I often re-read books I've enjoyed but Mitchell's is the first in decades where the turnover was weeks instead of months or years. Obviously the film will only take a thread from the book and play with the timing so I'm approaching it as an alternate telling of the same tale rather than the audio-book with pictures. I've even warmed to the idea of Tom Hanks playing a certain role. (I'm not saying I dislike Hanks - I just pictured [avoiding spoilers] the characters he's playing being about half his age - as the cast was first announced, I'd assumed Surgess would get it.)

I hope it opens worldwide on the 26th, we'll have been in Tokyo for a couple of weeks and Sonmi-451's world might feel a little closer to the bone by that point.