I liked Cloud Atlas but got stuck for ages on the central story Sloosha’s Crossin’. It just seemed to lose momentum here and the future language was a bit too Jar Jar Binks for me and felt really clunky.

It did. I have it on DVD from years back and the Tarkovsky version on Blu-Ray.

I like both versions but for different reasons. The Soderberg version has better pacing and connects on an emotional level.

Tarkovsky produced a cold clinical sci-fi masterpiece. Some judicious editing to up the pace a little would have been better though.