Saturday, July 3, 2010
The Road
I read the Road about 6 months ago and was moved by the story. When looking for a video to watch last night I picked up the movie version. The movie was ok but lost some of the desolation and hopelessness of the book. The casting however was masterful Viggo Mortenson as the father was perfect. The rest of the players worked around his central figure very well making the story come to life.
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Good to hear that. Someone loaned me a copy of the movie and I've been reluctant to watch because the book was so incredibly good; I feared that it wouldn't translate at all into a movie. I'll have to watch it some night when I'm in the mood to be worn down, left an empty, hopeless shell...
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