I love the look. It's pretty impressive scope to have all that devastation surrounding your actors. Viggo and Kodi Smit-McPhee are pretty much perfect as the father and son duo. I think that giving The Man a voice over worked well enough. While trying not to compare this to the source material, I have to say that there was a little disconnect. I didn't feel the desperation that I felt while reading the book. I never really felt like these two were in grave danger of anything. I think this is because of the tone and feel of the book - it's more intimate. I'd be interested to talk to people who have seen the film but know nothing of the book. Don't get me wrong - the film is pretty decent - I think that there are quite a few things that I would done a little differently, but to each their own.
It's a film that's full of wonderful performances, large and small. There is some fantastic acting here and some really great moments. For me, like with most adaptations, I think it captures a decent amount of the book, but I do feel like it rushed over a bunch and therefore wasn't in keeping with the spirit of the original text.
Either way, worth checking it out - although far warning - it's not exactly the feeling good film of the year :)
The Road
The Road [Blu-ray]
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