I first learn about this movie on Leonard Maltin's TV-program, Maltin on Movies. At the time he praised it as one of the better ones in the sci-fi genre. Therefor when I bought the DVD it was with much anticipation. But, I am afraid to say, on this one I do not agree with Mr Maltin.
Although the special effects are good, I found it a bit overboard; more like a video game. The story line is thin and I struggled to connect with any of the characters so that at no point was there any emotional bond.
To me it was just yet another version of the now so familiar story of humans battling invading animal/insect-like aliens. And to be honest, I find the whole premiss of insects and reptiles ludicrous. Usually these creatures barely have enough intelligence to make supposedly frightening squaks and hisses. So how they manage to travel amongst the stars is totally beyond me. Maybe today's writers of this genre should again take a look at the Star Trek and Star Wars franchises to get an idea of what intelligent alien beings are like!
Thus, and as I didn't particularly liked this DVD, I rated it 2 out of 5 stars.
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THE ROAD
This is an excellent movie but a word of warning: do not watch it if or when you are depressed. It will definitely do nothing to improve your mood!
In a post apocalyptic world, a father and his son is fleeing the devastation in search of a better place and life. Along the way they encounter numerous dangers and hardships. But it is the utter love and devotion between the pair of them that does not only sustain them for most part of the journey but also make for some of the most tender and moving moments ever captured on the big screen. No wonder it is scored so high by viewers on IMDB (7.3/10).
Although Viggo Mortensen has been on the scene for many years, he only rose to real stardom in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. However, his portrayal as the father in The Road is outstanding and so is the performance by Kodi Smit-McPhee as the boy. At present, the latter must be one of the best child actors around. I just wonder why the young actor seems to go for "weird" rolls - Let Me In (2010) and Dead Europe (2012) come to mind amongst others.
This movie is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Cormac McCarthy, who also wrote No Country for Old Men. If you are not too squeamish I can highly recommend this DVD and rated it 4 out of 5 stars for my collection.
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