Our lives are not our own, we are bound to others, past and present. And by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.

I wanted to write this as the memory is still fresh in mind. I've just finished watching Cloud Atlas, at Kiwi's recommendation. She has been an advocate for the movie multiple times, and especially after I shared my thoughts of multiple universes, she has urged me to watch it. And well, it was my intention to watch it this weekend. And here I am, after three hours. Well, approximately three hours, that is. I rarely watch sci-fi movies. Mostly because it requires for you to be interested to open your mind to something outside the ordinary. And at times, that can be a hardship. I suspect it's why the movie has gotten so mixed reviews. It's a movie that requires you to focus, and your mind to constantly work. When people watch movies, it's mostly to relax, to not have to think. Most movies are just that-- uncomplicated, as you only follow a simple plot. At most, there will be some plot changes, and your picture of the movie will be completely changed. As my teacher once said, it's light entertainment. But in Cloud Atlas, and multiple other movies (I'm not just reducing it to sci-fi movies), you really have to work your brain to understand, as there are incredibly many plots to follow. What I am afraid of, is that maybe the makers of the movie imagined something, and failed to convey it to everyone else. Like, when you are to describe something for someone, you'll have to remember to recreate all the details. You can't tell the tale of the rabbit and the turtle without telling about the rabbit's cockiness. Or else, it'll be another story. I'm sure I've yet to completely understand Cloud Atlas, and that I'll have to watch it over and over to completely understand. Once I'll have time, I'll try to read the book. As a description for the movie, it says: "An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution". This little piece of information is crucial to even understand the movie, otherwise, I wouldn't be surprised if you wouldn't understand a thing. If I weren't so determined to understand, I am sure I would be left in confusion clouding my mind. During the movie, I thought it was ending before the real ending. Not once, but twice. And once it actually ended, I was completely taken aback. And well, really sad, because I wanted to watch more of it. Also, I was so concentrated on understanding, I thought "oh, a movie I won't cry because of, yet be baffled by? How strange". And then another five minutes went by before I started crying. Now I'm just listening to an extended version of Sexted, because it really is divine. And well, whatever to extend the movie experience. If you are up for something different from light entertainment, and you have a slight belief in things out of the ordinary, I'd like to recommend it. But it is a movie that should be watched, only when you want to watch it. Otherwise, I'm afraid it'll be perceived as boring, which it is far from. I guess that goes for any sci-fi movie. There is something magical about watching a movie like this, like you are fuelled with some kind of energy. I once quoted a One Tree Hill scene on this very blog, and I intend to reuse it.

When people get weepy at movies it’s because in that dark theatre the golden pool of magic is touched, just briefly. Then they come out into the hard sun of logic and reason again and it dries up. And they’re left feeling a little heart sad and not knowing why. -Mark Schwahn (One Tree Hill: 8x22 This is my house, This is my home.)