Is THE ROAD Still The Most Depressing Story Ever Told?
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It's almost as if the end of the world will be miserable and degrading, not full of action and adventure with a likeable cast of misfits.
@Alexander Supertramp
Which means it was good.
@Alexander Supertramp
You wrote it yourself.
"As a comedy, it was good."
Hahahahahaha YES!!!
That's why games like The Last of Us are usually well received. I'm not a fan of the game in fact, but from what I know it's story gives off a vibe of hopelessness and struggling to stay alive, unlike in most other media where the main cast eventually starts killing every enemy in sight in a badass manner.
@Alexander Supertramp seeing that it's goal is comedy that makes it good
You know your town is depressing when scenes from the movie were filmed there.
Can't have shit in Detroit 😔
@@plywoodruntz detroit is the only city where its people actually defend how shitty it is
I know the story's based in east TN,, GA, and the carolinas but where was it filmed?
To be fair, the locations filmed in Oregon are all tourist attractions (the waterfall, the shipwreck on the beach which normally is not covered in trash.)
The majority of actual hell hole failed US cities are failed due to incumbent 'shades' populations aka diversity for freed slaves lives matter etc
Summary of The Road:
"I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs, and every afternoon I break my arms. At night, I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep."
Ouch!!!
Shouldn’t have drank the bone-hurting juice
only real og's know where this is from (spoiler its spongebob i think it was the episode they were selling chocelate)
Spongebob
Finally found a reason to leave his house.......
*proceeds to fall down small flight of stairs*
When apocalypse happens
Expectations: The Walking Dead
Reality: The Road
People started to fantasise about wanting a zombie apocalypse with Romero's Dawn of the Dead.
Funnily enough Snyder's Dawn of the Dead was like "fuck that, fast zombie apocalypse would suck".
How about 28days later kind of zombies
That would be fun
@@RandallWhiskey yeah, for sure if a zombie apocalypse happened
would be much worse than twd
really really really really much worse
it would be empty, rotten, depressing, lifeless, hopeless.
@@Erick-er2zi But no student loans so there's at least some positive outlook
watgaming *THE FIRE FADES*
I had to watch Saving Private Ryan after seeing this movie to cheer myself up
LMFAO
Alien 3 for me. Original cut
@@hulking_presence OH MY GOD FUCKING HELL LMAO
@@hulking_presence I JUST got the joke
Hahahaha!!!
You spend years dreaming of a future like Star Trek only to realize that The Road is more realistic
Star trek is more realistic imo
Baron Kimble nope id say The Road is much more realistic
themutantlizard no I say Star Trek is more realistic
Pickled Peckers how so? Also id say either Mad Max or The Road is realistically where we will be in five years
themutantlizard I was joking because the first reply said Star Trek the second said road now I’m back to Star Trek and you said the road hopefully the next person says Star Trek
Dear Ryan,
This was the last real film I ever watched alone with my late father, at the end of it, this man who was strong like I didn't know what was sobbing on the couch besides me. Almost unconsolable, when I asked him what it was he just shook his head. "You'll know when you become a dad", now he's passed and I'm the father of a little girl and he's right.
What an absolute gutpunch of a goddamn movie, even back then, but now, as a father. I can't even really put it into words, just.. what a great movie.
Damn, it really hit home
Comment so Ryan sees this
You reminded me of when I saw this with my father and his reaction. The pale thousand yard stare and pained expression he had as we talked about it. Now I'm tearing up. He's been gone for years now but I feel I understand him a little better because of this video and comment. So thank you.
I love this movie, seen it many times. I don't get he fatherhood perspective though because I'm not a breeder. However, I like the movie for other reasons mainly like many said that there is a strong possibility this is what's going to happen to earth, possibly because of humans. So is it sad, sure. Is it sadder than real life, only sometimes.
Sounds like a good dad raised a good dad
Short answer: yes. This movie even makes my tears cry tears.
Yeeeeeeeep. 'nuff said.
I must be cold-hearted because this film barely touched me. Meanwhile something like Aronofsky's The Fountain has me in tears 82 of the 97min runtime.
I couldn't even get through 5 minutes of this video without getting upset...
I dont know, at least this movie allows for a positive interpretation of the ending. Requiem for a dream on the other hand...
I heard Chuck Norris watched The Road once. Both he and the story cried together.
Viggo Mortensen went into full blown starvation mode to make this movie. His transformation was insane and yet people rarely talk about it. An incredibly dedicated actor.
This movie sadly didn't get the credit that it deserved. It is absolutely one of the top 5 best movies ever made in my opinion.
Viggo is honestly one of the most talented actors currently alive. Plus he only acts in good movies.
This movie is SOOOOOO under rated
If it had vampire or zombies plus Chris Pratt or Ryan renolds it would have made 300millions.
@@Kruppt808 I'm not so sure. Those guys don't seem to do as well in darker/more serious roles which is a shame because they both have the chops to do more than play the loveable smart ass. Check out the movie Buried with RR. He did an incredible job in that one. The movie was critically acclaimed and yet it barely made a blip at the box office.
Caveat: if you're claustrophobic do not watch that movie.
As a father I found this book beautiful. He's teaching his son how to live while trying to teach himself how to die.
This comment deserves more than just a thumbs up. Thank you,sir.
@Solidus Rapax why do people use periods like that?
JP Vielleux Probably the best comment I’ve ever seen on the internet.
Convinced me to read the novel with this comment.
And he teach also to his kid how to commit suicide
Man
I was 11/12 years old and my father Came to me and said
"Hey son I got this new apocalyptic movie that seems very cool, wanna see it?"
I saw the cover and though
"Wow this movie looks cool, sure let's watch".
Some time later i was in the floor.
I swear to God I never cried so much in my entire life.
Bruh I'm depressed rn and this video didn't help even though I didn't even watch the movie
@@bored4127 stfu watch the movie
Wow . Same I watched it with my father when i was 12 Y.o
Watched it with my mom when I was like 8 or 9 I just thought it was cool
you cried in from of your dad whilst watching the road?
I cried when the man died and left his son alone. I was thinking about the son, like His father was the only man in the whole world he could trust ,and now that hope is gone. Now he don't know whether a man will eat him or help him.
I assumed after the son saw the dog, he knew he could trust the family. If they were keeping a dog alive, that meant that they hadn't been so desperate for food that they'd eaten it. Hence, they (probably) wouldn't eat him
@@tylerbaldwin3269 maybe they just found the dog, and their shotgun was empty...🤔
@@EroticOnion23 pretty sure if youre starving to death you wont wait to kill a dog if youve ran out of bullets.
Also i think he knew to trust them because he remembered the dog from when they left the bunker, so he knew they were following him.
@@AlyxAesthetics I meant the shotgun against the kid. But yea your argument makes more sense.
@@EroticOnion23The dog is used for hunting/scouting. The kids w the man and woman are mere livestock.
Someone got me to watch this movie because they said it was connected to Lord of the Rings. I do not speak to that person anymore.
🤣😀
Remember that bit where Elrond warns his daughter about staying in the realm of men? This is kind of what he was warning about. That eventually men would destroy their world and she would be left in nothing but despair. So your friend is arguably right haha
Mr. Sand
My precious
LOL
The Road is what really happens if you try to simply walk into Mordor.
It looks like the set of Sad Max.
Didn't you know?
This is the spinoff.
"Dad Max"
That genuinely made me laugh out loud
What if this is the east coast perspective of the mad max world.
Sad Max: depression road
Hell, no. Mad Max is entirely laughable compared to The Road.
I watched this on a grey, rainy day off from work. In the morning. I didn't know anything about it. Worst day off ever.
Best Day off EVA!!!!!***
I read The Road when I was 17, I read it in 1 day at my first ever job. I put the book down with tears in my eyes and a knock came at the door, I opened it and a man was there with his son on his shoulders. It was an incredibly cathartic and tragically beautiful moment that still haunts me more than a decade later.
what job did you have that you could read a whole book in one day? Sounds great lol
@@Herpaderp10 I was a "responsible" car park attendant at a zoo lmao
@voilaviolamh bruh you commented almost word for word what my comment was from a week ago. he already asnwered me...
What job did you have that you could read a complete book in one day?
😂 please don't kill me
What job were you in that you could finish a book in a single day? :3
I read the book before I saw the movie. And when I eventually did see the movie, it was one of those rare times when a piece of cinema captured the mental image the book created perfectly. It's not a fun image, but it's still pretty cool.
TheMarckoguy35 that happened with me and The Boy in the Striped Pajama - except for the ending. Both the book and the movie had me in tears, though the movie moreso because I knew what was coming and started crying about 30 minutes in.
I 100% agree. The novel was amazing but the dread and tension from the cannibal's house scene is one of the most intense moments in cinema that I've ever experienced. It took the horror from the novel and brought it to life.
Would you recommend reading or watching ?
@@Redhactv I recommend watching just to see the performances. Viggo Mortensen is epic but all of the cast really delivered.
@@Redhactv Either works fine.
I love this movie. It taps into the deepest, darkest parts of your being and forces you to feel emotions you’re normally too scared to even acknowledge exist. I feel alive after watching it.
You must watch "I am Mother".
My thoughts exactly
The book is even more depressing.
That hurt didnt it? the boy said.
Yes. It did.
Are you real brave?
Just medium.
What's the bravest thing you ever did?
He spat into the road a bloody phlegm. Getting up this morning, he said.
The book is kinda brutal.
double-o G Jesus fucking christ...
Lol
@I'll taketh thy cheese by force they tried to habe that in the movie too, but decided it was just too much
It was really good though.
What’s that one short story it goes like this “the moment before every collapsed my mother told me to follow the train tracks so I did, I have seen dead families hanging from trees, dying children I wondered why my mother told me that, then I realized hell is a lot easier to live in when you have a sense of direction”
That's pretty good advice,
how... dark but wise
Yeah. This movie is basically just _Land Before Time_ for adults.
IRON Doggo nigga wot
Where's that quote from?
I watched this movie after becoming a father (about 6 months in roughly so for those in the know those were trying days) 6 years ago, one night I sat down and watched it because I thought yeah love zombie movies, apocalypse stuff, fallout sort of thing.
My missus found me sobbing uncontrollably in the kitchen, to this day she won't let me watch it again.
@voilaviolamh hope this is a joke
@@basicradical3581
Yes, it's a joke! It's not funny though...
@@jeonlie3477 what did they say
Yeah uhh, maybe your missus is right in that choice
@@andrewbecker9062 yeah it kinda is
The Road is one of those 'watch once and never again' kind of movies...
Seen it multiple times, love dark and gritty movies
For me yes, but in a good way
I still think about it and love to remember
It's a good story
@Bathory Bill, I feel the same way, about *The Road* and *The Flowers of War* .
disagree
The book is the same way. I can't read it again.
Man, good job keeping yourself from saying "13 Reasons Why" out loud when talking about shitty attempts to "raise awareness" haha
I mean, 13 Reasons Why IS hated for a good reason lmao
First season is decent
I know right? I think we all know EXACTLY what horse shit he was talking about.
Nothing like glorifying suicide for a cheap easy boost in shock viewers.
SRS Art Productions yeah the first season had good ideas and executed them well enough to make me to want to watch the next episode (I haven’t watched the other two seasons yet)
13 Reasons why ( just like The Road) were books first. I only saw season one of 13RW but I'm sure the book would be better.
I don’t care what people say “The Road” is completely underrated
It is. I love this movie. One of my favourites.
The Walking Dead is the Star Wars of the Post Apocalyptic genre, Mad Max 2 and 4 is the Saving Private Ryan, The Road is the Schindler's List...
never heard of it, guess i'll check it out
People don't usually like to be confronted with what they are in reality (what The Road does). That's why it isn't popular.
It’s overrated
I remember my parents watching this movie when I was young & I didn't understand what was happening in the movie.. _thank god.._
Ikr
Please Don't Do This. Same bro
What the...? this movie is 5 years old?
@@Tore_Lund It's 10 years old.
@@FriendlierFetus Okay then, 10 years. But I'm still old, so a decade is nothing!
I remember watching The Road a few years ago being utterly decimated by how depressing it was. But, yeah, I love the ending. It’s hopeful despite all the shit the kid and his dad went through. It’s a bittersweet ending, but I love it.
Angry Robot Oddly enough, it makes me think of Nine...
@@TheTroutyness i actually totally understand why you feel that!!!
This was my reaction to the book. I only really liked the story after I sat down and thought about it at the end.
What I liked the most about the road was the portrayal of the fathers undying love for his son. You don't really see the role of the father held up on a pedestal like this movie did. Men are always deadbeats or abusive or just downright evil in most movies. But in this one, the mother was the coward who took the easy way out and left the father no choice but to live on in a hellish world for the sake of the survival of his son. To me this movie was all about the role of the father and I loved it for that.
As a father, in this situation, I would put my whole definitly asleep with drugs. Maybe it's cowardice, maybe mercy...
Fenris Maybe when I used the word coward that was a bit harsh. But the scene where he discovers his wife has killed herself made me feel like she forced him into a situation where he didn’t have that same luxury. I guess what I’m saying is, he could have done the same thing his wife did and take his own life and just leave his son to fend for himself in this new post apocalyptic waste land but for one he knew that there are worse things than death and if he died and his son got captured he would probably suffer a horrific fate. There were scenes in the movie which showed him doing little things to teach his son to survive, like taking a blanket off of a bed where there were two desiccated corpses and then immediately wrapping the blanket around his son. In that particular scene I saw it as him desensitizing his son to the idea of scavenging/looting from the dead. Little scenes like this told me he was preparing his son to be able to survive not just in this new environment but eventually without him because he knew he wouldn’t survive much longer and he had to prepare his son as best he could. Again, he didn’t have the luxury of taking his own life like the wife did lest he abandon his son in this hellish world with no preparation.
@@oxtailsoup6493 It wasn't a critic of you, don't get me wrong. This story is so intense, I think every reaction is really personnal.
@@fenris8179 It's cool, sorry if I came off as too defensive. You are absolutely right about the intensity of this movie though. I remember there was another post apocalyptic movie that came out at the same time With denzel washington (I forget the name but he was blind in that movie) and I remember reading a review that specifically compared the two movies and recommended the road over the denzel movie and I remember following the advice and going to theater to see the road. A few months later I actually did see the denzel movie and I remember thinking to myself "man that review I read was soooo spot on, you can't even compare these two films." It wasn't that the denzel movie was bad per-say, it's just that the road was soooooo goood the other movie was ruined for me. I probably would have really enjoyed it had I never saw the road...
@@oxtailsoup6493 No problem. Yeah, it was "the last samaritain". It was ok but not much more than that.
"the last page of the book should be a piece of notebook paper for you to write a suicide note on."- a quote from a friend after I loaned the book to him.
I completely agree, sean garity, lol
Meh. The whole point of the book was never surrendering. He just kept on marching.
It was brutal to read, especially the ene
LOL!
The part when he is about to off his son in the Cannibal’s bathroom has to be the craziest scene I’ve ever watched.
Especially when the son asks "will I ever see you again?"
Fuark
I haven't seen The Road nor the video above yet, and without any context that sentence is insane
@@bayleaf2421 lol
I dunno.... The ending of the mist is capital fucked
it makes sense though. He could have been tortured.
This movie was a kick in the stomach for 14 year-old me.
Same lmao
I’m 14 and I just watched it, I feel you man.
@Callum How did you get over it? This movie still keeps me up at night, imagining a future like this
You r 16 now
My step-dad made me watch it when I was 10 and said it was me and him, it freaked me out then but now I kinda get what he meant, when it's just survival this is what humanity comes to, and u can't always rely on someone, it's a good story between father and son
Every eastern european: This movie feels like home
Kinda resembles the gray, but not really true, since we have more green than western europe & na combined. Maybe depends on how bad of a progress your country has made since 1991.
@@mignas As a swede who's been there alot I'd say the nature is more green and beautiful in eastern europe, but the cities have a grey and sometimes hopeless feel to them
Cities in Serbia
Well when it's winter that's true, but when spring/summer it's mostly green, if you don't live in a city.
axeltf No it’s more green in untouched Alaska
Just read the title and I can say "yes"
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@@gluesnifferr Hoho! Well this is a surprise!
Let's see what we have here...
@Stellvia Hoenheim Now THAT number works and it seems to have lead me to a *good* one.
Ima save it for later.
I bet Cormac McCarthy (the author) will have a shit ton of ideas after 2020.
I read All the Pretty Horses and I already love his work. Wby?
No Country for Old Men's movie was legendary too
I read a few years back that he’s already working on a novel. Don’t know how far through the process he is or if it’ll ever get released though
Can't wait!!
@@elijahbrink4596 blood meridian
I always remember reading the book during my summer break and just feeling exhausted after finishing the novel. It depressed me as you care for these characters and want them to survive in a seemingly hopeless world, you really admire the fathers courage and dedication in trying to keep his son alive, making his death ever so more devastating. I recommend reading it but be warned it’s very sad
Thanks Winston Churchill
I know how you feel. I tried reading it back when I was like 13 or 14 and it literally sucked the life right out of me. It's that moving.
This movie is the quint essential interpretation of what life would be like in the wake of an apocalypse.
@Stellvia Hoenheim wtf 😂😂 😂
"quint essential" hahah
austin M Yes
@JoshNortonalias you are very optimistic
@@nop384 he's actually not wrong though. Studies have indeed shown that people can work together very well when their life depends on it
This was a good movie. It was realy dark. And when they were in the farm house 4 people stood up and left the theater.
alex bez Reslly?! Which scene was the farm house again, dont remember what happend
@@eltiko2670
They broke into a farm house and found out the people living there were canables. When the people comes home the man is about to kill the boy so he wont get slowly eaten.
Then the prisiners in the basement escape. And the man and the boy run away in the confusion.
The youtube clip is 'the road cannibal house'.
alex bez ahhhhhh now i remember yeaaaj ok brooo I watched the whole entire movie, but didn’t realize the prisoners was future canabal victims, makes sense now. Thanks
@@eltiko2670 really? what did you think they kept naked and beaten people in a locked basement for? to party with when they get bored? lol
matty Ahahahh i dunno, wasn’t that obvious for me i guess. They didn’t quite looked like humans so i was a bit confused
“Are you carrying the fire?”
@ApostleOfWonka "well, are you ?"
"You're the best guy"
"Yeah, I'm carrying a fire"
I always liked the theory that The Road is just Sheriff Bell's dream that he described at the end of No Country For Old Men
Harrison Lee its a two dream, which one you think?
“I knew he was going on ahead. Fixin’ to make a fire out there in all that dark, all that cold.”
Yes! It's absolutely a "carry the fire" story.
I don't think it's literally that, but it is a clear extrapolation of that same idea. Carrying the fire of goodness/humanity/divinity or whatever you want to call it out into a world that's dark and cold and hostile.
As depressing as it is, i think there's a lot of beauty behind it too, it's concepts are harsh but it shows that there's always gonna be hope no matter how faint, that's why I always loved the fire concept between the son and father. Even though the father may not believe in the concept he still tries to instill it in the son, and that's where all the hope comes from, the light that may never be there but is always worth fighting to get too
I told my friend about “The Book Of Eli” and he was like “naw my dude, you need to watch The Road”. He was right. Later I also bought The Last Of Us because I heard it was inspired by The Road. It too was awesome. 👊
lat of us best game ofall time forme cant wair forpart 2. its a masterpeice and the road is the best realiatic end of the world movies...its such a tough on emotions
D Patel she was in the first game also 🤦♂️
Great game
"The Book Of Eli" is also good,tho. It's been years since I watched both of those movies,but I feel like now's the time to return to them
@D Patel sadly no ps4😢
In the books are two scenes that I remembered the most:
The famous basement scene (that happens in the movie) AND the roasted and eaten baby
The roasted WHAT
@YeahOkayCertainly Appears in this video. When the man and the boy finds the canibals's basement. Probably the only reason why it shock me the most was because the book has such an awesome writing and I wasn't expecting any of the madness Cormac wrote. Every scenario in the book, since the basement, seems hopeless and then you realized how the father feels about the world and why he is so afraid about anything.
@@eadasder13 Honestly, that basement scene scared me even more than most horror movies with cheap jump scares would.
Basement scene gave me nightmares
@@zep1021 uh, yeah? the bye bye mans of the world are nowhere close to being as scary as something like courage the cowardly dog
Honestly, it had a “happy” ending. As happy as it could have been. The Mist still has the most fucked up ending ever
The book ending is even more depressing.
@@Brandon-eq7hk what's the book ending
@@chewy_bucca its spread all over the world
@@Brandon-eq7hk I disagree, the Mist's movie ending was far better, the despair when he realizes they could've survived if he were a bit patient was really haunting, it really makes you feel for the guy especially considering how hard of a decision it was to make
imo the most fucked up ending ever was on the movie Centigrade.
We read The Road in our Junior year of high school in our English class, and literally everybody felt worse than usual for the month that we were going thru this book, to the point where 5 people broke down crying after we finished it in class, so I say yes, it is.
Just about the most depressing book I’ve read in school was To Kill a Mockingbird...
Your teacher is funny
I’d only discovered this movie a few days ago, and by god it ruined me. Really one of those movies that put me out of commission for a while. Thanks for this, ryan.
Finley Clark where did u watch it?
Fangirl 1994 got it on dvd from the used game/movie store CEX.
At the end when the son goes off with the family, my first thought was that they would end up eating him.
Or worse
Possible, but unlikely since they still have the dog
I’m not sure, but I think they planned on pairing him with their daughter. I think they were collecting children with the hopes they will grow up and reproduce to start repopulating the world.
@@allie_678 True as my Dad put it when we watched it they seen him as the future. Given their daughter is close to his age. It kinda gives some hope even if the future isn't fully bright it's a small hopeful chance humans can start over again
@@quensoueu1 Maybe they use the dog to find food or more people?
You had me at “I have no mouth and I must scream”
What is that?
@@omaramer7022 A depressing and fucking dark story.
Its about an AI that took over the world and kept 4 humans and made them immortal to torture because he is jealous of them.
The ai knows he will never be able to experience human existence and hates them for that.
Eddie Depressy it was made to kill humans and it was best at it. Now it’s trapped forever on earth and trapped forever in existence. It’s gone mad due to its hatred and desire for death. Torturing them is just a way to express itself.
Sorry, just wanted to add on to what you said because I think that AI is a deep character.
@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 There was three AI made from the cold war to wage it more efficiently.
The United States, China and Russia.
The AI of the USA was able to become sentient and so, swallowed the other AI to become the master. He went at war so efficiently than only 4 humans remained.
Stellvia Hoenheim its just some Asian kids eating sandcakes.
To me this story is about the great love the father felt for his son.
"If he's not the word of God God never spoke" To the father his son was the only hope left on the world.
That mother and child running from the cannibals scene always breaks my heart
Same. It really caught me off gaurd bc that scene isn't in the book. If only the could've saved them
My mother and I (keep in mind we watched the movie about 1000 times) we theorize that the mother and daughter were the people at the end of the movie. At the end the lady said they've been following them for a while (with the boy stalking them when they were visiting the fathers old house, the dog above the shelter). Since we never seen them die and the crazy earthquake right after, we thought maybe the guy with them saved them before they got killed, scared off the other people and manage to escape during the earthquake. Well that was the theory at least lol
@taylorlipinski4048 not to mention you can hear gunshots in the distance, the guy at the end was also armed to the teeth, had a bullet belt across the chest and a rifle in hand
Yes, it is called lothric
They travel this road and find the truth of the old worlds.
The fire fades.
If only i could be so grossly incandescent...
I always wanted to see a dark souls prequel from the last humans perspective. Always imagined it as kinda like this.
Gives me *Conniptions*
daym those dark Souls references this kids gonna end up linking the flame
wot rings u got bicth
Absolutely love the film and novel. However, I think a film that is similar and arguably as depressing would be Threads.
I watched that movie about ten years ago and still not a week goes by that something doesn't remind me of it. The whole thing was heart wrenching, but the ending...that few frames focused on the face of a horrified/terrified young girl is haunting.
Damm right........Threads IS a haunting movie :/ i saw it only one time like 10 years ago!
Threads to this day is terrifying. The horror and the bleakness is so unrelenting.
threads is a more explicit warning. less allegorical. but yes, one of the most depressing narratives ever committed to film.
boonygringo agreed. Threads is utterly horrific.
Thank you for posting this. I happened on "The Road" years ago and had never heard of it, and thought it was one of the most amazing movies/stories I had ever seen. After purchasing it to watch many times over, I shared it with others who were horrified by it and just plain hated it. As a late-blooming wanna be writer, McCarthy strikes an inspirational cord in me, unlike any other author I love. He and this book, in particular, are the pinnacle of what writing is and should be.
I remember watching this with my dad when I was younger when it first came out on dvd. I think it gave me an early realization how much a father could love their child and what they would go through for them. Love ya dad.
Even watching clips of this movie just chokes me up, it's easily the most depressing movie I've ever seen
I always watch the road to cheer myself up. When life gets you down, stick on the road, and be very thankful that your reality is not their reality.
Yes. Yes it is.
*I’m not crying....I....I’m just tearing up from starting at the screen.*
Damnit Dr. Bright how did you get unrestricted access to the foundation's computer terminals again?
@@obsidion1295 *puts fingers over keyboard*
I am....inevitable.
@@purplehaze2358 I am...... [REDACTED]
Lol Dr Bright
@@purplehaze2358 It's treason then.
I've only seen the last hour or so of this movie. I don't plan on ever watching it again. It is all of my fears rolled into one
I can understand that. It's a hard movie to watch, but has strong resonance and meaning. And Charlize Theron's character has the most undersung and gut-wrenching moment of the entire movie.
@Ostin
I watched the end. I've just never seen it all the way thru from the beginning
Have a good one
I still haven't been able to bring myself to watch it. I used to be "tough", you know, never cried at funerals, or sad movies. Then I had children. And things changed. Then, last fall we nearly lost our youngest son (he's okay), but that hit me really hard. I can't watch anything sad anymore, it's almost like it triggers PTSD. Maybe it is PTSD, I don't know.
Anyway, someday I'll watch it.
The Road is my favorite movie I'll never watch again. Inspiring, but traumatizing. Its message stuck with me, but the journey to get to that message is just to painful to endure again.
Considering No Country for Old Men is one of my favorite books/movies ever made, this video kind of makes me want to go on a McCarthy binge.
I just read Blood Meridian and I had to read it again right after. It's my favorite of his and I would highly reccomend it.
Just make sure to bring some Prozac
Blood Meridian is incredible.
The majority of Naughty Dog's Last of Us (now) franchise came from The Road; both the book and the adaptation.
And The Walking Dead. There's an Easter egg after the 4 get out of the sewer. There's a message written on the wall and it mimics the classic "Don't Open, Dead Inside."
Last of us is absolutely incredible, absolutely amazing story
“The book doesn’t try to embellish them as monsters... with our only perception of them as villains is the fact that the father says they are.”
Strongly disagree. The fact that they keep sex slaves is made explicitly clear in the book, and it’s implied that they keep their victims alive while eating them in order to abuse them (basement scene)
The Father is trying to guide his son without losing himself, because he does not know what he is walking towards, but he marches on out of a sense of duty to “carry the fire,” to preserve good and light. He drops the fire (figuratively and literally) along the way, because the horridness of the world drags him down as he’s struggling onward.
The cannibals, on the other hand, are not depicted as “just struggling to get by,” but as the total evil and wickedness that rules the world, seemingly undefeatable. And that’s sort of the message of the book (which runs through most of McCarthy’s work) - that frequently, when trying to good work in a world that is corrupt and brutal, it seems unclear why you should try. But McCarthy’s solution seems to me to be brutal and simple - you march on because it is your duty to carry the fire. It won’t be easy, there will be times that you lose yourself, but you carry the fire for hope’s sake, and you keep hope alive because it is your sacred duty, bestowed upon you from your unjust birth and carried until it can be carried no more.
I'm pretty sure that cannibalism is a universally accepted evil. There are very few societies that ever thought that eating other people for food was acceptable. However, the will to live is a strong one and people will resort to nearly anything to avoid starving to death. Also, I believe the already morally bankrupt will resort to it earlier than others, thus giving them an advantage once it comes to that.
Cannibalism is technically not evil if everyone in the world agrees that it is not. Cormac McCarthy’s antagonist in Blood Meridian is based off of this concept and I think that is what he was trying to explain in the video. If society doesn’t exist then right or wrong is however you want to view it.
Cannibalism is basically a cultural understanding. For some it's taboo while others embrace it. Not my cup of tea, if I'm honest. And the people in the basement where kept alive as meat, limbs removed when needed and not used as punch bags
I agree with ya. Scenes from the book, like"the head under the cake bell," or the tanker truck "full of corpses." Many times the man alludes to their being unreasonably cruel.(the death cults) The book is full of such examples, and one has to be pretty naive to miss them.
To say that "the book doesn't embellish them as monsters," is enough to make one question if he ever even read it. I just can see how anyone could come away from it with that idea.
@@grassnoise7495 I disagree. The idea that there is no central good in people, with out "society" or "religion" is absurd. Just because something is excepted doesn't make it right. By right I mean just. The Judge in Blood Meridian, bear in mind was the archetype of Satan. One can view right or wrong however they please regardless. The problem with that is, at some point somebody gonna say "fuck this," and do your ass in.
I watched this movie once. It was so depressing I could never watch it again. I hung the DVD out in my orange tree to keep the rats from eating the fruit.
This story and author mean so much to me personally, and you did this review such great justice. Thanks for creating, Ryan. And to your parents thanks for creating Ryan.
Give viggo mortensen an Oscar dammit, he’s been robbed 5 or 6 times now
He recieved an Best actor Academy award for Greenbook dumbass.
@@plaguedoctormasque8089 actually, he was only nominated for that, he didn't win. No need to be such a dick, either
The Oscars are a clique. Viggo is beyond that.
@@woahitscorrina I was surprised he got nominated for that after he stuck his foot in his mouth and dropped an N-bomb in a press interview about the movie.
I would say he is better off without it. The Oscars have been shit since since the early nineties.
You can almost pinpoint the death to the year Frank Darabont got shafted for Shawshank Redemption.
I remember reading the book my freshman year of high school, and crying at the end. I was only really used to happy endings in books, and I was at first just so dissatisfied with how it turned out. It stifled any hope of anything in my mind. That was until my dad and I talked about it the following day. He told me that it was still a happy ending because the father got his wish and the son got a chance at another life even though the driving force in his life vanished. Of course the world was still shit, but I guess that’s what makes the book so great in my mind, that There are multiple ways to interpret it. As well as the fact that I had that experience and grew from it, making it unique to me.
WHAT accent is that? You sound American, Canadian and Northern Irish all in one...
I believe that’s called Belfast
"I have no Mithe and i must scream"
@Evan EU whats northen ireland i only know ireland
@Evan EU exactly
@@pizzatime901 Ireland is made up of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Republic of Ireland is a fully independent country while Northern Ireland still belongs to the U.K.
Me: that dad looks familiar . . . *sees him smiling in his hood* *I drop to my knee and bow* My lord Aragorn, son of Arathorn! Hail the King of Gondor!
Matthew Jarrett
Times are tough in middle earth right now...
My Friend, you bow to no one.
Pewdiepie Shopping except da king in da norf
Should’ve stayed in Minas Tirith
??????? That shit movie?
God damn it Ryan. First the cube and now the Road. How do you know to upload a video the day after i watch a movie
I personally love this movie and think it sets a standard for realistic post apocalypse movies. Awesome acting, and amazing aesthetics too. Truly great movie
I really would start to hate myself if I knew I was dying and would have to leave my kid without me in such a world. The gut wrenching feeling of even thinking about it frightens me beyond belief.
This movie is actually one of the only movies I’ve ever cried t
OriginalContentMayne I’ve cried at the Pursuit of happyness
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@Stellvia Hoenheim that one was insanely sad too
@@DredPirateRoberts Okay, calm down Macho Man.
I may be hearing things but deep in the end credits it sounds like kids playing and a sprinkler in the distance. I like to think the Veteran and his family made it somewhere and things started to turn around. Amazing movie.
I chose to compare “The Road” and “No Country for Old Men” for my English Literature A-Level, such a great author. His writing style was so unique and I’m very content with reading his novels.
“If he isn’t the word of God, then God never spoke” is my favorite line in the movie and book.
Oh yeah, this was a summer reading book back in middle school. Pretty insane stuff for that age group.
He goes from being king, to a dad struggling in an apocalyptic wasteland. It be like that sometimes
I just gotta say that Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road” is one of my all time favorite novels. I’ve read it multiple times and cry every time. It’s a story about being thankful for what you have, even when all seems lost. Beautiful bleakness.
"As a dyslexic" subbed right there. Hearing a follow dyslexia talk about literacy is perfect
Dude I literally just finished reading this for my literature class, I wrote a bomb ass essay on it
i misread that last part
Even watching a video about this story brought a tear to my eye.
*Laughs hilariously, then breaks down into tears and depression, in “Grave of the Fireflies”*
I read the book and saw the movie. It is the most depressing story I've ever experienced.
Yeah...Spoilers below
Showing the boy how to kill himself incase of emergency was F'ed up and when he left the dude
butt naked in the cold is just heart breaking stuff.
@Old Luke That was specifically only in the book. Every other scene was in the movie(which is rare for a movie to be exactly identical to the book) except when that group of cannibals were eating the baby, as they felt that was too depressing to put into the movie.
I loved this movie even though it's dark AF. It hit really close to home for me. My pops who I was very close to had committed suicide not too long before this movie came out. We were also pro survivalist/preppers. So between the apocalyptic theme, and the father/son relationship, this movie felt almost personal. Thanks for covering it. Great vid
Damn. Your life is dark. You deserve a Disney cruise.
Sorry to hear that. You know what's weird? A few generations ago, everybody kept some preserved food around... mason jars of pickled things, some staples, and whatnot. Nowadays they have a derogatory name for it, and you're a social pariah for doing it. This never made sense to me. By the way, for the uninitiated, dried rice and dried beans can be stored a long, long time.
I can really appreciate the film as a metaphor for masculinity in the face of crisis, the comparison of idealistic youth contrasted with the fear of a desperate group by an elder is a potent metaphor for our day. its quite interesting that the meaning of the film drastically changes on whether you connect with the father or the boy.
"He who made humanity will find no humanity"
I don't understand.
Vodkacannon it's a quote from the movie.
@@vodkacannon oh hecc XD
@@vodkacannon It was the character Eli condemning god for allowing mankind to become what it became.
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This movie is incredible and one of my favorites of all time.
Just saw this movie...my heart kept swelling and then breaking. The tears kept flowing. The ending was one I didn't even think would happen. I am too happy that it did... Sorta. So much better than a cliffhanger.
As someone who struggles with depression and suicide everyday I think i will give this a watch, Thx for your hard work Ryan.
Saw clips of this film, thinking of trying it out. And I have to say that sounds like a terrible idea. But I'm not you and if it makes you feel better well go ahead.
hey man, keep ur head up and i hope u feel better but dear god do not watch this film. it will make u feel worse
@@mixemalsofficial7341 I watched clips today out of curiosity and now I'm afraid of going to sleep. No film has ever done this to me before.
Big53Mac, this is a very tough film. I saw it years ago and I still have nightmares about several scenes. Just wanted to give you the real deets. Stay strong and good film can be very uplifting to spirits, just not this one ☺️
"Like having sand kicked in your eyes before they're pecked out by crows."
Awesome!
Thank you for doing this video. "The Road" is truly one of my favorite novels.
Apart from my life story I'd say the answer is maybe.
Aw, I hope it gets better for you
It's okay, it'll get better. And it could always be worse.
Mushezable Why does this loser have so many likes?
What is the girl in your profile pic from?
if your life's literally more depressing then the end of the world and everyone and everything is dying then write a book. but I highly doubt it.
Not ashamed to admit I cried at this film . "The man" reminded me so much of my father later in life.
"We will realize that Cormac McCarthy's 2006 novel "The Road" was optimistic.That book included survivors."
100% clicked on this asap just because my mom hates this movie (in a good way, the "I love it but hate it" compliment) yeehaw
God I miss my dad. Going to be 10 years since he left and he dosent even acknowledge my existence.
I'm sorry he doesn't acknowledge you. I think you might be better off, without someone who leaves you behind for their own reasons. I hope it gets easier for you with time.
But you're white!
@@lobstrosity7163 I know! Who'd of thunk it?
@voilaviolamh appreciate it. Thank you.
@@ayyylmao101 thank you.
If you're looking for similar books I'd recommend
"Summer of The Apocalypse"
"The Scarlet Plague"
"Oryx and Crake"
another good, but nowhere near as good is
"Lucifers Hammer"
Your videos never fail to intrigue me. Love every single analysis you put out. You can really tell all the hard work that goes behind it
2019: Wow that’s depressing
2020: Wow that could be my future
August 2022: Wow we're almost there
@@antonella6317 Feb 2023: soon.
I watched this movie today with my girlfriend, after the ending we remained silent for a really long time. As if we were trying to process all the intense emotions we had just experienced. Such a sad and powerful masterpiece.