Is THE ROAD Still The Most Depressing Story Ever Told?

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[@watgaming9479]

When apocalypse happens Expectations: The Walking Dead Reality: The Road

[@darthkek1953]

People started to fantasise about wanting a zombie apocalypse with Romero's Dawn of the Dead. Funnily enough Snyder's Dawn of the Dead was like "fuck that, fast zombie apocalypse would suck".

[@RandallWhiskey]

How about 28days later kind of zombies That would be fun

[@Erick-er2zi]

​@@RandallWhiskey yeah, for sure if a zombie apocalypse happened would be much worse than twd really really really really much worse it would be empty, rotten, depressing, lifeless, hopeless.

[@tylert.8211]

@@Erick-er2zi But no student loans so there's at least some positive outlook

[@xieotv2386]

watgaming *THE FIRE FADES*

[@jaybones8457]

It's almost as if the end of the world will be miserable and degrading, not full of action and adventure with a likeable cast of misfits.

[@copyorange]

@Alexander Supertramp Which means it was good.

[@copyorange]

@Alexander Supertramp You wrote it yourself. "As a comedy, it was good."

[@warrenthomas3168]

Hahahahahaha YES!!!

[@theshermantanker7043]

That's why games like The Last of Us are usually well received. I'm not a fan of the game in fact, but from what I know it's story gives off a vibe of hopelessness and struggling to stay alive, unlike in most other media where the main cast eventually starts killing every enemy in sight in a badass manner.

[@crazyviralvideos9299]

@Alexander Supertramp seeing that it's goal is comedy that makes it good

[@wyatduncan9152]

You know your town is depressing when scenes from the movie were filmed there.

[@plywoodruntz]

Can't have shit in Detroit 😔

[@12101DyM]

@@plywoodruntz detroit is the only city where its people actually defend how shitty it is

[@samoflegend738]

I know the story's based in east TN,, GA, and the carolinas but where was it filmed?

[@richmackin]

To be fair, the locations filmed in Oregon are all tourist attractions (the waterfall, the shipwreck on the beach which normally is not covered in trash.)

[@benwinter2420]

The majority of actual hell hole failed US cities are failed due to incumbent 'shades' populations aka diversity for freed slaves lives matter etc

[@anon9579]

You spend years dreaming of a future like Star Trek only to realize that The Road is more realistic

[@baronkimble5378]

Star trek is more realistic imo

[@anon9579]

Baron Kimble nope id say The Road is much more realistic

[@pickledpeckers7789]

themutantlizard no I say Star Trek is more realistic

[@anon9579]

Pickled Peckers how so? Also id say either Mad Max or The Road is realistically where we will be in five years

[@pickledpeckers7789]

themutantlizard I was joking because the first reply said Star Trek the second said road now I’m back to Star Trek and you said the road hopefully the next person says Star Trek

[@milkshaketurtle7937]

Summary of The Road: "I was born with glass bones and paper skin. Every morning I break my legs, and every afternoon I break my arms. At night, I lie awake in agony until my heart attacks put me to sleep."

[@goldenageofrap5899]

Ouch!!!

[@MannFace51]

Shouldn’t have drank the bone-hurting juice

[@pedasjma23]

only real og's know where this is from (spoiler its spongebob i think it was the episode they were selling chocelate)

[@Smitty87FTW]

Spongebob

[@MarillSweatshirt]

Finally found a reason to leave his house....... *proceeds to fall down small flight of stairs*

[@jeansalomon8225]

I had to watch Saving Private Ryan after seeing this movie to cheer myself up

[@ClearlyVague1]

LMFAO

[@dude_8434]

Alien 3 for me. Original cut

[@mts9266]

@@hulking_presence OH MY GOD FUCKING HELL LMAO

[@skot4138]

@@hulking_presence I JUST got the joke

[@MandleRoss]

Hahahaha!!!

[@GITMachine]

Viggo Mortensen went into full blown starvation mode to make this movie. His transformation was insane and yet people rarely talk about it. An incredibly dedicated actor.

[@deedee7780]

This movie sadly didn't get the credit that it deserved. It is absolutely one of the top 5 best movies ever made in my opinion.

[@ItReallyIsiPOD]

Viggo is honestly one of the most talented actors currently alive. Plus he only acts in good movies.

[@aryssobral]

This movie is SOOOOOO under rated

[@Kruppt808]

If it had vampire or zombies plus Chris Pratt or Ryan renolds it would have made 300millions.

[@GITMachine]

@@Kruppt808 I'm not so sure. Those guys don't seem to do as well in darker/more serious roles which is a shame because they both have the chops to do more than play the loveable smart ass. Check out the movie Buried with RR. He did an incredible job in that one. The movie was critically acclaimed and yet it barely made a blip at the box office. Caveat: if you're claustrophobic do not watch that movie.

[@jarvis3642]

I cried when the man died and left his son alone. I was thinking about the son, like His father was the only man in the whole world he could trust ,and now that hope is gone. Now he don't know whether a man will eat him or help him.

[@tylerbaldwin3269]

I assumed after the son saw the dog, he knew he could trust the family. If they were keeping a dog alive, that meant that they hadn't been so desperate for food that they'd eaten it. Hence, they (probably) wouldn't eat him

[@EroticOnion23]

@@tylerbaldwin3269 maybe they just found the dog, and their shotgun was empty...🤔

[@AlyxAesthetics]

@@EroticOnion23 pretty sure if youre starving to death you wont wait to kill a dog if youve ran out of bullets. Also i think he knew to trust them because he remembered the dog from when they left the bunker, so he knew they were following him.

[@EroticOnion23]

@@AlyxAesthetics I meant the shotgun against the kid. But yea your argument makes more sense.

[@ElmoElmoSWAZILAND]

@@EroticOnion23The dog is used for hunting/scouting. The kids w the man and woman are mere livestock.

[@mr.sand7899]

Someone got me to watch this movie because they said it was connected to Lord of the Rings. I do not speak to that person anymore.

[@vernonsalisbury5276]

🤣😀

[@cannedgoodness9633]

Remember that bit where Elrond warns his daughter about staying in the realm of men? This is kind of what he was warning about. That eventually men would destroy their world and she would be left in nothing but despair. So your friend is arguably right haha

[@terrypeart3875]

Mr. Sand My precious

[@garrytalaroc]

LOL

[@gavinmillar]

The Road is what really happens if you try to simply walk into Mordor.

[@blinkk07]

Short answer: yes. This movie even makes my tears cry tears.

[@Dogmelter42]

Yeeeeeeeep. 'nuff said.

[@tylerskiss]

I must be cold-hearted because this film barely touched me. Meanwhile something like Aronofsky's The Fountain has me in tears 82 of the 97min runtime.

[@bwgti]

I couldn't even get through 5 minutes of this video without getting upset...

[@klompb]

I dont know, at least this movie allows for a positive interpretation of the ending. Requiem for a dream on the other hand...

[@theclimbto1]

I heard Chuck Norris watched The Road once. Both he and the story cried together.

[@danb4811]

I watched this on a grey, rainy day off from work. In the morning. I didn't know anything about it. Worst day off ever.

[@titusmccarthy]

Best Day off EVA!!!!!***

[@lraffucci]

I bet Cormac McCarthy (the author) will have a shit ton of ideas after 2020.

[@elijahbrink4596]

I read All the Pretty Horses and I already love his work. Wby?

[@elijahbrink4596]

No Country for Old Men's movie was legendary too

[@spelunkingmonkey7630]

I read a few years back that he’s already working on a novel. Don’t know how far through the process he is or if it’ll ever get released though

[@deedee7780]

Can't wait!!

[@viola308]

@@elijahbrink4596 blood meridian

[@Tyear]

Dear Ryan, This was the last real film I ever watched alone with my late father, at the end of it, this man who was strong like I didn't know what was sobbing on the couch besides me. Almost unconsolable, when I asked him what it was he just shook his head. "You'll know when you become a dad", now he's passed and I'm the father of a little girl and he's right. What an absolute gutpunch of a goddamn movie, even back then, but now, as a father. I can't even really put it into words, just.. what a great movie.

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

Damn, it really hit home

[@daraghkennedy3994]

Comment so Ryan sees this

[@Gray963]

You reminded me of when I saw this with my father and his reaction. The pale thousand yard stare and pained expression he had as we talked about it. Now I'm tearing up. He's been gone for years now but I feel I understand him a little better because of this video and comment. So thank you.

[@bluceree7312]

I love this movie, seen it many times. I don't get he fatherhood perspective though because I'm not a breeder. However, I like the movie for other reasons mainly like many said that there is a strong possibility this is what's going to happen to earth, possibly because of humans. So is it sad, sure. Is it sadder than real life, only sometimes.

[@watchaone4400]

Sounds like a good dad raised a good dad

[@jpvielleux]

As a father I found this book beautiful. He's teaching his son how to live while trying to teach himself how to die.

[@saucearsonist7046]

This comment deserves more than just a thumbs up. Thank you,sir.

[@djtheturtle1399]

@Solidus Rapax why do people use periods like that?

[@amethystdawn9476]

JP Vielleux Probably the best comment I’ve ever seen on the internet.

[@ayyylmao101]

Convinced me to read the novel with this comment.

[@mikepajarillo3837]

And he teach also to his kid how to commit suicide

[@Wolfie_2045]

I don’t care what people say “The Road” is completely underrated

[@titusmccarthy]

It is. I love this movie. One of my favourites.

[@adriangoodman6832]

The Walking Dead is the Star Wars of the Post Apocalyptic genre, Mad Max 2 and 4 is the Saving Private Ryan, The Road is the Schindler's List...

[@DuelWielding2DohDoh_BiRDS]

never heard of it, guess i'll check it out

[@fenris8179]

People don't usually like to be confronted with what they are in reality (what The Road does). That's why it isn't popular.

[@matthewjury4385]

It’s overrated

[@shawndooley7778]

I watched this movie after becoming a father (about 6 months in roughly so for those in the know those were trying days) 6 years ago, one night I sat down and watched it because I thought yeah love zombie movies, apocalypse stuff, fallout sort of thing. My missus found me sobbing uncontrollably in the kitchen, to this day she won't let me watch it again.

[@basicradical3581]

@voilaviolamh hope this is a joke

[@jeonlie3477]

@@basicradical3581 Yes, it's a joke! It's not funny though...

[@rabidredpanda2888]

@@jeonlie3477 what did they say

[@evosquad2474]

Yeah uhh, maybe your missus is right in that choice

[@rabidredpanda2888]

@@andrewbecker9062 yeah it kinda is

[@llttrr]

It looks like the set of Sad Max.

[@mtnd02.06]

Didn't you know? This is the spinoff. "Dad Max"

[@dylanjohnson7408]

That genuinely made me laugh out loud

[@caseyculpepper3574]

What if this is the east coast perspective of the mad max world.

[@stagbeetle1050]

Sad Max: depression road

[@hubertvancalenbergh9022]

Hell, no. Mad Max is entirely laughable compared to The Road.

[@vlikeschocolat9222]

Man I was 11/12 years old and my father Came to me and said "Hey son I got this new apocalyptic movie that seems very cool, wanna see it?" I saw the cover and though "Wow this movie looks cool, sure let's watch". Some time later i was in the floor. I swear to God I never cried so much in my entire life.

[@bored4127]

Bruh I'm depressed rn and this video didn't help even though I didn't even watch the movie

[@theGhostfaceKiller666]

@@bored4127 stfu watch the movie

[@khalilKujo4]

Wow . Same I watched it with my father when i was 12 Y.o

[@slackerboy1488]

Watched it with my mom when I was like 8 or 9 I just thought it was cool

[@oliverhemmings1978]

you cried in from of your dad whilst watching the road?

[@bridgetmurphy3030]

I love this movie. It taps into the deepest, darkest parts of your being and forces you to feel emotions you’re normally too scared to even acknowledge exist. I feel alive after watching it.

[@deedee7780]

You must watch "I am Mother".

[@Gemosiku]

My thoughts exactly

[@BasePuma4007]

This movie was a kick in the stomach for 14 year-old me.

[@matcheek6090]

Same lmao

[@concededcell7173]

I’m 14 and I just watched it, I feel you man.

[@ciprianiuga1203]

@Callum How did you get over it? This movie still keeps me up at night, imagining a future like this

[@theguy2040]

You r 16 now

[@bigtittie7295]

My step-dad made me watch it when I was 10 and said it was me and him, it freaked me out then but now I kinda get what he meant, when it's just survival this is what humanity comes to, and u can't always rely on someone, it's a good story between father and son

[@double-og4570]

The book is even more depressing. That hurt didnt it? the boy said. Yes. It did. Are you real brave? Just medium. What's the bravest thing you ever did? He spat into the road a bloody phlegm. Getting up this morning, he said.

[@joshcomeau3787]

The book is kinda brutal.

[@MotoMoto136]

double-o G Jesus fucking christ...

[@TonyJames.]

Lol

[@HAL-vm3wn]

@I'll taketh thy cheese by force they tried to habe that in the movie too, but decided it was just too much

[@prestonrobertson4415]

It was really good though.

[@Music34897]

Man, good job keeping yourself from saying "13 Reasons Why" out loud when talking about shitty attempts to "raise awareness" haha

[@InsaneGold]

I mean, 13 Reasons Why IS hated for a good reason lmao

[@plokoony999]

First season is decent

[@ThrottleKitty]

I know right? I think we all know EXACTLY what horse shit he was talking about. Nothing like glorifying suicide for a cheap easy boost in shock viewers.

[@plokoony999]

SRS Art Productions yeah the first season had good ideas and executed them well enough to make me to want to watch the next episode (I haven’t watched the other two seasons yet)

[@maria.whiddon]

13 Reasons why ( just like The Road) were books first. I only saw season one of 13RW but I'm sure the book would be better.

[@finnamory604]

Honestly, it had a “happy” ending. As happy as it could have been. The Mist still has the most fucked up ending ever

[@Brandon-eq7hk]

The book ending is even more depressing.

[@chewybucca7703]

@@Brandon-eq7hk what's the book ending

[@pkemr4]

@@chewybucca7703 its spread all over the world

[@skepticcat2443]

@@Brandon-eq7hk I disagree, the Mist's movie ending was far better, the despair when he realizes they could've survived if he were a bit patient was really haunting, it really makes you feel for the guy especially considering how hard of a decision it was to make

[@tahirhijraan9144]

imo the most fucked up ending ever was on the movie Centigrade.

[@oxtailsoup6493]

What I liked the most about the road was the portrayal of the fathers undying love for his son. You don't really see the role of the father held up on a pedestal like this movie did. Men are always deadbeats or abusive or just downright evil in most movies. But in this one, the mother was the coward who took the easy way out and left the father no choice but to live on in a hellish world for the sake of the survival of his son. To me this movie was all about the role of the father and I loved it for that.

[@fenris8179]

As a father, in this situation, I would put my whole definitly asleep with drugs. Maybe it's cowardice, maybe mercy...

[@oxtailsoup6493]

Fenris Maybe when I used the word coward that was a bit harsh. But the scene where he discovers his wife has killed herself made me feel like she forced him into a situation where he didn’t have that same luxury. I guess what I’m saying is, he could have done the same thing his wife did and take his own life and just leave his son to fend for himself in this new post apocalyptic waste land but for one he knew that there are worse things than death and if he died and his son got captured he would probably suffer a horrific fate. There were scenes in the movie which showed him doing little things to teach his son to survive, like taking a blanket off of a bed where there were two desiccated corpses and then immediately wrapping the blanket around his son. In that particular scene I saw it as him desensitizing his son to the idea of scavenging/looting from the dead. Little scenes like this told me he was preparing his son to be able to survive not just in this new environment but eventually without him because he knew he wouldn’t survive much longer and he had to prepare his son as best he could. Again, he didn’t have the luxury of taking his own life like the wife did lest he abandon his son in this hellish world with no preparation.

[@fenris8179]

@@oxtailsoup6493 It wasn't a critic of you, don't get me wrong. This story is so intense, I think every reaction is really personnal.

[@oxtailsoup6493]

@@fenris8179 It's cool, sorry if I came off as too defensive. You are absolutely right about the intensity of this movie though. I remember there was another post apocalyptic movie that came out at the same time With denzel washington (I forget the name but he was blind in that movie) and I remember reading a review that specifically compared the two movies and recommended the road over the denzel movie and I remember following the advice and going to theater to see the road. A few months later I actually did see the denzel movie and I remember thinking to myself "man that review I read was soooo spot on, you can't even compare these two films." It wasn't that the denzel movie was bad per-say, it's just that the road was soooooo goood the other movie was ruined for me. I probably would have really enjoyed it had I never saw the road...

[@fenris8179]

@@oxtailsoup6493 No problem. Yeah, it was "the last samaritain". It was ok but not much more than that.

[@Ignorethisuk]

I read The Road when I was 17, I read it in 1 day at my first ever job. I put the book down with tears in my eyes and a knock came at the door, I opened it and a man was there with his son on his shoulders. It was an incredibly cathartic and tragically beautiful moment that still haunts me more than a decade later.

[@Herpaderp10]

what job did you have that you could read a whole book in one day? Sounds great lol

[@Ignorethisuk]

@@Herpaderp10 I was a "responsible" car park attendant at a zoo lmao

[@Herpaderp10]

@voilaviolamh bruh you commented almost word for word what my comment was from a week ago. he already asnwered me...

[@johnnymnemonic69]

What job did you have that you could read a complete book in one day? 😂 please don't kill me

[@doctorpain9369]

What job were you in that you could finish a book in a single day? :3

[@TheMarckoguy35]

I read the book before I saw the movie. And when I eventually did see the movie, it was one of those rare times when a piece of cinema captured the mental image the book created perfectly. It's not a fun image, but it's still pretty cool.

[@yurukiiOWO]

TheMarckoguy35 that happened with me and The Boy in the Striped Pajama - except for the ending. Both the book and the movie had me in tears, though the movie moreso because I knew what was coming and started crying about 30 minutes in.

[@cap_1stuperman536]

I 100% agree. The novel was amazing but the dread and tension from the cannibal's house scene is one of the most intense moments in cinema that I've ever experienced. It took the horror from the novel and brought it to life.

[@Redhactv]

Would you recommend reading or watching ?

[@cap_1stuperman536]

@@Redhactv I recommend watching just to see the performances. Viggo Mortensen is epic but all of the cast really delivered.

[@TheMarckoguy35]

@@Redhactv Either works fine.

[@bezzie9]

This was a good movie. It was realy dark. And when they were in the farm house 4 people stood up and left the theater.

[@eltiko2670]

alex bez Reslly?! Which scene was the farm house again, dont remember what happend

[@bezzie9]

@@eltiko2670 They broke into a farm house and found out the people living there were canables. When the people comes home the man is about to kill the boy so he wont get slowly eaten. Then the prisiners in the basement escape. And the man and the boy run away in the confusion. The youtube clip is 'the road cannibal house'.

[@eltiko2670]

alex bez ahhhhhh now i remember yeaaaj ok brooo I watched the whole entire movie, but didn’t realize the prisoners was future canabal victims, makes sense now. Thanks

[@matty6878]

@@eltiko2670 really? what did you think they kept naked and beaten people in a locked basement for? to party with when they get bored? lol

[@eltiko2670]

matty Ahahahh i dunno, wasn’t that obvious for me i guess. They didn’t quite looked like humans so i was a bit confused

[@darkstar6909]

At the end when the son goes off with the family, my first thought was that they would end up eating him.

[@denisdenak]

Or worse

[@quensoueu1]

Possible, but unlikely since they still have the dog

[@allie_678]

I’m not sure, but I think they planned on pairing him with their daughter. I think they were collecting children with the hopes they will grow up and reproduce to start repopulating the world.

[@notavailable8201]

@@allie_678 True as my Dad put it when we watched it they seen him as the future. Given their daughter is close to his age. It kinda gives some hope even if the future isn't fully bright it's a small hopeful chance humans can start over again

[@wllulu]

@@quensoueu1 Maybe they use the dog to find food or more people?

[@bathorybill9423]

The Road is one of those 'watch once and never again' kind of movies...

[@Dead_Hitori]

Seen it multiple times, love dark and gritty movies

[@TkevTV]

For me yes, but in a good way I still think about it and love to remember It's a good story

[@MikeHalk100]

@Bathory Bill, I feel the same way, about *The Road* and *The Flowers of War* .

[@sunleo6161]

disagree

[@catdean828]

The book is the same way. I can't read it again.

[@irondoggo8572]

What’s that one short story it goes like this “the moment before every collapsed my mother told me to follow the train tracks so I did, I have seen dead families hanging from trees, dying children I wondered why my mother told me that, then I realized hell is a lot easier to live in when you have a sense of direction”

[@thedaystar1415]

That's pretty good advice,

[@quantum5661]

how... dark but wise

[@mothcorrupteth]

Yeah. This movie is basically just _Land Before Time_ for adults.

[@hiddenleavess]

IRON Doggo nigga wot

[@AlecEburhard]

Where's that quote from?

[@russelloats]

That mother and child running from the cannibals scene always breaks my heart

[@starpaladinnelaj]

Same. It really caught me off gaurd bc that scene isn't in the book. If only the could've saved them

[@taylorlipinski4048]

My mother and I (keep in mind we watched the movie about 1000 times) we theorize that the mother and daughter were the people at the end of the movie. At the end the lady said they've been following them for a while (with the boy stalking them when they were visiting the fathers old house, the dog above the shelter). Since we never seen them die and the crazy earthquake right after, we thought maybe the guy with them saved them before they got killed, scared off the other people and manage to escape during the earthquake. Well that was the theory at least lol

[@d1sk-cord531]

​@taylorlipinski4048 not to mention you can hear gunshots in the distance, the guy at the end was also armed to the teeth, had a bullet belt across the chest and a rifle in hand

[@liamvail1615]

As depressing as it is, i think there's a lot of beauty behind it too, it's concepts are harsh but it shows that there's always gonna be hope no matter how faint, that's why I always loved the fire concept between the son and father. Even though the father may not believe in the concept he still tries to instill it in the son, and that's where all the hope comes from, the light that may never be there but is always worth fighting to get too

[@rodney2x48]

I remember watching The Road a few years ago being utterly decimated by how depressing it was. But, yeah, I love the ending. It’s hopeful despite all the shit the kid and his dad went through. It’s a bittersweet ending, but I love it.

[@TheTroutyness]

Angry Robot Oddly enough, it makes me think of Nine...

[@raymondnewbill5294]

@@TheTroutyness i actually totally understand why you feel that!!!

[@Sokrabiades]

This was my reaction to the book. I only really liked the story after I sat down and thought about it at the end.

[@pleasedontdothis.9878]

I remember my parents watching this movie when I was young & I didn't understand what was happening in the movie.. _thank god.._

[@maria.whiddon]

Ikr

[@spyro3104]

Please Don't Do This. Same bro

[@Tore_Lund]

What the...? this movie is 5 years old?

[@FriendlierFetus]

@@Tore_Lund It's 10 years old.

[@Tore_Lund]

@@FriendlierFetus Okay then, 10 years. But I'm still old, so a decade is nothing!

[@tomlock3510]

WHAT accent is that? You sound American, Canadian and Northern Irish all in one...

[@TheLegalShenanigans]

I believe that’s called Belfast

[@CousinBowling]

"I have no Mithe and i must scream"

[@pizzatime901]

@Evan EU whats northen ireland i only know ireland

[@pizzatime901]

@Evan EU exactly

[@anamedguy2736]

@@pizzatime901 Ireland is made up of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The Republic of Ireland is a fully independent country while Northern Ireland still belongs to the U.K.

[@slackalot9901]

The majority of Naughty Dog's Last of Us (now) franchise came from The Road; both the book and the adaptation.

[@gabbyweyant]

And The Walking Dead. There's an Easter egg after the 4 get out of the sewer. There's a message written on the wall and it mimics the classic "Don't Open, Dead Inside."

[@EliFarb]

Last of us is absolutely incredible, absolutely amazing story

[@braeling3677]

The part when he is about to off his son in the Cannibal’s bathroom has to be the craziest scene I’ve ever watched.

[@londonspade5896]

Especially when the son asks "will I ever see you again?" Fuark

[@bayleaf2421]

I haven't seen The Road nor the video above yet, and without any context that sentence is insane

[@moviegoer0657]

@@bayleaf2421 lol

[@jerrodbates8480]

I dunno.... The ending of the mist is capital fucked

[@gangstasteve5753]

it makes sense though. He could have been tortured.

[@Grzesuav94]

Every eastern european: This movie feels like home

[@mignas]

Kinda resembles the gray, but not really true, since we have more green than western europe & na combined. Maybe depends on how bad of a progress your country has made since 1991.

[@AxelTabbertFrylestam]

@@mignas As a swede who's been there alot I'd say the nature is more green and beautiful in eastern europe, but the cities have a grey and sometimes hopeless feel to them

[@andrijastefanovic726]

Cities in Serbia

[@mleah7409]

Well when it's winter that's true, but when spring/summer it's mostly green, if you don't live in a city.

[@magicman3163]

axeltf No it’s more green in untouched Alaska

[@Aerosol_Masking]

"We will realize that Cormac McCarthy's 2006 novel "The Road" was optimistic.That book included survivors."

[@romanadamenko6111]

Come and See is the most Depressing movie of all time

[@johnanita9251]

True. It shows true horror, created by man..

[@theradiounderground7298]

Yeah its really rough

[@LOU-oo9zx]

The road is a little more sad Come and see is way more scary

[@seanhuds229]

The scene with the Cow and the scene in the synagogue always upset me.

[@dakotachannel8142]

"the last page of the book should be a piece of notebook paper for you to write a suicide note on."- a quote from a friend after I loaned the book to him.

[@josebautista7118]

I completely agree, sean garity, lol

[@cheddar2648]

Meh. The whole point of the book was never surrendering. He just kept on marching.

[@harrisonhancock9428]

It was brutal to read, especially the ene

[@MandleRoss]

LOL!

[@Malum09]

“Are you carrying the fire?”

[@kien197]

@ApostleOfWonka "well, are you ?"

[@ster950]

"You're the best guy"

[@bonnnetwork3291]

"Yeah, I'm carrying a fire"

[@alisturkmacnanty1025]

Thank you for posting this. I happened on "The Road" years ago and had never heard of it, and thought it was one of the most amazing movies/stories I had ever seen. After purchasing it to watch many times over, I shared it with others who were horrified by it and just plain hated it. As a late-blooming wanna be writer, McCarthy strikes an inspirational cord in me, unlike any other author I love. He and this book, in particular, are the pinnacle of what writing is and should be.

[@masamune2984]

*Laughs hilariously, then breaks down into tears and depression, in “Grave of the Fireflies”*

[@ferdinand3665]

Just read the title and I can say "yes"

[@icomment6digitnumbers668]

177013

[@gluesnifferr]

@@icomment6digitnumbers668 694206

[@icomment6digitnumbers668]

@@gluesnifferr Hoho! Well this is a surprise! Let's see what we have here...

[@icomment6digitnumbers668]

@Stellvia Hoenheim Now THAT number works and it seems to have lead me to a *good* one. Ima save it for later.

[@harrisonlee9585]

I always liked the theory that The Road is just Sheriff Bell's dream that he described at the end of No Country For Old Men

[@teriyaki_9inety9ine27]

Harrison Lee its a two dream, which one you think?

[@jimmyrussells]

“I knew he was going on ahead. Fixin’ to make a fire out there in all that dark, all that cold.”

[@icarussuraki9929]

Yes! It's absolutely a "carry the fire" story.

[@redrabbitjohnson]

I don't think it's literally that, but it is a clear extrapolation of that same idea. Carrying the fire of goodness/humanity/divinity or whatever you want to call it out into a world that's dark and cold and hostile.

[@gallgu624]

2019: Wow that’s depressing 2020: Wow that could be my future

[@antonella6317]

August 2022: Wow we're almost there

[@antimatteranon]

@@antonella6317 Feb 2023: soon.

[@DaGleese]

I always watch the road to cheer myself up. When life gets you down, stick on the road, and be very thankful that your reality is not their reality.

[@hubrishero2914]

This movie is the quint essential interpretation of what life would be like in the wake of an apocalypse.

[@SarahWilk100]

@Stellvia Hoenheim wtf 😂😂 😂

[@oak1739]

"quint essential" hahah

[@stztrt9288]

austin M Yes

[@nop384]

@JoshNortonalias you are very optimistic

[@theshermantanker7043]

@@nop384 he's actually not wrong though. Studies have indeed shown that people can work together very well when their life depends on it

[@ElPerroBigoton]

I told my friend about “The Book Of Eli” and he was like “naw my dude, you need to watch The Road”. He was right. Later I also bought The Last Of Us because I heard it was inspired by The Road. It too was awesome. 👊

[@zawarudo3054]

lat of us best game ofall time forme cant wair forpart 2. its a masterpeice and the road is the best realiatic end of the world movies...its such a tough on emotions

[@Senseigainz]

D Patel she was in the first game also 🤦‍♂️

[@harrisonhancock9428]

Great game

[@Riot076]

"The Book Of Eli" is also good,tho. It's been years since I watched both of those movies,but I feel like now's the time to return to them

[@klurikon3004]

@D Patel sadly no ps4😢

[@larryroyovitz7829]

I still haven't been able to bring myself to watch it. I used to be "tough", you know, never cried at funerals, or sad movies. Then I had children. And things changed. Then, last fall we nearly lost our youngest son (he's okay), but that hit me really hard. I can't watch anything sad anymore, it's almost like it triggers PTSD. Maybe it is PTSD, I don't know. Anyway, someday I'll watch it.

[@jeremyanderson6395]

Him: ...when you consider our current state of the world. 2020: *Oh my sweet summer child*

[@nunyabidness5789]

2022 calling

[@Gigantemanatee]

It’s always been the same… you’ve just been caught up in the illusion to not see it for what it truly is.

[@winstonchurchill137]

I always remember reading the book during my summer break and just feeling exhausted after finishing the novel. It depressed me as you care for these characters and want them to survive in a seemingly hopeless world, you really admire the fathers courage and dedication in trying to keep his son alive, making his death ever so more devastating. I recommend reading it but be warned it’s very sad

[@johnodonnell1222]

Thanks Winston Churchill

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

I know how you feel. I tried reading it back when I was like 13 or 14 and it literally sucked the life right out of me. It's that moving.

[@xieotv2386]

Yes, it is called lothric They travel this road and find the truth of the old worlds. The fire fades.

[@wewuzvikangz4829]

If only i could be so grossly incandescent...

[@d.h.k.c8113]

I always wanted to see a dark souls prequel from the last humans perspective. Always imagined it as kinda like this.

[@leatheryfoot6354]

Gives me *Conniptions*

[@dontme8174]

daym those dark Souls references this kids gonna end up linking the flame

[@gurgle382]

wot rings u got bicth

[@chestervelosophotography6702]

Dark Souls Player: Ah. What a beautiful tragedy this movie is.

[@jammydodger5838]

Characters in the book claim to be “carrying the fire”, so they could be Lords of Cinder in disguise

[@fernandocelere]

The thing about the road is, it doesn't feel real. I can not imagine a world where nature just doesn't grow, where everything is dead. Even after a forest fire, nature will bloom sooner or later, in "The Road" it's the conplete opposite, nothing grows and it just shatters the idea that it could be a real world

[@CJGangsta5]

There were nukes involved though (presumably)

[@aonirsplayground6224]

I like how they left the world destruction ambiguous as there would need to be a lot of explanation involved, and rather they focused on the humanity and survival factors, which is what they wanted to portray anyway, the setting is important, if this was a story to be continued there would need to be further explanation, but as it stands its more than enough to transmit what they wanted.

[@zero277]

@@CJGangsta5 The nature still grows in places with radiation

[@SadenIsWatchin]

@@CJGangsta5 Wasn't a nuke.

[@fenris8179]

In fact it's quite realistic. Remember this time when 90% of the species disappeared at once at the end of the creatcious periode?

[@Puda]

You had me at “I have no mouth and I must scream”

[@omaramer7022]

What is that?

[@Eddie_of_the_A_Is_A_Gang]

@@omaramer7022 A depressing and fucking dark story. Its about an AI that took over the world and kept 4 humans and made them immortal to torture because he is jealous of them. The ai knows he will never be able to experience human existence and hates them for that.

[@misanthropicservitorofmars2116]

Eddie Depressy it was made to kill humans and it was best at it. Now it’s trapped forever on earth and trapped forever in existence. It’s gone mad due to its hatred and desire for death. Torturing them is just a way to express itself. Sorry, just wanted to add on to what you said because I think that AI is a deep character.

[@Eddie_of_the_A_Is_A_Gang]

@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116 There was three AI made from the cold war to wage it more efficiently. The United States, China and Russia. The AI of the USA was able to become sentient and so, swallowed the other AI to become the master. He went at war so efficiently than only 4 humans remained.

[@cronin5488]

Stellvia Hoenheim its just some Asian kids eating sandcakes.

[@eadasder13]

In the books are two scenes that I remembered the most: The famous basement scene (that happens in the movie) AND the roasted and eaten baby

[@TheRealCake]

The roasted WHAT

[@eadasder13]

@YeahOkayCertainly Appears in this video. When the man and the boy finds the canibals's basement. Probably the only reason why it shock me the most was because the book has such an awesome writing and I wasn't expecting any of the madness Cormac wrote. Every scenario in the book, since the basement, seems hopeless and then you realized how the father feels about the world and why he is so afraid about anything.

[@zep1021]

@@eadasder13 Honestly, that basement scene scared me even more than most horror movies with cheap jump scares would.

[@healinggrounds19]

Basement scene gave me nightmares

[@louschwick7301]

@@zep1021 uh, yeah? the bye bye mans of the world are nowhere close to being as scary as something like courage the cowardly dog

[@MannFace51]

Oh yeah, this was a summer reading book back in middle school. Pretty insane stuff for that age group.

[@83piwo]

The father learns to his boy how he survives in a world without humanity ... and his son teaches him humanity again. What a great movie!!!

[@finerz321]

I’d only discovered this movie a few days ago, and by god it ruined me. Really one of those movies that put me out of commission for a while. Thanks for this, ryan.

[@Fangirl-oe7nj]

Finley Clark where did u watch it?

[@finerz321]

Fangirl 1994 got it on dvd from the used game/movie store CEX.

[@shutuptravis5609]

Give viggo mortensen an Oscar dammit, he’s been robbed 5 or 6 times now

[@plaguedoctormasque8089]

He recieved an Best actor Academy award for Greenbook dumbass.

[@woahitscorrina]

@@plaguedoctormasque8089 actually, he was only nominated for that, he didn't win. No need to be such a dick, either

[@TheVeryAngryShrimp]

The Oscars are a clique. Viggo is beyond that.

[@TH3F4LC0Nx]

@@woahitscorrina I was surprised he got nominated for that after he stuck his foot in his mouth and dropped an N-bomb in a press interview about the movie.

[@damondziewiontkowski5623]

I would say he is better off without it. The Oscars have been shit since since the early nineties. You can almost pinpoint the death to the year Frank Darabont got shafted for Shawshank Redemption.

[@Tigers_and_Tarot]

Can you imagine at the end, the boy never said "okay" and we had no idea if he stayed or went with the family.

[@maxclifford937]

"As a dyslexic" subbed right there. Hearing a follow dyslexia talk about literacy is perfect

[@jacobg.9372]

We read The Road in our Junior year of high school in our English class, and literally everybody felt worse than usual for the month that we were going thru this book, to the point where 5 people broke down crying after we finished it in class, so I say yes, it is.

[@brendorkusaviation8930]

Just about the most depressing book I’ve read in school was To Kill a Mockingbird...

[@RUAmplified]

Your teacher is funny

[@jarod2833]

Absolutely love the film and novel. However, I think a film that is similar and arguably as depressing would be Threads.

[@AutumnButterfly]

I watched that movie about ten years ago and still not a week goes by that something doesn't remind me of it. The whole thing was heart wrenching, but the ending...that few frames focused on the face of a horrified/terrified young girl is haunting.

[@juanortiz9123]

Damm right........Threads IS a haunting movie :/ i saw it only one time like 10 years ago!

[@Simpsfan300]

Threads to this day is terrifying. The horror and the bleakness is so unrelenting.

[@9000ck]

threads is a more explicit warning. less allegorical. but yes, one of the most depressing narratives ever committed to film.

[@lions1729]

boonygringo agreed. Threads is utterly horrific.

[@garygrinkevich6971]

I can really appreciate the film as a metaphor for masculinity in the face of crisis, the comparison of idealistic youth contrasted with the fear of a desperate group by an elder is a potent metaphor for our day. its quite interesting that the meaning of the film drastically changes on whether you connect with the father or the boy.

[@legendedits1879]

I personally love this movie and think it sets a standard for realistic post apocalypse movies. Awesome acting, and amazing aesthetics too. Truly great movie

[@RaKeLN.]

To me this story is about the great love the father felt for his son. "If he's not the word of God God never spoke" To the father his son was the only hope left on the world.

[@purplehaze2358]

Yes. Yes it is. *I’m not crying....I....I’m just tearing up from starting at the screen.*

[@obsidion1295]

Damnit Dr. Bright how did you get unrestricted access to the foundation's computer terminals again?

[@purplehaze2358]

@@obsidion1295 *puts fingers over keyboard* I am....inevitable.

[@ntgfire3764]

@@purplehaze2358 I am...... [REDACTED]

[@omeee6064]

Lol Dr Bright

[@thesenate5291]

@@purplehaze2358 It's treason then.

[@juxtaposer.]

This story and author mean so much to me personally, and you did this review such great justice. Thanks for creating, Ryan. And to your parents thanks for creating Ryan.

[@lyfeordeth5270]

I may be hearing things but deep in the end credits it sounds like kids playing and a sprinkler in the distance. I like to think the Veteran and his family made it somewhere and things started to turn around. Amazing movie.

[@spyro3104]

"He who made humanity will find no humanity"

[@vodkacannon]

I don't understand.

[@spyro3104]

Vodkacannon it's a quote from the movie.

[@bickenwings1350]

@@vodkacannon oh hecc XD

[@Stand_By_For_Mind_Control]

@@vodkacannon It was the character Eli condemning god for allowing mankind to become what it became.

[@orbitingsentientsatellite4361]

here”

[@sammosaurusrex]

“The book doesn’t try to embellish them as monsters... with our only perception of them as villains is the fact that the father says they are.” Strongly disagree. The fact that they keep sex slaves is made explicitly clear in the book, and it’s implied that they keep their victims alive while eating them in order to abuse them (basement scene) The Father is trying to guide his son without losing himself, because he does not know what he is walking towards, but he marches on out of a sense of duty to “carry the fire,” to preserve good and light. He drops the fire (figuratively and literally) along the way, because the horridness of the world drags him down as he’s struggling onward. The cannibals, on the other hand, are not depicted as “just struggling to get by,” but as the total evil and wickedness that rules the world, seemingly undefeatable. And that’s sort of the message of the book (which runs through most of McCarthy’s work) - that frequently, when trying to good work in a world that is corrupt and brutal, it seems unclear why you should try. But McCarthy’s solution seems to me to be brutal and simple - you march on because it is your duty to carry the fire. It won’t be easy, there will be times that you lose yourself, but you carry the fire for hope’s sake, and you keep hope alive because it is your sacred duty, bestowed upon you from your unjust birth and carried until it can be carried no more.

[@chuckhoyle1211]

I'm pretty sure that cannibalism is a universally accepted evil. There are very few societies that ever thought that eating other people for food was acceptable. However, the will to live is a strong one and people will resort to nearly anything to avoid starving to death. Also, I believe the already morally bankrupt will resort to it earlier than others, thus giving them an advantage once it comes to that.

[@grassnoise7495]

Cannibalism is technically not evil if everyone in the world agrees that it is not. Cormac McCarthy’s antagonist in Blood Meridian is based off of this concept and I think that is what he was trying to explain in the video. If society doesn’t exist then right or wrong is however you want to view it.

[@simonegeezer6238]

Cannibalism is basically a cultural understanding. For some it's taboo while others embrace it. Not my cup of tea, if I'm honest. And the people in the basement where kept alive as meat, limbs removed when needed and not used as punch bags

[@dennismartin5821]

I agree with ya. Scenes from the book, like"the head under the cake bell," or the tanker truck "full of corpses." Many times the man alludes to their being unreasonably cruel.(the death cults) The book is full of such examples, and one has to be pretty naive to miss them. To say that "the book doesn't embellish them as monsters," is enough to make one question if he ever even read it. I just can see how anyone could come away from it with that idea.

[@dennismartin5821]

@@grassnoise7495 I disagree. The idea that there is no central good in people, with out "society" or "religion" is absurd. Just because something is excepted doesn't make it right. By right I mean just. The Judge in Blood Meridian, bear in mind was the archetype of Satan. One can view right or wrong however they please regardless. The problem with that is, at some point somebody gonna say "fuck this," and do your ass in.

[@tiagosantos5653]

I watched this movie today with my girlfriend, after the ending we remained silent for a really long time. As if we were trying to process all the intense emotions we had just experienced. Such a sad and powerful masterpiece.

[@XSatampraZeirosX]

If you're looking for similar books I'd recommend "Summer of The Apocalypse" "The Scarlet Plague" "Oryx and Crake" another good, but nowhere near as good is "Lucifers Hammer"

[@AnarchicEowyn]

Me: that dad looks familiar . . . *sees him smiling in his hood* *I drop to my knee and bow* My lord Aragorn, son of Arathorn! Hail the King of Gondor!

[@ard1805]

Matthew Jarrett Times are tough in middle earth right now...

[@Username-mm8fk]

My Friend, you bow to no one.

[@jimzimmer2048]

Pewdiepie Shopping except da king in da norf

[@teenageboyhormonalrage]

Should’ve stayed in Minas Tirith

[@machiavellianos]

??????? That shit movie?

[@Mushezable]

Apart from my life story I'd say the answer is maybe.

[@mariamatedei]

Aw, I hope it gets better for you

[@homegrowntwinkie]

It's okay, it'll get better. And it could always be worse.

[@KaneK1234]

Mushezable Why does this loser have so many likes?

[@kale5953]

What is the girl in your profile pic from?

[@bellasage518]

if your life's literally more depressing then the end of the world and everyone and everything is dying then write a book. but I highly doubt it.

[@ericad528]

Just saw this movie...my heart kept swelling and then breaking. The tears kept flowing. The ending was one I didn't even think would happen. I am too happy that it did... Sorta. So much better than a cliffhanger.

[@bipeddripXD]

Jay Bones said that “it’s almost as if the end of the world will be miserable and degrading, not full of action and adventure with a likeable cast of misfits” and boy is that more relevant today March 25 than ever before with everything going to shit and us just having to watch powerless as we slowly see the loss of humanity within people

[@user-hj4li3ww9w]

Aye, don't despair lad. We survived much nastier things.

[@gtassa01]

@voilaviolamh what, are you trying to say that shit isn't miserable and degrading? That that stuff is like an action adventure movie with a likable cast of misfits? What is your point exactly?

[@andrewyangforpresident8943]

Who is Jay Bones and where did he say this?

[@deedee7780]

Welcome to 2021!

[@margarettangiiti9813]

@@deedee7780 amen to that

[@thomas_the_dank6340]

Even watching clips of this movie just chokes me up, it's easily the most depressing movie I've ever seen

[@PopCornz49]

He goes from being king, to a dad struggling in an apocalyptic wasteland. It be like that sometimes

[@dwightkschrute80]

Thank you for doing this video. "The Road" is truly one of my favorite novels.

[@flybeep1661]

The Road is very depressing indeed but the Spielberg movie A.I.: Artificial Intelligence is also in the same league.

[@titusmccarthy]

The Road is much better than AI.

[@titusmccarthy]

The movie anyway. I didn't care for the Road (novel). I think the movie was much more interesting.

[@Javiven]

Man, A.I made me depressed for like a week.

[@muckamucka8294]

I remember watching this with my dad when I was younger when it first came out on dvd. I think it gave me an early realization how much a father could love their child and what they would go through for them. Love ya dad.

[@spikem1547]

I watched this movie once. It was so depressing I could never watch it again. I hung the DVD out in my orange tree to keep the rats from eating the fruit.

[@nickthetoycollector3360]

Spoiler Alert: You Will 100% Be Feeling Miserable After Watching This Film, Guaranteed.

[@maxpulido4268]

There was hope, though. Bad shit happened, but you were left with hope.

[@FormedUnique]

The road has always been one of my favorite dystopian films

[@Odinsday]

Considering No Country for Old Men is one of my favorite books/movies ever made, this video kind of makes me want to go on a McCarthy binge.

[@gooseneck5433]

I just read Blood Meridian and I had to read it again right after. It's my favorite of his and I would highly reccomend it.

[@kinhamid9665]

Just make sure to bring some Prozac

[@MrMuel1205]

Blood Meridian is incredible.

[@darraghbrowne8478]

God damn it Ryan. First the cube and now the Road. How do you know to upload a video the day after i watch a movie

[@connorlonergan4967]

Beautiful video dude, the road is one of my favorite pieces of speculative fiction and I loved hearing your interpretation of it. You're the only creator I know of who can somehow bring levity to the most depressing and horrifying stories 😆

[@Bravo-ry9st]

"The Road" is a representation of my mid-life crisis. What happens to my children after I am gone?

[@plywoodruntz]

They'll use everything you've given to them their whole lives to make their impact on the world, wether it be with their own kids, a spouse, or friends. Whatever happens, you need to have faith in your progeny, and hope that they try and expand on the opportunities you have hopefully given to them. There are few things that can match the importance of a parent that can teach compassion and how to stand on your own two feet. Godspeed!

[@bryanp5843]

Your children will grow up and have children and have the same mid life crisis as you're having. Haha, gotta beat the system

[@deedee7780]

You just hit the nail on the head. And existential crisis. You should also watch "I am Mother". Excellent movie!

[@boss_niko]

dont take children moron

[@maxpulido4268]

@@boss_niko go get therapy, dude.

[@girlspooptoo8567]

I've only seen the last hour or so of this movie. I don't plan on ever watching it again. It is all of my fears rolled into one

[@davidsirmons]

I can understand that. It's a hard movie to watch, but has strong resonance and meaning. And Charlize Theron's character has the most undersung and gut-wrenching moment of the entire movie.

[@girlspooptoo8567]

@Ostin I watched the end. I've just never seen it all the way thru from the beginning Have a good one

[@Jerorawr_XD]

The Road is my favorite movie I'll never watch again. Inspiring, but traumatizing. Its message stuck with me, but the journey to get to that message is just to painful to endure again.

[@RSK412]

I live right outside Braddock Pa in Pittsburgh where this was filmed. Not surprised by the title. Its truly a depressing place in real life too. c'est la vie.

[@RowanWhite1980]

Funny enough, I was introduced to “The Road” via the soundtrack, which was done by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. It’s excellent.

[@spelunkingmonkey7630]

“If he isn’t the word of God, then God never spoke” is my favorite line in the movie and book.

[@ssgtsimmons2327]

I really would start to hate myself if I knew I was dying and would have to leave my kid without me in such a world. The gut wrenching feeling of even thinking about it frightens me beyond belief.

[@ComedyBros5]

I’ve seen this movie once 6yrs ago. ONCE. Yet I remember everything about like I’ve seen it every day of my life, and that’s because it’s the most depressing movie I’ve ever seen. Lol