The Kite Runner
starring: L. Peter Callender, Larry Brown, Saïd Taghmaoui, Shaun Toub, Homayoun Ershadi
directed by: Marc Forster
directed by: Marc Forster
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As young boys amir & hassan were inseperable friends until one fateful act tore them apart. Years later amir will embark on a dangerous quest to right the wrongs of the past & redeem himself in ways he never expected.Studio: Paramount Home VideoRelease Date: 03/25/2008Run time: 127 minutesRating: Pg13
Amazon.com:
Like the bestselling book upon which it's based, The Kite Runner will haunt the viewer long after the film is over. A tale of childhood betrayal, innocence and harsh reality, and dreamy memory, The Kite Runner faces good and evil--and the path between them, though often blurry and sorrowfully relative. Director Marc Forster (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland) presents a painterly vision of Afghanistan before the Soviet tanks, before the Taliban--lush, verdant, fertile--in its landscape and in its people and their history and hopes. The story follows two young boys' friendship, tested beyond endurance, and the haunting of their adult selves by what happened in their youth--and what horrors befall their country in the meantime. The performances of the two boys--Zekeria Ebrahimi (Amir) and Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada (Hassan)--are the film's strongest, unforced and gently evocative. The penance paid by their adult selves is foreshadowed, but never predictable--and the metaphor of innocence lost, a common theme in Forster's work, keeps the film, like the title kites, truly aloft.--A.T. Hurley
As young boys amir & hassan were inseperable friends until one fateful act tore them apart. Years later amir will embark on a dangerous quest to right the wrongs of the past & redeem himself in ways he never expected.Studio: Paramount Home VideoRelease Date: 03/25/2008Run time: 127 minutesRating: Pg13
Amazon.com:
Like the bestselling book upon which it's based, The Kite Runner will haunt the viewer long after the film is over. A tale of childhood betrayal, innocence and harsh reality, and dreamy memory, The Kite Runner faces good and evil--and the path between them, though often blurry and sorrowfully relative. Director Marc Forster (Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland) presents a painterly vision of Afghanistan before the Soviet tanks, before the Taliban--lush, verdant, fertile--in its landscape and in its people and their history and hopes. The story follows two young boys' friendship, tested beyond endurance, and the haunting of their adult selves by what happened in their youth--and what horrors befall their country in the meantime. The performances of the two boys--Zekeria Ebrahimi (Amir) and Ahmad Khan Mahmidzada (Hassan)--are the film's strongest, unforced and gently evocative. The penance paid by their adult selves is foreshadowed, but never predictable--and the metaphor of innocence lost, a common theme in Forster's work, keeps the film, like the title kites, truly aloft.--A.T. Hurley
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- One of the best movies I have seen in the past year
Powerful - beautifully done.A great movie.The acting is wonderful.The cinematography is superb.A great DVD to own.
Michael Mindel
Rating: - Compelling
Did you ever read a DVD cover blurb saying it's the greatest thing since sliced bread or some such nonsense, then pop it into your DVD player only to find it's average?That will NOT happen here.
This is a powerful, moving, compelling drama which makes excellent use of sly humor and which will stay with you long after you've finished watching it.The other reviewers can tell you why better than I can, so I'll let them.
I haven't read the novel, by the way, although I have ... Read More
Rating: - " I feel like a tourist in my homeland"-Khalid Abdalla(Amir)
The movie tells the story of a childhood friendship in Afghanistan that is interrupted by a sad incident and explores the possibility of redemption and the correction of past mistakes.
The scenery and direction of the movie are fascinating, aside from the extremely annoying subtitles which detracted from my enjoyment of the movie:
1-They were light with a light back ground.
2-They didn't last on the screen long enough to be read
3-worst of all , the subtitles had some Islamic ... Read More
Rating: - kite runner
product arrived with writing on dvd...no insert...do not mark as "as new" because it was in "good" condition not "very good" or "as new"
Rating: - Interesting, envolving, multi-culture
I loved reading the book so much that I was sad when it was over. The way the author writes catches your attention and envolves your emotions. When you have to stop to read you feel you need to go back to book again soon. It shows an unusual perspective of children's cruelty and the guilt carried to adulthood. The book is richly permeated with afghan culture in such a way that you find it pleasant to learn about their different life way.
- One of the best movies I have seen in the past yearPowerful - beautifully done.A great movie.The acting is wonderful.The cinematography is superb.A great DVD to own.
Michael Mindel
- CompellingDid you ever read a DVD cover blurb saying it's the greatest thing since sliced bread or some such nonsense, then pop it into your DVD player only to find it's average?That will NOT happen here.
This is a powerful, moving, compelling drama which makes excellent use of sly humor and which will stay with you long after you've finished watching it.The other reviewers can tell you why better than I can, so I'll let them.
I haven't read the novel, by the way, although I have ... Read More
- " I feel like a tourist in my homeland"-Khalid Abdalla(Amir)The movie tells the story of a childhood friendship in Afghanistan that is interrupted by a sad incident and explores the possibility of redemption and the correction of past mistakes.
The scenery and direction of the movie are fascinating, aside from the extremely annoying subtitles which detracted from my enjoyment of the movie:
1-They were light with a light back ground.
2-They didn't last on the screen long enough to be read
3-worst of all , the subtitles had some Islamic ... Read More
- kite runnerproduct arrived with writing on dvd...no insert...do not mark as "as new" because it was in "good" condition not "very good" or "as new"
- Interesting, envolving, multi-cultureI loved reading the book so much that I was sad when it was over. The way the author writes catches your attention and envolves your emotions. When you have to stop to read you feel you need to go back to book again soon. It shows an unusual perspective of children's cruelty and the guilt carried to adulthood. The book is richly permeated with afghan culture in such a way that you find it pleasant to learn about their different life way.
