Did anyone here see "Atonement"? POTENTIAL SPOILERS

[Pale Blue Dot]

Actually, merely posting this thread in this forum is a potential spoiler.

I thought the movie was very well done, and it made me curious to read the book on which it is based. I saw the film as a story about why we, as human beings, create the idea of an afterlife. It suggest that we do so as a way of easing our feelings of quilt and responsibility over our own sins and mistakes. It seemed to me to be a very subtle yet powerful atheistic film.

Did anyone else see it and share my impression? Has anyone read the book?

[ozone_man]

1. We saw it last weekend.

And liked it very much. I recommend it. A chic flick as my wife puts it, but I like chic flicks too. One of my family thought it was a Jane Austin book, but my wife has read all of them and didn't remember that one. On the way into the movies we ran into a friend who did read the book, but didn't have time to discuss it.

I can't say whether it was atheistic. There was certainly a lot of guilt and atonement for her sins. Nw that you mention it, I could see how it might be interpreted (the way the idea of an afterlife is created) as atheistic. I liked Vanessa Redgrave.

[jonnyblitz]

2. I read the book a few years back and enjoyed it. I read it

because I like the author (Ian McEwan)and read several of his books back to back at that time. I will see the movie within the next few days.Even though I remember that I liked the story (as I do all of his)I don't remember the details. Hopefully it will all come back when I see the movie.

[and-justice-for-all]

3. I thought it was a chic flick...

and I do care to see such films in the theater.