watching the movie, "THE ROAD"..damn. i need to keep pausing it!
 

the movie is intense!!

i also realize that i am woefully unprepared should the meteor hit.. i keep hitting pause and doing chores to relax..hahaha.

after checking emails, i'll go and snap a pic of my garden..water it..then back to the movie.

That one is grim.

wife has a horrible habit of goggling the synopsis..she said, "the hell with watching this!" and walked off. i dont suspect it ends well.

One of the most depressing movies of all time

Also one of the most realistic apocolyptic movies of all time........
Have lots of ammo, weapons, food, water, medicine.......
Look out for you own......
When the **** hits the fan this movie gives you an idea of what is really going to happen and what's to come......
Let us know when you finish watching it and we'll discuss.....

the book is much better and grimmer..... it gets inside his head more

well...crap. now that i'm all "cheered" up.

somebody care to speculate about the ending??

The book was written by a guy from here in Knoxville...

Personally.......I don't think the ending worked for me.....at least with the whole family and dog....
The dad was always keeping a sharp eye out for anyone, how the hell weren't they spotted? They were in route for quite some time.....it just didn't fit the movie imo.
Maybe the book reads different, I'll have to pick it up......

The scene at the beach made me dislike the dad after he stripped the lone guy, it turned him into one of "the bad guys" which he warned his son about.......

But all in all, when the **** hits the fan it'll come down to who's the fittest, has the most ammo, and the personal will to survive......

Read the book, saw the movie. Neither are for everybody, but both were crafted to a high standard.

Bleak doesn't even come close to describing the story, but considering the story, what else could it be.

That movie stayed with me for days. .


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As for speculation on the ending, the book and the movie pretty much equal out.)

bell,

The family had been watching the man and boy on the beach for a while like a day or two. Also, the boy did earlier spot the kid in the ruins. Also, the family with the dog appeared to be much more knowledgeable about survival so it is believable that they went undetected.

Was he born there?

Cormac McCarthy who is very famous author, lives in New Mexico, north of Santa Fe.

Wrote "No Country for Old Men", "All the Pretty Horses", etc.

so was the family at the end good or bad?

i think the kid represented humanity. he was all innocent, and trusting. if he died, so did mankind. i am surprised there wasnt extra ammo in that bunker.

Good, is the feeling we're left with...

His Dad was his ammo. Used it all up.

tcar..that's good.

No the family followed them through most of the movie.....at least that's what I interpreted.....
The families son was spotted when dad was reminiscing at his childhood home, and again when they were in the bomb shelter (the dog was heard above and the dad freaked out)......

Either way........why didn't they make contact sooner instead? They went through the trouble of "stalking" the father and son.....

In the book, it feels like the family was only tracking them for a few days, couple weeks, maybe.

The 'catastrophe' takes place several years earlier.

bell. i thought the same thing. but i imagined that they couldnt trust anything. an adult was simply too dangerous. the didnt know the relationship. so when the man died, they needed to act. i would have spend alittle more time with the bomb shelter. good movie.

Evidently he moved here when he was 4 years old and "grew up" here...

I enjoyed them both, but the book was much better.