Comments on: THE KITE RUNNER [2007] review

By: Bob

Bob — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 04:28:36 +0000

the child actors had to relocate to other countries for fear of their lives. they were paid small amounts of money, and after a while, the boy who played amir relocated back from dubai (where he had been living, to afghanistan again. he said he regretted doing the movie.

it was a lovely movie, just saying they should of given the kids more money and not put them in a situation like that. they were only allowed to take ONE relative to live with them overseas, so they had to leave their whole family behind. they could have gotten actors who didnt live in afghanistan and whose lives werent at risk!

By: Jason Collin

Jason Collin — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:37:42 +0000

Thank you Susana.

I agree, the friendship was certainly not deserved. And the twist did seem somewhat implausible given the living conditions.

THE KITE RUNNER is one of those movies that makes a war zone real, not just something one sees on TV every now and then. I now feel new sympathy for Afghanis.

By: Susana Maria Rosende

Susana Maria Rosende — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:41:11 +0000

I loved your review because it brought back the memory of this film, and the soaring kites, always the soaring, colorful kites.

I also greatly loved this moving film.

I didn’t think it could live up to the book, (films seldom do), but I was pleasantly surprised.

I, too, wanted to adopt the noble young Hassan, who sacrificed everything for honor, out of loyalty for his cowardly friend. Friends like him are hard to find in this world. Unfortunately, I don’t think the friendship was deserved in this case, and the twist of the “secret” was almost painful to learn in lieu of the very separate lives of these boys.

This film, based on the book, however, was an amazing story and one that I highly recommend.