Stunning visuals guide you through multiple worlds from our past, present and our future.
Some of the spoken language is so beautifully poetic it is just like listening to a reading of a book and paired with the visuals this film takes on something new - a heightened sensibility that in most films is shot down by the need to provide an action fuelled narrative. Questions about our own mortaility, what do we as humans live for and what is love rise to the surface.
It frustrates me that many people argue that they can't understand it; I think with this film you've just got to run with it. Don't ask too many questions and just accept the different worlds for the way they are.
I would also urge anyone to download the soundtrack to this film. The Cloud Atlas sextet is hauntingly beautiful.
You can't deny the amazing acting that takes place as one actor takes on many roles. In many occasions you are left wondering who played that particular person. The make-up is just so well done.
I think a second watch is definitely in order to have a closer look at the ways all the disparate stories are connected.
The only downside I would point out if one particular character I couldn't seem to believe as much as the rest which was the Vinnie Jones-eque gangster turned author played by Tom Hanks. I just felt his character was a little overdone perhaps.
Also the language spoken by the civilisation from the furthest future away was very confusing to understand and perhaps this hindered my ability to fully comprehend the story.
Other than these small factors I would urge people to watch Cloud Atlas. From the minute I left the cinema I could not stop thinking about it. It is a fresh break away from a conventional narrative and I strongly admire the directors for not being afraid to attempt something different and pull off, what in my opinion is, one of the best films I have encountered in a long time.
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