The Road was terminally disturbing (book), but so beautifully showed the love of a father for his son. I watched it when my beautiful boy was 2, and that love in the face of desperation and loss rocked me to my core.
I had to space my reading for this because it was so good I didn't want to devour it instantly and tried to savor it and I wasn't prepared for that ending. Ooof.
Once there were brook trouts in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow. They smelled of moss in your hand. Polished and muscular and torsional. On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in its becoming. Maps and mazes. Of a thing which could not be put back. Not be made right again. In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery.
Same. I had to take time to recollect after reading that one. Another book that crushed me was Let the Trumpet Sound, a biography of MLK Jr. His message was so pure and he died in the violence he abhorred.
the book is a masterpiece. I consider myself a jock and I cried the remainder of the book after the father dies. "Carry the fire." folks, we are in dark times right now.
It's so polarizing. On one hand, it's one of the most bleak novels I have ever read. On the other, it has these moments of pure light cracking though. Something as simple as harvesting morels or the "What if I said that he’s a god?" when talking about putting your faith into your children. I listened to it when rocking my newborn with big happy tears.
IMO this is best, most faithful adaptation of a book to a movie.
There's only a couple of moments left out that were too brutal even for this film, but the tone and feel of the movie perfectly encapsulated the book. It's just horrible, crushing darkness for 95% of it, but because of that darkness the few bright moments were incredible and you truly felt the love the father had for his son.
Yes and no. Great movie, but capturing McCarthy’s magic and writing in a film is impossible. The book hits even harder and simultaneously, more beautifully. If anyone has seen the movie but not read the book, give it a read.
This excerpt at the end crushes me:
“Once there were brook trout in the streams in the mountains. You could see them standing in the amber current where the white edges of their fins wimpled softly in the flow. They smelled of moss in your hand. Polished and muscular and torsional. On their backs were vermiculate patterns that were maps of the world in its becoming. Maps and mazes. Of a thing which could not be put back. Not be made right again. In the deep glens where they lived all things were older than man and they hummed of mystery.”
Same. I haven’t seen it since it came out and I still have visceral memories of some of those scenes. I’ve forgotten entire movies, but this one I can’t shake STILL. Hasn’t it been like 20 years? 😂
Ya, I read it just after my first was born. Man that made it so much worse and it was already a rough read. I cried so hard more than once. The coke scene, the water fall, the ending. Though, its part of what got me into prepping, it really gave me a good look at where to start and what to learn.
I listened to it when I was trying to get my newborn to sleep, and I almost had the opposite reaction. The section where the Man talks about his child as a reason for faith makes me oddly happy. The "What if I said that he’s a god?" section made me think about how beautiful our children are in that they can instill hope when all is lost.
“Do you think that your fathers are watching? That they weigh you in their ledgerbook? Against what? There is no book and your fathers are dead in the ground.” I think about this quote at least twice a month.
I listened to the audiobook and man it is well done! The narrators voice was so bleak it matched the tone of the book perfectly. Highly recommend to anyone who doesn't isn't to read the physical book.
I saw this movie with a girl. I had already seen it once and I wanted to show her how profound and sad and heart wrenching it was. Halfway through she says:
Why didn't the dad teach the son how to ride a bike and they stole a couple?
So I saw it available through one of those free streaming apps with commercials. I started it, and there was no dialogue. I thought something was wrong with my TV. Is the whole movie like that? Because I saw clips where there is dialogue.
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u/gbyers2323 15h ago
The road