Does anyone think The Road is over-rated

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Firstly - Men are more likely to leave their children in difficult circumstances so it cheeses me off that Cormac of course sees the dad as daily carer - difficult times with children - now that is no country for men.

Secondly does anyone else think that even in the post apocalytic world there is clear suggestions of a class system - you have the marauding hoardes of cannibals underclass and the middle class families who without apparent explanation are not eating their young - but trying to keep them safe, (and reading books). And in the film there is a black man who is only a mugger, but only because of economic reasons.

There was an easy way to spot the good - they wore puffy jackets whereas the bad dressed like rock stars.
 
The Road is actually one of the best film adaptations of a book I have seen.

My only criticism of the film is the building up of the Mother, it seems that is was done just to squeeze in more screen time for Charlize Theron.
 
The first 20 or so minutes was alright then the film is pretty much the same thing throughout.

There was no character arc and the relationship was pretty much cemented from the opening of the film.

The editing was too choppy and any new character who was introduced was gone within 3 minutes.

On top of that... nothing really happens.

I am usually a fan of slightly pretentious "claustrophobic" films, but this one was boring. It done nothing for me.
 
The film is amazing.

Made me cry when

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Very touching and true depiction of what our world will become if we keep walking down the road we are. (PUN INTENDED LOL)
 
The wife seemed to be suffering from depression, but I found myself thinking I'd have taken the same option. She couldn't find any hope and didn't want to struggle on and be eaten by cannibals. It wasn't meant to be indicative of what happens in current society.

Were the people with children middle-class? What about the old man who talks achingly about his lost son? It wasn't obvious that they were, other than they didn't have designs on eating people. The actors playing them are, but conventionally film uses such professionals to articulate the dialogue and force the audience to register certain emotions.

The black man was a thief, not a mugger - he didn't use force to take their supplies.
 
My thoughts exactly - it really bugged me - I loved the book and the mother is barely mentioned so to see her lying around on the grass, in the car looking all glowing and lovely really got on my wick!
Also the scene where he puts his hand up her skirt was totally uncalled for - if I was Cormac I would have said woah no way!
 
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