Comments on: Back from THE ROAD

By: steph

steph — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:28:48 +0000

I’ve read the book, have yet to see the movie. Its sad, so very truly sad yet at the end your left with this faint tiny glimmer of hope and of course lusting for more.

By: peteD3

peteD3 — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 21:09:24 +0000

i have a hard time accepting the bleakness of the film with the product placements abounding.
its like, ‘here is some WW2 footage… brought to you by Miller beer, let party!’

By: Kimmo

Kimmo — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 02:15:48 +0000

My two favorite books from the genre are After the Flood by P.C. Jersild and Into the Forest by Jean Hegland. Dystopian fiction <3.

By: maggy

maggy — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:31:13 +0000

LOL I hated the book and I love dystopian fiction as well. I thought it was lazy and pretentious writing and should not have been labeled as a novel. Some people thought that it would have worked best as a novella. I agreed.

By: Twwly

Twwly — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:38:46 +0000

I still have nightmares from seeing Children of Men (while pregnant, didn’t help). Awake and asleep.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:39:29 +0000

Jon, when I see these movies I do always imagine myself going through those trials… As horrible as the experience would be somehow there’s something very appealing about being tested in that way, and being tested as a family.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:24:35 +0000

I’m in a Dystopian Fiction class right now and we read this book. It is great/terrifying.

Oryx & Crake/The Year of the Flood are two really awe-some recent dystopian novels I highly recommend (if you are a fan of the genre).

By: dresden

dresden — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:12:54 +0000

The book was awesome, Shannon. Read it. Unfortunately for me, the movie isn’t playing anywhere close to me. Closest is Syracuse (I’m in Rochester), so I’m just going to wait for the Blu Ray.

By: jon

jon — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:18:12 +0000

i just finished the book yesterday, it was incredible and i read it in less than 24 hrs.

when i read something that has been made into a movie, my mental image of the characters and settings is almost always influenced. in this case i’ve yet to see the film adaptation, but i have watched the trailers and my mass-market copy of the road has Viggo on the cover.

so, initially at least, he’s who i saw in my mind’s eye as i read. but after a while i started seeing my own father with my kid brother who is 13, at least in an emotional sense. but it didn’t stop there and i thought you might like to know, especially in light of your previous post, that i also saw you and Nefarious.

I admit that it’s super depressing to imagine anyone i know, via the internet or otherwise, in the unbearable and brutal situations described in the book, but as i think about it more and more i can’t get away from the love the man has for the boy and the extremes he is willing to push himself through, physically AND emotionally for the safety, well-being, and whatever scraps of a quality of life he can give his child.

or maybe i just pictured you because of your beard.

By: starbadger

starbadger — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:11:35 +0000

a nobel and a war
today some few got everything

when six billion die
who will do the math and note
that is 1000x 6 million

there will still be 2 billion left but who knows – i don’t – do you – i didn’t think so

By: starbadger

starbadger — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:06:49 +0000

do you remember the talks Vati and I had 40 years ago…

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:49:12 +0000

I haven’t read the book, but Caitlin has, and she said that it’s very very close to the book, although the movie is a little less bleak.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:35:20 +0000

Can’t wait to see this. I am wondering how it compares to the book. Cormac McCarthy is one of the best living writers IMO.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:34:47 +0000

Can’t wait to see this. I am wondering how it compares to the book. Cormac McCartney is one of the best living writers IMO.