tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post8916964091912517117..comments2024-03-27T10:27:59.266-04:00Comments on John Kenneth Muir's Reflections on Cult Movies and Classic TV: From the Archive: Cloud Atlas (2012)John Kenneth Muirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-12373173801621991232016-12-03T13:25:51.987-05:002016-12-03T13:25:51.987-05:00wonderful review, it makes me happy how much you u...wonderful review, it makes me happy how much you understood the movie. Every time I rewatch Cloud Atlas I understand something else, but your review helps me to see beyond. With luck, every time I watch a new movie I will analyze better. I'm very receptive, so I don't tend to watch movies with preconceptions and I always understand the more metaphorical aspects of the movies later, not while I'm watching it. I enjoy the journey, but Cloud Atlas made me come up with really good reflections even while watching it for the first time in the theater. It blowed me away, totally, and after 4 years I still get surprised by the themes I see in the movie. I've... watched it like... 4 times since 2012? Yes, I think 4 times, and the first time I was like "I really liked this movie, such a surprise, it made me squeeze my brain and that's always welcomed". The second time I was like "OK, this is different, this is quality. And the music is nicer than I thought" and now I'm like "Holy shit, this is a masterpiece, and not only that, this affected me at a soul and brainy level and that's awesome because that hasn't happened to me before, which is a lot because I've seen movies that have become a big part of how I think about life (Amelie, American Beauty, Angels of Sex, Tada kimi wa aishiteru), and the music... shit, the music is like making love with Nature"<br />so, that...La Desesperadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12299184099562828499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-85050302474632162522015-02-23T17:35:52.906-05:002015-02-23T17:35:52.906-05:00Cloud Atlas, I cannot decide does it was great mov...Cloud Atlas, I cannot decide does it was great movie or ok. It is great cast and also acting but sometimes it was missing something.Joanahttp://bestonlinestreamingsite.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-44945069352006739512014-09-18T18:34:27.446-04:002014-09-18T18:34:27.446-04:00Dissonance and harmony are not opposites. Dissonan...Dissonance and harmony are not opposites. Dissonance is a variety of harmony. The "opposite" of dissonance is consonance. (Of course the way you used the terms is common and I knew what you meant:-)nowherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12125582590094636085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-589348256279027882014-09-18T13:09:44.172-04:002014-09-18T13:09:44.172-04:00Thanks for a characteristically thoughtful look at...Thanks for a characteristically thoughtful look at Cloud Atlas. I love this movie. I think that Roger Ebert was right when he wrote that Cloud Atlas is not merely the best film of the year, but the best film of the last decade. It is a wonderful exploration and dramatization of many Zen ideas. It stands up to repeat viewings.Sax Man 69noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-11419957425843246182014-09-18T10:15:17.932-04:002014-09-18T10:15:17.932-04:00Cloud Atlas is an interesting film to me in that i...Cloud Atlas is an interesting film to me in that it IS such a dedicated adaptation of the book--and yet, everyone I know who has watched the film but hasn't read the book comes away unsatisfied, whereas those who have seen the film and watched the book thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Thankfully I had read the novel before sitting down to watch the film. My wife, however...not so much.<br /><br />Great review!<br />--J/MetroAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-19905750456978391972014-09-18T10:08:12.186-04:002014-09-18T10:08:12.186-04:00Hi Trent. Well, I've done the film a grave di...Hi Trent. Well, I've done the film a grave disservice if I have indicated in any way, shape or form that it is dull or boring! I'm sorry! I consider it a genre masterpiece. John Kenneth Muirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629979615332893780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12380553.post-83002006191389845612014-09-18T10:03:42.719-04:002014-09-18T10:03:42.719-04:00Thanks for the thorough review, John. I thought &#...Thanks for the thorough review, John. I thought 'Cloud Atlas' looked like a Lifetime movie with A-list actors, and your review confirms that it is now officially as boring as it looks. I will stay far away from this one. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071265466289453423noreply@blogger.com