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Atonement is definitely one of the most heartbreaking films that I've ever seen. It starts with pure beauty but when an event occurs within the film that changes the course for every single character. Atonement is probably the best British masterpiece in years. 2007 was a great year for British films. Atonement is a masterpiece but Hot Fuzz is still the best British film of 2007. Atonement is adapted from a novel of the same name. The way Atonement was filmed was absolutely fantastic. I loved the way the war scenes on the beach were filmed because the sceneries were so dark but the cinematography was absolutely fantastic.
James McAvoy's performance as Robbie Turner was the Best Leading Actor Oscar snub. He was absolutely fantastic because before he went to prison, he was a nice person who had a big crush on Cecila but when he becomes a prisoner and is forced to fight in the war, his personality changes around a bit because he ends up being filled with pure rage especially towards Briony because she was the one who sent him there. It is really tragic because a mistake that a 13-year-old made has effected Robbie and Cecila's life as well as her own. The thing that lightened this up in this film was that I thought the letter scene was really funny with what Robbie would like to do to her. That scene is so crude that it made me laugh which does happen to me quite regularly in films with those moments. Keira Knightley's performance as Cecila is absolutely fantastic. Her performance was the snub for a Best Leading Actress Oscar nomination. Atonement is without a doubt one of her best performances but not her most famous film though. Cecila is a young woman who has a crush on Robbie. Cecila is the older sister from the Tallis family. The other sister is Briony. Saoirse Ronan's performance as 13-year-old Briony was absolutely fantastic. Her performance gave me a guarantee that she would be nominated for Best Supporting Actress. Her performance is very powerful that is filled with jealousy and pure drama. It was like she was fighting with herself to do what was right. Romola Garai and Vanessa Redgrave were awesome as well as 18-year-old and 77-year-old Briony Tallis.
Joe Wright creates another epic romantic drama but Pride And Prejudice is a different story compared to Atonement because Atonement is a lot more depressing. Atonement is a depressing story but it shows pure beauty at the same time about love but also the way Atonement was filmed.
Atonement is without a doubt one of the best films of 2007 and it totally deserves to be that way. Atonement is a film that is hard to watch on occasions but is a film that is very enjoyable and a masterpiece that increased the reputation of 2007's year in cinema which is another reason why 2007 is the best year in film of the 2000s.
9/10
