Cloud Atlas

[Trent]

It seems strange to me that no thread has been made on this epic novel/film. Who else is looking forward to this? I was so fascinated by the trailer of this film, that I bought the novel and read it from cover to cover. One of the best novels I have read in a long time. It has also won literary prizes. The film has already been released in several countries now, but it's coming to Norway in January next year and to the UK in February.

Check out the trailer here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWnAqFyaQ5s

[Darkmoon]

I'd heard good things about the book, and wanted to see the movie...right up until they decided that yellowfacing white actors would be better than hiring asian ones. The book is about the same souls story in different periods, and said people are marked by a birthmark, but the makers decided that was too confusing, and paying billions to CGI a white guy was a better idea.

...yeah. Finally, a movie that makes Avatar the Last Airbender look relatively sane.

[Trent]

Well, they only changed the one asian actor in the book to a white guy as far as I know. You have to agree that the story in the book is a bit complex. I don't mind seeing that the story got somewhat simplified in the film, focusing on the subject of love. I haven't seen the film yet, but judging from the trailer it looks like the film will stir up more emotional feelings than the book.

My favorite part in the book was the Sonmi~451 story line, I hope it will be just as good in the film.

PS: Have you read the book, Jon? Or just a review of it?