Ben Delaney

jstn:

I’ve been excited for any news of the movie, but this has me worried. My favorite aspect of the book was its oppressive sparsity; literally the only description of the apocalyptic disaster is “a long shear of light and then a series of low concussions.” The details of the event just aren’t important, all your attention is focused on the survival of the man and his son and their relationship. You know as little as they do, and they don’t care because they’re more concerned with finding something to eat. I really liked that; a catastrophic event of the proportions described would leave no media to explain it, much less news reports of tidal waves, fireballs, and tornadoes, oh my. The one-sentence description in the book also leaves you with the impression of humanity fucking it up for itself in one horrible but plausible moment, rather than epic wrath-of-God type stuff.

I agree completely. Very disappointing to see this trailer.