It's a fantastic movie, and I'm sure the book is even better.
I'd like to read it sometime.
Actually, Miss Zhing or whatever the hell her name is did learn English just for the part... She was known in the West her dubbed films.
Either way, it was visually stunning, but I was rather ticked at the fact alot of the cast was infact Chinese, despite the setting. It's just, it wouldn't have taken too much effort to find people of the right origin.
Either way, I didn't know until the end.
They did a fantastic job.