Now the trailer itself, it's just...undescribable. First, you see someone writing a journal on a ship in 19th century, then someone reading those half-finished journals some time later, then a woman reading old letters in the present, then that same guy reading the journals playing a piano piece with an older man in the back saying, he heard in a dream. Then we see the dream, which is a bit Charlie and the Chocholate factory-y, then we see the girl from the dream in an epic Tron-like future, then the guys from the present in different clothes and looks in a tropical, post-apocalyptic future...I could just go on and on. It looks like you're watching several different movies all cut together and even tough you don't understand anything, it makes you want to go see the movie the same moment.
So I looked up 'Cloud Atlas' and saw, that the movie has a very good cast with Hollywood stars like Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Susan Sarandon, Slughorn and Mr.Smith. But what kinda bugs me are the directors. The movie is directed by The Wachowskis (The Matrix) and Tom Tykwer, the director of 'Run Lola Run'. Now to be honest, I've never seen any movies by these directors. I've heard all sorts about The Matrix and I will probably like it, once I finally watch it fully, not in just in confusing bits. But I haven't heard exactly good stuff about The Matrix 2, The Matrix 3 and Speed Racer. I've watched V for Vendetta (which was written by the Wachowskis) and it was good, but not great. As for Tom Tykwer...I heard he can do good and bad movies. So none of the directors are perfect. If only trailers could be so true.
Because the trailer is simply awesome and quite probably the best and most intriguing trailer I've ever seen. You do not understand a single thing going on the movie, you know it's something about everything being connected and six different stories together, but you want to go see the movie so bad. It has great music, from the peaceful 'Cloud Atlas sextet' piano piece at the beginning to the Two steps from hell-like music at the middle and the song 'Outro' by m83 at the end, all of the music in the trailer is amazing and perfectly-fitting. And in that grand finale of the trailer, with the music reaching its top, you see out-of-this-world stunning visual effects with the text going "Death, life, birth --- past, future, present --- love, hope, courage --- Everything is connected." And in that moment you know, that the trailer is amazing.
What I've also heard about Cloud Atlas is that it's supposed to be the first genuine arthouse blockbuster. That sounds logical, as The Wachowskis are more mainstream, while Tom Tykwer is more arthouse, but what is the movie going to be like? Will it be too arthouse or too blockbuster? Because that just worries me, since the trailer looks like such a perfect mix. The explosions in the Tron-like future and the super-slowmotion shots at the end reminds of the Matrix, while the text at the end at stuff like The Tree of Life. I can only hope the trailer can be so true of the movie, as I've said it's the best trailer I've ever seen that confuses you, yet makes you want to go see the film, makes you think, makes you guess, makes you theorize...And if a 5-minute trailer can do that...God knows, what the movie will.
So what do you think of the directors? What do you think the movie is going to be like? What do you think of the trailer? Check it out here, comment below, let me know!
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