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starsthatshineI saw Atonement yesterday. I didn't write a reaction post yesterday because I was still... overwhelmed.
First off, Atonement has to be the best book-adapted-to-film film I've ever seen. Since I've read the book, I could practically see every line being uttered and I had no problems understanding the scenes. What was interesting was that even though the first bits of the film are extraordinary, they didn't really grab me - probably because my computer has a terrible volume and that sort of took the edge of it I think (I need to rewatch it later), but it wasn't until the ending with the old Brioney that I wept like a baby. I mean, it's silly because I've read the book, I knew exactly what was going to happen (in every scene, besides the one with the red headed cousin and the creep) but it killed me. I think it was because I didn't really... grasp the ending of the book as I should've because I was so excited that I was finished with it and I would finally be able to post my thoughts.
The bus scene still brings me to tears (oh yeah, I cried there too) and everything connected to it. They are so madly in love with each other, they have written so many letters, but once they meet... they don't really know what to do with each other. Robbie is so nervous and so is Cecilia and when he figures out that he could've gone with her on the bus instead of losing precious moments together - it killed me. And to think that was the last they saw of each other and that the only thing they had was that fountain scene, the library and that café/bus stop scene...
First off, Atonement has to be the best book-adapted-to-film film I've ever seen. Since I've read the book, I could practically see every line being uttered and I had no problems understanding the scenes. What was interesting was that even though the first bits of the film are extraordinary, they didn't really grab me - probably because my computer has a terrible volume and that sort of took the edge of it I think (I need to rewatch it later), but it wasn't until the ending with the old Brioney that I wept like a baby. I mean, it's silly because I've read the book, I knew exactly what was going to happen (in every scene, besides the one with the red headed cousin and the creep) but it killed me. I think it was because I didn't really... grasp the ending of the book as I should've because I was so excited that I was finished with it and I would finally be able to post my thoughts.
The bus scene still brings me to tears (oh yeah, I cried there too) and everything connected to it. They are so madly in love with each other, they have written so many letters, but once they meet... they don't really know what to do with each other. Robbie is so nervous and so is Cecilia and when he figures out that he could've gone with her on the bus instead of losing precious moments together - it killed me. And to think that was the last they saw of each other and that the only thing they had was that fountain scene, the library and that café/bus stop scene...
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Date: 2008-01-13 03:29 pm (UTC)Oh, the soundtrack. I have it somewhere but I haven't actually listened to it yet.
If Atonement doesn't win any awards, I will be absolutely shocked because it's such a fantastic movie.