Review of Cloud Atlas (2012) by N0Rthwind — 10 Jan 2014

I GIVE THIS A 8.5 BUT IT GETS AN EXTRA 0.5 TO COUNTERBALANCE ALL THE HATE.

I won't go over the same things again: people have gone over the multiple storylines, unconventional timeline and mind boggling plot numerous times.

I will instead answer their accusations/praises:

-Is it beautiful? Yes, yes it is.

-Is it strange? Probably the weirdest movie out there.

-Is it meaningful? In the first hour, NO. After you watch the whole of it AND PAY ATTENTION, it's life changing. At least for me.

-Is it well executed? YES. Many people would say no, but the movie achieves its goal perfectly if you give it a chance. Now, if some want it to say something else than it intends to, that's their problem. However the storyline(s) interweave and function like a clockwork.

-Is it funny? Well. Hm. It has some funny moments as well.

-Is it dramatic then? This movie is not a drama. Nor a comedy. Nor science fiction. Nor action. Nor a love story. It's basically all of them combined. But in the end, my heart was swelling with emotion, I wanted to laugh, to cry and I felt connected to the world. Not in a heroic or villain way, but through the resonance of our actions. Which was exactly what the movie is trying to say: whatever you do, it changes the world. It doesn't say "be good" or "be bad". It just shows you how our present is the way it is, because of people that lived in the past.

In conclusion, I think this movie is a must see. It broadens the mind.

Now, some may not like it. Racists, homophobes, conservatives perhaps?

In any case though, it deserves more than a 5, and whoever gives this a 0 is (frankly) an idiot.

Way too much thought has been put into this to be reduced to a 0 (what do you give these crap-movies then? -19? People click that 0 way too easily.).

All in all, it has changed at least one human's way of thinking (mine) and for that alone it's remarkable.