Magic-In-A-Bottle

I finally found time over the weekend to watch "Atonement".

Frankly, I've been putting it off because I refused to watch it in the cinema (knowing bloody Msian cinema types they'll have censored half the film!) and I wasn't in the modd to watch it even after I bought the DvD.

But then, somehow this weekend felt right somehow and I watched it.

Quite frankly I like the movie alot. I read the book and it really was in a style that Briony probably would have written it in...long-winded and overly-descriptive yet without substance. It pretty much felt like I was reading modern Tolkien!

But the movie producers did a good job extracting the basic plotline and the twists and turning it into a movie. Somehow I felt the only thing lacking was a good soundtrack. Which was a waste seeing as the music didn't supplement the scenes well enough for there to be an impact especially during strong tear-inducing scenes.

I liked the themes of the movie though...how one simple stupid act could cause such ripples through so many people's lives...how what we see might not truly translate into reality and misperceptions can cause us to invent ideals that suit us at the moment. It's strange really and it makes you think.

Perhaps a single word said at an opportune moment could cause someone's morale to rise...to fall. Seemingly innocent statements if made at the wrong time could cause the meaning to be distorted and cause harm to the person the statement was directed to.
An example...on normal days the word "chubby" might not mean much and could be meant as a form of endearment. But the word was used to describe a person who didn't take it too well and Karen Carpenter then died of anorexia.

I guess it makes one more aware of what we say or do in life. Maybe to be a little less thoughtless and a little more aware of how others think and feel might help. And maybe to be a little less judgemental and not be prejudiced against some. Perhaps all that's needed is a little self-reflection from time to time....to look back and see if what we did was right or wrong. And if it was, to set it right or to at least admit the mistake would be enough.

I'm rambling....oh well...it's Tuesday but the blues are still as strong as ever...fucking hormones~!