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Hierofan
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The Road (2009)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898367/
| Quote: | | A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have nothing: just a pistol to defend themselves against the lawless cannibalistic bands that stalk the road, the clothes they are wearing, a rusting shopping cart of scavenged food--and each other. |
Charlize Theron ... Wife
Viggo Mortensen... The Man
Garret Dillahunt ... The Gang Member
Guy Pearce ... The Veteran
Robert Duvall ... Old Man
Molly Parker ... Veteran's Wife
DO NOT WATCH THAT PIECE OF SHIT TRAILER ONLY FOR FOOTAGE
Small script review with no spoilers
| Quote: | | I don't know how it's possible but everything, and I mean everything, from the book is in this script. No attempt whatsoever has been made to gloss over some of the book's more difficult subject matter and nowhere has Penhall tried to explain away the unexplainable. He truly gets this book and he gets why it was so effective. |
Full review here :
http://www.quietearth.us/articles/2008/08/25/Quiet-Earth-World-Exclusive-THE-ROAD-script-review
1st esquire review with high praise
http://www.esquire.com/features/movies/the-road-movie-review-0609 , mostly spoiler free only commenting how they've seen 2 trailers (one is online) and both sucked bigtime and were misleading .
NEW REVIEW
http://www.theauteurs.com/notebook/posts/968
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940928.html?categoryid=3212&cs=1
and from the review from variety it seems they fucked it , totally FUCKED IT , CUT IT UP , EDITED THE FUCKING THING ,
TIME FOR SOME FUCKING RRAAAAGEEE
damn Weisteins
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- No basement filled with human leftovers |
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Horrordee
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| Posted: Thu, 3rd Sep 2009 20:07 Post subject: |
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Whats USA release date?
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Hierofan
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| Posted: Thu, 3rd Sep 2009 20:09 Post subject: |
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| Horrordee wrote: | | Whats USA release date? |
Release Date:
16 October 2009 (USA) |
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| Posted: Thu, 3rd Sep 2009 21:24 Post subject: |
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I have high hopes for this one. Great source material and a great cast I have only seen 1 production from the director but that was The Proposition which in my book is one of the best westerns in the new century.
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Hierofan
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| Posted: Thu, 3rd Sep 2009 21:41 Post subject: |
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| zipfero wrote: | | I have high hopes for this one. Great source material and a great cast I have only seen 1 production from the director but that was The Proposition which in my book is one of the best westerns in the new century. |
true that but i want to see the same fucked up shit in the movie as in the book |
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| Posted: Fri, 4th Sep 2009 13:36 Post subject: |
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Love the book , have read it twice. No real interest in this movie anymore now, could have been great
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| Posted: Fri, 4th Sep 2009 14:10 Post subject: |
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I loved the book as well. This makes me sad.
I was really looking forward to this. Maybe some kind of director's cut Bluray.
EDIT: But, someone who saw the film (apparently at a screening) had this to say in response to that variety review:
"I saw the movie this week, and apparently Todd McCarthy saw a different film. Maybe he has an ax to grind against Harvey Weinstein(understandable, but judge a film on its' merits).
As a fan of the book--the only book that has ever left me blubbering on a couch at 2 in the morning, I find the following assessment virtually nonsensical: "The picture also should have been shocking, haunting and, at the end, deeply moving." On that latter point, in particular, the film achieves every measure of the book's emotional resonance through its grace and honesty. It's a faithful adaptation of the author's vision, and my only gripe is that the line "you're such a good guy" goes missing. I would argue that Hillcoat's visualization of the very final scene (featuring Guy Pearce) succeeds on film better than it does in the book.
I'm also puzzled by the reviewer's appraisal of the performances of Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee. Again, the reviewer's take reads more like vendetta than criticism: "two actors who have no chemistry together" (wildly off the mark); and "Mortensen lacks the gravitas to carry the picture; suddenly resembling Gabby Hayes with his whiskers and wayward hair." WTF? Did Viggo stand him up for an interview?
More nonsense from Todd McCarthy--this time directed at the Hillcoat, who he thinks "just hopscotches from scene to scene in almost random fashion without any sense of pacing or dramatic modulation." Ah, no. The movie moves through a series of set pieces, just like the Pulitzer Prize winning book, with plenty of "dramatic modulation."
Yet more wildly off-the-mark musings: "Occasionally, they chance upon an abandoned house with a stock of canned food (Coca-Cola has no problem surviving the apocalypse), clean blankets and clothes." This is simply petulant.
In the words of my friend who I watched the screening with: “that was exactly the movie I had in my head when I read the book.” Hillcoat and the two leads deserve credit, and will get it, regardless of the reviewer’s efforts.
Sometimes, about once every 5 years, I read a review that gets under my skin to the point that I have to write something in response (J Hoberman's "Schindler's List" review is one that comes to mind). Here's to another 5 years. "
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Hierofan
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| Posted: Fri, 4th Sep 2009 18:07 Post subject: |
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5 Clips from The Road
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/5-Harrowing-Extended-Clips-From-The-Road-14642.html
sadly the baby on a spit scene isnt there (every screening was missing that part and not only that but also the more fucked up shit from the book) , sad tho , i was expecting it to be as brutal as the source material
hopefully it'll make the final cut somehow .. i'm expecting this to be brutal as hell , really haunting and terrifyingly grim and bleak.
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| Posted: Sat, 5th Sep 2009 12:53 Post subject: |
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| Hierofan wrote: | | hopefully it'll make the final cut somehow .. i'm expecting this to be brutal as hell , really haunting and terrifyingly grim and bleak. |
| Spoiler: | In this kind of world, horror elements are there for the taking, but are kept in the background apart from one nightmarish scene in which father and son discover a lonely house in the woods. In the locked cellar are a dozen writhing, naked men and women with missing limbs -- stock for a band of well-fed cannibals. The duo also makes a narrow escape from a roving gang of rifle-toting desperadoes aboard a huge truck, who appear out of nowhere Mad Max style. |
Stop whining about the baby on a spit bullshit already. This ain't a horror movie.
I am looking forward to this movie a lot more than the book. Book was somewhat interesting, but mostly eat, sleep, move along the road, eat, sleep... |
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| Posted: Mon, 7th Sep 2009 10:36 Post subject: |
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| Parallax_ wrote: | | Book was somewhat interesting, but mostly eat, sleep, move along the road, eat, sleep... |
Agreed, but in the middle the Man tried to find a reason to stay alive and keep his son alive. That's what the book is about - trying to find a reason to live in a destroyed world (did anyone count how many times word "ashes" or "ash" appears in the book? a fucking million times!).
I finished the book recently. I only didn't like the ending that much - "good" people appear from nowhere and take son to a better world. It sounds like the ending was changed and written very fast.
Still, i can't wait to see the movie!
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Hierofan
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| Posted: Mon, 7th Sep 2009 10:46 Post subject: |
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| Parallax_ wrote: | | Hierofan wrote: | | hopefully it'll make the final cut somehow .. i'm expecting this to be brutal as hell , really haunting and terrifyingly grim and bleak. |
| Spoiler: | In this kind of world, horror elements are there for the taking, but are kept in the background apart from one nightmarish scene in which father and son discover a lonely house in the woods. In the locked cellar are a dozen writhing, naked men and women with missing limbs -- stock for a band of well-fed cannibals. The duo also makes a narrow escape from a roving gang of rifle-toting desperadoes aboard a huge truck, who appear out of nowhere Mad Max style. |
Stop whining about the baby on a spit bullshit already. This ain't a horror movie.
I am looking forward to this movie a lot more than the book. Book was somewhat interesting, but mostly eat, sleep, move along the road, eat, sleep... |
of course it aint , but i hate it when a movie gets tamed for viewers sake
well the scenes you wrote about are in those clips i posted ..
anyway this hopefully will be a real postapocaylptic movie , seeing that is has a smaller budget (30 mil) and not to many stars it could mean more creative control for Hillcoat who did a fantastic job with the Proposition.
This should be better than Book of Eli |
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Why such limited release? Not showing here in Denmark aswell.
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chiv
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because i know theres those that reaaaaaaaaaally wanted it...
dvdscr out. apparently. i dunno if its legit, but it looks like it.
looks like the cheeky fuckers who got it, actually watermarked it with their grp name. laaame  get it, or wait for the next release. im not planning on getting it so i cant quote quality personally, but heres a screen.
| Spoiler: | *************************************************************************************
The Road DVDSCR XVID-ToXiC
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Ripper ...........:ToXiC : IMDB Rating.......:8.1/10
Video Codec.......:XVID : Release Date......:07/01/10
Audio Codec.......:AC3 : Theatre Date......:02/12/09
Audio Bitrate.....:448 : Runtime.......:1h 27mn 02s
Subtitles.........:NIL : Language..........:ENGLISH
Resolution......:720 x 304 : IMDb URL........:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0898367/
DETAILS:
Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Advanced Simple Profile @ L5
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default (MPEG)
Muxing mode : Packed bitstream
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD0050
Duration : 1h 27mn 02s
Bit rate : 1 472 Kbps
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 304 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 2.250
Frame rate : 29.970 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.213
Stream size : 916 MB (76.25%)
Audio
ID : 1
Format : AC3 Audio
Format version : Version 1
Format profile : Layer 3
Codec ID : Dolby AC3
Codec ID/Hint : AC3
Duration : 1h 27mn 02s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 6 channels
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Resolution : 16 bits
Stream size : 278 MB (23.16%)
Alignment : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration : 33 ms (1 video frame)
Interleave, preload duration : 480 ms
NOTES:
Here is another release from ToXiC. This time we bring you
Where The Road DVDSCR. Enjoy! |
looks legit. havent seen anyone crying fake yet.
bringin all the news worth reportin, and some thats not. enjoy 
now where the fucking balls is my sherlock holmes dvdscr 
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| Posted: Fri, 8th Jan 2010 07:02 Post subject: |
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must not be a scene release because watermarking is against the rules.
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| Posted: Fri, 8th Jan 2010 08:23 Post subject: |
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yes i know, and yeah i thought it was a bit of a given that it wasnt scene so like i said, now that its out there, sooner or later a 'real group' will release it.
but regardless, just a heads up for all of ya's... dvdscr is in the wilds now. rejoice.
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| Posted: Fri, 8th Jan 2010 09:52 Post subject: |
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isnt it missing like 20min ?
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| Posted: Fri, 8th Jan 2010 10:14 Post subject: |
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Runtime.......:1h 27mn 02s
And on IMDB the runtime is listed as 1hr 51min... Screw this release if that's right then.
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damn so they somehow cut 24 minutes out of the movie? because the credits are all there apparently... the actual movie is only like 82 minutes
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chiv
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| kenny64 wrote: | | useless p2p faggots |
2 things
1: you dont know how 'complete' the dvdscr is... if its a different cut, etc... they probably didnt cut anything this is just how it came. wont know until other releases start coming.
2: they got it, and got it out, before the 'mighty' scene did... fuck, the scene is just as fucking useless. |
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| Posted: Fri, 8th Jan 2010 11:48 Post subject: |
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well, atleast what the scene releases is complete and not some rushed half-assed incomplete shit like this
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| Yondaime wrote: | | kenny64 wrote: | | well, atleast what the scene releases is complete and not some rushed half-assed incomplete shit like this |
How do you know that the scene release of the same dvdscreener would be more complete? |
Hopefully they got more than liquid in their head and don't release anything before they got a proper one, but we'll just have to wait and see
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| Posted: Fri, 8th Jan 2010 12:05 Post subject: |
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incomplete
runtime is 87 minutes or so , official is 111 , saw it and at least a whole plot point is missing
the cannibal house with people in it is completely missing even tho there is a clip of the scene online .
probably some sort of workprint
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chiv
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| Posted: Fri, 8th Jan 2010 12:10 Post subject: |
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| kenny64 wrote: | | well, atleast what the scene releases is complete and not some rushed half-assed incomplete shit like this |
you can only release what you have. if this is the version that was submitted to the academy, then what else can they do... just sit on it and NOT release it?
and another thing... if ANYONE is half-assed, its DEFINATELY the scene... always rushing to get shit out, thats why things always need to be propering. im finding ill get most of my shit through 'p2p nub groups' because youll usually find the best quality there... not some scene idiots releasing shit just to beat other groups.
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I've read quite a lot of interviews not only praising the movie but also the fact that it was moved was that it was simply not a spring movie which was its original launch, iirc. This and award-season has pushed it to release now.
