Yup, i've shamelessly used the same thread title as my District 9 thread, but I feel it's needed with the review i've just read about The Road. I've been dying to see this since the first teasers around 7 months back and hopefully from what i've just read in this review, it'll be another epic movie for this year.
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/15129/toronto-review-the-road-
Highlights...
"The Road" is a stunning achievement, uncompromising, visually extraordinary and emotionally challenging, representing a new and exciting chapter in the career of a fine filmmaker who knows how to explore the savagery of a landscape.
""The Road" is a tough, dark and sombre look at a world so utterly destroyed and the need to survive. There are no names given to any of the characters, allowing one to both disconnect from its principals until its final, tour-de-force denouement.
"Hillcoat is a visual master as he so beautifully captures the expansiveness of this dead world, with dark and ferocious imagery."
"There are essentially two actors in the film and both are sensational. Mortensen has grown in leaps and bounds over the years and this may be his finest hour. Subtle, nuanced and saying little with so much, Mortensen gives a beautiful and powerful performance. Young Australian Kodi Smit-McPhee is a major find. Last seen in his debut film Romulus my Father, there is no hint of his Australian background and he is simply superb."
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/15129/toronto-review-the-road-
Highlights...
"The Road" is a stunning achievement, uncompromising, visually extraordinary and emotionally challenging, representing a new and exciting chapter in the career of a fine filmmaker who knows how to explore the savagery of a landscape.
""The Road" is a tough, dark and sombre look at a world so utterly destroyed and the need to survive. There are no names given to any of the characters, allowing one to both disconnect from its principals until its final, tour-de-force denouement.
"Hillcoat is a visual master as he so beautifully captures the expansiveness of this dead world, with dark and ferocious imagery."
"There are essentially two actors in the film and both are sensational. Mortensen has grown in leaps and bounds over the years and this may be his finest hour. Subtle, nuanced and saying little with so much, Mortensen gives a beautiful and powerful performance. Young Australian Kodi Smit-McPhee is a major find. Last seen in his debut film Romulus my Father, there is no hint of his Australian background and he is simply superb."
