She is a cold-blooded killer, and if you’re on the wrong side of the law, you may be her next target. Overall I thought the movie was pretty well done, but I would recommend reading the book before seeing it. Kite (1998) Adult R18+ Animation, Crime, Action & Adventure, Drama 30m User Score Overview Sawa may seem innocent and naive, but don’t be fooled. The dialog was pretty simple so that wasn’t a problem. Sometimes in foreign films there is so much dialog to read that I miss the subtleties of the acting because I’m too busy reading. I’m not sure how I would have felt about it if I hadn’t read the book first, because the movie just doesn’t give that much insight into why Amir might have been that upset.īoth English and Farsi were used, and I didn’t even mind the subtitles. I was moved to tears during one scene, when Amir stands up to his father-in-law and defends Sohrab. It then goes very quickly and some key scenes in the book were omitted in the movie. It all stays pretty true to the book until the last part, when Amir brings Sohrab home. Amir has a hangdog appearance throughout, presumably because of the guilt he continues to feel over his treatment of Hassan. The movie loses steam when Amir and Baba come to America. He did all the same things in both the movie and the book, but at least in the book you understood his motivations. The child actors that played young Amir and Hassan were very good, as was the actor who played Baba, and the flashback sequences in Kabul were done well. As always, The Book Was Better (do I even need to say it?) It’s difficult to be objective about a movie after you’ve read the book. Val and I saw The Kite Runner, which we read with the book club last summer. As much as I might have enjoyed being in the cold, pouring rain and watching deafening trucks flip over in the mud (ha!), I opted for a “boring” night at the movies with my friend and fellow bookclubber, Valerie. The kids went with my husband and each invited a friend to go along. Someone my husband works with has a young son who races in a mini truck, so we got 5 pit passes. Tonite we were invited to the Monster Jam Monster Truck show in Anaheim. Subscribe in a reader Subscribe to Books on the Brain by Email
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