Atonement positive evaluation

2021-10-20 17:21
"Atonement" is a very peculiar movie, the story of the film is not surprising, but director Joe White's perspective is very unique, using Brioni's life to tell the story of confession. Brioni is more like a bystander in the film. The mistakes she made when she was young and ignorant are destined to spend her life to make up for it.
The film adopts a two-line parallel structure, a cyclic structure, one story line is Brioni's painful life, and the other story line is Robbie and Cecilia's difficult love road. The two story lines are intertwined, and the narrative time and space of the film are also reversed and jumped, which brings a strong visual impact to the audience. Such a unique narrative technique not only enhances the appreciability of the film, but also emphasizes the life of the three protagonists who fell apart.
The beauty of "Atonement" lies in the gradual improvement in the viewing process. The narrative in the first half of the film is very plain. Although Robbie's unjust case is worrying, there is not much surprise in the whole process. The second half of the film is full of highlights. The director’s panoramic follow-up of the Dunkirk retreat is amazing. The 300,000 British and French forces retreated on the beach of Dunkirk, showing a bleak scene. Defeated. The scene at Dunkirk port is like the finishing touch of the film, setting off Robbie's tragic fate, which is also the most expensive scene in the whole film. Originally, "Atonement" with a strong literary atmosphere, because of a huge Dunkirk retreat, it has also become an epic masterpiece. For the whole drama, this great retreat, which shows the defeat of the coalition forces, is an indispensable stroke.
"Atonement" takes the majestic World War II as a broad historical background, and presents an emotional story full of misunderstandings and tears. While following the ups and downs of the original storyline, the clever Joe White used a unique way of expression in film language to fully interpret the sorrow, hatred, and difficult human entanglements in the story. Coupled with the background of the grand war history. A fascinating emotional legend leaps forward to reach the audience's heart.
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Extended Reading
  • Crawford 2021-10-21 15:30:22

    A movie that is not enough to watch five times. The background of the boyhood part is quite beautiful, and the running is also very good.

  • River 2022-03-22 09:01:17

    Every shot is like an oil painting, a girl's little lie eventually leads to the tragedy of a pair of lovers. In the great wheel of history, the joys and sorrows of the little people are unavoidable, perhaps only in the future fantasy, atonement.

Atonement quotes

  • Cecilia Tallis: [to Robbie] My darling, Briony found my address somehow and sent a letter. The first surprise was she didn't go up to Cambridge. She's doing nurse's training at my old hospital. I think she may be doing this as some kind of penance. She says she's beginning to get the full grasp of what she did and what it meant. She wants to come and talk to me. I love you. I'll wait for you. Come back. Come back to me.

    [she kisses the letter and posts it]

    Cecilia Tallis: I love you. I'll wait for you.

  • Robbie Turner: Come on, pal. You should be getting dressed.

    Briony Tallis, aged 13: If I fell in the river, would you save me?

    Robbie Turner: Of course.

    [Briony jumps into the water and Robbie dives after her; eventually, he pulls her out of the water and drops her near the bank]

    Briony Tallis, aged 13: Thank you, thank you, thank you...

    Robbie Turner: That was an incredibly bloody stupid thing to do.

    Briony Tallis, aged 13: I wanted you to save me.

    Robbie Turner: Don't you know how easily you could have drowned?

    Briony Tallis, aged 13: You saved me.

    Robbie Turner: You stupid child! You could have killed us both! Is that your idea of a joke?

    [she looks at him for a moment, shocked by his tone, but defiant nonetheless]

    Briony Tallis, aged 13: I want to thank you for saving my life. I'll be eternally grateful to you.

    [he strides away angrily, into the woods, leaving Briony disconsolate amidst the cow parsley]

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