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Just noted a movie has been made on the book Cloud Atlas (David Mitchell) and the initial reviews and trailers look really intriguing. Thought I'd ask if anyone here has read it.
Sounds like a really complex, past-through-future storyline. Movie has Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving, Susan Sarandon and quite a few others.
I liked it, but wanted the various storylines to interlink a bit more. Would be interested to see the film.
I think there was a thread about this on here a wee while ago - people will be along with more insight...
Jesus, am I not liking that cast. 🙂
I read it, fully expecting to hate it. I loved it. But I haven't really got on with some of his other stuff. He seemed to hit the mark with this one - it crosses lots of genre boundaries, and draws in a lot of readers who "wouldn't normally go for that kind of thing". I guess, because its not really any kind of thing.
The review I read on the movie said that the film-makers had done a really good job of pulling all the characters and timelines together. It opens here in the US tomorrow--wonder if I should read the book before seeing the movie?
I have heard the book is marmite.
Tough to know whether to read it first. Films are rarely as good as books they are based on.
It'll definitely be a spectacular film - given it's the Matrix directors whose names I cannot spell & can't be arsed to google!
Really odd one the book. Takes a while to ge going. I loved it the wife gave up , then tried again and enjoyed it. Trailers look great for the film though.
Films are rarely as good as books they are based on
That's been my experience as well, but thought it might make the movie easier to follow based on the complexity of the story as described in the review
It's a great read and I'd recommend the book to anyone but that cast really puts me off the film, sounds a bit **** imo
Yeah, it is kind of a strange mix for a cast---of course Halle Berry is always great to look at, no matter the role
Great book and I've enjoyed most of his stuff, haven't read his latest yet though. I saw Iain Banks being interviewed in the Edinburgh Book Festival last year and he said it was the book he most wishes he had written.
Looking forward to the film along with Life of Pi.
Never read the book but stalked Halle Berry when they were filming in Dumbarton.
I started it, didn't get into it, and didn't finish it. But, to be fair, I do that with 70% of books I pick up. And by all other accounts, it's very good. Maybe I'll revisit it one day.
Did read Black Swan Green by the same bloke however, and really loved it. Which was the whole reason I picked up Cloud Atlas...
I love the book, and all the rest he has written. One of the greatest living writers i.m.o.
The film looks like it might be good, despite the terrible trailer. I really hope that's not the soundtrack for the film, because they've killed it if it is.
I don't think I'll be going to see 'On the road' though. One of my favorite books of all time.
is it as good as peep show?
Yeah biker66, give On the Road a miss. Overlong and disjointed - but I don't remember being a huge fan of the book either.
is it as good as peep show?
He only starred in it, not wrote it.
I struggled with the book at first, got into it a bit and then was waiting for something at the end to tie it all together which never came (or if it did I missed it!)
Great, great book. Hope they do justice with the film.
Tried the book, twice.
Rarely give up on books, but for me, Marmite is the fetid toe gunk of Beelzebub.
read it and loved it. A really interesting way of putting a book together, i thought it was amazing the way you could get into completely different stories so quickly. I struggle to see how a decent film could be made of it. I recomend reading it before seeing it. films always ruin books for me.
The middle chapter of Cloud Atlas was utter dross.
nothing happens at all for the first million pages, you die of boredom and give up.
then everyone says how great it is, once it gets going, so you try again.
this time you die of old age before anything happens (assuming anthything does ever happen)
the film trailer looks amazing though, i wonder how long i'd have to live to read that much action/plot from
such.
a.
slow.
book.
I'm probably about 70% through, wanted to red the book before the film.
it's alright I suppose but I have the new Iain M Banks all ready to go so I've lost a bit of interest, suppose I'm only going through the motions now but I refuse to abandon it.