Too confusing for me

Rating: Null/10 (10 April 2016)

This film tells the story of several individuals, who are in different points of the time and space continuum. Though they might be years apart from each other, their stories are not as different from each other as expected.
So "Cloud Atlas" is a literary wonder, but when translated to the screen, it seems to be very confusing. It tells many stories in many different time points, and they share some similarities but are not identical. An hour into the film, I thought it was about the universality of human experiences, and how karma affects past and future lives. Then I realised that it wasn't about these themes, then I got increasingly lost. The story of Tom Hanks and Halle Berry confuses me the most. Maybe I'll have to read the book first before watching the film.