Monday, January 7, 2013

Cloud Atlas


Movie: Cloud Atlas
Genre: I have no idea
Synopsis: The movie has an all-star cast that includes: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, James D’Arcy, Susan Sarandon, and Hugh Grant.  Many of the actors have up to six different roles. The movie jumps from slavery days to a distant future.

My two cents: This movie lost me pretty quickly.  I would have been better off just viewing it as 5 or 6 short films rather than trying to understand how they were supposed to fit together.  What I did enjoy weas seeing the range of roles the actors had.  For instance – in one part of the movie Huigh Grant plays the maniacal leader of a band of pillaging barbarians.  I know this movie has been widely acclaimed my critics – but I just did not get it.  About 45 minutes into it friend turned to me an asked “Do you have any idea what is going on”.  My answer was “not a clue”.

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