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    Written October 29, 2012

    Great Movie!

    by x52x58

    I really enjoyed the movie. I read the book(audiobook) a few months ago and was really looking forward to this movie. While they did leave some of my favorite parts out of the book, and did not do it in the same order. It was really enjoyable.

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    Written November 10, 2012

    Cloud Atlas

    by gowithJim12

    A little confused at the very beginning but very quickly really go into it. I loved the stars, the changes in the time line. Excellent acting. I would recommend this movie to everyone!!!!

    • 4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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    Written November 6, 2012

    A Sweeping Tale of Love, Loss and Time

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    Cloud Atlas is not a movie for everyone. It's an epic saga scattered across epochs, steeped in science fiction and the fantastical, a fusion of time, space and alternate realities. In essence, it's a story about rebirth, about lives lived concurrently but at different time periods, a film that takes our concept of time as a linear path and reveals it as circular, as a perception of our unique human biology rather than a universal concept.

    The film weaves in a number of different theories, from theology, technology, birth, death, love, control, chaos; the movie attempts to paint reality as a struggle against nihilism; against the villains of Unanymity and the marauding raiders of the Outlands. The idea that life is an end in and of itself, that ideas and paradigms are crystallization of the human expression, is central to the movie's message.

    Some will find the material too esoteric to grapple with. But for those with whom the message resonates with, it's a rewarding experience.

    • 4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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    Written October 28, 2012

    Muddy, confusing, beautiful to look at.

    by Exploding Cigar

    Movie was a visual treat but it couldn't make up for its meandering, confusing plot. Resolutions were unsatisfying. One story from the movie was entirely ruined by the actors speaking a dialect I can only describe as canjun Yoda.

    Stay home.

    • 5 out of 6 found this review helpful.
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    Written November 4, 2012

    Achieves it's Goal

    by Evansrw

    Cloud Atlas is an extremely ambitious film that, although flawed, still achieves it's goal. The film follows multiple story lines throughout time, thus showing us the repercussions of our actions, and how they affect others, history in general, and our soul's journey (either forward or backward). What I really appreciated is that a multi layered story like this could easily be lost in a sea of abstractions, but the filmmakers help the audience along (mainly using the same actors to follow souls throughout time) so that the message is clear. However, I did not feel spoon fed either; the film leaves you with lots of questions and thoughts that leave you wondering hours afterwards. My only complaints are that some of the sequences are simply hard to believe (new dialects that reminded me of Jar Jar binks). However, overall I was extremely pleased to go a film that was actually thought provoking (a rarity these days).

    • 4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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  • So-so
    Written October 30, 2012

    cloud atas

    by pommedeterre

    cloudy would be a good start. hard to get tom hanks false noses out of my mind. good acting by tom especially the tough guy at the start.
    the futuristic stuff was a little too much costume and not enough substance. the scenes in the
    1800's were much better.
    cool idea in general to link all the connections but except for tom hanks characters, the bad guys stayed bad and didn't seem to evolve. that seemed unlikely.
    didn't like the rip off of Soylent Green. they could have come up with a better idea.

    • 5 out of 6 found this review helpful.
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    Written October 30, 2012

    Hard to follow , but really liked it

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    This is a tough movie to follow, but I really liked it. It really makes you think. Want to see it again. I think a second time will bring more together.

    • 4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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    Written October 29, 2012

    I enjoyed it even more than I expected

    by shanniemac

    To be honest, I was a little put-off by some of the comments made by critics. But wow!!! What an experience! I'm glad I went. Visually stunning to watch and engrossing - the three hours went by quickly.

    • 5 out of 6 found this review helpful.
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  • So-so
    Written November 8, 2012

    Disapointing

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    I have been looking forward to this movie for some time now. I LOVE sci-fi and this cast. This was not well done. It was often difficult to understand what some of the characters were saying. The tried to create a new dialect but it would slip in and out along with the accents. Some of the character make-up was poorly done and distracting. The story lines cut back and forth so quickly that you could really build momentum with all of the story lines or relate to all of the characters. You just didn't feel for many of them. This was a huge miss in a 3 hour movie. One of the story lines was meant to be comic relief I suppose but it felt very immature, disjointed and out of touch with what the overall tone of the film was.

    I kept hoping that there would be some climatic rise at the end. Even that feel flat.

    • 4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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    Written November 6, 2012

    Cloud Atlas is very cloudy

    by glacava1

    This movie is very confusing and hard to follow in the beginning and thourghout the whole movie. If you can last till the end it does come together, However, most people won't bother to sit through it that long.

    • 4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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    Written November 5, 2012

    A Comedy in Disguise...

    by Cindy_moviefan

    I could only tale 2 of the 3 hours - I honestly thought the entire thing was ridiculous. I'm glad some enjoyed it - not too many at the showing I was at did. I admit, I go to the movies for entertainment and I wasn't entertained at all.

    • 5 out of 6 found this review helpful.
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    Written November 2, 2012

    save your money

    by mikesGTO

    The first movie i've walked out of in 5 years.......After an hour and 20 min.into the film and i have no idea whats going on i left. It was like watching 5 different movies that someone cut to pieces and just randomly spliced back to gether.

    • 5 out of 6 found this review helpful.
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    Written October 28, 2012

    Wow!

    by jeffnjudy19

    I wish I could have the 2 hours of my life back that I wasted on this horribly confusing & chaotic movie. They tried too hard...but failed miserably.

    • 4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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    Written October 28, 2012

    Impulsivity

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    The premise of the movie caused me, impulsively, to purchase my ticket; however, I ignored the length of the film. If you can sit through a three hour movie (e.g. Dances with Wolves) then theoretically, you should have no problem making it through this one. I felt a few scenes could have been left on the editing room floor. Be prepared to follow six storylines, and pay close attention. Per ? Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly "six stories over the course of nearly three hours, and most of them would come off as fairly conventional on their own. But when you slice them up, swirl them around, and hold them up to the light, the design of what you're seeing is hypnotic, and it wires you into the film." I was enticed by the cinematography, which led me away from the characters throughout the movie. Someone needs to define scenography vs cinematography for me. Finally, the typography and penmanship during the 1931 scenes were works of art in their own right; they made my heart sing.

    • 4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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  • Must Go!
    Written October 28, 2012

    Cloud Atlas

    by JohnF25

    This is a great movie that works on many levels - as an adventure, as sci-fantasy, as mystery/thriller. And, given all of the roles that each major star plays (and there are lots of them) you will want to see this more than once just to see if you can catch them all on the second go-round. A really enjoyable evening.

    • 4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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emilyjorgs I just watched Cloud Atlas and I'm pretty sure my brain exploded

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fantasticarl just watched cloud atlas, (primarily because of ben wishaw) and found it made less sense than inception. i don't know what to think :/

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joshtaltyyy Cloud atlas was a really good movie and got me thinking.

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A_Atseff8 Cloud Atlas was long and confusing, but in the end the message is truly amazing

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idillun Just watched Cloud Atlas. So good. Such powerful themes! Five stars.

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