This may explain why I have unrealistic ideas of romance
March 25, 2008
I watched two James McAvoy movies over the long weekend: Atonement and Becoming Jane.
Both had unhappy endings but only one was unhappy enough to make me think about it long after the movie ended.
That’s right: I was actually haunted by the former movie, which I saw on Saturday evening. I was able to sleep through the night (of course; sleeping is the one thing I do well) but when I woke up on Easter morning, it wasn’t to thoughts of Jesus rising from the dead; rather it was thoughts of the movie and why oh why did it have to all go down like that?
(I did get back into the right frame of mind in time for church.)
But for the rest of the day, in between entertaining the various guests that showed up on Easter day, my sister and I dissected the movie together and tried to somehow make a happy ending out of the movie for ourselves.
Because we do not believe in watching movies with unhappy endings, and when we accidentally do so, we change it. Or try to.
Just so you know, James McAvoy is my husband, so don’t get any funny ideas about him.
And I loved Atonement. It was my favorite movie of 2007
Thanks for the heads up, I don’t do unhappy endings, I prefer my movies entertaining and a bit of la-la land-y.
I just read the post about Richard. I apologize for saying “Yo momma” to you that one time. I stand chastised.