Comments on: Movie Reviews | Kite Runners & Old Men http://www.black-iris.com/2007/12/30/movie-reviews-kite-runners-old-men/ A Jordanian Blog Wed, 03 Dec 2008 06:23:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: vee budhi http://www.black-iris.com/2007/12/30/movie-reviews-kite-runners-old-men/#comment-122938 vee budhi Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:22:44 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2007/12/30/movie-reviews-kite-runners-old-men/#comment-122938 Yee.. i love the story very much very touch within it's a beautiful novel i agree with you the novel is more brilliant than the movie many magnetic -interesting things in the novel lost in the film ...zendagi migzagra .. . that 2 word keep in my mind For the movie , i do like acting of Hasan. He's perfect , so natural to be Hasan as a servant kid I vote for him get award as a young talented actor Yee.. i love the story very much
very touch within
it’s a beautiful novel
i agree with you the novel is more brilliant than the movie
many magnetic -interesting things in the novel lost in the film
…zendagi migzagra .. . that 2 word keep in my mind
For the movie , i do like acting of Hasan. He’s perfect , so natural to be Hasan as a servant kid
I vote for him get award as a young talented actor

]]> By: mohammad http://www.black-iris.com/2007/12/30/movie-reviews-kite-runners-old-men/#comment-110432 mohammad Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:21:08 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2007/12/30/movie-reviews-kite-runners-old-men/#comment-110432 I have not actually read the novel, but I enjoyed the movie. I think though it is more politicized than it should be. The Soviet soldiers and the Talibans are depicted as "the bad guys", the ultimate evil. I am sure they were horrible overall in reality, but the way they were portrayed was a bit childish, typical of many Hollywood movies. The stoning of a woman was an unnecessary scene, and I am sure it would get widely varying responses in the Muslim world. I hope it does not start another stupid debate about an unimportant issue. I have not actually read the novel, but I enjoyed the movie. I think though it is more politicized than it should be. The Soviet soldiers and the Talibans are depicted as “the bad guys”, the ultimate evil. I am sure they were horrible overall in reality, but the way they were portrayed was a bit childish, typical of many Hollywood movies. The stoning of a woman was an unnecessary scene, and I am sure it would get widely varying responses in the Muslim world. I hope it does not start another stupid debate about an unimportant issue.

]]> By: secratea http://www.black-iris.com/2007/12/30/movie-reviews-kite-runners-old-men/#comment-110380 secratea Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:36:14 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2007/12/30/movie-reviews-kite-runners-old-men/#comment-110380 Nas, I totally agree with what you said about the Kite Runner. It was a good movie, but my experience reading the novel was way better than viewing the movie. while reading, I fully experienced the beauty of the landscape, the kite tournaments, the smell of the kubab in the streets of Kabul, the normal life, the brutal life after the Russian invasion, and the inhumanity of the Taliban. On the other hand, the movie cut it short and left out lots of the beauty depicted in the novel.. the landscape was almost ignored in the movie, whereas in the novel I felt it as a main character, a place where Amir and Hassan's friendship develops and flourishes.. The sound track was awesome.. I didn't have enough of it and that's why I ordered it and will be getting it soon inshalla :D Nas, I totally agree with what you said about the Kite Runner.
It was a good movie, but my experience reading the novel was way better than viewing the movie. while reading, I fully experienced the beauty of the landscape, the kite tournaments, the smell of the kubab in the streets of Kabul, the normal life, the brutal life after the Russian invasion, and the inhumanity of the Taliban. On the other hand, the movie cut it short and left out lots of the beauty depicted in the novel.. the landscape was almost ignored in the movie, whereas in the novel I felt it as a main character, a place where Amir and Hassan’s friendship develops and flourishes..
The sound track was awesome.. I didn’t have enough of it and that’s why I ordered it and will be getting it soon inshalla :D

]]> By: Stephen http://www.black-iris.com/2007/12/30/movie-reviews-kite-runners-old-men/#comment-110375 Stephen Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:39:06 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2007/12/30/movie-reviews-kite-runners-old-men/#comment-110375 its never easy to transfer a book to movie, there will always be short comings. Still The Kite Runner will be a must see movie for me. Nice review its never easy to transfer a book to movie, there will always be short comings. Still The Kite Runner will be a must see movie for me. Nice review

]]> By: asoom http://www.black-iris.com/2007/12/30/movie-reviews-kite-runners-old-men/#comment-110370 asoom Sun, 30 Dec 2007 18:22:35 +0000 http://www.black-iris.com/2007/12/30/movie-reviews-kite-runners-old-men/#comment-110370 “There is a way to be good again.” It's that line exactly in the first chapter that made me shed tears just a couple of pages into the book. I can't even explain exactly why but I just thought it was so sad...like what is it he could have done as a boy that made him think he was so bad... I enjoyed the book so much I don't think I'll be watching the movie; I don't want anything to ruin my Kite Runner experience, but thanks for the review! “There is a way to be good again.”

It’s that line exactly in the first chapter that made me shed tears just a couple of pages into the book. I can’t even explain exactly why but I just thought it was so sad…like what is it he could have done as a boy that made him think he was so bad…

I enjoyed the book so much I don’t think I’ll be watching the movie; I don’t want anything to ruin my Kite Runner experience, but thanks for the review!

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