loop of reincarnation

Rating: 10/10 (28 December 2012)

Cloud atlas is a very ambitious and carefully constructed movie with a strong and important plot line. It tells six intertwined stories in one giant loop meandering through the movie linking the stories together either by a visual similarity, an idea or a character.
This enables the movie to develop an extremely well dynamic flow, almost like a vortex pulling you in making you care for the characters even if you aren't quite sure what they'll turn out to be....It's never boring and requires a big concentration and attentiveness to follow the multitude of players and stories.
But people are wrong if they think there isn't an equally strong idea behind this plot driven movie.
If you manage to watch the movie multiple times you will discover how well the stories are linked together. There is always a main protagonist in each story carrying out a task. The further we go in time the more important the task will be.
On the other side there is the theme of reincarnation. It's a an original, charming and even a funny adventure to let the actors play their reincarnations! Sometimes in a story their lives end senselessly but they each undergo a journey that makes perfect sense in the larger context developing their soul and linking their past, present and future together in a loop.