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Film School Rejects: Esquire Paints Dark, Beautiful Picture of John Hillcoat’s ‘The Road’

  • ERoBB · 6 months ago
    I'm hesitantly excited. The book is fantastic. Although I'm still unsure about Viggo Mortenson as the Man.
  • MrDeath · 6 months ago
    I think Viggo could be the man. When I read the book, I imagined something similar to Roland from The Dark Tower series, a role I think Viggo could handle. I really hope this movie is good. Love Cormac McCarthy.
  • Phoghat · 6 months ago
    Speaking of The Dark Tower, that is a worthy project for oh say Peter Jackson. Yeah, I know it's not going to be, but just think of a 7 installment movie franchise of a Steven King movie that wouldn't suck ass.
  • finalcrisis · 6 months ago
    The book was good. Not sure how the movie's going to compare. I don't see them filming it exactly following the book and audiences being satisfied, kind of like Watchmen.
  • flameyheadgear · 6 months ago
    Finally.

    Viggo is Every Man. He'll do well, and better than that.
  • KLOWN013 · 6 months ago
    I could hardly make it through this book. I can't believe they are making a movie out of it. If this book was written by a first time author it would have been bashed to hell for it's shitty writing style, lack of detail, and general lack of story. But no, it was praised for being a giant pile of shit. Like an artist who leaves the canvas blank, McCarthy is referred to as a genius for his "vision" when in fact he did something so goddamn crappy and lazy. McCarthy wrote a shitty story in a shitty way then got praise out of the ass for it. Boy and Man walk. Boy and Man hide. Boy and Man walk some more. Boy and Man hide some more. There. Now I wrote a story just as good as his. Where is my Pulitzer and million bucks?
  • Phoghat · 6 months ago
    Boy and man interact, boy and man learn shit the boy should never even have to know, boy and man are every man and boy, boy and man are acting pretty much like exactly what would happen in a nuclear winter. I guess you think that in a post-apocalyptic future we would probably have someone like Mel Gibson driving the last of the V 8's into a bunch of leather clad, Mohawk wearing bikers. Yeah, that sounds just about right.
  • KLOWN013 · 6 months ago
    This book would have benefited greatly from a Mad Max like character. Lack of detail made this book boring as shit on stick.
  • Cole_Abaius · 6 months ago
    The only concern I have is that the movie maintain the tone of the book concerning the blameless sort of nature about the end of the world. The book doesn't point a finger or try to get preachy about mankind destroying the planet. It does right to focus on the personal story of a young man instead.

    If the movie adds some sort of element meant to make me feel bad about not recycling, it'll ruin it for me.