tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post6732100391159546968..comments2024-03-26T12:19:52.801-04:00Comments on Tea at Trianon: Atonement (2007)elena maria vidalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-58474866970969286952020-06-08T11:26:36.055-04:002020-06-08T11:26:36.055-04:00Plus, it is horribly sad how emaciated actresses l...Plus, it is horribly sad how emaciated actresses like Keira Knightly are made into icons of beauty by Hollywood, causing many girls and women to hate their bodies if they are not as skinny themselves. It is a shame and an evil manipulation of the young to flood their minds with unrealistic ideas of feminine beauty such as Keira. I do not blame her personally but those who continually cast her in roles for which she was unsuited.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15627519576460578318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-91334565763193359162020-06-07T13:59:20.260-04:002020-06-07T13:59:20.260-04:00So we are not allowed to criticize the Hollywood e...So we are not allowed to criticize the Hollywood elite?elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-27133216631374498452020-06-07T12:34:31.116-04:002020-06-07T12:34:31.116-04:00"Keira Knightley must be the most emaciated a..."Keira Knightley must be the most emaciated actress who ever lived".It will make a difference to someone.Fire@Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17633350144193197672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-81328343434285447832020-06-06T19:37:17.023-04:002020-06-06T19:37:17.023-04:00Sorry, I can't stand Keira as an actress in hi...Sorry, I can't stand Keira as an actress in historical films. My opinion will make little or no difference to her, believe me.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-21615015962014338632010-12-21T10:06:07.245-05:002010-12-21T10:06:07.245-05:00Thank you, Alison!Thank you, Alison!elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-20557458733789359102010-12-21T09:58:52.966-05:002010-12-21T09:58:52.966-05:00As always, I love the way you write!
This too is ...As always, I love the way you write!<br /><br />This too is one of my favorite movies of recent time.<br /><br />Themes of seeking redemption always appeal to me.Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05423794317423373245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-85433244183484611392008-05-22T18:34:00.000-04:002008-05-22T18:34:00.000-04:00Thank you, Clare, for the helpful insights about t...Thank you, Clare, for the helpful insights about the film, expressed with your usual eloquence. <BR/><BR/>No, your comments on the other thread about Lewis did not offend at all; you have a right to your opinion and everyone does not have to like everything. Some people just do not get into Lewis and/or Tolkien and that's fine.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-31773047556597205482008-05-22T18:18:00.000-04:002008-05-22T18:18:00.000-04:00excuse moi this is a rather late posting - I didn'...excuse moi this is a rather late posting - I didn't have an OpenID or thought I didn't until my hubby enlightened me!<BR/><BR/> Good point about the 'mere christian' (a la CS Lewis) lack of access to a concrete occasion for sacramental "atonement," (or incarnate person, Jesus Christ) that really pins it down for me (and it seems Fr Longenecker at Catjolic Online has similar issues with the Prince Caspian books and movei) --- Thanks so much for helping me reconcile in my head why I felt guilty to have thought the movie a good one when many orthodox Catholics "experts" critiqued it (and the book of course) for the way the mature author "hides" her guilt in a contrived "happy ending" for her fictional work.<BR/><BR/>IMHO the best art is that that has the courage to expose the rawness of vulnerability, the pain of the tragic, that ache of impotence to heal a wound, that unrequited longing for what we in our heart of hearts know is out there but cannot grasp... an open-ended honesty of grappling with imperceptible un-encountered (or fearfully out-maneuvered) grace...<BR/><BR/>I have come to appreciate JPIIs TOB insights when trying to unpack a narrative - to recognize in the mutual exchange of original solitude in an exclusive, indissoluble conjugal bond as the most profound expression of love granted to mankind outside of the Church -- and the author-within-the-author seems to agree, in that (s)he senses her sister and putative brother in law were owed such a destiny, and yet all of the other material reflects what transpires in real life to obstruct us from attaining our true flourishing, and sometimes it takes a lifetime to realize it...<BR/><BR/>With God's grace this movie could help many of the "secular" faith-deniers to see the difference between sentimentality and sensibility -- the dignity of the protagonists is never in question (they just trip over their own carnal natures and fall prey to the destructive forces of evil let loose on the world during wartime). The trick of the closing scenes is to leave one unsure as to what degree they freely chose, and then lived with, personal sacrifices gifted for the beloved's benefit, and to what degree they were robbed of (or denied themselves) the opportunity to "be all that they could be" -- incidentally something each and everyone of us has to confront when we examine our consciences, daily, no? <BR/><BR/>Truely a great phenomenological personalist meditation on life and love! <BR/><BR/>Thanks again Elena Maria!<BR/><BR/>P.S. I trust my contributions to the online Catholic thread didn't offend -- present company excepted from any 'self-serving' critique I leveled in my 'cave' posts thereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-23015145561048390922008-04-29T11:46:00.000-04:002008-04-29T11:46:00.000-04:00No, I haven't, Susan. But I will make a point of s...No, I haven't, Susan. But I will make a point of seeing it this weekend and writing a review. Thanks for the suggestion!elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-5255336780016476102008-04-29T11:36:00.000-04:002008-04-29T11:36:00.000-04:00Elena, have you seen the movie, Juno, written a re...Elena, have you seen the movie, Juno, written a review? I'd like to hear what you think of it. SusanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-3353175396758258132008-04-28T19:08:00.000-04:002008-04-28T19:08:00.000-04:00I agree, papabear, jealousy predominated in the mi...I agree, papabear, jealousy predominated in the mix of emotions.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-21098108493919577372008-04-28T18:43:00.000-04:002008-04-28T18:43:00.000-04:00I thought it was more ambiguous than that, whether...I thought it was more ambiguous than that, whether it was an honest mistake or not--there is a suggestion that she made the accusation also out of jealousy and because she was 'spurned'.papabearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12180053825589485150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-56553725907302224412008-04-28T10:11:00.000-04:002008-04-28T10:11:00.000-04:00Exactly. Briony thought her sister was being attac...Exactly. Briony thought her sister was being attacked. She then thought that Lola was being attacked by the same person. It was an unfortunate but understandable mistake.elena maria vidalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17129629173535139807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7534539169157708222.post-77681811802828688852008-04-28T09:55:00.000-04:002008-04-28T09:55:00.000-04:00Thanks for this review! I liked the movie better t...Thanks for this review! I liked the movie better than the book. I thought the book was beautifully written but the emergence of the "author" I thought was contrived. In the movie it is somehow less obtrusive. Your review helps me better appreciate the story. I was also a bit shocked that her sister did not try to reassure Briony after the interruption in the library. I thought the overall neglect of Briony was a major source of the problem.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10317796864224423184noreply@blogger.com