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Originally Posted by Roderick Usher

Atonement

This was nominated for best picture? Yes, the acting is solid, the costuming is great, the cinematography and camera are fantastic, the sets and art direction are epic and beautiful. but...

I don't buy it.
Not one beat.
NO ONE would behave as these characters do.
The devices that move the plot forward are ridiculous in the extreme.

Add to this the constant flashbacks that completely destroy all sense of flow and you get a poorly paced, poorly written adaptation of a novel about the misdeeds of a young girl written by an old man who clearly neither empathises with nor seems to even care for his characters. The story tries (and fails) to be clever.

Oh and the fucking title of the film is Atonement... which the young girl never once comes close to acheiving, but still proudly declares that she has.

4/10

To (badly) quote Chronogirl:


I like this one.