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In this film publicity image released by The Weinstein Company, Viggo Mortensen, right, and Kodi Smit-McPhee are shown in a scene from, “The Road.” Review here. (AP Photo/The Weinstein Company, Macall Polay)
Question: Did you read Cormac McCarthy’s book, “The Road”? What did you think? Do you plan to see the movie that debuts Wednesday?
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nic on November 21 at 8:17 a.m.
I was planning on avoiding the theaters for the next few weeks in an attempt to stay as far away from the twilight madness as possible. Although, I do want to see this.
ejs on November 21 at 8:40 a.m.
Read the book and enjoyed it. It’s more of a guy book so it will be interesting to see how hollywood keeps the female viewer interested.
Cindy_H on November 21 at 9:14 a.m.
@ejs Really? Maybe I should move the book to the bottom of my stack and just go to the movie.
What is a “guy book” anyway. Lots of swearing? No bathing? Blood, gore, fisticuffs?
poolman on November 21 at 9:20 a.m.
Cormac is an excellent writer. I don’t think I would call it a “guy” book, more like a “father and son” story. As a father with a little boy it was gut wrencher for me.
lastdemoinidaho on November 21 at 10:02 a.m.
Read the book last year. A real depressing, downer story. Not a satisfying end. I didn’t recommend it to any of my friends. Cormac is a better writer than this.
Will be interesting to see how the movie goes
ejs on November 22 at 11:43 a.m.
OK call it a father son story, doing guy stuff mostly, no flower picking or extended dialog, thus more of a guy story. In the book you never hear of the mother other than perhaps once and that is in remembering. In the trailers you see her quite a bit but again that is expected and OK by me.
It sure was a downer of a story though but I think the premiss was good and I enjoyed the read. For men, I think a story like this lets our imagination run on it’s own in the “what would I do in that situation” mode. (a guy thing)
The end in the book I suppose could have been lots of things, we’ll see how they do in on the big screen. I’m looking forward to seeing it. My 15 year old son read it right after me about 6 months ago and he’s really wanting to go see it.
I only know a couple of women who have read it and they didn’t really enjoy it, but of course that a small control group for me to form a complete opinion as to how women in general would like it. But I’d say most don’t or wouldn’t just based on personal thought.
Cindy It’s a quick read and can be done in one or two sittings I sure would like your take on it.
Sisyphus on November 22 at 12:12 p.m.
From what I’ve heard, I’d guess Cindy will appreciate it but won’t like it.
Cindy_H on November 22 at 1:35 p.m.
Ok. ejs, moved it back to the top of my stack. Now, If everyone leaves me the heck alone for a day or two, I’ll get back to you.