A lucky moviegoer was invited to a test screening of The Road and posted his impressions on JoBlo.com. Warning: his summary contains some fairly specific details of what seems to be a major scene. "Dave" finds much to admire, especially in the lead performances of Viggo Mortenson and Kodi Smit-McPhee. (Another take — from someone who viewed reels in post-production — can be found here.) I can not wait to see this movie. I haven’t yet read the book (a not-so-recently purchased copy mocks me from my nightstand) but I have seen The Proposition, the haunting 2006 Aussie Western which was the breakthrough project for Road director John Hillcoat. (It’s an awesome film, which Hillcoat gives a mood that is both lyrical and unsentimental.) C’mon Weinstein Co., give us a release date for The Road, already!
Nov 9
2008
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Read the book first. It’s an incredible piece of work and the movie – which promises to be made of 100% awesome – can’t possibly as good. I cannot wait to see the movie but I’m glad I read it first. It was one of the fastest reads of my life, too.
This might be the best movie ever made, and it still won’t make much money. The subject matter is way depressing. The book is dark… way dark.
I too have had the book on my bedside table for a year and a half. I always find something more ‘me’ to read. I should read it. I will read it soon.
I too have had the book on my bedside table for a year and a half. I always find something more ‘me’ to read. I should read it. I will read it soon.
Definitely read the book. I’m sure the movie will be good, but the book was outstanding. And if you wait, and see the movie first, you may not be as inclined to read it, and you would be missing out sorely.
Definitely read the book first. It’s really fantastic and dark, and there’s no way that the movie, no matter how powerful the performances are, will be able to capture everything in it.
The book is a quick and dirty read eh? I mean, it will mess you up but I think I read it in one day at the cottage. Actually, everyone in my family read it at the cottage this summer – all in a day or two. It’s very engaging – just pick it up and you won’t put it down.
You haven’t read the book yet? You MUST. It is stunning – you’ll pick it up off of your nightstand and won’t put it down until it’s done. STUN. NING.
Viggo Mortenson keeps delivering these knockout performances that no one sees! I hope all the McCarthy fans run really quick to the theaters and help make this movie do good box office. As kind-of worried as I am to see this, if Mortenson and Smit-McPhee have good chemistry, the movie is sold!
I actually read “The Road” after I heard that Viggo had signed on to do the film adaptation and wow…. There are scenes described in the book that haunt me and frankly, I’m not sure I want these vague images “realized” by seeing them in the movie. The book was mesmerizing, distressing and yet uplifting at some points too. If the movie can capture even a quarter of that….