THE ROAD

A couple days ago, I was lucky enough to go to a private screening of The Road.  Reading the novel a year ago, I have been not very patient to see this movie (especially because the original release date was last November).  Since the film was pushed back an entire year, I had my doubts on how it would turn out.  I was not disappointed in the least bit.  With a cast of Viggo Mortensen, Robert Duvall, and brilliant newcomer Kodi Smit-Mcphee, you can expect perfection and not be let down.  The overall concept is so poetic yet dark.  It will break your heart and move you to tears.  The cinematography captures the sorrow and sadness that the world has succumb to after an unexplained apocalyptic event.  The relationship between the boy and the father is incredibly powerful.  They walk through a dying Earth with each day a struggle to survive.  The film is nothing short of a masterpiece.  Most of the dialogue is taken right out of the novel written by the genius Cormac McCarthy (author of '08 best picture No Country for Old Men) and is thankfully faithful to the book.  The Road comes out in theaters in about a month, and i will most definitely see it again.  I also cannot stress enough how this is not just another apocalypse, "what will happen when the world ends" movie.  It is so much more.