the tragedy of laura palmer is that she was surrounded by men who saw her suffering and ignored it. she was taken advantage of by nearly every person in her life and the rest turned a blind eye. laura was a girl filled with so much love and so much pain and she tried to push it out in any way she could but it never ended up being enough. this movie was so much more visceral than the show. it was so hard to watch laura say goodbye to donna and even james knowing that they would never get to see her ever again. throughout the show we get to know laura's suffering through the eyes of others. piece by piece we gather that she was troubled, but seeing it all laid out in this movie-- actually seeing her struggle through these things is much different than simply hearing it scattered throughout a handful of episodes. laura isn't an angel- she is far from a perfect sinless victim which is why she's so important. she is far more than someone who was simply beautiful and kind who died. despite all this i know she is an angel.