Essay #3

I feel like the movie did it's best to stay true to the book by keeping many key elements of the book prominent in the movie. In the movie we saw the constant question of if they are the good guys posed by the son and the idea that they are carrying the fire, just like in the book. Also we see their interaction with other characters like Eli, and also we see many darker elements that was in the book such as the cannibal's house with their victims. The love between the father and son is very obvious in the movie as it was in the book.

Because it was a movie it was of course necessary to change certain elements of the book. The mother who is only remembered in a few brief memories is given a way bigger part in the movie and we are shown many flashbacks that were not apart of the book. We also are given a boy who is older than the one in the book.

The book version of "The Road" I found to be more gripping because you are always wondering what is going to happen to the man and the boy. The movie was a lot more slow, and hard to get into; It did not have you on the edge of your seat, but had me more trying to keep myself awake. I feel like this is such a hard book to translate to a movie, the movie lacks action, and is very slow paced with very little going on. In book format them finding a bunker is more exciting than seeing them find one in the movie. When they found the bunker in the book you feel like you found it with them, while in the movie it just didn't have the same feel.