tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post793810552921390881..comments2023-11-07T16:08:07.585-08:00Comments on Kingdom of God Media: AtonementPat Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02397839550090715753noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-51876543935367768512008-07-30T14:53:00.000-07:002008-07-30T14:53:00.000-07:00What fascinated me most about this story was the e...What fascinated me most about this story was the endless amount of possibility. Just like the old optical illusions where our brains connect the dots, Briony has filled in the holes for Robbie and Cecilia. Any moment on screen in which we do not see Briony is a moment she has created, whether or not she felt she had the proof to back it up.<BR/><BR/>We do not know if Robbie laughed when he Lisa Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07194271020038883002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-78253812661780524402008-03-28T06:49:00.000-07:002008-03-28T06:49:00.000-07:00"i don't think you can say Robbie atoned for anyth..."i don't think you can say Robbie atoned for anything if he was innocent in the first place."<BR/><BR/>This would make him a Christlike figure,no? Christine offers an intriguing twist here. <BR/><BR/>Also, Robbie is the only working-class character in the book. It's the working class soldiers who have to atone for the hubris of upper-class politicians and their deep-pocket sponsors. Note that thejohn doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484728969355294193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-66644133638741777022008-03-27T12:56:00.000-07:002008-03-27T12:56:00.000-07:00cool, i've heard that the book resolves everything...cool, i've heard that the book resolves everything better than the movie (especially at the end).<BR/><BR/>but i don't think you can say Robbie atoned for anything if he was innocent in the first place. although for sure it was unjust that he had to go through so much for something he never did.Pat Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02397839550090715753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-60862606062919135832008-03-27T12:40:00.000-07:002008-03-27T12:40:00.000-07:00In McEwan's novel, Briony never publishes her book...In McEwan's novel, Briony never publishes her book because she cannot indemnify Paul & Lola Marshall without being sued for libel. Briony also reveals that she wrote four different drafts of the story throughout her lifetime - a lifetime of atonement, then, a process which she will not see come to fruition because she will likely die before Lola.<BR/><BR/>I also appreciate the irony in Robbie's christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106411964065267858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-68382096035316933512008-03-27T12:27:00.000-07:002008-03-27T12:27:00.000-07:00thx for the input abby-wannotice that i never said...thx for the input abby-wan<BR/><BR/>notice that i never said, "there is no other interpretation than the one which i have thus put forth." the purpose of my reviews is not to reveal every facet of possibility in different movies... that would be boring to read anyway.<BR/><BR/>Briony is swept up in her fanciful daydreams, true, but notice how she deliberately pried into Robbie and Cecilia's Pat Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02397839550090715753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-9339050684450623832008-03-27T09:04:00.000-07:002008-03-27T09:04:00.000-07:00I think you are missing a huge part in this story....I think you are missing a huge part in this story. If anything, I think it is a warning about letting yourself be blinded by your sense of right and wrong. Briony is so swept up in her (appropriately childlike) romantic notions of sex and propriety that she ignores what is right in front of her. She has this preconception of Robbie (based on the vulgar note he sent) that makes him a villain to Abby-Wan Kenobihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11790093578016960912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-44374362156339994062008-03-26T11:58:00.000-07:002008-03-26T11:58:00.000-07:00In your response to Atonement you express a longin...In your response to Atonement you express a longing to enfold Briony’s personal and ultimately failed gesture of atonement within the atonement of Christ. The gospel offers a meta-atonement in the sense of being a once-for-all, fully efficacious means of dealing with guilt. Certainly McEwan presents the story of a tragically flawed human atonement supporting your response.<BR/><BR/>But McEwan john doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05484728969355294193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-21536522279645802942008-03-25T17:34:00.000-07:002008-03-25T17:34:00.000-07:00I believe that that is the beauty of Christianity....I believe that that is the beauty of Christianity. As human beings we are flawed and we make mistakes, but God loves us and all we have to do is say we are sorry (and mean it) and try not to do it again and God will forgive us. Boy, do I need to be forgiven.Sugarmaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16796700490216789298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6154975217436010407.post-83059357405522973972008-03-25T17:07:00.000-07:002008-03-25T17:07:00.000-07:00The hymn sung in the movie was so pertinent. " Dea...The hymn sung in the movie was so pertinent. " Dear God and Father of mankind forgive our foolish ways...canaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03676078694517781563noreply@blogger.com