atonement

i finally got to see atonement today with lacey and lele. me and lacey picked lele up from work and then we all headed over to canal place for the afternoon show, and i must say it was a really nice time. the movie itself however, has really struck a chord with me for some reason. it was so sad and real and its just one of those stories thats really affected me-- to the point that im awake at almost three a.m. because i was redreaming the movie (does that every happen to anyone else?).

--SPOILERS--
do not read past this if you havent seen it yet.

i think what made it so sad was that nothing really worked out for anyone. the thing about a story like this is that you think there would be a antagonist and a protagonist but there really isnt, because the fact of the matter is, that you can excuse and identify with both sisters. as much as i would have hated briony if she had done to me what she did to celia and robbie, she was young, and she obviously felt that she was protecting her sister from the things she had witnessed and didnt understand. on the other hand, you can see it from cecilia's point of view, that her sister who was clearly a young lady and not completely child-like at the time, basically ruined her chance at love and the rest of both her and robbie's lives because she was niave, assuming, and probably even jealous.
then, to make it even more tragic at the end when briony is explaining how things really ended up you realize that sometimes the things you do can not always be undone and that sometimes the decisions you make can change everything. its sad to see that everyone in the story is left longing for a resolution that they would never get. robbie and cecilia never got their chance at happiness, while briony spent the rest of her life unable to attain forgiveness.



i really want to read this book now.