Cloud Atlas Movie - A Philosophers Wet Dream! Everything Is Connected

The title above is the main theme of this movie. Like The Matrix, it looks like it's going to lend more
deep insight and powerful philosophical discussions about life and "the matrix" of life, this time without having to turn the world into battery juice for computer monsters, but rather that does it more eloquently with powerful scenes shot in the future, present, and past that travel not only through time but through same person incarnations.

Hally Berry, Tom Hanks, and Hugh Grant are a few characters that live in several different times as incarnations of themselves- showing how the past, present, and future affect one another unilaterally!

This film will show you how things in all three time phases (past present future) affect one another very intimately. That's pretty fascinating to think about actually. Scenes go into what looks like the 1600-1700's, bring you back to the present, then take you into a future complete with Matrix style and powered special effects that will blow your mind.

If the film's precedence doesn't excite you you should see all the 'A' Listers that signed up to be in the next billion dollar earning film that may just have 3 parts as well (no rumors yet).

Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Briadbent, Hugo Weaving, Hugh Grant, Even Susan Sarandon wanted in! From what I can see Tom's a constant thread throughout the movie and as always has a powerful performance- even when he's sitting still and calm, the emotions he invokes in you are almost magical...

Some really interesting things in this movie are how the known actors bridge out into characters that are powerfully uncharacteristic.

Some examples are Tom Hanks playing what looks like a scary thug, with a goatee (see image next to this paragraph).

One of the threads throughout the movie is the 

incarnation of many of the same people (i.e. you in the past incarnation, you in the present, then you in the future- all the same person but how each one affects the others).

Another is Hugh Grants character (bad guy)... shown to the left in a uniform of some sort. But the image that really made me take a double take was the tribal looking one:

One of the most noticeable things about the movie is that it doesn't seem like recycled futuristic scenes, props and technologies, but goes the extra step to really appear unique and mesmerizing. The glass highways in the future scenes, the crazy overzealous looking restaurant (looks like a MacDonald would in the future), and even the cool technology like a bridge created between two buildings instantly really brings the "new" cool. I like the tag line "Death.Life.Birth". 

The movie scrolls through so many things it's hard to get your head completely around it right away but I'm sure it will be one of those movies you want to keep watching to get something new out of it!

Below the movie poster is the above 5 minute trailer with commentary for your enjoyment.