Well worth watching

Rating: 7/10 (15 December 2012)

okay i decided before i give my review of the movie Cloud Atlas i would look up the definition of "critic" and here it is. Definition of CRITIC
1 a : one who expresses a reasoned opinion on any matter especially involving a judgement of its value, truth, righteousness, beauty, or technique b : one who engages often professionally in the analysis, evaluation, or appreciation of works of art or artistic performances
2: one given to harsh or captious judgement Origin of CRITIC.
Now as the saying goes "everyones a critic" & its pretty easy to do,its not an art form so lets not pretend it is,its simple, Did you like it or not? Did they(whoever & how many) do a good job or not & so on.
Iv'e ticked the spoiler box just to be on the safe side but i don't think i give anything away.
Iv'e read several reviews of Cloud Atlas by the professionals and as many as i could posted on IMDb before my brain started leaking out of my ears,the majority of reviewers in my opinion seem to be in the 2: category. So many different opinions on what the movie is about,what its trying to convey & so many reviews commenting if you haven't read the book then you have nothing to add about what the story is about & so on & so on. OK i haven't read the book so i can't review that but iv'e watched the movie so i can review that,besides,"not as good as the book" gets boring really quick,what works on paper doesn't always work on screen & even the original author would probably agree that with hindsight he may have done things differently especially if he had any idea someone would eventually spend $100,000,000 making it into a movie. I don't know if the book conveyed that the characters were reincarnations of each other or how the author would have been able to convey that in the book,easy to do in a movie by using the same actors playing different characters in different time periods but that didn't come across to me i think that was just a gimmick (or rather a financial choice)that reviewers have made too big a deal about when they should have concentrated on the glimpsed birthmark,i saw it as each story was linked by the person with the birthmark, as these characters were related through the different relationships legitimate or illegitimate through time. Is this an epic movie?in my opinion no,but it does try,is it an epic story? yes, it spans hundreds of years of course its epic,for me there's just not enough of each story on screen to make it feel like an epic movie so i personally would have liked it to be 4 hours or so long but having said that it is so worth watching. The cinematography,acting,sets the different characters in each story are excellent & very entertaining. For me each story although set in different time periods with different characters all told the same story,the oppressed fighting against the oppressor "i will not be subjected to criminal abuse". Yes i could be wrong but this is how i see the movie,its very good very interesting & yes very different from other movies that are on offer but this is what sets it apart from those other movies not that it is "epic". To all the reviewers that have delved deep into trying to explain Cloud Atlas with big and intelligent explanations-its a movie made by people trying to make money & acted out by people who want to make money its just a movie. To all those reviewers that have been negative & unkind- easy go watch something else. And finally to all those on IMDb arguing & calling each other names & stating someone is unintelligent for not "understanding" the movie- stop it,its silly,even though it is entertaining to read.