I liked "Cloud Atlas". It's didn't exactly knock my socks off but was entertaining. Most of it is about reincarnation or repeating patterns that play out. It is certainly a visual thrill, especially the city of Neo Seoul. The Wachowskis and Tom Tykwer made for a suitable production team. We get some good performances from A-list actors such a Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent and Hugo Weaving. They get to play multiple roles in this film as do some other well known actors. At 2 hours and 44 minutes it may be a little hard on the bladder and I kept looking for the pause button.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371111/ I haven't read the book. The auditorium probably had a bout 20 people for the matinee thought the parking lot was full but that was probably for the Bond movie. Check it out if you get a chance. It's another Warner Brothers film so we won't see it on DVD/BD or streaming for a while. Then last evening was the premier of "The Untold History of the United States" by Oliver Stone. This is an interesting series but I think he could have dug a little deeper. He did credit in the first episode the Soviet Union for actually winning WWII instead of the US and makes a good case for it (as do many historians). Bet many of you didn't know that Henry Wallace, FDR's VP was sort of a New Age guy. Since Turq didn't keep on watching "Revolution" and I have, they are showing why the power outage occurred and what those little pendants have to do with it. So we don't have to wait until the final season (if there ever is one) to find out. I think the series is a little too "Civil Warish", in that it looks like times went back to the 1860s. I would have used war torn Bosnia as a model for what happens in the 21st century when things fall apart. I also wonder if there isn't a little tug-a-war between series creator Eric Kripke and JJ Abrahams who definitely what different ideas about producing a TV series. I wonder if it had more of the humor of "Supernatural" or "X-Files" which Kripke was involved in that it might be more successful. After all a post apocalyptic dark comedy code be something different.
