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Got this flick on Netflix and watched it last night. Very well done all round. The music was great (could it be otherwise with T Bone Burnett?). Jeff Bridges was totally believable in the part and did an excellent job with the singing.

Tonight I'll prolly be watgching "The Road". I've been wanting to see this since I read the book and it came out in theaters, but it never played anywhere around here. The OL was crying by the end when she watched it yesterday.

"The Road" was one of the most disappointing books I've ever read. Just pathetic.

What were you expecting?

Personally, I thought it was brilliant.

But then I'm not Goobs.

I just found it a very tedious read with no real resolution, and no explanation of what the fuck happened. I know the dude won a Pulitzer, but I also understand that he has a very deep writing style and people I know who read ridiculous numbers of books have said that he's a difficult read. The other thing I heard (after I read the book) was that The Road was far from his best effort.

Mikey wrote:But then I'm not Goobs.

A common lament.

The Road is intentionally tedious, intentionally unresolved, intentionally vague on the details. It's not a book to read and come away with a warm and fuzzy feeling - it wasn't written for that purpose. It evokes a post-apocalyptic experience - which would surely be tedious, vague on the why and how, and without satisfying resolution. McCarthy is a writer that explores some pretty awful themes...but he outdid himself with The Road. I haven't seen the movie, and I don't think I will. What really can or should be added to that book?

PSUFAN wrote:The Road is intentionally tedious, intentionally unresolved, intentionally vague on the details. It's not a book to read and come away with a warm and fuzzy feeling - it wasn't written for that purpose. It evokes a post-apocalyptic experience - which would surely be tedious, vague on the why and how, and without satisfying resolution. McCarthy is a writer that explores some pretty awful themes...but he outdid himself with The Road. I haven't seen the movie, and I don't think I will. What really can or should be added to that book?

In reading this, I only could picture this:

PSUFAN wrote:The Road is intentionally tedious, intentionally unresolved, intentionally vague on the details.

It probably should have been called The Load which is what he intentionally blew in the face of anyone dumb enough to waste his time with this garbage.

Crazy Heart was a good show. Bridges is great and believable and Maggie Gylenhal (sp) is sexy. It won awards too I think.