Cloud Atlas, 2012 - ★★★

Cloud Atlas, 2012 - ★★★
REVIEWED

"Ain't no blade can protect you from the True-True..."

Old Georgie (Hugo Weaving)

So the Wachowski's (with aid from Tom Tykwer) finally serve up their new dish minus meat and two veg, and for most part its pure nonsensical self indulgence, but at least its visually rewarding self indulgence. Its a cee gee eye/costume heavy, fantasy morality pantomime. With the simplistic Buddhist message that a selfless kind act can be as important to the grand scale of things than a vicious one, ohh and love never dies. But its drawn out over six stories in six timelines and what felt like several hours.

"Soylent Green are people!"

Timothy Cavendish (Jim Broadbent)

I don't want to be malicious, because its very good in parts, and the Wacko's offer heaps of colour and variety to cinema. Even though I didn't overly like it myself, I'll give it credit for at least trying to do its own thing in a unique way. Typically Wachowski's pay a massive nod to their love of anime, and the future Seoul setting was arguably the best timeline. It was my personal favorite until Neo popped up and it turned into a videogame cutscene. My key problem though was the twee concept of the same actors surfacing again in different guises wore thin fast. I wanted it to just tell its story not force me to play a really fuckin' expensive version of 'Wheres Wally' (or 'WHICH ONES WALLY' in this case).

Originally taken from Letterboxd