January 27, 2013

Helping in Making Sense of Cloud Atlas

Posted in New Age, Others tagged Buddhism, Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Reincarnation, Tom Hanks, Wachowski at 10:21 am by Eon Strife

Uh oh..so you have watched Cloud Atlas movie (or read Cloud Atlas novel), and still cannot figure out what’s the main storyline, what’s that connection stuffs that are heavily advertised in the trailer ? You are not alone, and it is not your fault. It’s just that the themes are presented subtly that demand multiple rewatching or re-reading in order to understand. Here are some internet links I gathered that can help us in understanding the story. Note that there are some differences between the movie and the novel that I divide the links into two categories : movie and novel. Since the movie is based on the novel, definitely some aspects discussed in the links below are applicable to both the movie and the novel. Oh, btw : MASSSIVE SPOILER !

Movie :

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/board/thread/208696790

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/board/thread/208954913

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/board/thread/208985924

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/board/thread/211467401

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/board/thread/211467431

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/board/thread/211467460

http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/10/27/cloud_atlas_meaning_what_does_the_wachowskis_movie_say_about_reincarnation.html

http://www.vulture.com/2012/10/guide-to-the-characters-and-connections-of-cloud-atlas-confused.html