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I watched this last Sunday and up until now, I still can't believe that I didn't watch this any sooner. I hadn't seen the trailer or anything about this movie before watching it--if I had, I would've gone to see it in the cinemas. A huge thanks to my friend Qarla for recommending me this!
Cloud Atlas (the movie, anyway--I've not read the book yet) revolves around the premise that everything is connected: the past, the present and the future. When I was taking up Harry Potter 101 a couple of terms ago (yes, that is an actual class), we discussed the concept of time: basically, you have linear time and you have circular time. In the former conception of time, time is going forward, always--once the past happens it's gone. It's only the latter conception of time that allows us to think about time travel and parallel universes: that time exists outside of its movement; something happens and it stays there forever, it echoes forever. Cloud Atlas (quite obviously, from what I've written so far I think) operates around the circular conception of time: everything recurs.
My friend Trish told me that this is the kind of movie you either love or you hate--I loved it. Everything--from the script, to the way the make-up was handled to the tiniest touches in the background--was perfect. It was also able to tackle a lot of the difficulties of life without being to overbearing or painful to watch. There was comic relief without it losing its gravity or without "diluting" the heartache that this narrative causes.
I'd definitely give this film a 5/5. If you haven't seen it, please go and see it!!!
It’s a nice way to spend 3 hours at the movies, but it’s also something that may not change your life, even though that’s obviously what the directors are going for here. Still, a great movie none the less. Good review Wina.
ReplyDeleteHey, Dan the Man! :) Thanks for stopping by. And true that--it's more something that makes you think about life rather than alter its course indeed.
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