Also, if you in any way liked Cloud Atlas, or liked the idea but disliked the execution, for god's sake go on Netflix and watch "Fish Story". Similar concept of multiple stories connected through time via music, much shorter and better executed in my opinion. They're obviously very different, but for my money Fish Story has a much more appropriately light-hearted tone, more outlandish and less cliche individual stories, and ties the stories together at the end in a way more satisfying way. Cloud Atlas absolutely crushes it in scope and production value, no question, but it isn't ultimately as successful in my eyes.

Cloud atlas is one of the films I wouldn't dare watch whilst being high.