The Kite Runner (2007)

Wonderful character development!

Let's be realistic.

Best movie ever!

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Good movie, young fella gets buggered up the arse in it

I have read "The Kite Runner" book before I see this movie. Seeing this film, I seriously doubted if the screen writer ever read this novel or even noticed what the story is about! I think, he totally changed the story somehow and made this great story to one of the typical below the normal Hollywood films! I believe the hole story was about Amirs extremely guilty conscience and the pain he suffered because of his ignorance during the rape of Hassan by Assef. However, it seem the respectful screen writer and director hardly mentioned this great kind of suffering during this film.

I had to read this book for my Honors English class this summer and I absolutely loved it. The characters they seemed as real to me as my family members. When I finished the book the characters seemed to haunt me, in a good way. After I finished the book I considered watching the movie but I was afraid that the directors had ruined it. The night before finals I decided to watch it to refresh my memory. And boy was I right! Although the casting and the filming were good the script had a lot more to give. It seemed as though the writers had chosen bits and pieces out of the book and stuck it together to make a movie. Yes, they added all of the key moments in Amir's life but they only told half of them, there was still a lot more to the moments that needed to be told. I know that with movies it is difficult for the writers and directors to take us inside the characters minds, but it is possible for them to help us understand the characters and their actions. If I had not read the book I don't think that I would have understood this story as much as I do now.

I just read the novel and it was incredible and fascinating. I read it in one day. It was so addictive. The movie was a disappointment. The biggest reason was the lack of emotions. The novel was so deep but I didn't find that in this movie. The movie doesn't achieve viewer's motions - at least not mine. I don't recognize the main characters at all. They are very shallow in here. Not at all like in the novel. The movie doesn't explain the characters at all, like who are Ali and Hassan, what are the relationships between Ali and the father, or Ali and Amir. What is the problem between Amir and his father and what really cause those problems. How the father and his long time friend differs in their point of views and in their relationships with Amir. What is their relationship with Islam and how it develops. The movie shows what breaks Amir's and Ali's relationship, but doesn't tell how it affected to them. How their relationship changed. It doesn't show Amir's continuous fight with himself and with guilt. These things are the core of the movie, but the viewer doesn't reach these issues. The movie feels shallow. Some good points as well, because the movie wasn't all bad. I didn't know what the life was in Afganistan before Talebans. I didn't know what the houses are like and how the interiors were so similar in 70's than in western countries. I was very nice to see these. I liked also the nature - so bare and kind of peaceful.Btw, were Adidas' Superstars sneakers already existing in 70's?? :DSo, I recommend to pass this movie and to read the book, if you have time. But sure, watch the movie, if you don't have time to read, but watch it few time to find the real message and the real characters and relations in it.