atonement > perfection

there are no words to adequately describe how amazingly fantastically orgasmic this movie was. really. there aren’t. you would need to invent a new word to describe it. atonement. atonemently. atonementify. atonemented.

this movie is perfection. every single thing about this movie is perfect. everything. the scenery. the score. the acting. the actors. the dialog. the time period. the ending. the character development. the plot. the problems. the highs. the lows. everything. there was not one thing wrong with this movie. i really can’t stress this enough. and i’m not exaggerating.

the rest of this review might be a little boring, since the film was perfect. there is nothing to criticize. but i'm going to write on anyways...

first off, if i ever meet james mcavoy i will kidnap him. i will kidnap him and lock him in my basement and keep him as my personal sex slave for the rest of my life. and he will love every single second of it. phenomenal actor. secondly, kiera knightly is the only girl in the whole world that i would go lez for. love her. superb actress. flawless performance. their heartbreak and loneliness is palpable and easy seen even though they are only together, in person, for about half the movie.

on to the score. so good i bought it the next day. the way the typewriter was used as an opening instrument was brilliant. very clever. the way the staccato key strokes are formed into the flowing piano notes is beautiful and musically personifies the story line as a whole, how one event (note) sets the stage for and melts into the rest of life (the piece).

the library scene was quite possibly the hottest thing i've ever seen. the fact that there was no music at all during it was very poignant (your sat word for the day). all you were meant to focus on was them and their passion. no distractions, however minor they might be, are to interrupt.

then the ending. oh sweet lord, the ending. the whole movie was emotional but that last confession... ripped my fucking heart out. i have never had tears explode from my eyes so quickly.

i could go on for hours and hours about the perfectness of this film. but i would expect i would eventually spoil the ending, and that's no fun. basically go see this movie. now. seriously. if you do nothing for the rest of your life... at least see this movie.

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atonement gets an A+++++++. no seriously. this is the fucking gold standard, people.

-t