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Posted by: BakeTheMooCow at January 6, 2008, 8:51 pm

Topic: Atonement Forum: JoBlo

SPOILERS * * * * * Quote: Originally Posted by Backstabba Well there were a LOT of uncomfortable conversation moments in the film, so do you expect them to be chatting like mockingbirds? And what's wrong with "showing and not telling"? Sometimes people complain for too much telling and not enough showing. What it showed me was that Cecelia and Robbie barely spoke before supposedly falling so madly in love that it resonated for their entire lives. Their romance was underdeveloped and the dialogue was a large reason why. It was sparse and stilted. Quote: The same could be said about the tracking shot in Goodfellas, Children of Men, etc. But no one calls them pointless, they praise the hell out of them. That's because they're not pointless. The tracking shot in Goodfellas was an introduction to the people in the gangsters' lives. 'Children of Men' was literally done in a series of long takes. Doesn't compare. In 'Atonement', the movie came to a stop, while the camera panned around for four minutes and showed the viewer scenes that added nothing to the story. Joe Wright himself said about the shot, "Basically I just like showing off". It was completely irrelevant to the movie. And the ending... is a cheat. You can fanwank about the many 'maybes', but it doesn't change that fact. It's the equivalent of 'It was all a dream' * * * * * END SPOILERS

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