Comments on: “Cloud Atlas” by David Mitchell http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5717 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Tue, 16 Jun 2026 21:55:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Janet http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5717&cpage=1#comment-41354 Janet Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:08:44 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5717#comment-41354 I got Cloud Atlas from the library on your recommendation. I have to finish a couple of other titles first, but looking forward to it! I got Cloud Atlas from the library on your recommendation. I have to finish a couple of other titles first, but looking forward to it!

]]> By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5717&cpage=1#comment-41318 girldetective Tue, 09 Sep 2014 16:04:55 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5717#comment-41318 Mitchell said on the extras that he was impressed, and he was in some of the interviews with the directors, and was shown on set, so it looks like he was an involved collaborator. Everyone in the extras--directors, actors, Mitchell, others--expressed amazement that this movie had gotten the funding and go-ahead to get made, and all expressed being thankful to have been a part of such a unique movie making experience. Mitchell said on the extras that he was impressed, and he was in some of the interviews with the directors, and was shown on set, so it looks like he was an involved collaborator. Everyone in the extras–directors, actors, Mitchell, others–expressed amazement that this movie had gotten the funding and go-ahead to get made, and all expressed being thankful to have been a part of such a unique movie making experience.

]]> By: Kristen Oshyn http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5717&cpage=1#comment-41317 Kristen Oshyn Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:39:02 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5717#comment-41317 Good advice -- I didn't have a chance to watch the extras ... I would be curious to hear what David Mitchell thought of the adaptation. I remember reading an interview with him in the New York Times and in that he commented on how surprised he was that Hollywood had chosen Cloud Atlas, of all of his works, to turn into a movie. Good advice — I didn’t have a chance to watch the extras … I would be curious to hear what David Mitchell thought of the adaptation. I remember reading an interview with him in the New York Times and in that he commented on how surprised he was that Hollywood had chosen Cloud Atlas, of all of his works, to turn into a movie.

]]> By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5717&cpage=1#comment-41316 girldetective Tue, 09 Sep 2014 15:27:43 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5717#comment-41316 Kristen, my husband and I watched the movie the other night, figuring it would be a failure but probably an interesting one, and did find it so, though more failure than interesting in the last hour of three, plus really didn't like Hanks playing the younger version of Zachry--should've been a boy. Then we watched all the extras the next night, which included interviews with the directors and David Mitchell and the actors, and I found those more interesting than the film itself, especially since they included so many clips from the film. My recommendation is to borrow the DVD from the library, and watch all the extras, then if you want, watch the movie. Kristen, my husband and I watched the movie the other night, figuring it would be a failure but probably an interesting one, and did find it so, though more failure than interesting in the last hour of three, plus really didn’t like Hanks playing the younger version of Zachry–should’ve been a boy.

Then we watched all the extras the next night, which included interviews with the directors and David Mitchell and the actors, and I found those more interesting than the film itself, especially since they included so many clips from the film.

My recommendation is to borrow the DVD from the library, and watch all the extras, then if you want, watch the movie.

]]> By: Kristen Oshyn http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5717&cpage=1#comment-41313 Kristen Oshyn Tue, 09 Sep 2014 01:28:11 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5717#comment-41313 Movie is an incredibly painful failure in my experience: worse than disappointing. Movie is an incredibly painful failure in my experience: worse than disappointing.

]]> By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5717&cpage=1#comment-41298 girldetective Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:05:52 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5717#comment-41298 It was this article about Mitchell's new book, Bone Clocks, http://www.vulture.com/2014/08/david-mitchell-interview-bone-clocks-cloud-atlas.html that spurred me to finally pick up (and subsequently not want to put down) Cloud Atlas. My husband and I are going to attempt the Cloud Atlas movie tonight. I expect it to be an interesting failure. It was this article about Mitchell’s new book, Bone Clocks,

http://www.vulture.com/2014/08/david-mitchell-interview-bone-clocks-cloud-atlas.html

that spurred me to finally pick up (and subsequently not want to put down) Cloud Atlas. My husband and I are going to attempt the Cloud Atlas movie tonight. I expect it to be an interesting failure.

]]> By: carolyn http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5717&cpage=1#comment-41297 carolyn Fri, 05 Sep 2014 10:42:06 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=5717#comment-41297 and now he's got a new book out, perfect timing and now he’s got a new book out, perfect timing

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