Comments on: Atonement: Which is more real the person we are responding to or the person who exists? http://www.barbaradeshong-mysteryshrink.com/2007/12/29/atonement-which-is-more-real-the-person-we-are-responding-to-or-the-person-who-exists/ A Psychologist on the Loose Sun, 15 Jan 2012 07:28:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: aporia24 http://www.barbaradeshong-mysteryshrink.com/2007/12/29/atonement-which-is-more-real-the-person-we-are-responding-to-or-the-person-who-exists/#comment-9 aporia24 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:17:51 +0000 http://mysteryshrink.com/?p=28#comment-9 I watched Atonement recently and loved it (don't know why). I always just thought that the little Brionne was too young to know the weight of her accusation; if she had known she probably wouldn't be so "confident" to point the finger. But it was more the ending that amused me where actually both lovers died and she decided to write a book to play out her wishes and guilty conscience. I found it beautiful. But I also wondered if she could ever forgive her "innocent" self in the past. I watched Atonement recently and loved it (don’t know why).

I always just thought that the little Brionne was too young to know the weight of her accusation; if she had known she probably wouldn’t be so “confident” to point the finger. But it was more the ending that amused me where actually both lovers died and she decided to write a book to play out her wishes and guilty conscience. I found it beautiful. But I also wondered if she could ever forgive her “innocent” self in the past.

]]> By: Charlotte http://www.barbaradeshong-mysteryshrink.com/2007/12/29/atonement-which-is-more-real-the-person-we-are-responding-to-or-the-person-who-exists/#comment-8 Charlotte Sun, 30 Dec 2007 14:48:56 +0000 http://mysteryshrink.com/?p=28#comment-8 Having not much of a life and a fondness for action movies, I watched the whole Bourne saga this weekend. I won't need to beat anyone up for a long time! Your comment about how one person sees the other person very much drives the Bourne movies, as those who trained Bourne fall, one by one, into the traps they set for themselves as they try to kill him. Despite their incredible network, they filter all the information through their own sense of denied guilt, vicarious thrill of using others to kill, and their well-deserved fear that they will be found out...and they are. Bourne struggles to discover his identity and then to begin atonement for the things he has done. I have not read the Ludlum books, though I understand that the movies were updated considerably to avoid being period pieces and to use a younger actor. But my point is that everyone's actions are driven by how they percieve Bourne, and that is through their own filtered view of reality. Bourne certainly makes the decision to live his own life. Now I have a rationalization for watching action movies! Having not much of a life and a fondness for action movies, I watched the whole Bourne saga this weekend. I won’t need to beat anyone up for a long time!

Your comment about how one person sees the other person very much drives the Bourne movies, as those who trained Bourne fall, one by one, into the traps they set for themselves as they try to kill him. Despite their incredible network, they filter all the information through their own sense of denied guilt, vicarious thrill of using others to kill, and their well-deserved fear that they will be found out…and they are.

Bourne struggles to discover his identity and then to begin atonement for the things he has done. I have not read the Ludlum books, though I understand that the movies were updated considerably to avoid being period pieces and to use a younger actor. But my point is that everyone’s actions are driven by how they percieve Bourne, and that is through their own filtered view of reality.

Bourne certainly makes the decision to live his own life.

Now I have a rationalization for watching action movies!

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