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Has anyone seen the movie The Road?

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k-dizzle
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Because i hated it while watching but then wanted to watch it again the next day, who else felt this way?
Jul 13 2010 8:36PM
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*simba*
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Great fucking movie.
Jul 13 2010 8:36PM
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theblacktaco
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the book was alot better .. the movie was good no doubt but i really felt attached to the father and son through out the book
Jul 13 2010 8:38PM
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turtles
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great fucking book too. no homo
Jul 13 2010 8:39PM
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BrewskiJr
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The book was definitely badass. Never ended up watching the movie tho
Jul 13 2010 8:39PM
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Uncle.Badness
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Never saw the movie but the book was ballerstatus.
Jul 13 2010 8:40PM
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mysticllamarider
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i liked it

Jul 13 2010 8:40PM
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k-dizzle
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So the book is also called The Road? i'll have to read it now.
Jul 13 2010 8:41PM
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Lemuel
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Read the book then saw the movie. Both were great, but as always, the books are always better. The movie was really good though. Great story line. The part with the naked people in the basement scared the shit out of me though.
Jul 13 2010 8:41PM
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soulskier
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I just warded thatvtoday, pretty good flick but I wish I would have known it was a book first
Jul 13 2010 8:42PM
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andy_boy
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I saw it. By the sound of it, I should have read the book first though. It was a good movie but it was so incredibly depressing that it was difficult for me to like it. Even though I wanted to very badly.
Jul 13 2010 8:44PM
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Yossarian
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Book is a lot better. I kinda got irritated with Viggo Mortensen, but that might just be Viggo Moretensen.
Jul 13 2010 8:46PM
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TheBigD
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the road was a quick easy read but i was disappointed due to the hype and the authors lack of vocabulary.

in one of few cases, i actually thought the movie was better.
Jul 13 2010 8:47PM
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Lemuel
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Yea it was pretty depressing, it makes you think abotu what it would be like to lose everything and everyone you have, which no one wants to think about.

The one thing I liked about the book was the lack of names for the characters. Always referred to as the man/father and son/boy.
Jul 13 2010 8:50PM
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Yossarian
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Really? Read some more Cormac McCarthy - hes an epic author and its not always about the extent of vocabulary but what the vocabulary conveys.
Jul 13 2010 8:52PM
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Gameboy
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Totally felt the same way. I mean I really think I would happen this way.
Jul 13 2010 8:57PM
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wiglaf
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are you guys serious? Nothing happen in that movie. Basically a guy and his inept son walk around the woods avoiding cannibals and look for food. The thing is I love post apocalyptic movies but this one was a huge disappointment.
Jul 13 2010 9:02PM
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soulskier
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The only part I didn't really like about the movie was just how damn clumsy the son was, other than that it was great
Jul 13 2010 9:11PM
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summersover
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surprising that everyone liked the book, i read it and didn't like it
i found it very monotonous and depressing
Jul 13 2010 9:13PM
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k-dizzle
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well the movie was too but thats just why it was good
Jul 13 2010 9:15PM
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P.opsicle
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Im with you on this one.
Jul 13 2010 9:22PM
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Dukeybrains
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so reading is gay?>
Jul 13 2010 9:29PM
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k-dizzle
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nope
Jul 13 2010 9:43PM
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RICK_ROSS
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fact
Jul 13 2010 9:44PM
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soulskier
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No, that was in fact an interrogative statement
Jul 13 2010 9:57PM
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pmw
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no i have not
Jul 13 2010 10:03PM
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RICK_ROSS
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okay, you win
Jul 13 2010 10:06PM
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skeedle
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i am about half way through and i can only read about 4 pages at a time. its so beautifully written, but sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo depressing. it's taken me a month to get that far.
Jul 13 2010 10:07PM
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snwbrdmilf
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I loved the book. I'd like to see the movie.
Jul 13 2010 11:14PM
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little1337
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ive seen roadhouse?       on family guy.
Jul 13 2010 11:17PM
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Charlie_Kelly
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just watched it. so fucking depressing
Jul 13 2010 11:24PM
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i.ski.troll.
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My personal favorite book I have read. I have not seen the movie though. Where can I see this online?
Jul 13 2010 11:26PM
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i.ski.troll.
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nevermind, found a link.
Jul 13 2010 11:28PM
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Dhane
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im bumping this thread because i would also like to see the movie. from my understanding they change the ending in the movie? and it seems they portray the son completely differently in the movie than the book. just finished it again for a class and want to see if the film adaption stands up to the book. i imagine they cut alot out just because of how brutual the book is. also, to the kid who said carmac uses little vocabulary, re-read the first five pages and come back to me with a list of words you've never heard before, or delve into the language of the book, or lack of.
Sep 20 2010 3:07PM
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deleted5
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i hated the book but then again i can barley read
Sep 20 2010 3:09PM
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Dhane
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or spell
Sep 20 2010 3:10PM
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icon1234
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I never read the book, but I thought the movie was depressing and boring. To be honest when I went to watch it I really had no background about the story, I thought it was going to be action/drama film. So that could explain why I thought it was boring.
Sep 20 2010 3:13PM
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Mike-O
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I checked the plot synopsis of the book from Wikipedias and it definitely changes the same way as the movie. However, I thought the film was horrible.
Sep 20 2010 3:13PM
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yuck
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i thought he fucking killed it!

that movie was so good IMO, one of the saddest and most powerful movies i have seen in a long time.
Sep 20 2010 4:43PM
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_MNice_
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am i missing something? because i though nothing happend the whole time and it was a waste of money to rent it and a waste of time to watch it. i seriously felt like there was no plot.
Sep 20 2010 6:19PM
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Dhane
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read the book.
Sep 20 2010 6:31PM
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Steezegull
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that movie was quite depressing but i still loved it.
Sep 20 2010 7:08PM
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Negro_Jesus
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sounds like im going to have to download the movie
Sep 20 2010 7:41PM
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AirtightSkiing
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It actually was tight.
The acting was iffy.
But the storyline and suspense, makes it a killer.
The Book looked like a bummer read so i didn't grab it.
Sep 20 2010 8:52PM
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naturday
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I have only cried at two movies in my whole life. One was the Road, and the other was The Lion King.
Sep 20 2010 9:58PM
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squibble
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im saving the book
Sep 20 2010 9:59PM
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maximiliaan
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i just looked at naturdays profile and got a boner
Sep 20 2010 10:00PM
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garrets
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Movie was alright, book was really good.
Sep 20 2010 10:18PM
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