The Kite Runner, based in the international bestseller by Khaled Hosseini, tells the story of an Afghan refugee turned writer, many years removed from his struggles to arrive in the United States, who is overcome by an eruption of memory from his days as a child in Afghanistan. At it’s core, the story is about an upper-class 12 year-old Afghan boy named Amir, who horribly betrays his childhood friend Hassan, the son of his father’s house servant. Years later, Amir takes the opportunity to atone for his actions with a tremendous act of courage. Powerful, haunting, and unforgettable, the film takes the audience inside both a country’s history and culture, placing a very human face on the tragic tale of Afghanistan; a country that most only know from caustic headlines and brief nightly news installments. Even the the most stoic of viewers will have a hard time not being moved by RELATIVITY OnLine’s latest DVD recommendation. Skip the latest formulaic retread the next time you’re looking for a movie to watch and try something a little different. You won’t regret it.
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I saw this movie last year, ran into it by accident really, and it was one of the best films I have seen in quite some time. The author has also wriiten another great book called “A Thousand Splendid Suns” which I highly recommend.
The Taliban is really f***ked up! How did they ever get to be the way the are? Where does their history lead back to. The reality is there are just the same as Hilter and the Nazis. Truly Evill. Muslims should not stand for it, form a coaltion, go into Afghanistan and get rif of them themselves. America is there fighting, sacrificing their own soldiers to try to get rid f what is one of our planet’s biggest group of monsters, monsters that are making life difficult for Muslims everywhere.