THE ROAD trailer looks different than I imagined… by COOP
I read this book over a year ago and it still has an emotional resonance with me. It’s a grim and depressing story about a father and son trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Sounds like the usual, gritty sci-fi fare but what you may not know is this work gained notoriety as a famed Oprah “Book of the Month” Club book. Shocking, I know. Written by Cormac McCarthy (of “No Country for Old Men” fame), this book is now considered the pinnacle of literature. Students are studying it at universities, critics are singing it’s genius and people who hate sci-fi are loving it.
Now the trailer for the film version is upon us. What shocks me is how commercial it seems compared to the artsy tone of the book. It appears to even show a prologue to the events leading up to the nuclear holocaust, something not touched upon in the book. I supposed it’s to give certain characters more screen time. I’m a little disappointed that they are going this route considering how slowly paced and methodical the book was. This looks more like an action flick with an obligatory “Youraagh!!!” scream thrown in for good measure (click here to learn the difference between the “Youraagh!!!” and the “Wilhelm” screams!)
Directed by John Hillcoat, It stars Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smidt-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall (who the hell would he be playing?), and Guy Pearce.
Take a look at the trailer here and comment below.
-Coop
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Just a thought, but I think Duvall would either be playing the head of the gang of ruffians the father and son encounter (who will probably be created for the movie), or the man who the son interacts with at the end of the novel. I cannot remember the age of that man off the top of my head at the moment.
I agree that it looks different than I had originally conceived, but I am still excited for it!
Yeah, well it would have to be different wouldn’t it? I think there were like three actual lines in the first act. I think this is a play to make the movie look commercially viable. John Hillcoat is definitely the right man to direct a novel like this one. I think what we will see in the end will be a raw and unnerving, if somewhat altered vision of the novel.