Epic, minus Hugh Grant

Rating: 9/10 (17 January 2019)

28 October 2012. Besides Hugh Grant, this movie appears to have made its mark on a movie for the ages. The grand themes, the raw violence, the intensity of love and hate, even humor, Cloud Atlas has the makings of a memorable movie the captures the essence of the visual/oral storytelling essence of film. Tom Hanks retains his The Ladykillers (2004), Cast Away (2000), The Terminal (2004) personas, but unfortunately for Hugh Grant, his usual typecast persona as Hugh Grant was left essential untouched in his most prominent role in the movie as the corporate heavy that broke the film magic of his scenes. Nevertheless, this Bladerunner (1982), Matrix (1999), Soylent Green (1973), Gamer (2009) tinged, Apocalypto (2006) primitive adventure, follow up to SlaughterHouse-Five (1972) and The Fountain (2006) age-spanning, Cocoon (1985) generational playfulness, The Demolition Man (1993) futuristic lingual twang and The Air I Breathe (2007) on steroids, Inception (201) editing frenzy brings together a culmination of cinema much like Avatar (2009) took film animation in a distinctively elevated level.