Comments on: ‘The Road’ Trailer Will Catch Up With You and Kill You

By: Todorojo

Todorojo — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:26:02 +0000

Several of McCarthy's works have been adapted into screenplays with mixed results. Those of us who read “No Country for Old Men” prior to the release of the film were more than elated by how true to the original work the Coen brothers' film adaptation remained. Though I am very much interested in “The Road”, any addition of back story, extra characters and eventual plot twists that were not present in the book are not only unwelcome, but gravely unnecessary to a story that already had all it needed. My hope is that the adaptation of “Blood Meridian” currently in development is as stark and desolate as the book.

By: Jean

Jean — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:23:04 +0000

Well that's Cormac McCarthy for you. Try reading All the Pretty Horses. More than once does a sentence take up half of a page.

By: Jean

Jean — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 03:23:04 +0000

Well that's Cormac McCarthy for you. Try reading All the Pretty Horses. More than once does a sentence take up half of a page.

By: vsdfvsdv

vsdfvsdv — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:35:00 +0000

Well 3 seconds of that looked decent…

By: Pete L

Pete L — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:30:24 +0000

I agree with the B&W filming. When reading the book, I didn't visualize any of the images with color. The images were too bright in the trailer. Looks like they added some parts for the mother and about 100 other people that wasn't in the book. I hope all the extra added stuff helps instead of hurts the story.

By: Pete L

Pete L — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:30:00 +0000

By: xSilencio

xSilencio — Mon, 18 May 2009 04:00:12 +0000

Man, this trailer let me down. The book was so much more subdued. It's nice to see that Omar from The Wire has a part though, I hope he pulls the shotgun on someone.

By: xSilencio

xSilencio — Mon, 18 May 2009 04:00:00 +0000

Man, this trailer let me down. The book was so much more subdued. It's nice to see that Omar from The Wire has a part though, I hope he pulls the shotgun on someone.

By: raven22153

raven22153 — Sat, 16 May 2009 14:00:34 +0000

if anything, it's sure to boost gun sales amongst the "in-a-post-apocalyptic-world-gone-to-sh!t/over-run-with-zombies/mutants/robots/cannibalistic-hillbillies-kalashnikov-owners-will-inherit-the-earth-crowd. The book was powerful and bleak.

By: raven22153

raven22153 — Sat, 16 May 2009 14:00:00 +0000

By: Aleric

Aleric — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:54:45 +0000

I still want to see this even though it has taken wayyyyyy too long to release it.

By: Aleric

Aleric — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:54:00 +0000

I still want to see this even though it has taken wayyyyyy too long to release it.

By: Boulevard

Boulevard — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:57:44 +0000

This trailer is suffering from some "Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" syndrome. That is to say, if the movie stays true to the book, then it isn't action driven, and in an attempt to draw in a larger audience, they made it seem like an action flick. At least, I hope that's the case; it's a lot easier to deal with than "bad movie syndrome."

By: Boulevard

Boulevard — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:57:00 +0000

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 15 May 2009 03:18:26 +0000

"By the way, it anyone else getting a Squeal-Like-A-Pig vibe from that hick who wants to kidnap The Boy?"

Well, the book does make a major mention of such characters in the death squads roaming the country side. Something about chained-up marching catemites, and the mother claiming that they'll rape, kill and eat the boy.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 15 May 2009 03:18:00 +0000

"By the way, it anyone else getting a Squeal-Like-A-Pig vibe from that hick who wants to kidnap The Boy?"

By: GuiltyTrace

GuiltyTrace — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:33:40 +0000

The reason I read the book was because I heard they were making a film adaptation and it was highly acclaimed. I finished it in maybe four days. It's an incredible read and I hope the movie is just as good. Plus, Guy Pearce man…

By: GuiltyTrace

GuiltyTrace — Fri, 15 May 2009 02:33:00 +0000

By: JLTucker

JLTucker — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:49:34 +0000

I will only see it because of Viggo.

By: Kangaroo Be Stoned

Kangaroo Be Stoned — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:49:00 +0000

I will only see it because of Viggo.