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DVD : Atonement [2007] .
Rating: 
- Don't waste your time or money!
I was bored from the start, hoping it would get better and that something interesting would happen... it didn't. The only positive I have is that the acting is quite good but my God what a dull film.
Rating: - Ehhh
After all the hype I thought I was going to be in for a treat - oh how I wish I had read the other Amazon reviews first.
Personally the film is so very very very very slow and the plot, if you want to call it that, is weak. The only redeeming feature is a single very long continuous shoot in the middle of the film set on the beach at Dunkirk. Other than that 3 min's of impressive cinematography it was 2 hrs of my life I will never get back.
Rating: - Thanks to your intelligent reviewers! Can I give no stars!
I am delighted that I looked up your reviews- my wife and I thought that we were the only 2 people who thought this was a pile of tosh. It is quite amazingly cliche-d. I mean the bit when he runs after the bus has to be a joke doesen't it? No it turns out it is not! So obvious - have these people not watched how to do this properly? Try 'Passage to India', Brideshead etc. Every part of the first hour is a cliche from another film - the most obvious bits - and the soldiers -cor blimey guv etc - really this is just too much and so insulting to the audience! Yep they always jump in the fountain don't they! This is just so unbelievable.
Thanks to your sensible reviewers I am convinced of the sanity of the world - I will try to complete watching it but honestly it is ponderous,and tedious (the Emperors New Clothes a reviewer said - how true!) Can I give No stars?
Rating: - Mechanical
Audiences may lose patience with this film.
The piano and violins play on in Atonement (2007). There is also the dum-dee-dum tempo of a typewriter. But, apart from the score, Atonement is a plodding and basic British production.
The lighting is there, as well as lots of English props (trees, paintings, birds singing, lakes, beautifully tinted paper, ornaments, lamps, flowers, necklaces, coffee tables and so on). The opening thirty minutes are tightly and masterfully cut and edited.
However Atonement (2007) is a war/crime drama that does not appear to show the art of motion picture. There are only a few elements of artistic novelty and use of space - e.g. there is a deliberately exuberant sequence involving Cecilia (Keira Knightley) relaxing on a diving board in a fashionable swim suit (which will be in the BFI brochures). But otherwise this production is very basic. At times it looks like a beautifully filmed made-for-television production. Like a Pride and Prejudice for the BBC.
It's dramatic moments arrive in a perfunctory and underwhelming manner - like they do in the thousands of mediocre drama programmes. Whether intended or not, Atonement frequently loses it's narrative authority and becomes increasingly dull to watch.
Atonement relies heavily on post production sound to carry it forward.
The characters are basic.
The plot proceeds in a very predictable manner to deliver a very predictable and unshocking twist.
A noticeably plodding film which is not groundbreaking and lacks artistic credibility and, at times, artistic direction. Better worlds could have been created that were more authentic. The audience will also visually notice actors are slurping from empty tea cups, and there are other errors.
Rating:
- What's all the fuss about?
I am a woman who loves a good romance story and I don't care when or where it takes place, from Gone With The Wind and Jane Eyre to Bridget Jones and Brokeback Mountain. I sat down to watch this film with a great sense of excitement after all the hype I'd read and heard about, including it's oscar nominations. Imagine my dispair when I found out that it was all just that...hype.
I have given this film two stars and these are simply for James McAvoy and Saoirse Ronan. The story is good enough but the portrayal of the other characters left me wanting a hell of a lot more. They seemed lifeless compared to McAvoy and Ronan. I was glad to find that Keira Knightley was hardly in it and can't for the life of me think why ANYONE would expect her to be nominated for an Acadamy Award, I'm just glad she wasn't! All she does is pout and talk posh and in my eyes she's no more talented than my little toe! (Ok, rant over!)
Ronan is exceptional as the young sister of Knightley and I was totally engrossed by her screen presence. I foresee great things from her in the future and she well deserves any recognition she may well receive. I found myself feeling drawn to McAvoy's character too. He plays it very well.
My hubby fell asleep during this film and that doesn't happen very often. He woke up just before the end and said exactly what I was thinking..."Well, the search for the worst film of the year is over!"
If you're looking for a fantastic movie look elsewhere!
- Don't waste your time or money!I was bored from the start, hoping it would get better and that something interesting would happen... it didn't. The only positive I have is that the acting is quite good but my God what a dull film.
Rating:
- EhhhAfter all the hype I thought I was going to be in for a treat - oh how I wish I had read the other Amazon reviews first.
Personally the film is so very very very very slow and the plot, if you want to call it that, is weak. The only redeeming feature is a single very long continuous shoot in the middle of the film set on the beach at Dunkirk. Other than that 3 min's of impressive cinematography it was 2 hrs of my life I will never get back.
Rating:
- Thanks to your intelligent reviewers! Can I give no stars! I am delighted that I looked up your reviews- my wife and I thought that we were the only 2 people who thought this was a pile of tosh. It is quite amazingly cliche-d. I mean the bit when he runs after the bus has to be a joke doesen't it? No it turns out it is not! So obvious - have these people not watched how to do this properly? Try 'Passage to India', Brideshead etc. Every part of the first hour is a cliche from another film - the most obvious bits - and the soldiers -cor blimey guv etc - really this is just too much and so insulting to the audience! Yep they always jump in the fountain don't they! This is just so unbelievable.
Thanks to your sensible reviewers I am convinced of the sanity of the world - I will try to complete watching it but honestly it is ponderous,and tedious (the Emperors New Clothes a reviewer said - how true!) Can I give No stars?
Rating:
- MechanicalAudiences may lose patience with this film.
The piano and violins play on in Atonement (2007). There is also the dum-dee-dum tempo of a typewriter. But, apart from the score, Atonement is a plodding and basic British production.
The lighting is there, as well as lots of English props (trees, paintings, birds singing, lakes, beautifully tinted paper, ornaments, lamps, flowers, necklaces, coffee tables and so on). The opening thirty minutes are tightly and masterfully cut and edited.
However Atonement (2007) is a war/crime drama that does not appear to show the art of motion picture. There are only a few elements of artistic novelty and use of space - e.g. there is a deliberately exuberant sequence involving Cecilia (Keira Knightley) relaxing on a diving board in a fashionable swim suit (which will be in the BFI brochures). But otherwise this production is very basic. At times it looks like a beautifully filmed made-for-television production. Like a Pride and Prejudice for the BBC.
It's dramatic moments arrive in a perfunctory and underwhelming manner - like they do in the thousands of mediocre drama programmes. Whether intended or not, Atonement frequently loses it's narrative authority and becomes increasingly dull to watch.
Atonement relies heavily on post production sound to carry it forward.
The characters are basic.
The plot proceeds in a very predictable manner to deliver a very predictable and unshocking twist.
A noticeably plodding film which is not groundbreaking and lacks artistic credibility and, at times, artistic direction. Better worlds could have been created that were more authentic. The audience will also visually notice actors are slurping from empty tea cups, and there are other errors.
Rating:
- What's all the fuss about?I am a woman who loves a good romance story and I don't care when or where it takes place, from Gone With The Wind and Jane Eyre to Bridget Jones and Brokeback Mountain. I sat down to watch this film with a great sense of excitement after all the hype I'd read and heard about, including it's oscar nominations. Imagine my dispair when I found out that it was all just that...hype.
I have given this film two stars and these are simply for James McAvoy and Saoirse Ronan. The story is good enough but the portrayal of the other characters left me wanting a hell of a lot more. They seemed lifeless compared to McAvoy and Ronan. I was glad to find that Keira Knightley was hardly in it and can't for the life of me think why ANYONE would expect her to be nominated for an Acadamy Award, I'm just glad she wasn't! All she does is pout and talk posh and in my eyes she's no more talented than my little toe! (Ok, rant over!)
Ronan is exceptional as the young sister of Knightley and I was totally engrossed by her screen presence. I foresee great things from her in the future and she well deserves any recognition she may well receive. I found myself feeling drawn to McAvoy's character too. He plays it very well.
My hubby fell asleep during this film and that doesn't happen very often. He woke up just before the end and said exactly what I was thinking..."Well, the search for the worst film of the year is over!"
If you're looking for a fantastic movie look elsewhere!
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