omantic films so we thought it was a good choice for evening. The only thing good I have to say about this movie was there were a lot beautiful scenes and the music was good. The plot was way too thin to support a way too long movie (Charlene and I both kept nodding off while watching it). There were way too many un-needed flash forwards and flash backs. It was like watching a two and a half hour perfume commercial. One word could pretty well summarize Atonement, and that would be pretentious.
June 6, 2008
Atonement Schnatonement
If anyone hasn’t seen the movie “Atonement” yet, I give you fair warning. A couple of weeks ago Charlene and I made the rare trip to Blockbuster to rent a movie. I saw Atonement on the shelf and remembered all the Academy Award nominations it received. I always liked period films, and Charlene likes r
omantic films so we thought it was a good choice for evening. The only thing good I have to say about this movie was there were a lot beautiful scenes and the music was good. The plot was way too thin to support a way too long movie (Charlene and I both kept nodding off while watching it). There were way too many un-needed flash forwards and flash backs. It was like watching a two and a half hour perfume commercial. One word could pretty well summarize Atonement, and that would be pretentious.
omantic films so we thought it was a good choice for evening. The only thing good I have to say about this movie was there were a lot beautiful scenes and the music was good. The plot was way too thin to support a way too long movie (Charlene and I both kept nodding off while watching it). There were way too many un-needed flash forwards and flash backs. It was like watching a two and a half hour perfume commercial. One word could pretty well summarize Atonement, and that would be pretentious.
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Lisa and I were not crazy about Atonement either, although it did at least hold our interest. Brad
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