Cloud Atlas (Movie)

[Eddie Teach]

Pretentious and overproduced?  This may be my bag.

Pretentious films can be alright, as long as they're not too confusing and they don't drag.

[The Larch]

http://www.empireonline.com/features/guide-to-cloud-atlas/p2

The main actors and all the characters they play.

This is Tom Hanks as a mobster:



This is Halle Berry as a white woman:



This is Hugh Grant as a weirdo from a dystopain future:



This is Hugo Weaving as a female nurse:

[Darth Wagtaros]

I just cannot imagine the people who made Matrix Reloaded and whatever the third Matrix film was called as creators of a visionary film.  I can see them fooling some into thinking that their shit is shinola, though.

The cast looks good, though.

I think you are correct.

[Malthus]

http://www.empireonline.com/features/guide-to-cloud-atlas/p2

The main actors and all the characters they play.

This is Tom Hanks as a mobster:



This is Halle Berry as a white woman:



This is Hugh Grant as a weirdo from a dystopain future:



This is Hugo Weaving as a female nurse:

No question, they had fun with the concept. The issue is going to be whether that translates into fun for the audience!

[Caliga]

The way the book is describes it kinda sounds similar to The Years of Rice and Salt, which I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

[garbon]

The way the book is describes it kinda sounds similar to The Years of Rice and Salt, which I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

[Caliga]

 

[garbon]

Can't help it. Not a good work and once the author came in to talk to my class, I liked it even less.

[Caliga]

So he's not the best promoter for his book, eh?

[Eddie Teach]

So he's not the best promoter for his book, eh?

He may be a great promoter. His target audience is people who, unlike garbon, hadn't already read the book.

[Tonitrus]

It looks like it could be a good film...but then I thought the same thing about "The Fountain", and this appears almost similar.

[Syt]

I'm intrigued and have ordered the book. If Gups and Malthus recommend it, it's good enough for me.

I'll be interested in your opinion.  I thought it was an interesting failure, myself.

Will do.

Malthus I skipped your post; I want to go into this book with little preconceptions, if possible.

[Scipio]

It looks like it could be a good film...but then I thought the same thing about "The Fountain", and this appears almost similar.

I will cop to liking The Fountain.

But you put Rachel Weisz in a movie, and I will watch it.  Has something to do with her amazing ass- I mean, her amazing talent.

[jimmy olsen]

Don't need to read the book to recognize a pretentious, over-produced film targeted specifically for the masturbatory Timmay Assburger demo.

How did I get tagged as a fan of pretentious films? 

My tastes are famously low class.

[Ideologue]

I eagerly await reviews because there's no way in Hell I'll go see a Wachowski Brother-Sister-It film sight-unseen.

Stay classy, bro.

Though in substance you've got a point.