I read Thomas Spurlin's DVD review of The Road at http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=42751 and...

Great review!

While I thought the film was excellent, I'm not sure I want to own it. It definitely was a difficult film to watch and dwell on. I think I would like to see it again but it's not really the kind of film that I would watch multiple times.

Anyone else feel this way?

You know, I was expecting to feel the same way going into it. After two screenings, I've found enough intriguing content to pull me back to Hillcoat's rendition in the future: the photography, the use of locations, the condensed faithfulness to the source and, of course, the performances from Mortensen and Smit-McPhee. I think you grow somewhat desensitized to the overwhelming sense of depression -- at least, I have after reading the book and screening the film.

I agree with all this. I find the film highly rewatchable. I think people tend to project their own feelings & mindset onto what they watch. I'm not a depressed person, so the content of the story didn't bother me in the least. I was absorbed in the story unfolding. I found it fascinating and a refreshing anti-Hollywood mentality to the filmmaking.

What's the parentage quotient here? As a father of one, I found both the book and movie consistently next-to-unbearable, albeit fantastic and powerful. Hillcoat's film is amazing, but no interest in putting myself through it again. I'd rather go wake up my kid and hug her for a while.

I loved the book, but thought the movie was hit or miss. Overall, a solid adaptation with fantastic performances, but the ending still felt like it had Hollywood tinkering involved.

IIRC, the end of the movie is pretty much the same as the end of the book.

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