A brave film, which I fear is doomed at the box office.

Rating: 7/10 (30 December 2012)

Cloud Atlas is a brave project and kudos to all those involved. The acting is top rated, as are the effects and the whole film is engaging but I fear its doomed to fail. Mainly because of the attention span of the average cinema customer. In these days of fast editing and smash cuts, it seems that if something does not happen every 3 minutes that people will lose interest.
Its a sad fact that a large percentage of people who this film is targeted at will either ,not be able to sit through the long running time, without texting to all the people they know that they're bored or be able to understand it. I myself found the first 30 minutes hard to concentrate on, mainly because of the dis-jointed nature but stuck with it and found it an enjoyable and touching film. I do know people who would have just given up after the first 20 minutes as its a little hard work , more fool them.
I hope it does go on to get the attention it deserves but I do fear that it is doomed to fail.