Watched the dvd of Atonement : Not one of the best movies ever but probably  a contender for the best  so far  this century .
The first 45 minutes are spellbindingly brilliant , building up to a horrendous injustice being perpetrated .
The sudden transitions to wartime France then later to 1999  could have been a lot  smoother , though the few flashbacks then flashbackforwards make sense rather than confuse .
It's been referred to as an epic , though at barely more than one hour fifty minutes  , not including the end credits , it's not  and it  feels  too compressed , like an extra half  hour  would've  been helpful  .
It's  about human emotion and human nature , as the best drama's are ; Love , lust , loss , regret and how a childs impetuous spiteful jealousy resonates through her and others lifetimes .
Excellently acted and filmed , and the musical score is entirely adequate though I'd have preferred a John Barry composed one .
Sad rather than depressing , and , could've been  better but a fine achievement nonetheless .

Oh what a messy , muddlesome day it's been , with nothing really working out right ;
Thursday was my Mum's birthday , then on Friday the very sad news of the death of one of my late Father's brother's . .
Apparently one of my Mum's  friends referred to me as a ' lovely soul ' , and , well , yeah , maybe , I dunno , though I sometimes  think of myself as ugly looking , which I know I've not always been , and , that can depend on how relaxed I am  I suppose . .
I was thinking of having one or two small affordable cosmetic things done , but , do'nt see the point really . .
In this life I've been unhappy more than happy , misunderstood more than understood ,  and disliked or hated more than liked or loved . .
But , yeah I'm a nice person ,  do'nt pretend to be perfect but , I try to follow the gentlemanly example set by my late relative . .
I'm kind of 'stuck'  which is nothing new for me , though at least in comfortable surroundings  and currently with my Mum , who I moved in with after struggling alone for well over a year after being suddenly abandoned by 'ex-partner' .
I do'nt often write about myself here , because , as evidenced by this post there's  little to say but , tomorrow's another day and , with more stuff in the news to respond to hopefully . . .