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Anybody out there seen Atonement? (SPOILERS)

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mvansand76:
I would like to discuss it here.

It has touched me in a way no movie has since Brokeback!

Penthesilea:
I was going to ask the same  :).
I haven't seen it yet, but plan to do so tomorrow evening. It was highly recommended to me.
I'll report back after seeing it.

belbbmfan:
I have to wait until January 9th when it's released over here.  :-\

But I've bought the book to keep me happy until then. I wonder which will be best: the book or the movie? I love Ian McEwan. I've read Saturday and I'm now reading On Chesil Beach.

This film is on my must-see list.

I'd like to hear your thoughts.

mvansand76:
Hey both of you!

There's a huge difference of opinion over whether the book is better than the movie or the other way around. I saw the movie before I finished the book (I am only on page 50 in the book). According to my colleague, who I saw the movie with, the ending is slightly different than the book's ending... and he likes the book as much as he likes the movie. In one way it's very faithful to the book and in other ways it takes different roads...

I love that the questions the ending raises reminds me of the questions that BBM raised. What do we believe really happened?

Penthesilea:
***Spoiler alert for my whole post***

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It didn't work out to see it Friday as was planned, but I saw it yesterday evening.
I haven't read the book (yet?), so I can't say anything comparing the two.


I think it was a really good movie. The twist towards the end came as total surprise. I was like wtf? What's happening now? Loved it.

But in the end, I wasn't very touched by the movie or the ending. But many people in the theatre were deeply effected. There were some people crying or at least sniffing hardly in effort to control their emotions.



--- Quote from: Snavel del Snork Snater Snuit on November 15, 2007, 08:18:09 am ---I love that the questions the ending raises reminds me of the questions that BBM raised. What do we believe really happened?

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For me, there was no doubt that the author (old Brainy) told the truth. That's what's happened. They both had died.

Looking forward to your opinion  :).

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