Atonement (2007)

Finally a movie that deserves the Oscar nomination. I liked most things about it - from the sound to the camera, to acting and plot. Joe Wright (the 35yo director) puts together an new type of non-linear epic story that poses problems close to me. We'll probably see his name again. The image is fantastic - and I don't have in mind only the long shoot in the middle of the movie but the many little elegant camera movements and framings that are also meaningful. I have to mention the typewriter in the soundtrack and the way it stresses characters and situation but also as a meta-comment on the power of words. I liked the acting of Saoirse Ronan who can be wonderfully senseless. I will watch this movie again for sure. Let's see if it also ages well but for now I totally recommend it.