I just watched Cloud Atlas over the weekend - how did this movie get produced???

[HendrixFan]

Best movie of 2012 by a mile. Best movie since the Fountain.

It seems others see the similarity but not in a good way.

 

[lyssword]

maybe you should try being a non-whiny, slightly more intelligent person, then it might be enjoyable

 

[Williz]

I'll try watching it again but I honestly found the far future scenes language to be hard to follow, might be that I was half asleep but whatever.

 

[Ichinisan]

I wasn't bored when watching it, but I can't really recommend it to anyone. If you do watch it, watch with subtitles/captions enabled.

 

[Ichinisan]

I thought pot alone was enough to follow it. :biggrin:


But seriously, I think it's just because I enjoyed everything I saw so much, that I've now watched that movie at least half a dozen times. I still haven't watched it on my plasma, which I absolutely need to - that movie has dark scenes absolutely demanding a CRT or Plasma viewing experience.

That's why I love original Aronofsky films. His stories, and often his choice of soundtrack composer (and the resulting music) just make his movies such a joy to watch. Both The Fountain and Requiem for a Dream contain probably my favorite soundtracks of all times. Same composer was also responsible for awesomeness of the soundtrack for the movie Moon. Another great WTF movie, but not Aronofsky-WTF level.

After repeated viewings, The Fountain starts making a ton of sense - but it's purposefully vague to leave some things open to interpretation. That's sort of a trademark of his, it seems.

Aronofsky and Nolan are probably by favorite writer/directors. They make character stories that resonate so damn well, but do so with stories/plots that keep you engaged... also, most importantly, they have directorial abilities to match.

I love The Fountain and I love Clint Mansell scores.

Moon - now that's a great low-budget scifi movie that's easy to follow.

 

[Fritzo]

maybe you should try being a non-whiny, slightly more intelligent person, then it might be enjoyable

Nah. If I were that, I'd be hanging out at movies with snobby "I'm smarter than you" jerks.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Unless you understand the movie's framework to begin with (read wiki notes), then it will be difficult for consumption. I watched a couple of weeks ago and every time I tried to pick up a tablet thinking it was going to get boring I had to put the tablet back down.

Some books are not easily transferred to film because of the notion of film length. Sometimes a movie needs to be long, including much longer than three hours. Now, not all movies of length should be intended for theaters.

 

[Aharami]

didn't hate the movie, but the book is far far better.

 

[Printer Bandit]

$102 million dollar turd of a movie.

 

[zShowtimez]

Someone already mentioned it, but watch it with subtitles.

I watched it the first time without, and understood most of what was going on as it came together. When I watched it a second time with subtitles all the little pieces fell into place.

I thought it was a great movie.

 

[zinfamous]

Sounds like a movie similar to "The Fountain" which required a flowchart, a giant bowl of pot, and a Himilayan Mountain Guide to follow it.

that was my impression when reading stories about the production.

It's a very popular book that was always considered "impossible" to film.

Well, the Wachowski...siblings gave it the old college try, I guess.

Even for them, I think it was difficult to get funding for it. They had to do a lot of their leg work and dip into their own money to get it made.

 

[Fritzo]

that was my impression when reading stories about the production.

It's a very popular book that was always considered "impossible" to film.

Well, the Wachowski...siblings gave it the old college try, I guess.

Even for them, I think it was difficult to get funding for it. They had to do a lot of their leg work and dip into their own money to get it made.

Don't get me wrong- the visuals were amazing, and Tom Hanks was...well...Tom Hanks. That guy kills every role he plays. The script just didn't make for a coherent movie unfortunately.

 

[SagaLore]

I heard the book flowed a lot better. They mixed stuff around for the movie.

 

[SagaLore]

Sounds like a movie similar to "The Fountain" which required a flowchart, a giant bowl of pot, and a Himilayan Mountain Guide to follow it.

The Fountain actually flowed quite well I thought. Each timeline progressed in the same direction and in parallel, until the end of the future fed back to the beginning of the past.

Cloud Atlas was a little more like spaghetti because the stories weren't in sync and they intersected at different points.

The craziest flow I've ever watched was Primer. OMG.

 

[Kadarin]

Billed as the definitive timeline for Primer: