Perhaps it takes that you’re a bit nerdy like me to fully appreciate it. It makes me a little sad to see that even if it opened only recently in Sweden, it’s not in top 10, and I’ve got the feeling that it’s not likely to rise. It was a big visual, audible and intellectual adventure and I didn’t want to miss out a second of it. Not once did I feel close to falling asleep. But as opposed to for instance The Tree of Life, the storytelling within each segment is clearer, which made it easier for me to become involved and engaged. There’s a sense of cosmic mystery no one is pointing on your nose what the meaning of all this is and how everything is connected, apart from that it’s the same actors in different make-ups. I’ve seen it compared to Terrence Malick, an association which I think isn’t completely out of place. This is very big, very bold and very beautiful. If you ask me to pick a side, I’m on the side of the fans. Unless you’d eaten one of the pills in Limitless, it seems like an overwhelming task and just too much for one person to deal with. During its almost three hours long running time it moves effortless in time and space, to the past and the future, crossing genres, crossing conventions, crossing genders, crossing the normal rules of narrative in a movie. It’s not one film, it’s seven: six shorts and the invisible magical frame that keeps it together. Well, after watching Cloud Atlas I can see why. So why, just why would you assign three of them? Two is a rarity and three unthinkable, unless you’re a member of some obscure Japanese drumming group. It’s with directors as with drummers: you don’t normally have more than one in your band. When I first heard there were three directors of this movie, I scratched my head. Depending on who you ask, it’s either a triumph or a disaster, but rarely anything between. Or it could be an equally embarrassing failure.Īs they say: the higher you aim the harder you fall.Ĭloud Atlas has divided the audience since it came out. It could be a big, glorious adventure in time and space. I knew as I watched the trailer that Cloud Atlas would be anything but ordinary.

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