I've had a change of heart...read BOOK-toomuchtrouble saw film-mediocre. second screening I LOVE it

Rating: 9/10 (30 May 2008)

I read the book a month ahead to coincide with the film release in theatres last year i absolutely dreaded the book for its annoying superfluous details. some details i liked others i found painful dull and BORING. i really liked the aspect of war in the book.
NOW THE FILM. upon finishing the book i felt like my time was mostly wasted. so i was rather cynical about the film. i thought it moved too quickly and was cheesy at some points. although the ending in the film stroke deep empathy in me oppose to the one in the book.
i recently viewed it AGAIN (second time) with my gf and i felt defenseless as the story unfolded itself (still too quickly) but rather heart renderingly painfully. i felt the pain briony had felt.. the guilt, agony and torment in which she tried to appease herself.
i gave it like a 6.5 at first viewing and the BOOK a 6. upon the second viewing of the FILM i most say it is the BEST film i saw this year. the plot was much more sentimental than ncfom