I've built 2 CivicSpace sites in the past 2 days, lol.
I'm terribly disappointed with the events module, though. It seems... a little behind the (very very impressive) rest of the site.
This movie is notable in that it fails to pull people into that state of mind
I have not read the book. I agree that the film did not do this as well as it could have (or the story/concept deserves), but there were 3 or 4 scenes where they actively discuss this theme rather pointedly. It's clearly supposed to be the driving theme.
I plan on reading the book between Christmas and New Years, if I happen to find it at the bookstore.