Comments on: Cloud Atlas trailer

By: Jaron R. Hendrix

Jaron R. Hendrix — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 22:25:00 +0000

Now if only House of Leaves could be filmed in any way that might make it acceptable, things would be golden.

By: themagician

themagician — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 22:06:00 +0000

It’s just you. Only Asian Americans would be offended by something like this. This film is going to be huge in Korea, though, and no one there would be insulted by his make-up.

I really hate when people get offended by something like this. Why would it be insulting for a man to dress up like an Asian in a non-derogatory role, especially when the purpose is showing a character reanimated? Unless you think that Asians are hideously disfigured, handicapped individuals, and we can’t explore the way they look without “making fun of them”, then what’s the problem?

By: kjs3

kjs3 — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 17:23:00 +0000

You must be a fucking *joy* at parties….

By: Oliver Ashford

Oliver Ashford — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 10:37:00 +0000

ditto. remember a fantastic book… just not actually anything about it. Trailer looks fantastic. Hopefully the movie will be as good!

By: tubacat

tubacat — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 06:42:00 +0000

In confirmation of the phenomenon wherein emotional memories are stored separately from intellectual ones, I remember that I immensely enjoyed Cloud Atlas when I read it. But I remember nothing of what I read, even (especially?) when watching the trailer. The only thing that rang a very muffled bell was Song-Me – not the name, but a feeling of empathy for the character…

I’ll see the movie, for sure…

By: Ben Harris

Ben Harris — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:25:00 +0000

The Matrix Reloaded was awesome.

By: danimagoo

danimagoo — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 09:37:00 +0000

Lana Wachowski is NOT in drag. She identifies as female, lives as a woman, and has taken a woman’s name. In other words, she’s a woman. To refer to her wearing women’s clothing as being in drag is inaccurate, and a little insulting.

By: arteyephoto

arteyephoto — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 04:08:00 +0000

One more thing… lol, as I heard (and appended in my imagination) ”…there’s a natural order to this world, and those who try to upend it do not fare well, Mr. Anderson!”

By: arteyephoto

arteyephoto — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 03:57:00 +0000

before I think too much about the trailer, I will read the book for sure… as a dad, I insist that my kids read any book prior to seeing the movie (currently my teen is part way through The Hobbit). Immersing your imagination with the faces & voices of those cast to somehow recreate a complex, epic story can only serve to detract one’s ability to truly appreciate it in retrospect. Kids (and adults, too) shouldn’t always have the characters present in their minds just because they’ve already seen a trailer / teaser and / or the movie first. On another note, knowing nothing about this book, am I the only one who thought of love & hope prevailing as the characters of “Lost” rediscovered each other after Desmond’s machinations in the last few episodes?

By: redfood

redfood — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 01:57:00 +0000

inception + romance novel?

By: Sigmund_Jung

Sigmund_Jung — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:19:00 +0000

I thought the same: it’s a 5 minute trailer and I still have no idea what’s actually happening. Which is fantastic. I have to say: I hated everything they did after Matrix I, but this seems to be good!

By: bcsizemo

bcsizemo — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 18:29:00 +0000

The Fountain is my all time favorite movie and this is the first I’m hearing about this movie and it certainly has me interested.

By: Sigmund_Jung

Sigmund_Jung — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 16:48:00 +0000

It’s great that Lana is signing the directing credits.

By: tomrigid

tomrigid — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 15:44:00 +0000

It’s an exciting and beautiful book full of fascinating things folded together like a sweet literary jelly roll. Heck of a writer, what what.

By: Daneel

Daneel — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 12:08:00 +0000

“I went to the butchers the other day and the butcher said ‘I bet you £5 you can’t guess the weight of that meat on the top shelf’. ’ I’m not gambling!’ I said, ‘The steaks are too high!’/timvine

By: JiveBowie

JiveBowie — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 08:23:00 +0000

Call a doctor. You might be dead inside.

By: JiveBowie

JiveBowie — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 08:22:00 +0000

Man you’re right though. I can’t stand trailers anymore. They’re cut to appeal to meth-addled fuckwits.

I liked this trailer because I really liked what was on display, but I didn’t realize that it also didn’t have the normal trailer bullshit like ridiculous loud-quiet cycles with snarky inserted dialogue, bowel-vacating low-bass snarls and total plot giveaways. Every time I go to the theater wanting to see trailers I leave hating them. It’s rare that a trailer is actually appealing.

By: Vincent Scotti

Vincent Scotti — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 07:59:00 +0000

And to address the “last 20 years” comment… everything of late basically gives away the whole movie in about 3 minutes. This didn’t.

By: Vincent Scotti

Vincent Scotti — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 07:57:00 +0000

Wow. Seriously. Wow. Was this trailer cut in the last 20 years? I’ve not read the book much less heard of it and from the trailer only have a cursory idea of the plot (hence my ‘when was this trailer cut’ comment…) but this spot makes me want to see this tomorrow. Can’t wait to see the outcome of this and hope it’s as good as its pedigree says it should be.

By: Alan Smithee

Alan Smithee — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 06:07:00 +0000

I quote this from him frequently: “a film should never run longer than 90 minutes”.

My tolerance is around 2 hours in case of more epic pieces, which were often overshot in the old times and getting longer nowadays too (even getting cut into several parts since Kill Bill).

I will be surprised if they can keep this below 3 hours.

By: Michael Hainsworth

Michael Hainsworth — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 05:14:00 +0000

Aki Kaurismäki hates long movies?

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 04:27:00 +0000

Inception + The Never Ending Story + Blade Runner + The Matrix + Water World + Gladiator = too much

By: Alan Smithee

Alan Smithee — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:26:00 +0000

I’m afraid it will be bloody long, and I hate long movies, just like Aki Kaurismäki. Anyway I’ll give it a chance.

I really recommend the commentary too, AFAIK it’s the first public video of Lana Wachowski (formerly known as Larry) in drag: http://youtu.be/q2qeFxgGpM0

By: ultranaut

ultranaut — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:19:00 +0000

The book is awesome. The trailer is intriguing. Personally, I think the odds are the movie will not be as awesome as the book so reading the book first is likely to detract from the movie. That said, I’d rather have an awesome book make an OK movie disappointing than watch an OK movie and not realize how disappointing it was. Also, being that asshole who walks out of the theater saying, “the book was so much better” is a great way to motivate the ignorant to read books.

By: billstewart

billstewart — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:59:00 +0000

So, for those of you who've read the book and seen the trailer, is it something where I should read the book first, or something where I really shouldn't? Having re-read Dune before seeing the movie, I'm guessing that I should put off reading Cloud Atlas and see the movie first?

By: Marya

Marya — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:56:00 +0000

The book was brilliant, by one of the best writers of the millennial turn. Read it.

By: John Maple

John Maple — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:29:00 +0000

Prometheus was just another bug hunt with gore. I should have played Marathon instead of watching that.

By: April Arcus

April Arcus — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 01:46:00 +0000

with a pinch of “the time traveler’s wife” and a nice even glaze of “2046″ over the whole thing!

By: elricky

elricky — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 00:24:00 +0000

Is it just me, or is the “Asian” prosthetic makeup on Jim Sturgess distracting — if not insulting?

(Or does he play a character who disguises himself as Asian using a drugstore Halloween costume? I haven’t read the book.)

By: B Timothy Creel

B Timothy Creel — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 00:21:00 +0000

Damn it. You ruined it for me.