The Notebook, You Have Met Your Match. [Media Mediation #02]

Atonement is a 2007 film, adapted from a novel by the same name by Ian McEwan. It is the only DVD I bothered bringing with me to college. Not like your traditional romance novel, it follows the life of Briony Tallis, a 13 year old who completely alters the life of her sister with one big lie (I won't divulge too much because, after this post you will want to run out, watch the movie and cry your eyes out over an ending that I refuse to tell you!)

(UK Film poster for Atonement; image courtesy of Wikipedia.)

In chapter one of Media & Culture, the idea that culture is like a map, "pulling audiences toward the security of repetition and common landmarks." Atonement works in the same sense, featuring a boy and a girl who fall in love despite cultural differences and the struggles they go through to be together. Atonement has also become famous for it's Dunkirk scene, which is five minutes long and was filmed all in one take.

Atonement has such a warm, fuzzy feeling. It's a movie you want to go back to, again, again and again. I personally enjoy watching it on cold, gray, rainy days. Even though it has stuck to the traditional idea of familiar stories, Atonement breaks out of the shell and becomes an entirely new story with it's ending. I encourage you. The next rainy day, curl up with a cup of hot cocoa, focus in of Keira Knightly and James McAvoy, and be amazed.