand living in fear any longer. She just died outside in the cold, she ended her life. They took the boy because they retained the flame ;) The father didn't have the chance to consult a doctor, so you are probably not the only one who doesnt know from what kind of illness he was suffering. But one question I'd like to know either is where they were heading to. I don't remember if there was an answer in the movie.
houwie300 10 months ago
@houwie300
There was a guy who kind of filled me in on what he thought was the rationale behind the film.
His name's FortitudeOfHeaven. Look in the comments section a little below.
Domzdream 10 months ago
I thought it was a decent movie, although I agree with TYT, I do not want to see it again and again. I found it to be pro guns and family. The ability to survive in this situation depended on a pro gun mentality and unity of father and son. No one else could be trusted, as their lives were at stake if the wrong person was ran across. Some of it freaked me out, like holding a gun to his sons head, yet that was to save him from torment. And the basement scene stands out as well. Very edgy film.
WDTripps 1 year ago
The clown with the glasses "remembered" No Country For Old Men so well that he's adding people who weren't even in the movie. Michelle Williams? lol
chuppachoppa 1 year ago
@newcomster but is'nt that part of the beauty and mystery of the movie and book? even the child knew, as the months passed, the man was becoming what he hated... protection and anger pushed him a few times... now let me say this, i would not do much better, but the book was mostly a commentary of "if you had to killa family to feed yours, would you do it? seriously?
co0lerthanu 1 year ago
We actually read the book in our AP English class, and I personally enjoy the book more. I have to respectfully disagree with their global warming statements though. As for the not mentioning what actually happened, I think that's just to let the viewer draw their own conclusion. By leaving it open it allows you to personalize it in a way.
wfofxfan 1 year ago
@wfofxfan There are parts of the book that would never make it into a movie because they were too edgy. I can think of two of them.
rhfyr91 1 year ago
I wanted to kill myself during no country for film. The Road was really good though, cept for the ending,
my89tube 1 year ago
this movie was terrible to me, it had no story line other than two people wandering around scavenging for food
thadoctrine 1 year ago
the scene with the black guy at the end made me cry a little. Also the old man was very sad.
stefansnake 1 year ago
i think the movie and book are beautiful. Within the bleakness there is the essence of humanity from the boy and the man. This movie and book has changed the way I interact with people. I try to be more kind
sintristic 1 year ago 2
also, why does the kid keep asking these big deep questions to his dad??
mrbombastic3 1 year ago
i thought this film was really stupid. they find an underground bomb shelter full of FOOD and WARM BEDS and they decide its not safe there any more because they heard a dog on top. they decide its much safer to carry all thier food with them and wander around on top where they could easily get robbed, shot, raped or killed. and why the HELL do they want to go to the seaside that much. it seems like they just want to go there because its nice
mrbombastic3 1 year ago
@mrbombastic3 It wasnt a dog that was above, they were actual people looking for other people to eat. Not a dog.
stefansnake 1 year ago
@mrbombastic3: you forget one thing. The man knew he was ill and he probably knew it was serious too. He might have known that he wouldn't have survived too long. He might have decided to take all the risk to bring the boy to their target... Whatever this target was.
houwie300 10 months ago
That guy who is saying he didn't think he would remember much of the plot in a few months time I don't think really understood that was the intention of the screenplay. The way the film moves on from the event of the apocalypse without any description of what occured and the way the father and his son drift through the land almost in a transe is reflective of the setting where everything is forgotten and history and memories are no longer. I think The Road is more of a complete journey.
slikBASSslik 1 year ago
LOL global warming would not cause that :S,,,, sevear DEpression maybe
cyprusxxx 1 year ago
how can you possibly think up in the air was better, it doesnt compare to this masterpiece
MakeSensePlz 1 year ago
i thought i herd the mom say the boys name. she said eden...idk but thats just me..she said it in the seen when she was loading thr gun up with the 2 bullets and there talking
AirSoftGUNUnBoxer00 1 year ago
@auraofgloom
True but like I said with more people you can cover more ground when you do resupply or some party members could get killed off by accedent or canablized
I guess what I'm trying to say is that they would have increased their chances of living with a bigger party wich depending where you search and how carefull you are when doing so would increase your food stores and with at least one more person you can well cary more food and stuff
skyman2204 1 year ago
The reason they didnt tell what caused the bombs to drop (he says there wuz low concusions, so yes bombs) was because they didnt wanna make the movie cheesy...think about it. It just adds sadness to it. I saw this movie cuz i liked the vdeo game fallout 3, and i ended up seeing the most sad movie i have ever seen. I still really liked the movie though, even though i was expecting more of an action thriller, but whatever! thumbs up!!
nukacolamutant101 1 year ago
@jsimon8585
I would have made him come with us to help find food cause he could have killed the kid just like that but he didn't he just wanted food so just like split a little bit each day to ration and you can such more places in shorter time+WTF was that old guy going to do to them?!? He's like 80
skyman2204 1 year ago
@skyman2204
Extra mouths to feed make the food go down more rapidly. If you fed the guy 1/4 of a days ration every day then in four days he ate a whole days food, nearly 2 days worth of food a week.
If you dont know when your going to get resupplied then why waste food you will prob need to keep your kid alive?
If he didnt just die from eating 1/4 of a ration then he would be getting week and then die or need more food. That food the old guy puked could have kept them alive 1 more day.
auraofgloom 1 year ago
I loved the film. I understand why there are not answers such as how the story beggins and ends. After all we can imagine all that. But is the impression of how human race fall into tragedy and how the father and the son struggle; what makes the sense of the film.
sebastian123sanchez 1 year ago
I saw this last night, i wish they would show us WHY the world ended up like that and what happened after the boy meets that family that followed him and his father. There were alot of unanswered questions, like why the mother killed herself and how....in the end, i was wondering the purpose of the movie.
jsimon8585 1 year ago
the road was so sad and suspenseful, the ending was kind of anti-climatic but over all it was very worthwhile to watch
GUCCImontana420 1 year ago
@GUCCImontana420 they had to put that ending in so you didn't want to go home and open up a vein. This is one seriously dark and depressing film.
Zen0Ph0bus 1 year ago
remind your guess, that the globe warming BS is just that BS. Global temperatures have been going down for the past 7 to 8 years. Al Gore is a bald faced liar!!
Manipulating the data, and twisting it to his own, financial ends.
KingRyltar 1 year ago
@KingRyltar
How come he's managed to convince all the respected science guys (minus those hero's who 're funded by the energy industry) to join him in the mega conspiracy?
Damn, they must be reaping it with all that grant money, unlike the nay sayers who scrape along on big coal and oil's pocket book...
auraofgloom 1 year ago
You can't watch any TYT clip related to movies you haven't seen because they always spoil just to get in their 'clever' quips. Remember Avatar? "I don't think it's spoiling too much when I say...*spoils the ending*"
Kippos 1 year ago
Oh god. One of the (many) scenes i shed a tear at, was the one where they took the theifs clothes... Damn, that just broke my heart.
RatherGoRaptor 1 year ago
@RatherGoRaptor
yes that was very sad to see that poor man all alone with no clothes. we never kno what happens to him either. might of gone to commit suicide
brandon240 1 year ago
@RatherGoRaptor It really pointed out how people's morals and ethics are really almost all but thrown out the window in such a bleak environment. The thief wasn't a bad guy, Viggo and his son aren't bad either, but they're all just trying to survive. The cannibals are "bad guys," but they're likewise trying to survive. It's definitely thought-provoking and made me think what I would do in similar situations. Is Viggo right, his son wrong or vice versa?
DarthMakaveliSithMC 1 year ago
@DarthMakaveliSithMC: I think Viggo was right. And I assume I would remain a "good guy" even in that situation. But I guess that is what everyone assumes.
houwie300 10 months ago
@houwie300 If I'm Viggo's character, and I know I'm dying, and I'm trying to keep my son alive, and armed with smarts for life without me, I would likely act just as he does. And, man, it's really sad thinking of this movie given what's happened in Japan. Those images I've seen seem apocalyptic... and very disheartening.
DarthMakaveliSithMC 10 months ago
@RatherGoRaptor but remember, the man stole things that they NEED, like food, clothes, shoes necessities, they basically would have nothing if they hadn't find the thief, but again you can't blame him. I would have left him with nothing myself, thats just my opinion, what would you do in this situation??
jsimon8585 1 year ago
good film but i felt it lacked something, an ending maybe?
kragger1985 1 year ago
@kragger1985 i agree, the ending was not really an ending, like it didn't have a good closure or conclusion, what happened at the end, did the boy travel with the family and get South??? If they did, what happen??? Questions like that was what i asked my self.
jsimon8585 1 year ago
why would anyone wanna rape a boy. wtf
rainzoro 1 year ago
jesus!!!!!!!!! SPOILERs!!!!!!! EVER HEARD OF IT YOU FUCKING BASTARDS
filthyfew77 1 year ago
a review is a spoiler you friggin tard, your thinking of a "Preview"
Fulcanelliii 1 year ago
This is by FAR the best film of 2009!! The fact it was snubbed at the oscars is just a freakin outrage!!
MetaPunkXP 1 year ago 5
This movie might just be a crystal ball view of the future?
It was to me as a realist, HORRIFIC!
A future where the weak will die, humans will eat humans.
Watch it !
LabRat6619 1 year ago
the young turks suck
TEAMRANDOMSTUDIOS 2 years ago
I just saw this movie and it's great. It's true what they said that's is way more scary then most of the horror that came out in last few years. Good stuff.
xxeb4sgxx 2 years ago
Dark, Dark movie!!!!
Villesanti 2 years ago
I read the novel. It´s just absolutely bleak. Imagine living in that world described! Horrifying.
Johnson0303 2 years ago
I loved this film, loved the story loved everything about it, best film I've sen in ages
ste43 2 years ago
It was a very good movie but that was a bad review, not the rating they gave but the way they review it.
sikam2006 2 years ago
beatifull film, very dark but touching and has alot of meaning Do not think this movie is a action packed film or you will be dispointed
WrightyVideos 2 years ago
that scene with the people in the basement..
im gonna have nightmares for weeks :(
boysdontcry17 2 years ago 55
Oh god me too! my heart was pounding!
AlphonseHunter93 2 years ago 2
@boysdontcry17 what......what.....what was it?
Tarkovful 1 year ago
@boysdontcry17 What happens?
Edwardluvr121 1 year ago
@Edwardluvr121 actually no ... I thought so too at first ... But ..if he doesnt take the man's clothes .. then that man can keep following them and kill them when they are not looking .. What happens next is the man goes back to his home, and then when they show up in his neighborhood . he shoots to kill them with the crossbow .. to kill and rob them ..
kagiso3741 1 year ago
@boysdontcry17 It pretty amazing in the book too
Francium5 5 months ago
@boysdontcry17
i read the book last year and that was hella creepy. how creepy is it in the movie? haha
AlmostaFlipinSkater 4 months ago
@AlmostaFlipinSkater Very creepy. I found myself checking around corners after it was over. My roommate read the book and I remember watching thinking, oh yeah, Jon told me about this scene. *shudders*
YesWeCantaloupe 2 months ago
the movie was sad because the father always said stay away from the bad people, but in the end what he did to that man was so awful and he in a way became what he feared.
newcomster 2 years ago 25
@newcomster
that wasnt really the point of the movie. they also gave the clothes back too + a can of food.
WoodenSwordL 1 year ago
@newcomster
I guess your talking about the black guy who stole their cart of food? I dont see that what he did, stripping him and leaving him to die was so bad. He'd basicly left them to die in a barren wilderness and had the father not done what he did the guy could have come back to kill them or steal their stuff.
Taking their stuff was the same as taking their life in that situation.
auraofgloom 1 year ago
@newcomster He did relent when he took the clothing back down the road and piled it up. Now as to whether or not the naked guy continued on that way and found the clothes, who knows... Overall, WOW! Its rare to see a movie that leaves you with such an overwhelming sense of emptyness. While this isn't a horror flick, there is at least one scene that will channel fear directly into your soul. The terror comes from the believability of the situation and the gravity of what's at stake.
rafetizer 1 year ago
@newcomster << In a way, the son's his redemption because he continues on hoping his son will survive and not become what mankind has become, himself included.
83phatman 1 year ago
@newcomster fucking dick spoiler
MrGish1 4 months ago
i sall this movie i thought it was really good. it was very close to the book,
Gilly216 2 years ago
I just watched this movie like 30 minutes ago, and as I was watching it, I didn't enjoy it, but then at the end, as I reflected, I realized how much that movie touched me emotionally with its hopelessness, and how the entire film I actually felt the desolation within me, and felt for the kid, and the other survivors on the Road, and everything, and how suspenseful it was, and I realized it's a great movie.
atlant80 2 years ago 2
It would be hard to beat No Country, it was one of the most profound movies I have ever seen. I saw No Country two years ago and it still effects me now, it's feeling has never left me, it's that powerful.
IfIfsandands 2 years ago
its emotional and makes u think...plot doesn't get fully resolved, and don't expect any closure
buckamoona 2 years ago
Just watched the Road and it was so sad but I liked it. I read someone say that it lacked depth but I don't think so at all. Just because it didn't have some disney plotline with a moral story doesn't mean it didn't have depth. It was gritty realism and heartwrenching at the end but sadly satisfying in a sad way.
NaraNobu 2 years ago
The book was good! Can't wait to see the movie!
918yourass 2 years ago
I think something you can't overstate is that it is the most realistic post-apocalyptic movie most people will ever see. In that sense, it's a genuine horror movie. It actually disturbed me, which is something that can't be said for the other theater horror movies of late (Saw series, Hostel, Zombie movies, etc.). When even the most basic means of sustenance are taken away, most people will STILL do anything to merely stay alive. It's Hobbes' state of nature, in the worst possible way.
reclusivesage 2 years ago
spot on!
realism that movie directors are capturing less and less, i mean 2012 was a joke right?
the road was an epic book, adpated fantastically into a brilliant chilling and disturbing movie!
alerxisonfire 2 years ago
"2012 was a joke right?"
I think you're right. It was closer to comedy/farce than to a thought-provoking human story. The death toll was INSANE, but you never thought of any of them as actual human beings...it was actually pretty funny, most of the time. It was like watching a live-action Dethklok concert. That said, I was thoroughy entertained.
reclusivesage 2 years ago
yeah once again i agree
however, if i had to choose between 2012 and the road, even though 2012 is made to be more 'entertaining', i would still choose to watch the road everytime.
kodi smit is a brilliant actor, i hope he doesn't throw it away, i heard he's set to appear in a kids comedy film where children become 'cops'.
a cringeworthy prospect indeed and with the talent he has it would be such a shame to see donning a fake policeman outfit like the one used by danny devito on friends. :/
alerxisonfire 2 years ago
Agreed 100%. The sheer terror of losing all means of sustenance other than that which is certain to run out makes one feel their own mortality more than anything else can. And that's the real horror of it all. How you know that this is the real apocalypse. And yet people are still trying to live. Some go mad. Maybe everyone goes mad. I just know I wouldn't be able to take it.
atlant80 2 years ago
This is such a superficial review. Even though I was afraid something like this would constitute the majority of the reception there were several people in the theater with us speaking and reacting to an absolutely book-consistent interpretation of McCarthy's film positively.
It's for the same reason no one fully understood No Country For Old Men as well.
purpdrank83 2 years ago 2
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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.
JonGarrett2008 2 years ago
10/10.
and as for the father not being named, thats wrong. If you see when charlize theron was leaving, she whispered "john.."
hinduw 2 years ago
if my memory serves me correct she whispers "don't" as he tries to grab for her.
not john. that would be a horrible mistake to make as in the book his name isn't mentioned once, adding to the realism but also representing the empty face of this disaster, it could happen to any of us, any one of us could be 'man'.
alerxisonfire 2 years ago
The Road was UNBELIEVABLY beautiful....its strange that a post-apocalyptic setting w/ nothing naturally left...yet it looks better than most films this year.
i didnt cry during it, but the story was powerful enough, heartbreaking, but also heartwarming!!!
somehow, its possible to still find some comfort left in this bleak, scary film.
EXCELLENT.
Viggo Mortenson should ATLEAST be nominated for Oscar.
mhaze210 2 years ago
and kodi smit, best child actor i've seen.
alerxisonfire 2 years ago
Global warming? As I watched the film I never once thought about global warming...considering you could see each character's breath, the snow, etc. Global warming causing torched cities? What the hell does 'global warming' have to do this anything in this film?
PS: Apples are for faggots.
Gatlinburg 2 years ago 4
I think it might have been a gamma burst from a dead star that caused it. Hell, we have one pointing at Earth right now about 100 light years away. By the time we would know what hit us it would already be too late. The gamma would instantly flash-fry the portion of the Earth that it hits, to include the ozone. Then the other side of the planet would feel effects that are still speculative. So the ray may have hit China and we're just seeing the effects on our side of the pond. Just a theory.
RangeViperM249 2 years ago
sounds like a reasonable explanation rangeviper,
but how come at the start of the film, and in the dreams (mostly in book) there is already fire, i presume that viggo and his wife didn't go to bed with the neighbourhood covered and flames amid screaming and shouting. the lights don't work and water supplies are empty.
Surely that means something happned quickly whilst they slept
surely the aftermath of a 'gamma burst' would take longer.
i'm no expert but please tell me where i'm wrong.
alerxisonfire 2 years ago
Dont think of it like that. It relates to the movie ecologically. Like the movie was kind of a preview of what might happen to our ecology. So they kind of relate. But yes, the torched cities and coldness...definitely the after math of a nuclear holocaust. One think i really learned though from the movies is...if the ecology dies civilization fails.
UnknownSideEffect 2 years ago
Good review, but come on guys. Bleak is not a flaw, especially when they clearly intended for it.
Do you want to watch Schindler's List again? How about Requiem for a Dream? Trainspotting? Does that make them bad films though? No.
ERoBB1 2 years ago
I don't get how they can talk up a movie so much than give it a low score. I am confused.
fathead8489 2 years ago
I'm reading the book. It kicks ass. Just saying.
FierceDeity835 2 years ago 2
Fallout 3!
fatmoleman 2 years ago
@fatmoleman
Shut the fuck up.
ERoBB1 2 years ago
man, this trio has been doing good lately, we need to have this trio more often! very fun to watch!
suchAnoob 2 years ago 2
spoiler alert kind of:
i read the book for a class lyk 5 months ago.
1. you never find out in the book what happened that made the world like that.
2. you never find out the kids/dad's name in the book either
zomferic 2 years ago 2
it's still a great book, like almost all of Cormac Mccarthy books.
deveousdevil 2 years ago
Well they never outright tell you, but in the movie you can kind of tell. There's a few shots with a thick layer of ash on things, so that suggests a volcano or a meteor.
Remdog44 2 years ago
holy shit, i read this book like 2yrs ago. good read!
edupbeat 2 years ago
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Broyale26 2 years ago
Why do they keep saying things are "up in the air"?
ZKoftherebellion 2 years ago
its another new movie they just reviewed
smashsamus 2 years ago
'up in the air' is the new film with george clooney- guess they're just comparing the two
as2711 2 years ago
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WAR OF THE WORLDS is the best apocolypse movie PERIOD
kalamantas3 2 years ago
The 1953 film or the 2005 film?
PainAddict666 2 years ago
it doesn't matter why or how it happened. duh! it was a great movie. go see it!
jtilak 2 years ago
does this video contain spoilers?
socarulz 2 years ago
YES
jtilak 2 years ago
why cant they just review the fukin movie? every one of these videos contains fukin spoilers, usually i dont care, but i want to see this so.....
socarulz 2 years ago
oh my god, this movie is not about global warming, nor was the novel. quit politicizing a great film.
werealldoodshey 2 years ago
i hope it kept the novels ending.
robrazor 2 years ago
play fallout 3..... this movie is a cover of that game (kinda).
fivebythree 2 years ago
@fivebythree is the game a "cover" of teh novel?
werealldoodshey 2 years ago
TYT Movie reviews are WAY TOO LONG...
I used to enjoy the reviews but now I feel like someone is just dictating the entire movie to me...
It should be called "movie commentary".
So basically I'm not going to watch this review until AFTER I watch it.
oolong2 2 years ago
Not even the author of the book knows or cares to speculate on what caused the apocolypse in the book. If he doesn't know, don't even bother guessing. I doesn't matter.
aquaknot 2 years ago
i very much enjoyed 2012
TVZombie3000 2 years ago
Just by looking at the trailer i can immediately tell what happen, i meteorite struck the earth and that's why its so dark and trees look dried up and dead.
riptor3086 2 years ago
or a global nuclear war?
TVZombie3000 2 years ago
No it said it in the book.
riptor3086 2 years ago
first of all, you said that you "could guess what had appened by looking at the images from the movie", and secondly, what book?
TVZombie3000 2 years ago
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man fuck off u dumb fagget imdb and wiki is your friend.
riptor3086 2 years ago
lol.. rude, uncivilized putz....
TVZombie3000 2 years ago
With North America descending into this sort of anarchy, can you imagine what the more densely populated European continent would be like? Not pretty.
jefevonQ 2 years ago
I love the misery, I love the pain
BlueRoseRocketBand2 2 years ago
I LOVED the book even though it was profoundly sad. I try not to ruin books by watching movie adaptations (even if they might be good).
flowergirl1313 2 years ago
Ruin? C'mon, film is its own art form.
This one was done VERY well. I guess it really helps to have the lead actor be such a transcendant ubermensch like Viggo. Its clear that he reveres McCarthy's masterful work and wants to do it justice.
The key is the adaptation, and I daresay that some films actually kick their source book's ass. A great example of that is "Clockwork Orange". Good book, but a classic film.
don't denigrate the art of film y'all.
Bunnicula71 2 years ago
All your movie reviews end up using decimal points, just make it out of a hundred already dammit
PinkEyeTowlie 2 years ago
Children Of Men anyone?!?
Oli3TB76 2 years ago
I love your movie reviews... so well done.
catquack 2 years ago 4
It seems like a realistic version of Mad Max. Awesome!
jorgedug 2 years ago
OMG! I love disaster/apocalypse movies too! they are my favorite.
Sunkisthappy 2 years ago
Thanks for spoiling the movie one on the left.
AnthraxMuffin 2 years ago
Thanks for the heads up, I ffw every time he spoke.
jorgedug 2 years ago
TYT you should see ON THE BEACH ... australian movie ... really good really good
kangax 2 years ago
Is it just me, or is the volume of each video decreasing by the day??
I have the volume turned all the way up and I can barely hear what they are saying (not helped by Ben's tendancy to incoherently mutter to himself!!)
CheapBeer09 2 years ago
this is very true, and then an add will come on and blow your speakers
itslilColin 2 years ago
o.o i hear just fine at 50% volume, ur speakers suk
satbir129 2 years ago
actually they do broadcast at a low volume, been like that for a while tho
Caboose3012 2 years ago
Yeah, it's really hard to hear on a laptop.
IFloridaMotocrossI 2 years ago
OMFG I was listening and reading comments so I wasnt watching and I heard Cenk the annoying guy and then fucking kermit THE fucking frog.... I was wtf (scroll up)? lmao then realised oooo snap was a dude. OMG what I wouldnt have given for a dude saying well this is kermit the frog here reporting on the movie.... lol
BlackMambakins 2 years ago
This movie was so unbelievably creepy. The basement / cellar scene was DISTURBING! They cut some of the harshest shit from the book out eg. the newborn baby roasting on the spit that the presumably parents are cooking to eat. INTENSE!
fiercefunky 2 years ago
is dvdrip out?
erdal0 2 years ago
I'm surprised by the people here who say that they SPOILED the movie. They didn't mention anything that wasn't actually in the book, so I don't feel like anything was spoiled. I'm looking forward to seeing the movie.
majorgeek 2 years ago
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As much as I like TYT, I find it hard to take this review seriously for three reasons.
1) You attempted to make comparisons to other movies and never mentioned Children of Men.
2) The two critics other than Cenk were extremely annoying and rambly and not very insightful.
3) You semi-spoiled the end of the movie.
TYT, please shape up your movie reviews!
pnoozi 2 years ago
Okay they just spoiled the film, great.
Elmaln 2 years ago
Hence the warning in the title.
Remagoen 2 years ago 2
Yeah, I realised that after I heard the spoiler. What good is a movie review with a spoiler anyway.
Elmaln 2 years ago
Make sure you guys review Avatar next week
TheJawsusNSexmanShow 2 years ago
Bet the movie would have been so much more intense for these guys if they'd read the book. The book is horribly intense.
narwhalsATTACK 2 years ago
LOL funny that you even have a ? behind spoiler. HUGE SPOILERS!!
Reggis420 2 years ago