On the road - a classic book cum movie

This current film adaptation of a cult novel by Jack Kerouac tries to bring together a feeling of life in the 1950's with a sense of literary history. Having neither read the book nor being familiar with 1950's America, I enjoyed some of the universal themes. 2 young men meet, bringing together a deep search for a good story with a life of hedonistic rebellion. Both are searching for something more, and ultimately provide the perfect counterpoint for each other... The film tells the provocative story of Sal Paradise (Sam Riley), a young writer whose life is shaken and ultimately redefined by the arrival of Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund), a free-spirited, fearless, fast talking Westerner and his girl, Marylou (Kristen Stewart). I enjoyed the experience, in quite a cognitive way, and found that like so many American films, the good guy always wins out in the end...