The Road (I.O.U. for 11th Jan)

I read the book 'The Road' by Cormac MacCarthy a few years ago and remember the feeling of desolation and sadness like it was yesterday. One of the most compelling but harrowing reads in my experience so I have no idea why I picked up the DVD of the film.

I know that some people like to be scared out their wits and some people like funny movies or love stories or even mysteries and everything in between. But I don't know many people (if any) who would chose to watch a film knowing it's ending is so bleak and the road to that ending so hopeless. I can't watch it and I don't know if I ever will and knowing this brings this quote from the book to mind...

"Just remember that the things you put into your head are there forever, he said.
You might want to think about that.

You forget some things, don't you?

Yes. You forget what you want to remember and you remember what you want to forget"
The Road

THE ROAD... available in all good bookstores and out on DVD!!! Don't do it!