Comments on: A Bleak Road Well-made and Well-traveled

By: Kelli Thompson

Kelli Thompson — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:42:36 +0000

Here’s another movie about the ‘end of the world’ should society be getting thrills or paying more attention?

By: AK

AK — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 05:24:08 +0000

I wonder if Oprah’s fan club went to this movie

By: AK

AK — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:42:57 +0000

Although bleak and dreary – great story of a bond between the father and son. Great review.

By: diane marshall

diane marshall — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:07:55 +0000

very good movie for scientific buffs.

By: Jin Jan

Jin Jan — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:10:03 +0000

Apocalyptic, bleak and tough-to-digest this film may be, but it does have its wonderfully inspirational message of love, hope and sacrifice as one becomes determined to save a loved one as shown by the characters of Viggo Mortenson and Charlize Theron. The sacrifice made by the mother was especially touching as she realized the lack of supplies and the two bullets left.And I also love watching Kodi Smit-McPhee’s developing wisdom through the harsh journey and that the film’s finale does leave room for discussion.

By: jim

jim — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 18:55:50 +0000

its too bad they cut out the roast baby scene.

By: JOHNNY CHAN

JOHNNY CHAN — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:21:02 +0000

I almost admire/agree with every point that you have pointed out. The film is very bleak and the journey is ‘smooth’.

However, I would also like to give some credit to the plots, because the film does a good job on balancing art and storytelling. If it kept talking about how a father and a son trying to survive in such world, that would be a great deal for ordinary moviegoers, so the scenes where the cannibls first met them; the father got shot by aarow; going into the cannibals’ house, etc all added a more complete and better taste of the movie. More importantly, those scenes were not intentionally long to create typical car-chase intense in usual commerical movies. Therefore, I think the director is very good at balancing and I bet most directors would lengthen the cannibals’ scenes to get more money; look at the over-commerical product, 2012!!

Good film, thanks!