So Unpredictable.

That was an unexpected ending. Papa dies and the family that was following them comes and saves the boy. The least I imagined would happen was a somewhat happy ending. Reading 200 pages or so about death, bad guys and a “grey beach, cold, desolate, birdless”(215) I thought they both were going to die, never reaching south. My idea of a happy ending would have been that both of them will die together, after struggling so much to survive. I have to admit I was a little disappointed with the ending so I decided to watch the movie to see if it was the same.

And another disappointment, the movie was so boring. I had enjoyed reading the novel, and reading the trek of Papa and the boy to reach south so I thought the movie was going to be more exciting. Watching the trailer you get that feeling, the music and images give you the feeling of suspense and thrill but it’s nothing like that. It’s slow, and dull. If I would have to choose one and I would say that book, so to you my reader if you doubt to either watch the movie or read the book, read the book. The movie takes so much away to McCarthy’s novel. Really, both are very similar they have the same important scenes that stand out in the novel. For example:

1. The coke scene.
2. The suicide of the mother.
3. The boat and the grey beach.
4. “carrying the fire” (283)
5. The dungeon with the almost dead people to eat.
6. When the dad gets hurt.

I do give some credit to the movie and how it represents the father as a struggling man that would do anything for his son. But the other scenes mentioned above lack emotion in the movie. Maybe it was hard to create the images described in the book but then I thought about the movie 2012 and they do make you feel emotion, still there is no book about that movie and there never will be so we are left with the doubt. With this, I think I learned a lesson and finally realized that books are almost always better than movies because the author unlike the director has no limits. I am not saying this based only on The Road. Having also read and watched the Twilight movies and Harry Potter I got the same impression. These others movies were not bad compared to The Road movie, I did liked them but still the books are better because as I said before the author has no limits. They could describe the vampire or wizard image however they wanted, without a perimeter.

Two things I want to point out: the ending was unpredictable and don’t waste your time watching the movie, read the book.