Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road” is my favorite piece of modern literature I have ever read so I went into this movie as a skeptic because I loved the novel so much. Now, As far as set design and over all cinematography this movie is a truly remarkable representation of the book. However coming off of the book I had a standard in mind when it came to the storytelling and the centerpiece throughout the entire novel which is the relationship between the father and son, and in that respect this movie fell short. It highlights the major events from the book, and those events only make up maybe 15-20% of the novel. The novel is truly about the journey these two take with all of the weather conditions and the strain that puts on their bodies and mentality while still holding onto the hope they have in their relationship.The film hints at that but to my disappointment it never captures it the way the novel does. That is the true genius behind the book and what I was looking for most in the film. After saying that though I realize that there are themes and explanations present in books that movies can never truly capture so I don’t want to criticize the movie too harshly because they didn’t include all that I had hoped for. They did create a great representation of the book and the actors all give a phenomenal performance so from a film perspective it is a great movie, but this story is just better told in a book format in my opinion.