The Road
by Tom on Dec.10, 2009, under Random Musing
Jeffrey and I went and saw the movie ‘The Road’ Sunday night. A very dark rather depressing movie, that probably gave a fairly accurate picture of what people would be like if an apocalyptic event occurred that wiped out most life on Earth. Whatever the event was that threw a thick cloud of ash into the sky and blocked most of the sun from reaching us is never named and probably if something like a super volcano or major meteor strike occurred most people wouldn’t know what happened. We’re planning to read the book the movie was based on. Reviews have been exceptionally good for the book and some say it could be the best book written in the last 25 years.
While the story is about the journey the father and son are making to someplace hopefully warmer, really it the backdrop of a world without life that is important. No sunlight means no plant-life which means no animal life and eventually no human life.
It would be interesting to jump ahead to when the ash has settled and the sun is shining again and the seeds that are dormant in the ground have started to sprout to see what happens to the Earth then.
