It's hard to even begin saying what is wrong with Cloud Atlas because there is so much inherently wrong with it

Rating: 2/10 (20 February 2013)

So then, where to begin with this? Cloud Atlas, the new Tom Tykwer/Wachowski's film adapted from David Mitchell's massively successful novel of the same name; an ambitious, time-traveling epic narrative on fate and history.
Many suggested on hearing of this film's production that it couldn't be done, and to cut to the chase (something the film could learn from) it turns out it can't.
How a near three-hour film can be so rushed and unfocused that it seems to properly adapt this it would need to be a TV series, except LOST has already been and gone and people had a lot more patience with that.
As much of an open-mind that I tried to keep with Cloud Atlas, I felt my resistance to it being slowly worn down as we switched from one exotic time zone and location to another with no real purpose or abandon, hackneyed meaning forced upon me followed by terribly base humor and unnecessary ultra-violence.
It's hard to even begin saying what is wrong with Cloud Atlas because there is so much inherently wrong with it, it's a fairly overwhelming task; much more consuming then actually attempting to watch the thing.
It would perhaps be best to start with the few positives I can find in it... www.ravechild.co.uk