Having foolishly chosen to seen this on a regular sized cinema screen I'm now definitely going to have to go again and see it at the IMAX. Although I enjoyed the heck out of it, it's more of a roller coaster ride in space than it is movie.

Absolutely with you on that. Hiddleston is fantastic, but his extra stuff is crowbarred in to the detriment of Eccleston and the story itself.

I'd edge it up to a straight B. It's light on its feet, quite funny, and it has Tom Hiddleston. On the other hand: Eccleston has been almost entirely edited out of the film, Hemsworth has very little to do, and the MacGuffins are irksome.

I was using it more as a shorthand, as car racing (all car racing) has never interested me. But yes, you're right. They do loops rather than circles.

I was actually really taken with this. Maybe I just want expecting much from Ron Howard after 'The Dilemma', 'The Da Vinci Code', and 'Angels and Demons', but I thought 'Rush' was thrilling. And this is coming from someone who is seriously indifferent to cars going around in circles, really really fast.

Hmmm… I think there's been a slight misunderstanding.

I mostly enjoyed it whilst it was on, but at times it felt more like a drama than a comedy. Not necessarily a problem except that that's what the marketing has focused on. It also rehashes a lot of the themes from Shaun of the Dead; so much so that it almost feels like a stealth remake. Or, to put it in visual terms:

Have you read io9's review/Q&A dissecting the film? It's well worth a read. You find yourself liking the film less and less as you read it - which is a shame as it isn't all bad, as I think we agree - but io9's points are all spot on. Even the credits scene is taken apart:

I'd say a 'B' rating is about right. I found it reasonably entertaining for the first 70-minutes. Then it carried on for another 50-minutes. James Mangold had a better handle on the action then I was expecting, and that's definitely the main reason to watch it because the plot is utterly nonsensical. To put that in…

It should have been animated. It would have cost a lot less, and the performances (and the writing) would suddenly make sense.

Before the film started there was a 5-minute clip from Monster's University at which I laughed louder and more consistently than in the entirety of 'DM2'.

Not sure what you mean. Celine doesn't have any children in the second film, nor is she pregnant. Why would the moppets be biologically hers but not Jesse's? In 'Before Midnight' the children are 7, and 9 years have passed since 'Sunset', so who else would be the father?

I think each film improves on the last. The added baggage they accrue over the films makes things much more interesting. The first film is good, but it's in 'Before Sunset' that it really gets going.

Possibly due to having nil expectations I came out thinking it was kinda//sorta/mostly okay-ish. Most of the film's problems are down to the heavily rewritten, and still very problematic third act, and the casting of Brad Pitt. I believe the following doodle covers the Pitt issue nicely:

I concur. Most interesting thing they've released in a fair spell.

I kept away from 'Cloud Atlas' because of the seriously mixed reviews. Now I've finally caught up with it I do understand why its split opinion right down the middle, but what it does well greatly outweighs the points where it falters. It's well worth a look, should you have been steering clear of it as I had.

I kept away from 'Cloud Atlas' because of the seriously mixed reviews. Now I've finally caught up with it I do understand why its split opinion right down the middle, but what it does well greatly outweighs the points where it falters. It's well worth a look, should you have been steering clear of it as I had.

Saw it at a drive-in theatre. There was more tension in whether or not the rain would keep away.

The critics swooning over this film (it got released in the cinema here (here being Britain)) raised my expectations a tad too high. It's decent, but I've always felt Soderbergh is just a very competent journeyman director. That being said, Rob Lowe's strained face is worth the price of the entry fee alone.

I thought the tone was judged just right. And Cape Town as Megacity 1 is actually a rather good fit.