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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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seriously - am I missing something about The Road?

(, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:13, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
Watch the film
It's thick with emotion, most of it of the "Oh my God this is so depressing" kind.
(, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:15, Reply)
i could see it working as a film, perhaps
the book was just some whiney kid and his dad "daaaaaaaaaaad why's everyone dead...daaaaad wah wahwa hwahwah"
(, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:18, Reply)
It's got Viggo Mortensen in it
It managed to make living in a post-apocalyptic world NOT look like fun.
(, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:25, Reply)
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm aragorn

(, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:27, Reply)
Should have added zombies.
Then it would have been fun.
(, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:31, Reply)
I don't know crunchy
but I thought The Sparrow was really underwhelming so perhaps it's just that different things strike a chord with different people.
(, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:19, Reply)
perhaps so
One person I know who liked the road reckoned it was more affective if you had or at least liked kids
(, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:21, Reply)
I suppose that would make it resonate more but it's pretty universal

(, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:25, Reply)
^this
Books affect everyone differently.
(, Mon 31 Jan 2011, 10:21, Reply)

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