Cloud Atlas

I am one of the few people who enjoyed all 3 Matrix movies. The first one was the best and the third one was a bit too much but the Trilogy was a daring breath of fresh air from the Wachowski Bros. Consider Cloud Atlas the same. I had no idea what I was going to see because the studio marketed the movie poorly so it was not on my top ten movies to go see. When I finally went to see it I had one of the best movie going experiences in 2012. It’s one of those movies where it actually deserves one word praise such as Innovative, Refreshing, Daring, Breakthrough, Great, etc. Mine would be that Cloud Atlas is one of the Best movies of 2012. It breaks the mold of all the movies that are out today.

The story is about an exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.
I tried to figure out the movie from the beginning and I was very frustrated. My advice is to NOT do this and to just enjoy the excellent performances from Tom Hanks and Halle Berry. Everything comes together in Act 3 and you won’t be disappointed. Both Hanks and Halle give their best performance in years and if the person who did the Make-Up does not win an Oscar for this flick then the fix is in.

Verdict:
A movie that you must see on the big screen. This is the movie that Halle should win an Oscar for and not the garbage she starred in with Billy Bob years ago.