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

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

It seems others see the similarity but not in a good way.
 
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.
 
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.
 
destrekor said:
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. 🙂
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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
vi edit said:
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.
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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.
 
zinfamous said:
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.
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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.
 
vi edit said:
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.
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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.

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