Another movie I really have very little to say about and of which I had relatively high expectations. I haven’t read the book on which this is based yet and (especially now I’ve seen the movie) I’m pretty sure it will be a more fulfilling experience. I felt this, more than any other problems you might find with it, was just far too long for what it ultimately shows and tells us. It could have been done a a 30- or even 15- minute short, and better. I wasn’t overawed by either Viggo Mortensen’s or the kid’s performance, I just got the idea within 15 minutes and it doesn’t develop anything new beyond that point. It’s not that I dislike a depressing filmgoing experience (I’m sure those who love the movie think this is the only reason anybody would not like it), because heaven knows I do; but I dislike movies that repeat themselves so flatly as this one does. It’s ironic that when this movie leaked on the internet initial copies had 30 minutes of footage missing. I feel like anybody who mistakenly viewed that version might’ve been the lucky ones.

Tags: adaptation, apocalyptic

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