Atonement?

[AlexBrady]

I just saw this movie and thought it was incredible. What do you guys think of this movie?

[Gizmo]

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I also saw this movie over the weekend and thought it was excellent. You really feel for the two main characters and the beach scene is pretty amazing.

[Beantown]

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Read the book for class last year - absolutely amazing piece of literature.

Really need to try and see the movie sometime soon.

[Flyboy]

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I had to read the book in high school and absolutely hated it.

[OSUFan_88]

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Are we talking about the movie with Keira Knightley? Because I saw it in the theaters with my girlfriend and we both thought it was horrible.

Then again I was very pissed with the ending, so that did not help.

[AlexBrady]

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I also saw this movie over the weekend and thought it was excellent. You really feel for the two main characters and the beach scene is pretty amazing.

Yeah, it really does make you feel for them.

Read the book for class last year - absolutely amazing piece of literature.

Really need to try and see the movie sometime soon.

The movie is great.

Are we talking about the movie with Keira Knightley? Because I saw it in the theaters with my girlfriend and we both thought it was horrible.

Then again I was very pissed with the ending, so that did not help.

Yeah, the ending was really sad. But, I thought Keira Knightley and James McAvoy were incredible. I can't stop thinking about this movie.

[ex carrabba fan]

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Just saw this.. very chick flickish

The cinematography was top notch, nice story Knightly is one of the few skinny chicks I dig.

[Defel]

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I thought the ending was great...

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It's a love/hate ending for the same reasons as The Usual Suspects, but it was done very well, IMO.

[ex carrabba fan]

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I thought the ending was great...

Spoiler

It's a love/hate ending for the same reasons as The Usual Suspects, but it was done very well, IMO.

Spoiler

I hated it at first for like two seconds then I immediately changed my mind and thought it was just an overall great story.

Also the soundtrack was perfect

[CMH]

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I have had about 6 months to sit on this after watching it.

I've gone from liking it a lot after viewing it to now feeling it was basically a better than decent movie.

It had good characters and I thought the performances were well done. Cinematography was also exceptional. But, the entire storyline seemed kind of ho-hum. It wanted to center on this lie, but it really didn't. Instead, it was mostly about him finding the woman he loved. Problem is, the movie never realized that until the end. It was scene after scene of this man that was wronged and I never saw on screen what the film was trying to push me to feel.

Only at the end, you get to see the movie finally take a step back and say, "Oh, yea, this is the story." Maybe the device used explains the confusing plot that had the wrong theme, but even that story device needs to have a better foundation. I hate to believe that someone could be a great writer if their last novel was that horribly written. I'm sure if the movie went on for another year, you'll see fans complaining about the writer losing their touch at the end of their career/life.