Cloud Atlas is an overlooked masterpiece (AND PURE KINO)

[@ngoma]

Cloud Atlas is my favorite movie of all the time.

[@zzzork]

This is the best review I've seen so far on KZbin, every other review is like "cloud atlas is epic, it's ambitious, it's bold" and no one talks about actually why this is such a great example of cinema well done

[@ArthurAugustyn]

Thank you so much! I am glad you feel I did the movie justice - as someone who likes it just as much as I do. It's definitely worth more than a platitude and a very special film. Happy you enjoyed the video and have chosen to subscribe.

[@PacDork]

It’s a crime that this wasn’t at least nominated for an Academy Award for editing.

[@ArthurAugustyn]

Definitely! People don't appreciate that style of editing because it becomes invisible to you if it's done right. The fact Cloud Atlas is so coherent despite having a ton of stuff going on is a testament to its success in that field. Luckily the oscars paid their own price and no one really cares what they think anymore. Thanks for commenting!

[@PacDork]

@@ArthurAugustyn Yeah, honestly I went to the theater as a goof - thinking it would be as horrible as their last few movies & I’d just make fun of it...but I was fully engaged and felt really touched and it emotionally resonated with me. Each time I rewatch it I’m rewarded with noticing more brilliant technical & story aspects. It’s amazing how each story has a specific tone & style, yet the overall piece remains consistent. There will even be a piece of dialog in one story that then cuts to a relevant visual in another....truly amazing.

[@whatdothlife4660]

I read the book after seeing the movie twice and I feel like the Wachowskis did a fantastic job adapting the book while also making it their own. The passion put into this project makes it so engrossing for me and it's probably my favorite Tom Hanks performance.

[@xXxweisvonixXx]

I'm amazed how you not even once mentioned Tom Tykwer, who directed three of the six stories.

[@kurtwicklund8901]

I was blown away the first time I watched this. I was amazed and delighted such an imaginative, unconventional was actually made. No cookie cutter film this.

[@karidennis6154]

Absolutely, and i enjoyed it even more the second and third time i saw it, just a beautiful film, haunting even.

[@roguehy]

I’ve seen this film so many times. Each time I catch more details and unravel more meaning

[@htb123]

This is one of my all time favourite movies, just brilliantly done and very underrated. Loved how many characters and story lines with so few actors.

[@Ryan-ws3yf]

I will admit that when I first saw this movie, I wasn't feeling it. I was lost and confused and my mind practically gave up less than halfway through. I will say now, without ANY hesitation, this is hands down, without a doubt, one of the best movies of all time. Definitely in my top 5. It took me more than one viewing but the more I watched it, the more it opened my mind and amazed me. Today I could not put a number on how many times I've rewatched this film and I've also read the book multiple times. We NEED more movies like this. We NEED more movies that make people think and don't just shove action and CGI down our throats. Now don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with movies like that from time to time but we need more inspirational and thought-provoking art.

[@veronicagross7458]

I love this movie, is criminaly underrated... even the OST is amazing. And what they did with the cast... it just blows my mind.

[@ArthurAugustyn]

Just when you think you've found all the hidden gems... Cloud Atlas emerges. Thanks so much for commenting!

[@Batbird74]

I could not agree more; this movie has changed my life. Seriously! Everything is connected ❤

[@mediumjohnsilver]

Great analysis, well thought out. When I first saw this film, I was so engrossed, I didn’t want to blink. Although it has been overlooked by The Academy, I really feel that it will be regarded as the Citizen Kane of the 21st century. One theme that struck me strongly was made clear in a character’s assertion that “the meek are meat; the rest do eat”. The film shows how evil stems from those to regard people as expendable tokens, a means to an end, and feel that their suffering is irrelevant.

[@ArthurAugustyn]

Yeah I saw that a lot in line with the imprisonment theme. There is a dynamic of the rulers and the ruled that affects the psyche of both. Quite literally in the cannibalism story.

[@jon6046]

10:12 "You get a WEAVING between all six stories in multiple ways."

[@ArthurAugustyn]

Lol I didn't even notice that.

[@zciliyafilms5508]

One of these days I'm going to make the case that you're missing it on Jupiter Ascending. I know I'm way, way in the minority here, but the only reason I put it below Cloud Atlas is that the latter is so next level that I still get overwhelmed by it. I'm not ready to make it right now, but if you're willing to listen, I'm going to be making my case for it maybe not too long from now. "But I think that most of the problem is that people are kinda dumb." OMG, thank you for saying this, and I never thought I would agree with that. But that's really what this is. This movie was literally life transformative for me, in that watching it set off a chain of events for me that saw my whole family literally moving half way across the nation a year later and going on this type of vision quest, or maybe hero's journey. It's so brilliant on so many levels that no matter how many times I watch it, the next time I get tidal waves of new meaning. People just mostly right now aren't interested in decoding a movie this densely packed with meaning. It drives me crazy, because there's so many incredible movies out there that no one is seeing. Gabriel. Blueberry (or "Renegade" in the US). You want tonal consistency? Watch The Salton Sea. It goes all over the place but then you realize that that was the whole point. I love films where you can sense that every frame you're watching was included in there for a reason. It's what I love about The Matrix, and I can think of so many films that fit this description. It's such a tragedy that people don't realize what they're missing, and I hope it doesn't mean the death of such films, because we need them now more than ever. Last item: check out the video essay about this film on the channel "Like Stories of Old". I'll just link it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqivgWlom7Frac0 . They have a phenomenal thesis about this film. That really is a channel that anyone interested in movie analysis should subscribe to. Their videos are as beautiful as the movies they talk about. Excellent work, will definitely see what else you have to say. I'll get back to you on Jupiter.

[@bensilver28]

I love LSO channel. 👍👍👍

[@rocsalt956]

Just watched Cloud Atlas last night! Been thinking about it all morning, so I hopped on KZbin for some analysis. Happy I hopped on your channel.. great job!

[@Rebslager]

I think I have seen this movie 6 times.... 1st time in the cinema. There is so many stories in the stories..... I don't think I found anything new in my last watch, but in the first 5 I found some new details. Another thing about this movie, is, the 6 time linies are made in 6 different genres as I see it. The major reason why alot of people don't like it, is the fact, you need to be focused when you watch it... If you miss parts of the movie you miss some of the understanding... It is a movie where you can't talk to your friends when you watch it... it is a very concentrated way of watching a movie.... I have heard several people say "I didn't noticed they meet again and again in the different time lines..." ... and I go WTF they even hint it in words in the movie... and what part of "Everything is connected" don't people understand? It is one of my favorit movies for sure.

[@kevankwok01]

People who don't have the attention to span to comprehend it's courage and interconnection won't like it. The way the movie was inspired itself shows how everything is interconnected.

[@sandrahatherley2184]

Read the book!

[@angelagraves865]

Cloud Atlas is brilliant and I really enjoyed listening to what you had to say about it. You're very insightful and articulate.

[@ArthurAugustyn]

Thank you so much! Glad you liked the video. It’s a real gem of a film.

[@moonkinx]

There are many movies I loved but when asked what is my favourite movie this will always be the one.

[@theoneandonly5236]

One of my top ten movies for me.

[@ArthurAugustyn]

Absolutely deserves it. Thanks for commenting!

[@dowdallerno1]

Correct answer, Cloud Atlas is a masterpiece.

[@ArthurAugustyn]

Definitely! Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for commenting.

[@shoediishgunner1718]

Wow! Thank you 😊 whenever I try to show my family and friends this movie, they get bored....I’ve watched this movie alone so many times and I’m still learning, thank you for breaking down this movie....too bad my friends and family are missing out because they have a short attention span 😂

[@TheWaltm]

My wife hates this film! But I love it. especially the toward the end when Robert's suicide happens I just cry, what else can be said?

[@leelawler884]

It's definitely the sort of film you either love or hate. I absolutely love it for the nuances and themes running through it, but the rest of my family don't understand the appeal it has for me.

[@juancarlosvelasquez9172]

Great review!! Keep up the good work my friend

[@EstebanGunn]

The first time I saw this movie I knew it was a masterpiece and one of those movies I wouldn't shut up about when asking my friends if they'd seen it yet.

[@awr2217]

Hi, Thank you for this review. I agree with everything you said. Cloud Atlas is a master piece of science fiction. Truly one of the greatest movies experiences I have ever had. I left the theatre knowing I just watched my favorite film of all time. Each segment, and there are six, could have been a seperate film. Many times I didn't know which actor was portraying which part because the acting and makeup is that good. Thanks

[@ShaneMichealCupp]

Love the movie and I think this is one of the rare cases where the film is actually superior to the book because without the visual assistance the book has a harder time illustrating it’s themes, although it’s still very good.

[@trvst5938]

Sometimes it feels as though the concepts are part of a larger body of work. Abstract notions from future generations, and we can’t exactly make sense of them yet. Not enough people have written on it, acknowledged it.

[@twisted2path]

Thank you for this thorough analysis

[@kimberlygabaldon3260]

I wouldn't be too hard on Tom Hanks' character in the post-apocolyptic storyline, (Zachary). He might seem cowardly, at first, but what you have to remember is that, in the book, Zachary was only 13 years old.

[@ArthurAugustyn]

Oh I never knew this. Interesting change.

[@karidennis6154]

Agree with you completely, people are so used to movies spoon feeding them everything, nothing can be implied because they won’t get it and they come across as stupid. Are they stupid though or just mentally lazy?

[@rachelrawr6374]

You missed that Timothy Cavendish ends up with an unpublished version of "half lives" which is about the 70s plot and written by Javier

[@bensilver28]

I love Cloud Atlas and your review made me appreciate it more. Thank you.

[@ArthurAugustyn]

I'm so glad! Happy to be of service.

[@joshgilman3524]

Incredible review. This made me want to rewatch this movie immediately and also read the book. Looking forward to watching the rest of your videos 👍

[@ArthurAugustyn]

Thanks so much! Be sure to subscribe, I have a Spirited Away video coming soon.

[@mrjonsey]

Cloud Atlas is a movie for patient viewers.

[@Mahrimae]

Glad this film getting some love here. It’s easily my favorite film since it came out and is actually better than the book but only because the visual and auditory medium confers advantages for showing even more interweaving than can the written word alone. And the book is beautifully written. So… between this commentary and one other by Like Stories of Old there’s a lot to say about why this work was so satisfying.

[@SnakeEyes36]

One of the best movies I've EVER seen! The dystopian theme is like the book of Eli!

[@Chacarruna]

Awesome review, very analytical in the good sense of the word. There is only another movie I have seen as many times as Cloud Atlas, Blade Runner, I never get tired of seeing them from time to time. I think both have a superb poignant aftertaste. Thank you for the reviewing.

[@ArthurAugustyn]

I appreciate the kind words! I wish I could get into the original Blade Runner, but I think I may have seen one of the lesser versions and it never really worked for me. I did enjoy 2049 though. Thank you so much for commenting!

[@nancimcgonagle1859]

Great review vive watched the movie many times and have read the book. Another theme that comes across to me, that counterpoints the love theme is the theme of predation. For each of the loves, there is an idea of some of the many ways we prey on one another.

[@andyec-fp7cc]

how do you make a 20min review of this amazing movie and not even mention Tom tykwer?! he is just as important and essential to how incredible this cloud atlas turned out as the twins... he deserves an equal amt. of accolades, considering 2 of the 6 featurettes were filmed by him(each director filmed 2 parts, fwiw) a full 1/3 of cloud atlas.... imo, tykwer is as talented a director as each of the wachowskis, having helmed the only foreign language movie I've had any desire to view multiple times in, run Lola run, for example... cool tho, that you highlighted this film nonetheless and the brilliance thereof, so more ppl end up viewing cloud atlas... because this movie deserves as many to see and experience it as possible for sure. anyways, cheers man.

[@Mister__Jey]

Right Tom Hanks alao has some kind of affinity with Germany and has already made several films with Tom Tykwer. I have no idea what the connection is. But I think e.g. A hologram for the king, now the movie wasn't that great.

[@tonybuckley6413]

it went way over a lot a people’s heads but what an excellent film , very ambitious , so much too it

[@juliusrichterl8948]

Cloud Atlas is one of my favourite movies, and it´s nice to see when people appreciate it. I would have said great review, but did you leave out Tom Tykwer on purpose? I mean I love it when people praise the Wachowskis, because they are great, and I love their work, but here they´re still only half of the team (or maybe you mentioned him somewhere and I didn´t catch it...then sorry)

[@ArthurAugustyn]

Hey I appreciate the kind words! I am not hip to the extent of Tykwer's involvement, so definitely not "on purpose." I'll have to look into it more! Thanks for the tip.

[@lgsturgilljr5580]

@@ArthurAugustyn Tom Twyker was also a director, he directed half of the time periods, while the Wachowskis directed the other half together.

[@infinitetanner]

This film changed me as a person

[@D.E._Sarcarean]

I liked this version of the movie a lot, but the version with Jerry Smith in the lead role is the best.

[@quirkafleeg3959]

I am a huge David Mitchell fan, and a huge fan of Cloud Atlas the book. I read and loved the book first, and then watched the film. As much as individual scenes were wonderful realisations of the book, I found it to fall massively short of the book simply because of how much was missing. It removed huge chunks of the book (and removes an entire plot twist from the end of the Sonmi storyline), so I found myself disappointed in comparison to my beloved book

[@ArthurAugustyn]

I haven’t read the book but I’m told this is a classic “good, but different” adaptation. The book I guess focuses on the concept of things as a “prison” and breaking out of those. The movie doesn’t really have that but it’s got other stuff going on.

[@ericgabrielbautistajaimes9187]

Yo have a New subscriptor

[@jordandimitrov9164]

12:18 people are ...... this answer a lot . i watch this film 3 times at cinema and i remember clearly i go every time with different friends and every time i was confuse they cant got it . i was amaze from first time . i remember crying like 25-30min and was touched like no other film before or to be hones very few times in my life and i love cinema and go often . for me this film is like a roller-coaster . from start to end . almost everything in one film . i also like Jupiter and i think is not that bad but i think there studio intervention made it worst not the sisters :"_)

[@ArthurAugustyn]

Totally! I liked this movie the first time I saw it. It had a big impact. Glad you enjoyed the review! I wish I had enough optimism to believe Jupiter Ascending could be good - hah. I still give the Wachowskis a free pass for whatever project they work on next. Maybe their next thing is what returns them to form. Thanks for commenting!

[@Rebslager]

I watched it with 2 of my friend in the cinema... 1 loved it like me... the other didn't get it at all and didn't understand the discusion I had with the one who understood it.

[@jordandimitrov9164]

@@Rebslager similar thing. i go 3 times and every time with some one else and not many of my friends got it.. strange ?

[@Knuhben]

My life has not changed even a little. The story was alright, but far away from groundbreaking. Acting was top-notch, no doubt about that.

[@komyoun412]

revolution, not liberalism

[@aj.9049]

Since when is it pronouced Wi "Kow" skies??

[@MooseMeus]

you dont like forrest gump?

[@ArthurAugustyn]

Yeah not really. It’s too sugary for me. Nothing wrong with how it’s made just not my thing.

[@djsaeg]

too inteligent for the average crowd if you belive in the oscars and grammys you still belive in santaclaus art has no boundaries or rating is a spiritual connection

[@HurricaneJD]

The moment you said that beautiful mind and Forrest Gump were bad movies I knew at that moment that you didn't know what the hell you were talking about..... lata

[@ArthurAugustyn]

Enjoy having your opinions told to you by others.

[@Sujowi]

The book is better… of course. And makes the confusion clearer.

[@nopants4259]

Excellent film , modern viewers are too brain dead to get it

[@danielbalboni6804]

I will be the naysayer, imo, one of the worst movies I have ever seen. They would have done better to cut back on the number of storylines as it was nearly a three hour movie, but for me, they did not spend enough time with one story/timeline for me to be invested. They should have stuck to three or four storyline in order to build up an invest in the characters as they carry over....but that'd just me.

[@ArthurAugustyn]

I think “one of the worst movies I have ever seen” and “they should’ve focused more on specific characters” suggests it was just overwhelming and not bad. Many people disliked it in their first viewing and enjoyed it more a second time around. That’d be my recommendation.

[@gonjasensai2]

Other than the gay stuff, great movie.

[@V8RacerGT]

Nonsene

[@lutrueson9000]

A good well made movie but an awful example of the book and terrible example of a religious belief of reincarnation, funny they had to put that silly Birthmark that looked like a scar that was to show the dumb audience the concept because they could not possibly figure it out. 😂

[@lutrueson9000]

Also this whole movie was more of a show case for acting ability more than an actual movie

[@atomatlas5595]

I'm actually not a human being.

[@joerogan5592]

Need to re-edit that definition of liberalism. To be a liberal in 2021 means to punish anyone who opposes your opinion. And this is coming from a former liberal 👍

[@ArthurAugustyn]

I wouldn't associate self-described political labels like "liberal" with a defined moral philosophy called "liberalism," but I understand your point. Thanks for commenting!

[@joerogan5592]

@@ArthurAugustyn where do you think the "label" I just described derives from dum dum❔ the political partys philosophy IS THE PHILOSOPHY. lol. So whether a political view or a "philosophy", it is still just a pretentious, self-important group of people who think they are the morality police of the world. Thanks for replying 🇺🇲

[@shoediishgunner1718]

Joe rogan???!!!!WTF??!!!!! 😂

[@komyoun412]

he should have said "revolution".

[@TheShredworthy]

@@joerogan5592 Who's missing the point here.......who's trying to actually argue the points and not get hung up forcing a bullshit semantic argument.

[@UncleMort]

No no no, left leaning politics is the belief than society can be better if you can control the thoughts and actions of every human.

[@djoneforever]

Decent movie, but too racist