Film; Poetry and Rhythm

I think poetry and rhythm are what separates good films from great films. Watching "Akira" now and marveling at the structure and pacing , granted it is a masterpiece, considered the very best in it's genre. But the reason I dig film as an artistic medium is it's the culmination of multiple art forms, acting, editing, directing, sometimes dance, painting, and a variety of other things that come together in one final product and if all the pieces fit, than that indeed is something to marvel at.  That's probably why a movie like "Cloud Atlas" had me so enveloped because it moves like poetry and took a great risk and great effort to pull off and for my money's worth the pieces fit. I think subconsciously this is why people get enraptured with great epic film. They aren't just great stories, they're great poetry, great opera, great parable, great escapism and when done right all the things that nourish the senses and intellect.