There is a ton of excitement in the techno-geek world I live in for the debut of the anticipated movie “Cloud Atlas” starring Tom Hanks, Halle Barry and even Hugo Weaving (who like Liam Nieson is pretty much a bad a$$ in every role he plays). The movie is also directed by Tom Tykwer and Wachowski Brothers of ‘The Matrix’ fame. Which although is really awesome in many ways, could actually impact for movie watchers and impact the films overall financial success.
The problem with most films these days is they tend to follow patterns set forth by other films – virtually copying the theme, production shots and even story lines to produce what amounts to a billion-dollar budgeted piece of crap; yet highly financially successful piece of crap. Case in point – James Cameron’s movie Avatar is a great example of a movie that was tremendously successful but was a rip off of a previous movie’s story line.
Now I know the movie grossed a ton of money, and recouped the enormous budget that James Cameron and his team spent to develop a visually stunning movie. However, was I the only one who had seen this movie before when it was called “Dances with Wolves”? For fans of South Park, you’re most likely saying, “you got that from the “Dances with Smurfs” episode. True, I did. But it is actually quite factual in nature.
The story and plot line for Avatar was identical to the Kevin Costner movie Dances with Wolves for a purpose. And this is why James Cameron is either a genius of prophetic wacko (stole that line from Ghostbusters). He knew that the technology and film production value would draw in the techo-geeks like us to see this movie, but he also wanted to draw in the female demographic by telling a compelling story. This is why the story virtually copied Dances with Wolves.
With Cloud Atlas, I am concerned that the Wachowski Brothers will include several of the Matrix story lines – including subliminally discussing the concerns and fears of technology into this movie, which is based on an English Novel from a few years back. However, there is nothing to fear from Cloud technology.
In fact, am I the only person who sees this title and thinks of Cloud based software? The new Cloud platform has rapidly grown to become a product that most people can’t live without. It was the assumption of the Wachowski Brothers that people became too dependent on technology and created the Matrix problems because of their dependence on technology. And based on the increasing and rapid sales of Cloud-based services, the Wachowski Brothers might be onto something here.
But then again, just because people drink the Apple Kool-Aid doesn’t mean Steve Jobs will return as a cyborg, travel back in time to find Sara and John Conner – or will he?
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