Coming into a film course from a family in Spain that has showered me with film since I was vey young, I thought Atonement (my favourite movie as well as my parent’s one) would be a much common film, but I’ve not only discovered that people haven’t seen it, people don’t recognise it either!
My father told me that even though he thinks it’s one of the best films he has seen, he also agrees that it has never been considered ‘a classic’ or a film that absolutely everyone knows.
Following all of this I saw only necessary to write about why you really should watch Atonement.
It is an obvious reason if you know the movie, but trust me, if you are watching for the first time, I promise the music is something that will blow your mind. I have never seen a more fascinating soundtrack that helped the film as much as the Atonement OST. It is constantly present and wraps the everyday sound into the main soundtrack of the film. Thuds turn into drums and birds into violins, the constant typewriter immerses you into the film, as if you’re there, typing the story, finishing the paragraphs.
It is no surprise that it won the Oscar for best soundtrack, but still, every single time I watch this movie it never fails to surprise me.
Thirteen years and breaking into the screen. The acting of Ronan throughout the movie is just fascinating (youngest actress nominated for an Oscar as well). She is guile, hateful and incredibly clever at the same time and she provokes a feeling of disgust that stays until the very end. It´s just amazing how from such a young age she can convince not only the viewers but all of the characters in the movie. She plays to win and does not stop until she does so, she always gets what she wants.
This is thirteen year old Briony of course. Luckily we see her learn through the years, but the little hateful Saoirse stays with you until the end, not even after her atonement.
3. ‘The best sequence shot in cinema’ - My dad
Atonement, even though a love story, also shows the II World War from the allies side, and one of our protagonists (Robbie Turner, another reason to watch the film but that’s a more personal one) gets to Dunkirk beach.
What happens now is (agreeing with my dad) possibly the best sequence shot in cinema. A 5 minute uncut shot of everything happening at Dunkirk. Wounded soldiers fighting for their life or dying, drunk people, hopeful and hopeless conversations, crying, laughing, etc. It is an absolute masterpiece and it never fails to amaze me every time i watch it.
Atonements is as a whole a very well done movie and I think it has everything a viewer wants. I truly recommend this picture and do tell me what you thought about it!
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