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It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

This has to be one of the worst films I've ever seen. The entire film up until the last few minutes portrays a horrible post-apocalyptic nuclear winter where all animals have died, no crops will grow, food has run out and the few people left hunt each other for food. The ending of this film cannot be described as anything other than ridiculous and stupid. Spoiler: At the end, the father dies and the boy, almost immediately afterwards, finds a kind family of four with a dog who take him in. No explanation of how the family feeds itself while the rest of the world is eating each other. And a dog? Seriously? Cannibalism everywhere, but this family can feed itself and a dog. How? It's just a totally stupid ending that makes no sense in the broader context of the film.

The Road, a CinEuphoria Awards best cinematography winner, is about a man and his son who struggle to survive in a post apocalyptic setting. They run into many challenges including getting over the loss of the mother, finding food, and finding the mental strength to do what is necessary in order to survive, most importantly the mental strength to kill someone. At the end of the story the son if faced with the decision to go with another family, which he questions because his father said not to trust anyone, and he had the other option to stay on the beach with his father. Unique elements to this film include the different cinematic techniques used by the filmmaker. This includes the dark and sad colors present in the film as well as the filmmakers strategic angles to show the destroyed world. Personally the film was entertaining but probably not something I would watch again. It is not one of those movies you can watch over and over again. I also like movies with more happier moments, but there were not that many in this film, mostly bad things that would happen. I suggest for the viewer to read the book first so they can develop their own thought on what the characters look like then get the surprise of what they actually look like. The book does a good job describing the characters but I think when reading a book before watching a film the way you perceive the characters is always a little different then how they actually look. Personally I would recommend this film to anyone who likes post apocalyptic movie settings, thrilling moments, and emotional moments, some positive but mostly negative.

The Road 2009, the director John Hillcoat, screenplay Joe Penhall, and costume design Margot Wilson. This movie was from the book The Road written by Cormac McCarthy and won the Pulitzer prize for fiction in 2007 when the book was published. Viggo Mortensen who played the man was the main character in the film. Mortensen also took a part in the Lord of the Rings in 1999. America is very gray after a catastrophe. A man and his young son wander through this post-apocalyptic world, trying to keep the dream of civilization alive. They journey toward the sea, surviving as best they can on what they can scavenge, and try to avoid roving gangs of savage humans who will turn them into slaves, or worse. I didn't notice any significant differences from the book to the film. Everything seemed to be how it was portrayed in the book. The filmmaker uses cinematic techniques very effectively. The lighting that the filmmaker used was effective because during the flashbacks it was nice and sunny but when it came back to the setting of the film everything was dark, gray and gloomy. The filmmaker also has a good use of costumes to make the actors look like they are very dirty and are in very poor conditions. I feel like this was a good film because it followed the movie very well and also provided great imagery and setting along with the book. I only recommend this film if you read the book. The only reason that I only recommend it if you read the book is because the film is pretty slow and gray so it gets tiring and boring after a while of watching it and if you haven't read the book you will probably get bored of it. If you read the book though you will want to watch the movie to see the ways that the scenes are presented in the movie opposed to what you were intrepatating in the book.

About halfway through the movie I'm hoping the kid dies. He's a whiny, stupid and weak character. You don't grow up in that environment and get to be a weak sauce loser like that kid. And there is alllll that ash everywhere and they don't bother to try to wear masks? WTF nope. Nope nope.