A large number of shots in the mainland version of the cloud map have been deleted, from the important dialogues of the characters to the plot connecting the preceding with the following, which makes many viewers unable to understand. Because the cloud picture is adapted from a heavyweight novel, the plot is very complicated and heavy, interspersed with six short stories for the audience to understand. Secondly, the core is too abstruse, belonging to the core of the East and the outer skin of the West. Although the mainland audience can understand part of the spirit, they can't feel the same. Cloud pictures are masterpieces in the history of movies. The six leading actors are all top actors, holding works with very good reputation, but even this failed to save the box office of Cloud Map, which is very regrettable.

The novel Cloud Map, a 38-minute important shot cut, has always wanted to be made into a movie since its publication, but most people think it is a hot potato. Although the word of mouth is very good, the plot is too brain-burning. So the unedited version is hard to understand, and what's worse, the mainland version deleted an important 38 minutes? According to the contrast, most of the deleted scenes are in the first half, with dialogues between characters and coherent plots about plot development, which can understand why many viewers can't understand from the front. Word of mouth said that Cloud Map was ugly or foggy, which finally affected the box office of this movie.

Complexity of Six Stories This film turns six stories in the novel into six short films, which is similar to the audience watching six seemingly unrelated short films in one film, and finally connecting the plots of the six films through analysis. This is a very hard and huge workload. Each story lasts an average of half an hour. The director is very tired in order to make the audience understand and let the actors integrate into the plot with the same appearance and different identities. After watching the cloud picture, the audience should not only analyze and understand, but also clarify the role of each actor, which will naturally make them feel ugly.

The core level is too high. The core of this film is similar to the reincarnation of the East. People in different times are doing the same thing, but the overall style is western, so the audience can understand the sublimation of some plots but not the details. Although Cloud Map is a landmark film, it is high and low from the deep core to the complex narrative mode and then to the deletion, which leads to its very bad box office in the mainland.