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Old September 30th, 2007, 01:16 PM
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Lightbulb Re: Atonement

Saw this movie on Friday.

It cannot be called a 'WWII movie' ; it's more a romance in which WWII ( the Dunkirk evacuation ) plays a part.

It's a very good film and well-worth seeing but the Dunkirk scenes seemed very artificial - a little like a cross between 'Gallipoli' and 'Apocalypse Now'. Part of this can be explained by the central character semi-hallucinating due to wounds, but the other soldiers seem unreal and the equipment, trucks etc all looks in 'showroom' condition. Even my wife ( no WWII buff ) thought that the Dunkirk scenes were the unconvincing and that the 'Corporal' character overacts terribly.

Oh - and an Avro Lancaster flies overhead ; in a scene taking place in 1935.....
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