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lizzythecat 's review for:
Cloud Atlas
by David Mitchell
I think I may have hyped this up too much in my head, hence the 4 stars, not 5. It was really interesting how the author was able to embody so many different characters and voices and make it believable. Loved that. There were times that I felt like I was slogging through just to get to the central point/connection. At any rate, imaginative, original, beautifully written. Can't wait to see the movie now! :D
[Aside: the movie. Geez, Louise, the movie. Visually it was stunning, but I wouldn't expect anything less from the Wachowskis. But I feel like they unnecessarily changed details...like Sonmi-451's Ascension. One of the most profound moments of the book (for me) was when she was the research subject for Boom-Sook and she was able to read Plato's The Republic. The allegory! The metaphor! That one hit me like a thunderbolt, but noooooo....we had to have a relationship with Hae-Joo in the movie. Obviously, there was subtext for one in the book, but just. GAH. And the Robert Frobisher stuff. HIs was one of my favorite narratives in the book, but they muddied it up in the movie.
And the narrative structure didn't work for me AT ALL. I looooooved the nested doll structure of the book, it was clean and somewhat linear, but the movie jumped all over the place. Bad, editor, BAD! And no matter how much make up you put on Tom Hanks or Hugo Weaving, they are still going to be Tom Hanks and Hugo Weaving. But Hugh Grant, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Wishaw were all quite good.
Okay, rant over.]
[Aside: the movie. Geez, Louise, the movie. Visually it was stunning, but I wouldn't expect anything less from the Wachowskis. But I feel like they unnecessarily changed details...like Sonmi-451's Ascension. One of the most profound moments of the book (for me) was when she was the research subject for Boom-Sook and she was able to read Plato's The Republic. The allegory! The metaphor! That one hit me like a thunderbolt, but noooooo....we had to have a relationship with Hae-Joo in the movie. Obviously, there was subtext for one in the book, but just. GAH. And the Robert Frobisher stuff. HIs was one of my favorite narratives in the book, but they muddied it up in the movie.
And the narrative structure didn't work for me AT ALL. I looooooved the nested doll structure of the book, it was clean and somewhat linear, but the movie jumped all over the place. Bad, editor, BAD! And no matter how much make up you put on Tom Hanks or Hugo Weaving, they are still going to be Tom Hanks and Hugo Weaving. But Hugh Grant, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Wishaw were all quite good.
Okay, rant over.]