While not subtle with its themes, the movie Cloud Atlas was a wonderful watch, rich in its motifs and message, without coming off as pretentious. The film presented six different stories. One of a young businessman named Adam Ewing in 1849 who, on a ship journeying through the Pacific Islands home, is being poisoned by a doctor who is stealing his valuables. Ewing also manages to save a stowaway slave after convincing the captain of the ship to let the former slave join the ship’s crew. Robert Frobisher, a young English composer in 1936, who finds work under a renowned composer and eventually through sacrifice comes to composes his own masterpiece. Journalist Luisa Rey in 1973 San Francisco, who uncovers and attempts to expose a plot to use
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However, there was great emphasis on Friedrich Nietzsche worldview of eternal reoccurrence, which the movie adopts. The movie holds a circular view of the universe and its energy- that life is not linear but all connects at a certain point. In fact, the interconnectedness of us all, despite time, race, and society, is heavily emphasized in Somni-451’s rallying speech, “The nature of our immortal lives is in the consequences of our words and deeds…we are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future”. This circular view of life states that the consequences of every single action in our life transcends ourselves, and will echo throughout eternity, the energy reoccurring all throughout infinite time. As such, the movie idolized human choice, depicting that the choices we make shape and determine the universe. Choice, with this worldview, is a god, holding the faith of creation and the future of humanity in its hand.
This view of the universe contrasts sharply with that of Christianity. A Christian worldview holds life as linear, with the final resting place being an afterlife, dependent on one’s choices during life. Souls are viewed to being limited to one body, given by the creator- God. Not only that, but the movies hold human choice …show more content…
As such, Cloud Atlas affirms more so the individuality of human beings, rather than the collective group as a society. In fact, throughout the different stories, society as a whole is painted in a rather negative light. The young businessman, Adam Ewing’s society upheld the subjugation of another race- supporting slavery. With Robert Frobisher, the composer, the society which he belongs to is willing to shun him because of his past and sexual preferences. Publisher Timothy Cavendish lives in a society where murder can make an absolutely horrible book become a bestseller, mocking a society that cares more about notoriety than actual substance. Sonmi-451, the human clone’s society forms a corrupt and dystopian system. And Zachry Bailey’s society lives in fear and primitiveness, too afraid to seek change until it leads to their own demise. This movie upheld the individual and stressed individual choices, painting a rather negative view of society on a
However, there was great emphasis on Friedrich Nietzsche worldview of eternal reoccurrence, which the movie adopts. The movie holds a circular view of the universe and its energy- that life is not linear but all connects at a certain point. In fact, the interconnectedness of us all, despite time, race, and society, is heavily emphasized in Somni-451’s rallying speech, “The nature of our immortal lives is in the consequences of our words and deeds…we are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future”. This circular view of life states that the consequences of every single action in our life transcends ourselves, and will echo throughout eternity, the energy reoccurring all throughout infinite time. As such, the movie idolized human choice, depicting that the choices we make shape and determine the universe. Choice, with this worldview, is a god, holding the faith of creation and the future of humanity in its hand.
This view of the universe contrasts sharply with that of Christianity. A Christian worldview holds life as linear, with the final resting place being an afterlife, dependent on one’s choices during life. Souls are viewed to being limited to one body, given by the creator- God. Not only that, but the movies hold human choice …show more content…
As such, Cloud Atlas affirms more so the individuality of human beings, rather than the collective group as a society. In fact, throughout the different stories, society as a whole is painted in a rather negative light. The young businessman, Adam Ewing’s society upheld the subjugation of another race- supporting slavery. With Robert Frobisher, the composer, the society which he belongs to is willing to shun him because of his past and sexual preferences. Publisher Timothy Cavendish lives in a society where murder can make an absolutely horrible book become a bestseller, mocking a society that cares more about notoriety than actual substance. Sonmi-451, the human clone’s society forms a corrupt and dystopian system. And Zachry Bailey’s society lives in fear and primitiveness, too afraid to seek change until it leads to their own demise. This movie upheld the individual and stressed individual choices, painting a rather negative view of society on a