6 minute long "Cloud Atlas" trailer. New Wachowski Bros.
 

Or Wachowski Brother and Sister now. Lana Wachowski is now credited. : )


Looks interesting.......




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That looks bad ass.

Wow

Looks good

wat is this i don't even

Looks good, but I don't know if I trust the Wachovski brothers.

that movie will have to be at least 3 hours to cover all that.

I thought I came up with the Matrix, I loved them for it. I found out they stole the idea from some other lady, I loathe them for it.

164 min.

Some lady?

Is that Tom Hanks in "Asian face" makeup?

Heres a little more explanation behind the movie with the directors.


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tl;dw

EDIT: Anyone wanna sum it up for me?

You'll have to watch it.

If it follows the book..it will be six separate stories that take the you from the remote South Pacific in the nineteenth century to a distant, post-apocalyptic future. Eventually, you wind up where you started.

Good book...expect an inceptinish type movie.

I just can't bring myself to watch it in it's entirety at the moment, even with Halle Berry looking all good and what not.

What's the plot about? Maybe that'll spark some interest.

Answer, prrrrrrrease.

Tom Hanks
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I have been meaning to read the book for a while now.

Reincarnation happens, we are somehow all connected, fate exists. That's what I got from the trailer.

Back to the Future + Inception + Source Code?

Most will watch, few will "get it", most will watch again, many will argue over meaning, sequel will explain meaning, sequel will create more questions than answers, 3rd movie will be created to wrap it all up, 3rd movie will be lamblasted for poor quality by fans and critics alike, prequel will be announced.

Im in.

looks horrible

This....feels familiar, somehow....

GTFO

I just saw a black cat.

The novel consists of six nested stories that take the reader from the remote South Pacific in the nineteenth century to a distant, post-apocalyptic future. Each tale is revealed to be a story that is read (or observed) by the main character in the next. All stories but the last are interrupted at some moment, and after the sixth story concludes at the center of the book, the novel "goes back" in time, "closing" each story as the book progresses in terms of pages but regresses in terms of the historical period in which the action takes place. Eventually, readers end where they started, with Adam Ewing in the Pacific Ocean, circa 1850.

Thanks for that excellent description.

Seems like it might be one giant cluster****.

I'm picking unp the novel, sounds pretty interesting.

You might want to cite your source.

Who cares?

I would guess the source does. It's not a big deal, but I know we've been warned about lifting things from other cites without posting at least a link.

Yeah, this site is a real stickler for copyright protection.

I'm not even sure if Wikipedia holds the copyright. For all I know, beach tribe was the guy who updated the wiki page with that description and they're his own words. Not that I care one way or the other, of course.

I'm interested in knowing how fun it is to read. It sounds interesting, but if it's too confusing, I can't bother.

I'm in....anything with Tom Hanks is worth the shot.

Love that "Outro" by M83 is the song for the trailer.

Film looks very interesting. May have to read the novel as well before the movie hits theatres.

Yes, not sighting the source cite is very short sited.

:ZZZ:

Having read the book Im excited to see how it comes out. Very complex and long however so hopefully they do a good job with it.

I just finished reading it and I really enjoyed it. Starts a little slow but I was blown away by the end. I really recommend it.
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Well, it looks like I might be taking the wife to our first movie in 6 years.

I'm just about through Stephen King's "11-22-63", and I've downloaded the audiobook version of "Cloud Atlas". I'm looking forward to getting through the book prior to the movie coming out at the end of the month.

Hmmm, I'll bite.... what was the last movie you took her to see?

Transformers.





........LMAO. I know. It's pathetic. She has DirecTV and Netflix at home, so I don't feel too bad.

Finally got around to reading this book.

The first chapter almost borders on unreadable, but it starts getting good right near the end of the first chapter and then the chapter ends with a mind****.

Was planning on keeping this book at work as my daily reader, but I'm so intrigued now that I'll probably finish it this weekend.

You read books at work?

I have a 30 min lunch break and two 15 min breaks.

The Chapter in Hawaii was the hardest for me with the accent but once I started talking like that IRL it was no problem

I've read the book.

What was the mind**** at the end of the first chapter? I don't recall anything really grabbing me until the second section.

Ended up LOVING the book, by the way.

When I think Wachowski Bros. I think about eating shrooms.

Technically, they are Wachowski siblings now.

Just test-ran "Cloud Atlas". Fascinatingly complex yet ultimately simple, like life (which is fitting). Amazing acting by the few involved (as each actor plays many parts of various sexes; wait for the credit roll). A movie to be dissected and savored.

Anyone check this out this weekend? They're already throwing the "bust" label on this one....


With a $100 million budget, "Cloud Atlas" was banking on box office success. If this weekend is any indication, it's going to be a slow process making that $100 million back. The movie, which stars Tom Hanks and Halle Berry, made $9.4 million this weekend across 2,008 theaters, bringing it to the number three spot.

It was beat by "Argo," which rose to number one for the first time since its release three weeks ago. The movie brought in $12.4 million for the weekend, for a total of $60.8 million since debut.

Adding insult to injury, the sci-fi adaptation was also beat by "Hotel Transylvania," which made $9.5 million in its fifth week. The movie has now earned $130.4 million which is record-breaking for Sony for animation movies.

Distributed by Warner Bros., "Cloud Atlas" has received mixed reviews. Directors Andy and Lana Wachowski and Tom Tywker oversaw the film's adaptation from David Michell's best-selling book. Mitchell himself reportedly thought the book would be unfilmable because of its broad fantasy aspects.

THR is reporting that Warner Bros. president was quick to point out that "Cloud Atlas" did see success in that it had the highest per screen average of any top 10 movie, with $4,681.

It was a quiet box office weekend across the board as three other movies saw small opening weekends as well. Horror movie "Silent Hill Revelation 3D" had an $8 million weekend, Halloween flick "Fun Size" brought in $4.1 million, and Gerard Butler's surfing drama "Chasing Mavericks" made a disappointing $2.2 million.

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I havent seen Argo but I heard its excellent from nearly everybody. Id give CA the benefit of a doubt with the hurricane and everything. Plus with the global release its pretty much guaranteed to surpass what it was made for

This is what I expected. Can't wait to see it.

Im fairly certain WB knew it was going to be a hard sell with this movie from the start. The Wachowskis obviosuly have alot of good faith built up with WB in order to be able to spend so much on a non commerical project like this.

We were one of only 3 couples in the theater.

And, I was squinting trying to get what was happening quite a few times. I mean, I got the gist of the movie, but ....I don't know. I can't tell you if it was good or not.

Either I tried too hard, or I am just not intelligent enough.

I wish they had subtitles for about half the movie. The "Big Island" scenes especially.

I really liked it otherwise.

Yep, got the same thing when I listened to the audiobook. It's all some kind of futuristic Big Isle pidgin. The audiobook helped me a lot, but it was weird, Jack!

They talked like Jar-Jar.

I was really excited to see this movie, but it seems like it just came into the theaters out of nowhere. As opposed to The Hobbit which will have been showing previews in the theaters for almost a year by the time it comes out. Also, October seems like a weird time for a big blockbuster to come out. It seems like they should have waited until Thanksgiving or later to really get the buzz going.

More like the University of Hawaii's Defensive Line.

Just saw it today. Great movie. This is the kind of movie that I go to the movies for. Very well crafted, very well acted, looks great. Just a very good movie all around. I'm not sure what you wouldn't "get."

Yay!!

Looks interesting. Seems like it'd be a better book than a movie.

That is always true. You can't make a better movie than the book unless the book is poorly written, or is so short that nothing can really be explored. With that being said there were so many points in the movie that just made me smile and think, or truly laugh, or recoil in horror. The movie explores what it is to be human and what it all might mean. And it's not spoon fed to you. It plays out and you are left to actively soak it in. It's a great merging of fantasy and reality. If you are one of those kinds of (highly annoying) people that constantly turn to the person next to you and ask questions during a movie because you can't follow a plot...this movie is not for you. Don't get me wrong. I don't think it's a question of intelligence. It's more of "What do you want from entertainment?" If you want to switch off your brain and watch bouncing boobies and stuff blowing up, pick a different movie.

I'm stupid I guess.

I don't know, what were the points that you felt were holes in the story or overall theme? We should probably do spoilers if we're going to talk about the movie though.

By the way, I don't actually believe in reincarnation. I do believe that life is generally long enough and rich enough for it to be possible for someone to go through these changes in one lifetime, and that the teachings of Buddha can be applied in an everyday spiritual awakening. You can look at "lives" as a way to express that a person has changed so much that they are no longer the person they were before that change. As if the person were reborn. I don't feel that this is substantially different than the Christian notion of being "born again."

My wife has been reborn. When we were going out, she liked the music I like and would sit down and watch entire college basketball games with me. Now my music hurts her ears and she'd rather dust than watch a game. And she says she hates to dust.

Then perhaps you should contemplate what changes in your relationship have facilitated this rebirth.

Yeah, perhaps.

Perhaps it was marriage.

LMAO

Movie looks well done. I'd actually spend my annual movie budget (1 ticket) on it.

It's not necessarily one of those movies that you have to see in a theater but I don't regret spending the cash.