tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post6750249900009688536..comments2023-11-03T11:32:01.540+00:00Comments on Thought Experiments : The Blog: Atonement and BloodBryan Appleyardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-48015753509982489622008-02-12T21:45:00.000+00:002008-02-12T21:45:00.000+00:00You've done this hating Atonement is a silly butch...You've done this hating Atonement is a silly butch thing before, I think, Petrona. This doesn't wash for a man whose favourite novelists are Shirley Hazzard and Marilynne Robinson. Atonement is a bad bad film. End of story.Bryan Appleyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08276787058430388582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-45984933087542005812008-02-12T20:12:00.000+00:002008-02-12T20:12:00.000+00:00What they need are some movies like Star Wars, obv...What they need are some movies like Star Wars, obviously. Or Indiana Jones.<BR/>None of this wishy washy navel gazing, at any rate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-82051398580230761212008-02-11T21:59:00.000+00:002008-02-11T21:59:00.000+00:00"I've abandoned my child! I've abandoned my boy!"T..."I've abandoned my child! I've abandoned my boy!"<BR/><BR/>That bit i saw on the trailor had me laughing it was so over acted. Good though, just over the top.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-36484930235127745992008-02-11T12:46:00.000+00:002008-02-11T12:46:00.000+00:00Bryan, I think Cosmo Landesman alludes to the geop...Bryan, I think Cosmo Landesman alludes to the geopolitical thing in his reveiw of There Will Be Blood. And possibly dismisses it. I can't remember and I've no time to check right now.Neil Forsythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00240393170374161007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-9069140731837109402008-02-11T10:29:00.000+00:002008-02-11T10:29:00.000+00:00it doesn't make any difference to me who wins what...it doesn't make any difference to me who wins what - I'll watch them all! (not the Baftas though, nor the oscars, nor not no nothing.)Ian russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11106519805045337505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23400750.post-47339262442795559662008-02-11T08:04:00.000+00:002008-02-11T08:04:00.000+00:00I was expecting an afterglow for a few days at lea...I was expecting an afterglow for a few days at least. It is unusual indeed for duck-egg to change into sky blue, 2-1. Well done.<BR/><BR/>There is very little in the news about Iraq/Afghanistan never mind the film pages. To the point that one would think nothing was happening. And Day-Lewis is brilliant, so good that he has gone beyond mere film realism and has like Gielgud Olivier Branagh Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09442327549417743472noreply@blogger.com