The kite runner

Khaled Hosseni’s bestselling novel a thousand splendid suns is about two boys who grow up together in Afghanistan in the 1970s hit readers that they had to bring a film which could capture the story. The film itself is sometimes rushed and skimpy on the details but it has truly captured the main essence of the book. In San Franciso in 2000, Amir an author returns to Kabul, which is controlled by the Taliban, back then, Amir and his servant Hassan were friends and both the kids used to enter kite-flying contests to please their father. Amir starts to get jealous of Hassan because of how his father always encouraged Hassan. What breaks the friends' bond is Amir's cowardice when he does nothing to stop the rape of Hassan by a Pushtan thug, who figures later in the movie.
The movie is directed by Marc Foster, working from a short script by David Benioff and covering all the main scenes, the movie as a whole as a sensational job by the director. Both the actors Amir and Hassan give such heart-rending performances due to the horrific scenes that had to be shot the film release had to be postponed. The movie itself was truly a masterpiece.
Another similar movie came out later Slum Dog Millionaire which was about how children from the slums are abused and then used as a source of income. It was mainly about portraying the harsh realities of third world countries. Slum Dog Millionaire was later nominated in the Oscars but no credit was given to Kite Runners may be because of the reason that Kite runner focused on two boys who belonged to Afghanistan and not India? We don’t know, but this movie truly deserved an award for depicting such horrific realities with actors which gave brilliant performances. It must be said that these kind of tear-stained climaxes are much more earned here than in that previous ornament of a film. But for the stunningly captured and severe beauty of the landscape by the end one feels tired and more than a little manipulated, like one of those kites viciously jerking through the thin, cold air over Kabul.