Comments on: Postgrad Movie Review: The Road http://www.the-postgrad.com/2009/12/ostgrad-movie-review-the-road/ What Happens After Graduation? Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:41:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Samuel Kim http://www.the-postgrad.com/2009/12/ostgrad-movie-review-the-road/#comment-379 Samuel Kim Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:02:37 +0000 http://www.the-postgrad.com/?p=885#comment-379 hey sarah! yea i haven't read the book yet, but i definitely want to take a look at it. I really have to say, the plot IS boring. but that doesn't make it intensely interesting, in the post "exposure" sort of way. I left the movie thinking some of the deepest thoughts I've had in a while. it really struck a chord somewhere deep in my being--i was really shaken up in a sense by it. I think, in that regard, the movie did exactly what it was hoping to do. i'll never watch it again. But what I did watch will probably be engraved in my memory in some way/shape/form for a really long time. I can't say that about many movies. I'll take a look at the book though for sure! hey sarah! yea i haven’t read the book yet, but i definitely want to take a look at it. I really have to say, the plot IS boring. but that doesn’t make it intensely interesting, in the post “exposure” sort of way. I left the movie thinking some of the deepest thoughts I’ve had in a while. it really struck a chord somewhere deep in my being–i was really shaken up in a sense by it. I think, in that regard, the movie did exactly what it was hoping to do.

i’ll never watch it again. But what I did watch will probably be engraved in my memory in some way/shape/form for a really long time. I can’t say that about many movies. I’ll take a look at the book though for sure!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.the-postgrad.com/2009/12/ostgrad-movie-review-the-road/#comment-378 Sarah Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:51:51 +0000 http://www.the-postgrad.com/?p=885#comment-378 Most people who haven't read it told me that they were also expecting a big cgi spectacle as well but they were "bored" by the plot. (go fig!) I think the point you bring up about "there is no one to rescue us" is what makes the story exceptional. The book was truly remarkable (with more graphic encounters with bad guys) and the movie was a very faithful reproduction of the book with some excellent enhancements, for those who haven't seen it, IMHO I'd recommend reading it first. Most people who haven’t read it told me that they were also expecting a big cgi spectacle as well but they were “bored” by the plot. (go fig!) I think the point you bring up about “there is no one to rescue us” is what makes the story exceptional. The book was truly remarkable (with more graphic encounters with bad guys) and the movie was a very faithful reproduction of the book with some excellent enhancements, for those who haven’t seen it, IMHO I’d recommend reading it first.

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