I'm not into worshiping celebrities, I don't even own a TV or follow the MSM. But I remember Viggo Mortensen about 10 years ago coming into Finnegan's Pub in Madrid while I was working there. He ordered a bottle of beer and seemingly just came to watch a soccer match on TV, I don't even know which teams were playing. There was just a couple of regulars there and myself when he came in. One of them went up to him and asked for an autograph, he said "sure" and signed the piece of paper he was presented. I saw celebrities in real life a couple of times and what I found sobering about him was that he didn't have any little court of ass-lickers around him. He was there on his own, didn't say anything, simply watched the match and left.
This is a post-Apocalyptic film unlike any other I've seen, focusing more on emotions, than anything else. I find it to be sorrowful and even a bit frightening how ravaged the world really is. The depravity and inhumane resolve of some people is shocking but very realistic. Anyone who watches this will have this stuck in their head for a while.
Bullshit I've worked with him and he's a great guy. What you see is what you get with Viggo, and he does not work with Prima Donna's. He only works with people who enjoy life as much as acting. Val Kilmer is a man full of vanity, and himself. Trust me.
The backdrop of why the man and his son find themselves in the situation they are in is utterly irrelevant. This is essentially a love story of a man and his only child. Let us not forget that toward the beginning of the tale the mother of the family chooses suicide over survival. The Father chooses to suffer and in turn to teach hardship with the purely optimistic intention of ensuring that some remnant of reason is involved in the re-population of the planet. In short - the Father is the Hero of the piece.
can anybody tell me why the world depicted in the book and movie is destroyed? just natural disasters or some kind of nuclear fallout or something? ive read the book and movie and still cant find anything.
9 years later I'll answer this for you... Cormac McCarthy has gone on record saying the 'event' is mostly based on what he imagined would happen if the Yellowstone mega-volcano erupted. It's a real possibility scarily enough...
@@GiuseppeCasey thank you kind stranger. Never too late haha. Excellent book and movie though. I suppose looking back, although I didn’t see it at the time, when the wife leaves in the middle of the night it looked like it could have been ash falling from the sky. Still amazing that you thought to reply from a 9 year old comment haha.
@ProfessorAR Would you care to elaborate? I found it beautifully filmed, brilliantly acted and faithfully adapted from the book. I appreciate that nothing can compare to the book but I thought that the film was brilliant. The Hurt Locker certainly shouldn't have beaten it at the Oscars etc.
Ok. I am not trying to bash the guy. If you'll notice, I admire his work; in fact, I couldn't believe what a great job he did in Eastern Premises. If you haven't seen it, check it out.
This movie/book shows if nuclear war happened it would literally reset humanity to the stone ages. All our infrastructures, technology and knowledge that accumulated all these millennia would be lost.. well maybe stored in bunkers.. but all the things we complain about today, they're literally luxuries compared to a post-apocalyptic world. It would be like living in Medieval Dark Ages again but honestly.. probably worse since we have no knowledge or preparation of how our medieval ancestors lived. The remaining survivors which honestly would probably be 0.001% of the population of Earth would harbor all the suffering and loss, grief on their shoulders and it'd be up to them to learn from our mistakes. With no knowledge of agriculture they would most likely live like the ancients on nuts and seeds, berries etc. Nature would replenish itself again and humans wouldn't be the dominant species anymore. It would take a million years or so for us to get back to where we are today... But what difference would it make then? Would our future selves choose the same thing again?
Brilliant movie, I see as protest against the whole stupidity Hollywood produced in the Last past years, Garbage is not just the polution we produce, but the kind of art we allow been trhrown in our heads( See the McG's Terminator Gayzation, or 2012). Let's give to the art credit, and not culture Trash.
Viggo is so depressed because he actually read the book five times. I read it once and never again. My favorite book of all time but once was enough for me and that's why it's a masterpiece of if post apocalypse horror.
I'm probably out on a limb here but......I found the book very hard going , the style and the prose just did not float my boat . I stuck with it but was glad when I reached the end .
To be honest I find his style a bit over done and hard to follow. I loved the road. It's my favourite fbook if all time but I simply can't get on with the rest of his stuff.
The Book Of Eli was another great post-apocalyptic film. What I liked about it, and I wish The Road had more of, is a spiritual theme. It entertained the idea that there is something greater than man out there, something that is divine in nature.
That would be stupid. Point of The Road is to focus on a father's struggle to survive with his son and to keep his morality in an immoral world. God or a Greater Force has no business there. There is even a part in the book where the father calls for God to help or show him a sign, without answer.
falloutworldrecord - I agree man! The Road doesn’t have a prophecy or religious tone... it is realistic in nature... Even if they find a bible in the world they would just burn it or discard it. There is a mention of religion and hope at the end though... only in the book!
EVERY McCarthy book. And I mean EVERY one..has constant religious ideas, notions, and constant struggles between morality and complete depravity, and how the character relates them to God. For anyone who actually reads McCarthy almost religiously, this is apparent. He just doesnt inject alot of detail on the matter, but it's there deeply..the books wouldnt exist without it. The judge in blood Meridian IS satan...the kid is an "Adam" archetype, and morality the redemption of man.
@@falloutworldrecord - This is the very first time I have watch this video since posting this comment, forgetting I had even commented about it, and I read your reply, considered it, and would like a chance to explain where I'm coming from, even though it has been two years, there's a principle to it. In the film, aside from the Father and Son, the old man, and the family that takes the boy in at the end, the entire world it seems has chosen cannibalism in order to survive, as well as other sick things. For someone to not turn to those things, if the world were to ever fall into such a dire situation, it seems to me that only belief in God, someone who loves righteousness and who calls to account all those who practice evil, that to me seems to be a huge reason why not to fall into such barbarism. That too me, those traditional Judeo-Christian principles, seem to me is what would preserve the best in humanity, or as the Father put it: "Carrying the fire."
I don't hate the movie, but I thought it was a terrible interpretation of an amazing novel. Really missed the mark. Just my opinion. The book is very worthy of its Pulitzer. The movie is worth a rental and that's about it.
don't get all heated up. I said he was a great actor: but, sorry, I feel he is somewhat too aware of his good looks and too self conscious in interviews. But, I still like his work.
The book was great, but I haven't seen the movie yet. Viggo is a great actor, his best acting being his role in Eastern Premises, but when he does interviews, you can tell he is full of himself. So, knowing his vanity, he probably demanded the make up.
One of the hardest movies to watch for me.
I used to think it was hard to watch but now after reading the book I absolutely love it.
I agree. I want my kids to watch it but not sure I can watch it again.
horror story
Viggo is a great actor. God damn, to think he was Aragorn after watching this film. Such great skills as an actor.
I'm not into worshiping celebrities, I don't even own a TV or follow the MSM. But I remember Viggo Mortensen about 10 years ago coming into Finnegan's Pub in Madrid while I was working there. He ordered a bottle of beer and seemingly just came to watch a soccer match on TV, I don't even know which teams were playing. There was just a couple of regulars there and myself when he came in. One of them went up to him and asked for an autograph, he said "sure" and signed the piece of paper he was presented. I saw celebrities in real life a couple of times and what I found sobering about him was that he didn't have any little court of ass-lickers around him. He was there on his own, didn't say anything, simply watched the match and left.
All i can say is: perfect book, and perfect movie
And stupid trailer
And perfect actor for the Man!
the boy was played amazingly. never questioned his performance once. absolutely brilliant.
The book will blow your mind even harder
Just read the book & brought me here. Beautifully written & the horror is in my head.
Now you are ready for "Blood Meridian".
This is a post-Apocalyptic film unlike any other I've seen, focusing more on emotions, than anything else.
I find it to be sorrowful and even a bit frightening how ravaged the world really is. The depravity and inhumane resolve of some people is shocking but very realistic.
Anyone who watches this will have this stuck in their head for a while.
Agreed! The Book and movie are hard to get out of your head/
he doesn't seem very full of himself... he definitely seems reverent of mccarthy
Bullshit I've worked with him and he's a great guy. What you see is what you get with Viggo, and he does not work with Prima Donna's. He only works with people who enjoy life as much as acting. Val Kilmer is a man full of vanity, and himself. Trust me.
The backdrop of why the man and his son find themselves in the situation they are in is utterly irrelevant. This is essentially a love story of a man and his only child. Let us not forget that toward the beginning of the tale the mother of the family chooses suicide over survival. The Father chooses to suffer and in turn to teach hardship with the purely optimistic intention of ensuring that some remnant of reason is involved in the re-population of the planet. In short - the Father is the Hero of the piece.
Just started reading McCarthy. Started with the road. So amazing. Read child of God. Now, I'm on to blood meridian
Read All the Pretty Horses and then listen to the episodes on the Close Reads podcast. So good!
this movie made me cry.....so did the book...amaazingg
great movie with an absolutely atrocious trailer
Flint Ironstag Even better book. If you like “post apocalyptic” there is a Japanese movie called “Dragonhead,” check it out.
its the trailers fault I skipped this in theaters. I hope the guy who cut that thing got fired.
nobody is talking about how thoroughly read through, bookmarked, highlighted and sticky noted his copy of the book is
Great book, great film, both made me cry and that doesn't happen often.
Question: if he read the road then have he read LOTR novels before the filming of the epic trilogy
"you carry the fire?"
Amazing book, still need to see the film
VIGGO MORTENSEN SO AWESOME IN THE ROAD FILM !!!!
can anybody tell me why the world depicted in the book and movie is destroyed? just natural disasters or some kind of nuclear fallout or something? ive read the book and movie and still cant find anything.
9 years later I'll answer this for you...
Cormac McCarthy has gone on record saying the 'event' is mostly based on what he imagined would happen if the Yellowstone mega-volcano erupted. It's a real possibility scarily enough...
@@GiuseppeCasey thank you kind stranger. Never too late haha. Excellent book and movie though. I suppose looking back, although I didn’t see it at the time, when the wife leaves in the middle of the night it looked like it could have been ash falling from the sky. Still amazing that you thought to reply from a 9 year old comment haha.
And the actor who played the boys name is....?
That womans voice cleared up my tinitus !
@ProfessorAR Would you care to elaborate? I found it beautifully filmed, brilliantly acted and faithfully adapted from the book. I appreciate that nothing can compare to the book but I thought that the film was brilliant. The Hurt Locker certainly shouldn't have beaten it at the Oscars etc.
This was quite the movie. McCarthy is one of our best writers in our time. The cast is excellent.
@TeamFruit He did get nominated for Eastern Promises.
Ok. I am not trying to bash the guy. If you'll notice, I admire his work; in fact, I couldn't believe what a great job he did in Eastern Premises. If you haven't seen it, check it out.
What the fuck does that even me speak You sound like me when I’m trying to tell my dad why my grades are so bad lmao
Anybody can explein me in the end ir the film , there Is a futuro with the family AND with the beattle.
2:21 DESTROY THE RING!!
the lamp in the background tho
@MrAIexJones I haven't read the book, as a stand alone piece of work the movie is very well made.
The original BOI :D (God of War reference...)
@sykeo123 But that wasn't "crap"...he just stated his views on the video...I admire your determination though! =)
Vigo did great in this movie.
This movie/book shows if nuclear war happened it would literally reset humanity to the stone ages. All our infrastructures, technology and knowledge that accumulated all these millennia would be lost.. well maybe stored in bunkers.. but all the things we complain about today, they're literally luxuries compared to a post-apocalyptic world. It would be like living in Medieval Dark Ages again but honestly.. probably worse since we have no knowledge or preparation of how our medieval ancestors lived. The remaining survivors which honestly would probably be 0.001% of the population of Earth would harbor all the suffering and loss, grief on their shoulders and it'd be up to them to learn from our mistakes.
With no knowledge of agriculture they would most likely live like the ancients on nuts and seeds, berries etc. Nature would replenish itself again and humans wouldn't be the dominant species anymore. It would take a million years or so for us to get back to where we are today... But what difference would it make then? Would our future selves choose the same thing again?
I can't wait to see the movie!! He looks very good :)
go read the book
such an incredible movie. blew my mind.
@sykeo123 Why are you being rude?
Cant wait to see this. he's lookin rough!
Brilliant movie, I see as protest against the whole stupidity Hollywood produced in the Last past years, Garbage is not just the polution we produce, but the kind of art we allow been trhrown in our heads( See the McG's Terminator Gayzation, or 2012). Let's give to the art credit, and not culture Trash.
That’s how you annotate a book
Probably the best and the most depressing book/movie I've read/watched about fatherhood.
@moses1424 "The book" always is
Viggo is so depressed because he actually read the book five times. I read it once and never again. My favorite book of all time but once was enough for me and that's why it's a masterpiece of if post apocalypse horror.
I would say that the book is unfilmable. HIllcoat's version is good, but misses on the key points in the novel.
the movie is awesome, but the novel is devastating
They put too much makeup on him. Alot of his good looks is in the lines in his face. Well...atleast to me. Love Viggo!
I'm probably out on a limb here but......I found the book very hard going , the style and the prose just did not float my boat . I stuck with it but was glad when I reached the end .
To be honest I find his style a bit over done and hard to follow. I loved the road. It's my favourite fbook if all time but I simply can't get on with the rest of his stuff.
ok.
@MikailaBaggins And she can't pronounce the name Cormac either!! But then again, neither can most Americans. Owen Wilson can though....
The narrator sounds dead inside
HAHAHA! Hence the popularity of those movie-things known as "Transformers" by Michael Bay
The Book Of Eli was another great post-apocalyptic film. What I liked about it, and I wish The Road had more of, is a spiritual theme. It entertained the idea that there is something greater than man out there, something that is divine in nature.
That would be stupid. Point of The Road is to focus on a father's struggle to survive with his son and to keep his morality in an immoral world. God or a Greater Force has no business there. There is even a part in the book where the father calls for God to help or show him a sign, without answer.
falloutworldrecord - I agree man! The Road doesn’t have a prophecy or religious tone... it is realistic in nature... Even if they find a bible in the world they would just burn it or discard it. There is a mention of religion and hope at the end though... only in the book!
the road is entirely a biblically tinged tale as is every cormac mccarthy tale.
EVERY McCarthy book.
And I mean EVERY one..has constant religious ideas, notions, and constant struggles between morality and complete depravity, and how the character relates them to God. For anyone who actually reads McCarthy almost religiously, this is apparent. He just doesnt inject alot of detail on the matter, but it's there deeply..the books wouldnt exist without it. The judge in blood Meridian IS satan...the kid is an "Adam" archetype, and morality the redemption of man.
@@falloutworldrecord - This is the very first time I have watch this video since posting this comment, forgetting I had even commented about it, and I read your reply, considered it, and would like a chance to explain where I'm coming from, even though it has been two years, there's a principle to it.
In the film, aside from the Father and Son, the old man, and the family that takes the boy in at the end, the entire world it seems has chosen cannibalism in order to survive, as well as other sick things.
For someone to not turn to those things, if the world were to ever fall into such a dire situation, it seems to me that only belief in God, someone who loves righteousness and who calls to account all those who practice evil, that to me seems to be a huge reason why not to fall into such barbarism.
That too me, those traditional Judeo-Christian principles, seem to me is what would preserve the best in humanity, or as the Father put it: "Carrying the fire."
Smash Hit
They cast the boy too old.
I don't hate the movie, but I thought it was a terrible interpretation of an amazing novel. Really missed the mark. Just my opinion.
The book is very worthy of its Pulitzer. The movie is worth a rental and that's about it.
sortilegus How exactly did it miss the mark?
The book is SOOOOO much better.
Why does the female narrator speak in that weird tone
don't get all heated up. I said he was a great actor: but, sorry, I feel he is somewhat too aware of his good looks and too self conscious in interviews. But, I still like his work.
He looks much better with the Aragorn look. He looks like he injected too many botox here.
The book was great, but I haven't seen the movie yet. Viggo is a great actor, his best acting being his role in Eastern Premises, but when he does interviews, you can tell he is full of himself. So, knowing his vanity, he probably demanded the make up.
John Garner
*Eastern Promises*
I respectfully disagree
This comment is full of shit
This and grave for the fireflies were the two most depressing masterpieces I’ve ever watched.