Atonement

[kris31280]

... it's like a bunch of vignettes which link together forwards, backwards, and sideway...

How the heck did this movie win tons of awards?

It's... hard to follow.

 

[Nickel]

I didn't think it was a particularly well made movie. I knew what it was about before I watched and I was still confused. If I hadn't already known that Briony misinterpreted the relationship between Cecelia and Robbie (which wasn't even well developed) I wouldn't have figured it out. One of those books that should never have been made into a movie. It was almost embarrassingly terrible.

 

[virgovictoria]

On the subject of glorified movies, I am trying to determine what driving force led critics to toss accolades to No Country for Old Men. :shrug:

 

[kris31280]

I didn't think it was a particularly well made movie. I knew what it was about before I watched and I was still confused. If I hadn't already known that Briony misinterpreted the relationship between Cecelia and Robbie (which wasn't even well developed) I wouldn't have figured it out. One of those books that should never have been made into a movie. It was almost embarrassingly terrible.

I had to look it up on IMDB just to figure out where I was lost...

Awful... I want that 2 hours of my life back.

 

[Nickel]

I had to look it up on IMDB just to figure out where I was lost...

Awful... I want that 2 hours of my life back.

The only thing I liked about it (aside from James McAvoy's face) was the click-clack of the typewriter keys integrated into the music.

 

[Sonsie]

... it's like a bunch of vignettes which link together forwards, backwards, and sideway...

How the heck did this movie win tons of awards?

It's... hard to follow.

I read the book, which was also highly acclaimed. It wasn't a particularily good read either.

 

[Christy]

I read the book, which was also highly acclaimed. It wasn't a particularily good read either.

I'm the oddball. I liked them both.

I also liked "No Country for Old Men", thought the ending was great.

 

[Chasey_Lane]

I'm the oddball. I liked them both.

Have you seen August Rush? Gooood movie!

 

[Christy]

Have you seen August Rush? Gooood movie!

Haven't seen it yet, but it is in my netflix queue.

 

[kris31280]

... I need a good excuse to get out of Sociology on Thursday... he's making us watch Atonement.

 

[LexiGirl75]

I watched it only because it kept getting high praise. I'm 50/50 on whether I liked it. It was good only because I thought Briony was an interesting character. In the library where Cecelia and Robbie were she didn't even turn and leave (i.e was embarrassed for interrupting). Then she accused the hot tailed girl of being raped... and knowing who it was. She was just misinterpreting all throughout the movie. I'm still not sure how I feel about the ending to the real story being recreated. It was just a really different kind of movie.

My favorite part was the french speaking.

I plan to watch August Rush at some point.

 

[thurley42]

ugh...horrible...horrible....horrible

No Country and There Will Be Blood were both great...wife didn't like them either. Just got Juno, will watch that this week sometime.

August Rush was a great movie..highly recommend.