Comments on: Netflix Chief Says 4-Hour Cut Of ‘Cloud Atlas’ “Will Blow You Away”; Wachowskis Doubt They’ll Get Big Studio Budgets Again

By: Reality Check Laffs

Reality Check Laffs — Sat, 26 Dec 2015 19:49:59 +0000

Let’s see. Jupiter Ascending made $183 and cost $176 million. That must be the $7 million you’re referring to? Well, let’s add real world grown up math to that. Lets add a conservative $60 million to market it worldwide (though it prolly cost $60 million to just market in North America). That’s a cost of $236 million. Now in the real world you basically split profit with theaters 50/50. So that’s $118 million against a $176 million cost. Also $47 million domestic for a big blockbuster is pretty pathetic. "100% wrong," lol.

By: Robert

Robert — Sat, 26 Dec 2015 18:44:56 +0000

One thing I would like to mention is that the common comment that Jupiter Ascending tanked is 100% wrong. It made a $7+ million profit, I know thats not the amount the studios like, however movies that have actually tanked or bombed did not make back at least the cost to make a movie. Thanks to China, Japan, and other foreign countries JA did make back the costs to make and promote the film. That said after watching Sense8 I do believe that TV may be the best medium for the Washowski siblings.

By: Allison Alberts

Allison Alberts — Tue, 07 Jul 2015 04:02:17 +0000

Cloud Atlas is an amazing movie and should have been a huge hit. Still my favorite movie ever.

By: Connor

Connor — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 13:29:15 +0000

I\’m going to have to agree with everyone else here. Cloud Atlas is a masterpiece.
I had to watch it twice to understand it, and I had to search around a bit, but now that I do, I realize how good the movie was.

I can\’t wait for the four-hour cut, assuming someone releases it.

By: Connor

Connor — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 13:28:58 +0000

I can\’t wait for the four-hour cut, assuming someone releases it.

By: Dj

Dj — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 02:37:42 +0000

Where\’s the petition? Anyone start one? I\’ll gladly sign! Cloud Atlas was pure beauty it does take a few watches to wrap your mind around, but it\’s SO worth it. It got better to me each time I watched after the theater & it\’s now one of my favorite movies & yup books!

By: Eric M. Van

Eric M. Van — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 04:32:21 +0000

I\’m with those who think the existing cut of Cloud Atlas is a masterpiece; the reason it got such a mixed reaction was that, quite literally, only certain types of brains are neurologically equipped to handle the rapid intercutting of six stories. I\’d kill for a 4-hour version. Straczynski, meanwhile, is the auteur behind the best science fiction in the history of TV; I couldn\’t be more psyched for Sense8.

By: Trajan321

Trajan321 — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 23:32:00 +0000

I believe the 120 feature format has been dead for many years. With the advent of the home theater and streaming media, the distribution format has finally caught up with the scale of the concept and production that technology now allows and many producers embrace. And the financial models are getting in line too thanks to NetFlix. Welcome to the future! The Wachowskis and Straczynski have been there for years. I remember Hour 25.

By: clammer from the east-end

clammer from the east-end — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 18:41:36 +0000

cloud atlas was pure junk wrapped in imaginary synchronicity

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 05:11:15 +0000

If that extended cut of Cloud Atlas ever sees the light of day, I will pay for it immediately.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 03:51:59 +0000

I would immediately buy a bluray 4 hour cut of cloud Atlas. Great movie.

By: Tiny Muha

Tiny Muha — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 20:36:39 +0000

I would LOVE to see a 4-hour cut of Cloud Atlas. Can\’t wait for Sense8.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:59:02 +0000

I liked Cloud Atlas.

By: Tom Siebert

Tom Siebert — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:35:31 +0000

I would pay about $25 to see a 4-hour cut of "Cloud Atlas." Flawed, yes, but brilliant overall and it made me cry with joy at the end. You have to applaud the Wachowskis ambition.

By: Dean

Dean — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:26:49 +0000

I would love to see a 4-hour cut of Cloud Atlas, I\’m still kicking myself for missing it in theaters. I don\’t watch the film too often but when I do, I\’m always blown away.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 17:21:46 +0000

Also loved Cloud Atlas and really wish the longer cut will pop up one day.

By: Tina

Tina — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:34:24 +0000

yes!

By: lulu

lulu — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 15:18:48 +0000

It may have received negative press, and not have made the bucks, but it has to be noted that a movie receiving over thirty comments, over a year since it\’s release is a mark to be reckoned with.

By: Brown

Brown — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 13:30:29 +0000

Cloud Atlas was simply one of the most amazing movies I have ever seen. And I would love to see the 4 hours cut they cut!!!

By: Ray (@RaySquirrel)

Ray (@RaySquirrel) — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 07:49:54 +0000

Ray B (does that make me Ray A?) the think with sequels to The Matrix is that the Wachowskis made a series of animated shorts ("The Animatrix") and a video game tie-in ("Enter the Matrix") which told stories which tie into the movies. This was an interesting experiment (it inspired the book "Convergence Culture" by Henery Jenkins) though this left many viewers who did not play the game or watch the anime shorts without vital information. The scene where the Kid tells Neo that he "saved him" that is in "The Animatrix". The scene where Niobe says she spoke with the Oracle, that is in the video game. The 10 minute nightclub shootout, that has a parallel scene in the video game. I\’ve made a personal project out of making two, two-hour edits of the films including the scenes from the anime and the video game.

By: bubbletoes

bubbletoes — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 03:03:56 +0000

Cloud Atlas was amazing. didn\’t know it was theirs. :0

By: Ray B

Ray B — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 02:36:26 +0000

I think the problem stems from after the Matrix, they tried to make a LOTR trilogy and failed, because they tried to stretch out a thin plot thiner. I mean come on 10 minute dance club shot? If they focused on tight story telling than big complex budget for big budget sake they would be good. They have been great at doing things different. I haven\’t written them off yet, unlike M. Knight.

By: Ray (@RaySquirrel)

Ray (@RaySquirrel) — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 01:41:16 +0000

Once I heard they were adapting Cloud Atlas I was hoping that they could just film each story straight and release them as is on the special edition DVD. The same thing Robert Rodriguez did with Frank Miller\’s Sin City. Perhaps Criterion would be willing to release the 4-hour cut on DVD and Blu-Ray.

By: Jobi

Jobi — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 01:37:22 +0000

I\’m sorry…Not having read the book, I had no freaking idea what the heck was going on in Cloud Atlas. It\’s OK if "reading the book" is a prerequisite for the movie, but maybe make that clear going in…

By: Charles

Charles — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 00:20:21 +0000

Yes! I LOVED Cloud Atlas. Seemed to me people just "didn\’t get it" and therefor thought it was crap. Very disappointing. I would love to see a four hour cut of it.