Literally the best-made movie I have ever seen.

Rating: 10/10 (29 March 2014)

Based on the book by David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas follows the various stories of six different characters as they deal with their problems in different time periods. This is actually the best strength of the movie, as instead of telling a story on it's own, it intertwines them with each other to create a fully fleshed-out world. The main characters are, in order: an 18th century business man who makes friends with a black slave; a bisexual composer who becomes the assistant to a former maestro; a reporter who must foil a hit-man sent to kill her; an elderly publisher confined to a home; a Chinese worker-clone who is freed by a stranger; and a hunter in a post-apocalyptic world who must team up with a futuristic Halle Berry to save the human race. It must be said that the makeup in this movie is beyond amazing, with actors changing appearance or even race. The most amazing of them is Hugo Weaving, who plays an elderly business man, a dark-skinned slave driver, a young assassin, a female nursing home worker (yes, he plays a woman), an Asian government official, and my favourite, Tom Hanks' demonic imaginary friend. Overall, I highly recommend this movie. It's not my favourite movie, but throughout the whole thing, I felt an unrelenting sense of awe. And you might, too.