Roger Ebert was one critic who most definitively loved Cloud Atlas, awarding it his highest rating of four stars. Ebert's review itself is poetry.
You enjoy Taken 2 more than Cloud Atlas??? Better stop bullsh!ttin, cause I know you don't enjoy no god damn Taken 2, fo real yo???
Saw this movie... Very good, one of 2-3 best this year... suspect it will age very well and may become a classic.
Some were very impressive but other were very obvious, I think you accept it as the movie moves along.
I agree with that assessment. I appreciate the fact that I wasn't bored once during a nearly 3 hour film. The editing was smooth and the tension in each story built till the dramatic end. And then you get the payoff in the end with the surprise.
In the other thread, someone spoiled this movie for me like crazy. Spoiler He mentioned it was similar to the Prestige that pissed me off so bad, because now I know the twist. **** that guy.
Lol you cearly didnt understand my point. There was no twist/secret in the movie. What made it remind me of the prestige was the way they brought the movie together with flashbacks and such. Chill
No, I didn't like Taken 2. It was easily the stupidest movie I've seen at the theater. I mentioned its one redeeming feature was watching Maggie Grace run around in tight shorts and then tight jeans. As far as Cloud Atlas, it was probably better suited for a miniseries. Three hours wasn't sufficient to do justice to a very complex story, and the editing seemed geared for ADD sufferers. Watching the same actors portray several roles across the centuries in varying degrees of makeup might have worked better if they'd stayed a little longer with each vignette before cutting to another; but the cut-cut-cut of this movie was probably done so as not to leave the viewer having to think back or remember a plot point. I like thought-provoking movies that don't quite succeed overall: "AI" for example was a lovable mess. This movie was a mess but much harder to digest.
I JUST SAW THIS MOVIE. IT WAS FREAKING AMAZING. SAW IT TWICE IN ONE DAY. WOW. Best movie since Inglorious Basterds. Damn. Epic.I don't think many people will appreciate it. It's just genius.
I wonder if many people caught all the connections? I had a film discussion with a friend last night. We caught pretty much everything. Spoiler Tony Hanks was always on a path of greed/selfishness in every character he played, that is until every time he meets the "best thing ever" in Halle Barry's characters. The Tony Hanks lives where he doesn't meet her, he is always the villain and always tries to rob/steal from Joe Sturgeuss. Note the buttons he steals from Joe, comes back to haunt him in the very future when he wears it as a necklace... it eventually breaks during that fight with the cannibal because he had turned good (since he met Halle). Huge karma scene there. Also, note that each character (except the super evil ones like Hugo Weaving and the British dude) has that ONE character they meet that change their lives. It's always the same pairing. Joe and asian girl. Hanks and Berry. Young composer and Sexton. Speaking of the young composer, in every life he always has an affair of some sort with the old composer in every life. And the reason Halle knew about the Cloud Atlas sonnet was because she was in that very house it was made in her old life. The part where she turned into a white girl, she never met Tony Hanks in that life so therefore she lived as an unhappy cheating housewife with the old composer (I believe his name was Vivian). The old composer by the way was always on a path of excellence and knowledge. Authoring and composing music. Also note the connection of the storylines. Without the author's huge hit that turned into a movie, the genetic girl in Neosoul would have never had a b**** fit when that one customer was abusing her. It got that storyline going. Also, the asian girl path in all her lives was to always play a key cog and change history just by becoming 'visible' and standing up for what she believes in. I also loved the love story between her and Joe... I liked the quote about "opening doors". The black guy who helps Halle fight Hugo Weaving was always a political/rebellious leader type. I'm sure I'm missing some more... One of the best movies of all-time. period.
I had no qualms about the acting, not saying it was spectacular but to say it was awful? That's just strange. This is a movie for major film buffs. Not everyone will appreciate it. But this movie basically made a tribute to many great films in film history. It's great. Easily in my top 10 all-time.
Yeah I'm not too convinced, I consider myself a film buff but everyone I know who's film opinion I trust hasn't liked it all too much. Roger Ebert is hit or miss for me, but I do like him, so I'll probably watch it eventually.
That's fine. I respect their opinion. It's too bad they can't like this movie. But I suggest to you to see it first before you make judgments like this is bad because other people said so. Honestly I think many people are turned off because the story's fast, you don't get to understand everything quickly, and nothing's spoonfed to you. Many audiences these days have a short attention span.
Damn, I would like to talk to those people you know who claim they are "film buffs". I would understand casual movie goers not liking this movie, but people who have seen over 10000 films like me not appreciating Cloud Atlas? It's weird. This is the only movie this year that made me feel satisfied. Almost everything out there is cliche. Although I am waiting for Django Unchained too, hope that one meets my expectations.
