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The Road & The Book of Eli
Dimmukane:
Harry's right, that's probably the hardest thing this movie will have to do. The characters in the book felt so hollow, almost as if they were not human but rather shells of humans who trudged forward in a combination of utter desperation and that little spark of hope that the Man kept alive in the Boy. At times I feared their interaction with other humans, because the tiny ember that kept them going was so vulnerable to the elements that it was constantly on the verge of fizzling out. I don't know yet if the film portrays that struggle in a way that makes sense to me, as I haven't seen it yet, but that's what I will be looking for when I do.
pilsner:
Michael Chabon had a brilliant review in the New York Review of Books where he said that the book was better understood as an existential horror piece exploiting parents' insecurity about protecting their children from harm. I literally had to stop reading at several points in the book because I found the material so unnerving, and I read a lot of pretty fringy, existential horror stuff usually without issue. I don't expect that the movie will recreate this extreme reaction -- nor would I want it to. But all the reviews I read said it was quite faithful to the book, and a hell of a downer. I'll know better once I see the thing....
MrSteevo:
--- Quote from: Ozymandias on 19 Nov 2009, 17:50 ---A poem?
For 300 years?
About eating babies?
Which one?
--- End quote ---
"A Modest Proposal"
Written in 1729, so just under 300. Sorry about that.
scarred:
That wasn't a poem, it was an essay - right?
Caleb:
That was just satire.
It's one thing to present an idea as satire it's another to put it into a realistic visual medium.
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