Cloud Atlas
2012, Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving, Keith David, Susan Sarandon
This is a really long (almost 3 hrs) and very complicated film. All of the actors portray multiple characters each, over, what? 200 or more years of a story? Fascinating tale of continuing relationships and reincarnation over lifetimes. Despite almost 3 hours of movie, it is never slow, boring, or just fluttering along. There is a LOT here, and to really catch the intricacies required multiple viewings (for me). Or maybe the multiple viewings was just an excuse to re-watch Halle Berry in those 70s hip hugger bell bottom jeans
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I still haven't figured out what that light ray / beacon thingy on the Hawaiian mountain was. I must have missed something in the audio, which the soundtrack kind of consistently made hard to hear, or make out, even at very high volume. Hugo Weaving had a great moment in the film where he channeled his inner Agent Smith perfectly lol.
Pretty spectacular performances by the entire cast. Just tremendous acting. My only complaint, really, is that this was a single movie. There is just so much here that it would have been perfect as a TV mini series of like, three episodes of three hours each, or something along those lines.
9 out of 10