Comments on: The Road Pushed Back

By: erik

erik — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:17:26 +0000

Read the book. It’s brilliant. I’m excited, although the potential for disappointment when this movie comes out is very real. It’s basically impossible to live up to an amazing book, which is why I hope that no one tries to make Blood Meridian into a movie. Highly doubtful anyone could pull that off.

By: Donna

Donna — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:56:17 +0000

I’ve been scanning the Web, too, for a trailer since mid-summer. I’m thinking that because the story is so minimalist, it’s not translating well to film and they’re trying to figure out how to fix it. Hope that’s not the case!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:47:25 +0000

GRRRRR! This has been the one movie I’ve been waiting for since this Summer. I figured something was up a few weeks back, when the film failed to screen at the Toronto Film Festival as planned, and we have yet to see a trailer.

Doug, please read the book. The re-read it. I have no doubt, as with every other person that I know who has read it, “The Road” will immediately fall into your “Top 5 Of All Time” list.

Brent–I agree with you on your “myterious” comment as you described the tone of the book, though in an interview with Rolling Stone, Mr. McCarthy briefly comments that he saw the Earth’s destruction as an impact event that causes the mass extinctions…

Well, here’s hoping early 2009 comes quick…

By: Brent

Brent — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:04:52 +0000

I picked up the book, read it and then put it down. It was on of those books you could not stop until you were done. It was that good. I have been almost obsessive in finding a site that has the trailer or more picts. It sucks that it will not be released until later. But as others have said I would rather wait and have them get this movie right because it will be damned hard to meet the level of impact the book makes. It is dark, mysterious (you never know what happened, where they are, even who they are…). It is frightening in its imagined reality – there is no super hero, no band of survivors that have presevered some semblence of “normality”, no one to save the day…

By: Alive360

Alive360 — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:33:43 +0000

The Road is a fantastic book. If you haven’t seen the interview that Cormac gives on Oprah, find it on UTube. She has no idea how to interview him and doesnt understand any of his answers. It’s amazing.
I’ve been looking forward to this movie forever, if it needs a few more months to make it perfect, then I’m down.

By: Kris

Kris — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 06:56:47 +0000

jus found out….viggo turned 50 yesterday

By: J

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:16:46 +0000

I’m glad they are working to get it right. I’ve been a little worried about the film because the novel is so good and I don’t want the film to distort something I enjoyed so much (Children of Men).
I bummed about the wait, but if they get it right it will be more than worth it.

By: joonavar

joonavar — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:27:18 +0000

I am most intrigued about this movie. I know that Viggo takes great care in the roles he plays…plus, the post apocalypic genre has already stirred my loins. Too long to wait for the movie, but I hope it’s worth it.
In the mean time, I might have a read of the book.

By: Dragonslayer

Dragonslayer — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:32:01 +0000

Goddamn it, NO! This could be the next I Am Legend (which WAS a good movie)

By: doug nagy

doug nagy — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:51:37 +0000

I have heard his books can be incredibly graphic, violent and that he’s a fantastic read.

I will have to hunt me up some books at the used book depot