I find it funny, that in 2012, they can't use technology to make it possible for a group of people to be spread all over the world and do a commentary. I mean, they did it on The Fugitive if I recall. Tommy Lee was in one place and the director another. They talked over something way back in the...
My wife and I saw it theatrically and loved it from the beginning. It's been a few years since we've seen it, but we've watched it many times since we saw it in the theater. We'll have to upgrade to be Blu Ray in the near future.
I totally agree with RAH, my wife and I were going to go see a movie while our daughter went to a friends house and I couldn't find anything that started at the right time and was anything I wanted to see. But then I came across Cloud Atlas, I had honestly never heard of it, which is weird...
I have the bootleg edition, and for me I don't see why I would ever want the theatrical edition. I love the BE so much more, and never watch the theatrical edition.