30 Responses for "The Road, trailer 2"

1. Rozar Corazon October 30th, 2009 at 6:26 pm 1

   Nice

   It’s more the drama now – instead of the first “thriller-trailer”.

   In consideration of the book this second one fits better.

2. Ryan Adams October 30th, 2009 at 6:37 pm 2

   The novel has more than enough suspense and thrilling set pieces, doesn’t it? Nobody who goes looking for an urgent struggle to survive is going to be disappointed by a lack of violent action. But they’ll get so much more than senseless brutality in the bargain.

3. Biggles October 30th, 2009 at 6:49 pm 3

   Hm… DEFINITELY better than the first trailer… but halfway through this one, we get some music reminiscent of an inspirational sports film and the tone seems to shift to “an optimistic tale of hope and dreams.” The novel is as pessimistic and dark as can be.

4. Loyal October 30th, 2009 at 6:52 pm 4

   what a truly awful and misleading trailer. What the hell are they drinking at Dimension!?

5. Ryan Adams October 30th, 2009 at 7:01 pm 5

   Can you tell me what you think is misleading about the trailer, Loyal, without giving away any important plot points?

   Is there a single frame of this trailer that’s not in the novel?

   If The Man did not have any hope, they why wouldn’t he have taken the same easy way out as The Mother?

6. Tyler October 30th, 2009 at 7:16 pm 6

   bad music, the rest looks promising

7. Andrew October 30th, 2009 at 7:16 pm 7

   Yeah – it’s the inspirational music that ruins it for me. I hope they don’t use that in the film. Keep it dark. Otherwise, it looks really good.

8. Gyros October 30th, 2009 at 7:19 pm 8

   I have to agree with Biggles… no one is anticipating this movie more than I am, but the music that kicks in halfway through this trailer just doesn’t fit. Let’s hope this is not part of the score.

9. Bill October 30th, 2009 at 7:46 pm 9

   theyre just trying to make it sucsessful, everything but music not used in the movie is perfect, have faith friends, this is viggos show

10. Mik October 30th, 2009 at 7:49 pm 10

    Have you not heard the Ellis/Cave score? The trashy ‘inspirational’ music is blatantly not part of the score. The keyword of the score is ‘minimal’.

    Cant see anyone putting in a better performance than Viggo this year.

11. Dan October 30th, 2009 at 8:03 pm 11

    Shiny!

12. Alejo October 30th, 2009 at 8:23 pm 12

    How difficult is it to use the Nick Cave/Warren Ellis score in the trailer? They did it with “Jesse James,” and not only was the trailer beautiful; it failthfully segued into the movie. they could easily play “The Beach” during the second half of this trailer.

    anyway, really excited and looking forward to 11-25

13. Mik October 30th, 2009 at 8:25 pm 13

    Unfortunately Jesse James was largely ignored at the box office AND at the Oscars, despite being bloody marvellous. Hence why this one is getting such shoddy trailer treatment.

14. Ryan Adams October 30th, 2009 at 8:40 pm 14

    For anyone who missed it, we posted 3 tracks from Warren Ellis Nick Cave score a few weeks ago. You can listen to them here.

15. Loyal October 30th, 2009 at 8:50 pm 15

    @ Ryan

    I guess its already been covered in the comment section. Calling The Road bleak is the understatement of the century. But the way they cut and added music to the film in the trailer, um, they’re selling it as Rudy.

16. Ryan Adams October 30th, 2009 at 8:59 pm 16

    I’ve had this discussion before, Loyal, so I’ll be lazy now and paste what I wrote someplace else.

    …more importantly, are we going to let 30 seconds of music that’s not in a mournful minor key tell us that the movie suddenly detours into The Yellow Brick Road halfway through? I thought we all knew that trailers are meant to get people interested — not make them want to slit their wrists.

    Plenty of time to your wrists after the movie. And besides, if you guys don’t think The Man is motivated by an overriding hope that he can find a way to safety for his son, and a dream for him to inhabit, then why didn’t he use his last two bullets in the first 5 minutes of the movie?

    It was hard to stay optimistic about the outcome of the novel while reading it, but McCarthy kept bringing me back from the brink of despair — in the same way he allowed The Man and The Boy to continue to forge onward when all seemed lost, stumbling into bits of luck in the nick of time, almost like following a trail of crumbs. That helped keep my own inner fire burning since I felt it was almost some sort of divine providence leading them along.

    That’s why I don’t think the hopeful shift in the trailer is entirely misleading. Sure, the novel wiped me out for a couple of days, and I’ll be disappointed if the movie doesn’t slap the smile off my face for at least a few hours. But it’s hope that keeps The Man going, and it’s McCarthy’s recurring shreds of hope that keep readers and moviegoers from giving up on the story.

    This trailer music is like all trailer music — it’s supposed to encourage people to look forward to something.

    Like I said in the comment above, you can listen to actual tracks from the movie by clicking that link. The music ranges from forlorn to funereal to royally fucked.

    Thankfully there’s no trace of any song that sounds like an overture to the Lollipop Guild crawling out of a ditch.

17. Tero Heikkinen October 30th, 2009 at 9:41 pm 17

    I can’t wait to see this. If there’s only one 2009 movie I could see, this would be it.

18. bambi October 30th, 2009 at 10:05 pm 18

    Biggles nailed it. The inspirational music is so out of place. Looks like they still don`t know how to sell this. First it was by ramping up action. Now this shit about hope with sports movie music. Ugh, anyone on this forum would market this movie better.

    That said, Viggo should be a lock. He, Clooney, Renner and Firth. One more spot to fill and we`ll get BA line-up.

19. Daniel October 31st, 2009 at 1:02 am 19

    This trailer was miles better than the first, especially the first half of it; the terrible music in the latter have didn’t fit at all but I can overlook it.

20. Pierre de Plume October 31st, 2009 at 1:26 am 20

    I like this trailer better than the first one — especially the part where Viggo mugs a baked-ham grin.

    (Just kidding, for Pete’s sake.)

21. Nic October 31st, 2009 at 8:53 am 21

    I tagged Viggo in the line up weeks ago and will stick by it. He’s racking up an incredible resume and this will just add too it. Mortensen, Firth, Clooney, Freeman. Not sure about number five I thik that will depend on DDL. But I still think that DDL may very well get passed over. I just hope that Firth isn’t dumped.

22. Otto October 31st, 2009 at 11:09 am 22

    what must a child actor do to be credited in a trailer? Be Dakota Fanning?

23. lucky38 October 31st, 2009 at 1:28 pm 23

    If you’ve seen The Proposition then you know this film is in good hands. There isn’t a moment in that film that isn’t bleak, and Hillcoat will handle the source material with the same respect here as well.

    Cormac McCarthy must have envisioned Viggo when he was writing The Road. The Man could only be portrayed by him. This is the move I am most looking forward to this year, but I need to prepare myself. There are scenes from the novel that I still can’t shake.

24. j October 31st, 2009 at 3:45 pm 24

    I read the book a little bit before it premiered in festival – and will have to read it again for 21st century novel class. I don’t remember it too well except my thought that at least it wasn’t mindnumbingly boring, tedious, and repetitive the way Blood Meridian was (this coming from someone who thinks that beneath the layers Proust’s work is actually quite good). It started really, really slowly though. At least I prefer the ending to either Atonement’s (also read/reading) or Blood Meridian’s.

    The acting doesn’t seem to be knockout.

25. Simone October 31st, 2009 at 4:07 pm 25

    Lucky38, I think I know what scenes you’re referring to, and if we’re on the same page, in regards to at least one scene in particular, I’m pleased to inform you that it is implied…not shown. Thank Jesus.

    I read the book in 2008 and have been waiting to see The Road, as I did at Tiff, and it’s brilliant!

26. Sertan October 31st, 2009 at 4:25 pm 26

    I think Viggo’s nomination is a luck. If he won, I wouldnt have any problem with that. I wonder if Charlize could pull a nomination as well!

27. Rebecca October 31st, 2009 at 6:45 pm 27

    Omar is in that, y’all. I’m excited for that.

    I’m torn on the trailer, because (huge spoilers) it feels a little too inspirational. However, in the book, you do start to feel that everything will be ok when they reach the coast, just that they will suffer along the way and/or only one of them will reach the coast…and Viggo says ‘it all depends on us reaching the coast.’ It turns out that things aren’t any better there, but it feels hopeful.

28. K. Bowen October 31st, 2009 at 9:39 pm 28

    Great film.

29. bambi November 1st, 2009 at 11:16 am 29

    #23 “Cormac McCarthy must have envisioned Viggo when he was writing The Road.”

    Amen!

30. Sahoyah November 1st, 2009 at 11:02 pm 30

    I really hate this trailer. All the shots from the movie itself are wonderful but it gives away a lot of stuff that would probably be left a surprise. To be specific: the bomb shelter that they find after spending about 50 pages on the verge of death, the old man they feed, and there’s a clip from the last scene of the movie. Why are they trying so hard to destroy the sense of intrigue that the first trailer was able to establish?

    Not a fan. And yes, the music is terrible. Still really looking forward to seeing the film though.