Another movie review

I rented Atonement though I'm not altogether sure why I did.

It's taken me forever to realize it, but I read this book. I can't be sure if I finished it though. Surely that's because it was too fucking slow for human consumption.

(Big Daddy came in at one point and, seeing the scene on the TV, asked me if much of the movie was about war. I nearly laughed at him. Since there is seriously no action in this movie.)

But there is this: A girl who wears her hair in the same childlike bob for her entire life. And a musical score that incorporates noises from the film, such as typewriters clicking, balls bouncing and guns firing. And Keira Knightley speaking so quickly that I had to turn on the subtitles to understand her. Even though it turns out that all she really ever says is, "Come back. Come back."

Oh, and apparently you can atone for completely and utterly ruining people's lives by simply writing the truth in a book at the end of yours, as long as you create a fictitious happy ending for them this time. I'll have to keep that in mind for future reference.