[RoXer]

Originally Posted by Fignuts I thought Zachry's conversations with him were just metaphors for the inner struggles we all face. Like when people are tempted by something, and say the devil talked them into doing it.

Even though he's a visible character in the movie, he appears as a hallucination to him and is shown whispering in his ear just like you said. Planting evil thoughts into his brain, etc. It was clear he wasn't an actual person in the movie.

The only part about the make up I didn't like was the Cavendish story. His brother, the nurse, and... someone else I can't remember all had ridiculous make-up on and their faces looked atrocious. As far as pigment changing make-up, white to black to asain etc, that never really bothered me and it wasn't too off-putting imo. (Maybe it's because I'm so intellectually advanced that I never see race. Or gender. Or even humans. What do you think about that? Oh, you're a human being? I didn't even notice. To me you're just an agglomeration of cells that happens to create noise.)

Originally Posted by mitch_h The biggest mistake was obviously the reuse of actors in different roles, such a terrible decision.

Originally Posted by El Capitano Gatisto Some of these characters in the different stories don't even correspond to each other in any way.

Originally Posted by El Capitano Gatisto it's a ludicrous device to employ in the film.

I'm going to have to read the book now to see what all the hubbub is about. Having the same actors to show the connected souls in each story worked fine for me but maybe there's something more to it than that in the book.

I'd like to see it again too because there's a lot to process once the movie is over. Left me a little whoozy after.