A movie review that looks like an afterthought

Braeden 2022-04-20 09:01:13

Compared with Taiwan's translation of "Love. Seduction. Sin", I still prefer the literal translation from the mainland. When I first started watching it, plus a few stills I saw on Weibo, I determined that this is a very beautiful movie. Recently, my face control has been a little deep, and I have no resistance to beautiful things. So before watching the film, I almost never disliked the progress of the plot or other things, and I didn't read the progress bar very much. In short, it was very comfortable to watch. enjoy.
I don't want to talk too much about the plot, I always want to talk about people.
At the beginning, I didn't have a good impression of Robbie, but when Briony misunderstood him again and again, and he really didn't do anything great, I had a vague affection for him (okay, I admit it) Most of the favor comes from the face). Because of repeated misunderstandings, his image in Briony's heart gradually collapsed, and the most serious thing should be the letter that was wrongly sealed and peeped. It was these misunderstandings and Robbie's writing that somewhat nasty letter that made the image of Robbie in my mind more likable and real. I totally understand everything he did, and none of it was wrong at all. Briony's and third-person perspectives from the director's different camera positions do a good job of describing what happened at the time. Robbie does what "seems wrong" for a reason, he's just reacting normally. //After Briony fell into the water, he jumped down to save her, the fierce face after landing was very handsome, and I thought this was the murder, so when he was fierce, I thought he was very attractive. . After that, the forbearance in prison and the belief that I wanted to go back to be reunited with Cecilia after I was in the army made me feel so fond of him Orz
It's a pity that he is always bumped into by Briony at inappropriate times, and it's a pity that Briony likes him in her heart. Likes at that age are very pure, and very pure things are not concealed, so it is always easy to breed jealousy, hatred or other feelings. Briony developed a paranoid, almost vengeful mentality, and then she made a mistake, and it all made me feel like I was doomed. Looking back at the 13-year-old me, if I thought that I could tell right from wrong was also out of selfishness, I would be extremely naive, but at that time, people had entered adolescence, and they were considered half adults. You will be responsible for what happened in the future. But at the time, I didn't realize that what I did hurt some people. In the end, these injuries fell on me like a reincarnation after growing up and sensible, how similar to Briony's experience. Seeing this, thinking of this, I was actually a little scared, because I always felt that the little girl who used to be paranoid, stupid, and selfish was who I used to be. If the same thing happened to me, would I do something wrong? Really chills down my spine. The stories in the movie are not very common, and I am fortunate to have not experienced them, but some small things did happen, and now even regret can't save the slightest, like Briony, her redemption is mostly the psychology of redemption The guilt that I felt in the past did not help the reality four years later. Thinking of this, I was really emotional.
In my heart, I admire the original author's grasp of the entry point of this incident. I appreciate that he can think about the problem from the perspective of a 13-year-old girl, and his thoughts are very close to my heart, who was also a 13-year-old girl. I think the author must be someone who understands good and evil in human nature. I don’t really like the way some movies express good people and bad people. It seems that slowly, a person wakes up and wants to be a good person. It seems that through a certain ceremony, he can really become a good person, and all the audience also have the opportunity to forgive him. I dare to think that the author knows that good and evil coexist in human nature, and no one can really defeat the other. Sometimes you lose a little and sometimes he takes a step back. Most people are good, but good can never erase the existence of evil, just like Briony is redeeming something, in fact, everything in reality has not been redeemed, except that the balance in her heart is not so violent and not so lethal. She fidgets. It's this subtle coexistence that makes Briony's character even more convincing and a mysterious, warm artistry to me, and paired with beautiful cinematic images, it's a masterpiece.
Briony is also a stubborn temper. If it were me, I would be afraid. In those four years, I will definitely do something. But Briony doesn't, and that's the only thing I've seen that doesn't make sense, maybe it's character. Or maybe the movie is expressing an idea, but how wrong can she actually be? If it weren't for a series of dramatic coincidences, it might just have been as simple as she broke a vase and didn't want to admit her mistake. The real culprit wasn't blamed or even mentioned much. And when Briony identified Robbie, the phrase "well done" with a pat on the shoulder was also intriguing. Perhaps the environment nurtured and condoned this tragedy, and Briony was just a necessary and insufficient condition. But this kind of tolerant statement is actually unreasonable. She is indeed at fault. If I were in it, I would be like Robbie and want to break her neck.
who to blame?

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Atonement quotes

  • Cecilia Tallis: [about Robbie] No need to encourage him.

  • Leon Tallis: Guess who we met on the way in.

    Cecilia Tallis: Robbie.

    Leon Tallis: Told him to join us tonight.

    Cecilia Tallis: Oh, Leon, you didn't!