Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

XoWizIama Excellent adaptation.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

adonis98-743-186503 Young writer Sal Paradise has his life shaken by the arrival of free- spirited Dean Moriarty and his girl, Marylou. As they travel across the country, they encounter a mix of people who each impact their journey indelibly. This was a movie i was waiting a whole summer to see and when i saw it i was disappointed a lot of sex scenes, great actors playing stupid characters and it's sad cause my biggest problem with the whole film was Dean himself (Garrett Hedlund) he was a poor character and he even banged a guy to take his car i mean what the hell? Marylou was the only interesting character as for everyone else? mostly a miss and not a hit.

pint_sized_one It's the late 1940s, and young writer Sal Paradise's father has just died. He hangs out with friends in bars and struggles with writers' block. But when he meets charismatic Dean, Sal decides to follow his new friend's lead and take to the road on a cross-country trip across America.Let's start with the good, shall we? The supporting cast are excellent, and special mention should be given to Tom Sturridge. He plays Carlo (Allen Ginsberg's alter ego), who spends much of the film intensely brooding over his broken heart, his writing, his wild ambitions. A quiet scene in which he tries to articulate his feelings towards Dean is one of my favourite in the whole film. Elisabeth Moss and Amy Adams also have blink-and-you-miss-it supporting roles, and they both easily outshine their higher-billed co-stars.Unfortunately, that's about all the praise I can muster.We are informed, time and time again, that Dean is charismatic, charming, infectiously reckless and dangerous and sexy. Sal, Carlo and Marylou can't get enough of him. He makes their lives better, more complete, more exciting. And yet Hedlund, for whatever reason, completely fails to shine on the screen. Good looking, yes, but charming he is not.Reading the film's trivia page, previous attempted adaptations of Kerouac's book had the likes of Marlon Brando and Brad Pitt in mind to play the role of Dean. It makes me disappointed, embarrassed and slightly angry that the film's producers, in their search for our generation's equivalent to Brando and Pitt, settled on Garrett Hedlund. Was there really no one else available? What about Aaron Taylor-Johnson? Or Sam Claflin? Or Miles Teller, maybe? Or anyone who actually manages to make beautiful lines of prose sound more exciting than the phonebook? Objections have also been raised about some of the other main cast members, but although none of them - with the exception of Sturridge - lit the screen alight, none of them ruined the film either.But of course, this film was always going to disappoint. It was always going to disappoint because it was built on a shaky foundation. The film's underlying problem, the problem that was always going to be a problem even if everything else was perfect, was what the script isn't good enough.Any film worth watching tells you what its characters want. It's a character's pursuit of his/her personal goal that drives the whole plot. There was no sense here that the characters wanted anything in particular. There was talk of writing, but only in passing, as a way to spark a conversation in between drags of a joint. The characters talked, and laughed, and drank, and danced and travelled. But none of it really mattered because, in the end, none of them really changed.I'm aware, of course, that Kerouac's book is a much-loved piece of literature, which leads me to conclude that it must be much, much better than this film. If that's the case, then fine. Read the book. Love the book. But it's not enough to trust that an audience's love for a story told in one medium will necessarily transfer into a love for the story in a different medium. The film feels like it relies too heavily on people knowing - and liking - the characters of the book, and in doing so fails to deliver an adaptation worthy of its source material.

bowmanblue 'On the Road' is a good two hours long. And it feels every minute of it. I didn't know it was based on a book, so I can't say how faithful it is to that. However, from the other reviews I've read, I hear it misses several pertinent points from its source material.It's about three men in their late teens in 1949 who like to hug each other. If one of them seems to be out of the room for more than a minute then they need to reinforce the bond between them at the earliest opportunity. They decide to go on a road trip while trying to meet women, take drugs and write a novel. It sounds like the plot to some sort of wacky American Pie type movie. I wish it was. The American Pie films were at least funny.However, most of On the Road is simply a couple of guys hugging then mumbling to each other in one hotel room after the next (then hugging again).Yes, it is well filmed. The scenery is great, as is the wild jazz soundtrack (if you like jazz; if you're into classical, then it probably won't be to your taste). Plus the actors, for what little they're given, all do well. And it's got some pretty decent actors, too. Sadly, it just doesn't really go anywhere. With some road movies, the protagonists have to get from point A to B. Whereas here, they are just driving aimlessly, so the film follows suit.I believe the words, 'Stick to the book' are in order (then have a nice hug with the guy next to you).http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/

lauraaaaaa A massively underrated film.I read On The Road a few years back, as a high school student, it had a profound effect on me, and it remains my favourite book. In my experience, films don't usually live up to the books, not entirely.But boy, was I wrong about this one. On The Road is a cinematic masterpiece, in every way. A piece of art.Sam Riley, Garrett Hedlund and Kristen Stewart weren't the actors I pictured playing any of the roles, but they were amazing, and captured the captured the soul of the characters and the spirit of the story perfectly. We meet Dean, the free-spirit, insane, but in the best way. Never thinking about the consequences in any decision. Open to everything. Marylou, a brave, free and intelligent young woman, who embraces Deans insanity, but somewhat longs for normality, sanity. and Sal, the middle man, the 'tag along'. A mash-up of the above descriptions. Creative, intelligent, sane...but longs for freedom and insanity, seeking it through others, rather than himself. ...and a whole range of diverse, vibrant characters that make the film.The film is in no way 'subtle', but neither is the book, the 'Sex, Drugs and...Jazz' concept is evident, well enforced and the epitome of this era, and the search for freedom is hammered home throughout. The beliefs and values in the story have been kept, and Jack Kerouac's manic thought process, writing, creativity and story telling technique, saved. Nothing was held back. A brave performance by all.You're taken on a journey in this film, everyone can relate to the characters, mainly due to the incredible acting in which the characters are fully fleshed out, they have soul. This is a film to be felt. You'll feel what the characters feel, you'll empathise, and you'll long for the freedom they have. The film had a tremendous impact on me, as a teenager myself, maybe even more so than others. Its one of the few films that enables us to think throughout, rather than spoon-fed, and we're truly left thinking about it, it sticks. You're taken 'On The Road' with Dean, Sal and Marylou, you can sit all day, googling, looking at the worlds most incredible places, places you want to go someday, people that inspire you, people that are 'free', but one thing I took from the film is what those characters feel throughout, the experiences they have and that shape them, those that can't be truly grasped without truly doing it yourself. Maybe something that has been lost slightly in our generation.Without a doubt one of the best films I've ever seen. Absolutely flawless. Underrated just doesn't cut it. Don't let any of the reviews put you off seeing this film.I repeat, On The Road is a cinematic masterpiece, in every way. A piece of art.