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Estaca-Brown t1_j24byzy wrote

Reply to comment by GroupAccomplished641 in Atonement... yikes by dietpepsiforlife

The first time I saw it I actually started thinking "oh come on, don't tell me they're going to give us some sugary sweet happy ending?" and then it abruptly cuts to Vanessa Redgrave giving that insanely amazing speech about her last book and it all makes sense and then I ended up feeling devastated because they didn't give us the sugary sweet happy ending.

Very effective.

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DarkColdFusion t1_j25vks8 wrote

Yeah, it really delivered. By the time you're in the last act, you're rooting for them, even if you should know better. And you get that impossible moment, and then it's taken from you, and you feel it. Something that's very hard to do with cynical movie goers like myself who have seen it all.

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