tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871549895931317151.post3408111043646542538..comments2023-11-28T15:20:59.369-05:00Comments on Cinema Viewfinder: Dispersing the Cloud (Atlas)Tony Dayoubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04632329277519635858noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871549895931317151.post-84995549265881923282012-11-07T11:18:17.249-05:002012-11-07T11:18:17.249-05:00I see comments about Cloud Atlas being hailed as t...I see comments about Cloud Atlas being hailed as the most expensive indie film ever around fairly often, but Phanom Menace passes it by $13 million, and Terminator: Salvation passes it by $98 million.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871549895931317151.post-63849054325832807092012-10-29T14:19:00.260-04:002012-10-29T14:19:00.260-04:00Actually, Jason, in the interest of full disclosur...Actually, Jason, in the interest of full disclosure I just want to clarify that what I know about the novel is only what I have read ABOUT it.Tony Dayoubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04632329277519635858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871549895931317151.post-10010950294484000782012-10-29T14:15:37.958-04:002012-10-29T14:15:37.958-04:00"The film's comparison of the short-sight..."The film's comparison of the short-sighted bumbling Cavendish's incarceration with the enslavement of other prominent characters in the film is quite a stretch."<br /><br />I cited the 2012 chapter as perhaps the strongest in the film (albeit with the caveat that it's also the most expendable) simply because its so consistent within its own madcap space. But the problematic comparison you cited occurred to me later when I was leaving a comment at Film Doc's site: indeed, if slavery is being compared to the retirement home confinement ... that's not a flattering similarity.<br /><br />You found much more to like than I did. So did Film Doc. Coincidentally, or maybe not, both of you liked the Sonmi-451 chapter most (which I found quickly redundant and dull) and both of you have read the source novel. The movie is full of spiritual philosophizing, but I was never convinced it was anything more than talk.Jason Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18150199580478147196noreply@blogger.com