list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around The Kite Runner on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/The_Kite_Runner/316656/default.aspx Title: The Kite Runner
Year: 2007
Director: Marc Forster
Plot: Finding Neverland director Marc Forster adapts author Khaled Hosseini's novel about life in Afghanistan following the fall of the Taliban. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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]]>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:29:04 GMTThe Kite Runner2007Marc Forster<a href=/films/225079/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Finding Neverland</a> director <a href="/players/P___277313/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Marc Forster</a> adapts author Khaled Hosseini's novel about life in Afghanistan following the fall of the Taliban. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide20Tag Target (>10)9413http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s316656.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_Kite_Runner/316656/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/jimbell/archive/2008/11/6/37010.aspx Post By: JimBell
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Post Date: 11/6/2008 12:29:04 AM
Body: The Kite Runner (2007) is a wonderful story, which is a good thing because the movie has many scenes honouring the appeal of a good story, and it would be enervating if the movie itself was not a well-told tale. A young boy betrays his best friend and, two decades later, gets a chance to redeem himself. The protagonist, like many of the characters is complex, not all good, all bad, all hero, all victim. He spends most of the movie rather weak or unmanly, but the heart-warming conclusion is a testament to his new-found maturity. The story creates a powerful sense of time and place—Afghanistan before the Russian invasion, and Afghanistan under the Taliban. But it also jumps to modern-day California, and this switching from past to present works smoothly, in part because the issues the characters face are the same. For good and bad, immigrants come trailing some powerful stories.
]]>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:29:04 GMTJimBellJimBell Blog11/6/2008 12:29:04 AMThe Kite Runner (2007) is a wonderful story, which is a good thing because the movie has many scenes honouring the appeal of a good story, and it would be enervating if the movie itself was not a well-told tale. A young boy betrays his best friend and, two decades later, gets a chance to redeem himself. The protagonist, like many of the characters is complex, not all good, all bad, all hero, all victim. He spends most of the movie rather weak or unmanly, but the heart-warming conclusion is a testament to his new-found maturity. The story creates a powerful sense of time and place&mdash;Afghanistan before the Russian invasion, and Afghanistan under the Taliban. But it also jumps to modern-day California, and this switching from past to present works smoothly, in part because the issues the characters face are the same. For good and bad, immigrants come trailing some powerful stories. http://www.spout.com/groups/It_s_a_Wonderful_Night_for_Oscar/Re_Predictions_and_Commentary_2008/46/24210/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: pippin06
Post To: It's a Wonderful Night for Oscar!
Post Date: 1/22/2008 1:17:56 PM
Body: To start off the conversation about snubbery, here is an article from Saturday's Washington Post centered on the shortlist for foreign language film, which had a variety of omissions of previous award-show favorites, including 4 Months, 3 Days, 2 Nights and Persepolis. Foreign Languge Film is usually a hotly contested category, mainly because of the inconsistent eligibility rules and arthouse cred/interest these films generate, and the five nominees not only fail to include those shortlisted but also highly buzzed about entries such as The Kite Runner and Ang Lee's Lust, Caution. In addition, for reasons not fully clear to me (maybe I should go review the rules), while The Diving Bell and the Butterfly has received several mainstage award noms, it did not get nominated in Foreign Language Film. Last year, Pan's Labryinth enjoyed noms in several categories, including FLF. Isn't it wonderful how Oscar fails to make logical sense sometimes? More observations to come, but if you have any reactions, please contribute!http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/18/AR2008011803357.html
]]>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:17:56 GMTpippin06It's a Wonderful Night for Oscar!1/22/2008 1:17:56 PMTo start off the conversation about snubbery, here is an article from Saturday&#39;s Washington Post centered on the shortlist for foreign language film, which had a variety of omissions of previous award-show favorites, including 4 Months, 3 Days, 2 Nights and Persepolis. Foreign Languge Film is usually a hotly contested category, mainly because of the inconsistent eligibility rules and arthouse cred/interest these films generate, and the five nominees not only fail to include those shortlisted but also highly buzzed about entries such as The Kite Runner and Ang Lee&#39;s Lust, Caution. In addition, for reasons not fully clear to me (maybe I should go review the rules), while The Diving Bell and the Butterfly has received several mainstage award noms, it did not get nominated in Foreign Language Film. Last year, Pan&#39;s Labryinth enjoyed noms in several categories, including FLF. Isn&#39;t it wonderful how Oscar fails to make logical sense sometimes? More observations to come, but if you have any reactions, please contribute!http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/18/AR2008011803357.html http://www.spout.com/blogs/dibot/archive/2008/1/19/24067.aspx Post By: dibot
Post To: dibot Blog
Post Date: 1/19/2008 11:06:59 AM
Body: It seems that I'm always behind.Eastern Promises, David Cronenberg ("A History of Violence")'s latest reteaming with Viggo Mortensen ("Alatriste") is another glorious film. Though not as close to perfection as A History of Violence, the film is very interesting, suspenseful and thoughtful. Also, Mortensen has some really awesome tattoos. Naomi Watts ("The Painted Veil") stars as a nurse trying to find the family of a young pregnant girl who died in her hospital. This leads her to the Russian mob, for whom Viggo works. Because it's Cronenberg, there's some gore and it's not always easy to watch. But it's worth it.The Kite Runner gave me some trouble because I read the book first. And, of course, the film is not as good. The story focuses on Amir and his childhood friend, Hassan. Amir is taken out of Afghanistan by his father when he is young, but must return as an adult to help Hassan and his son. The story is touching and horrible at the same time, especially the scenes with the young boys. But it just felt to me that something was missing in this translation of book to screen. Some of the magic of the friendship between the two boys, and the adult Amir's pain at going back to confront his ghosts. Still, this is worth the watch.All the King's Men had the basis for genius, and maybe that's why I'm being so hard on it. Based on a fabulous book, the story had already seen one really good adaptation in 1949. This film is just a mess. A cast of outstanding actors, including Sean Penn ("The Interpreter") and Kate Winslet ("The Holiday") is just wasted in this muddled adaptation. I kept wondering how writer/director Steven Zaillian ("A Civil Action") could have made such a mess considering the actors and source material with which he had to work. Just a waste.
]]>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 16:06:59 GMTdibotdibot Blog1/19/2008 11:06:59 AMIt seems that I&#39;m always behind.Eastern Promises, David Cronenberg (&quot;A History of Violence&quot;)&#39;s latest reteaming with Viggo Mortensen (&quot;Alatriste&quot;) is another glorious film. Though not as close to perfection as A History of Violence, the film is very interesting, suspenseful and thoughtful. Also, Mortensen has some really awesome tattoos. Naomi Watts (&quot;The Painted Veil&quot;) stars as a nurse trying to find the family of a young pregnant girl who died in her hospital. This leads her to the Russian mob, for whom Viggo works. Because it&#39;s Cronenberg, there&#39;s some gore and it&#39;s not always easy to watch. But it&#39;s worth it.The Kite Runner gave me some trouble because I read the book first. And, of course, the film is not as good. The story focuses on Amir and his childhood friend, Hassan. Amir is taken out of Afghanistan by his father when he is young, but must return as an adult to help Hassan and his son. The story is touching and horrible at the same time, especially the scenes with the young boys. But it just felt to me that something was missing in this translation of book to screen. Some of the magic of the friendship between the two boys, and the adult Amir&#39;s pain at going back to confront his ghosts. Still, this is worth the watch.All the King&#39;s Men had the basis for genius, and maybe that&#39;s why I&#39;m being so hard on it. Based on a fabulous book, the story had already seen one really good adaptation in 1949. This film is just a mess. A cast of outstanding actors, including Sean Penn (&quot;The Interpreter&quot;) and Kate Winslet (&quot;The Holiday&quot;) is just wasted in this muddled adaptation. I kept wondering how writer/director Steven Zaillian (&quot;A Civil Action&quot;) could have made such a mess considering the actors and source material with which he had to work. Just a waste. http://www.spout.com/blogs/the1theonlyjp/archive/2008/1/1/23392.aspx Post By: The1TheOnlyJP
Post To: The Paxton Log
Post Date: 1/1/2008 5:35:28 AM
Body: Hello, my name is JP Paxton and I love movies. What began in mid 2004 has since became my uncontrollable obsession that can now be considered nothing less than an incurable sickness. Seriously, I probably think of a movie or something movie-related once every ten seconds. Because of this, I am propelled to constantly see, write & talk about movies. Those of you who are my friends or at least know of me already know this. For the ones that don't, now you know. Here it is New Year's Eve which means that yet another year has passed. Of course though that also means I'm here to let you all know what films I consider the best of 2007. This year certainly had its share of disappointments including but not limited to 'Bee Movie', 'Underdog' & 'Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium.' I still can't recall what made me even think 'Underdog' might have possibly had a shot at being even half-decent. With the bad though there's always some good. For example 'Once'; the independent musical starring actual musical artists as the films two leads instead of actors resulting in real on-screen emotion. Also this year featured the thrilling crime-drama 'Zodiac' depicting the merciless murderers that started in the 60's by the infamous serial killer of the same name. Then there was the film that would inevitably become my favorite of 2007: 'Grindhouse.' The throwback to the gritty, low-budget exploitation double features of the 70's caused confusion among audiences nationwide due to marketing that didn't quite reveal its true nature. For those of that did understand it though we were able to appreciate it's kick-ass style and utter awesomeness. However, not one of the films I just mentioned are included in the list that follows and neither are 'Michael Clayton', 'Away From Her', 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead' or 'Gone Baby Gone.' They all had some great qualities but just fell short in the end. With that, here they are in all their glory in no particular order, the ten films deemed by yours truly as the best of 2007.'La Vie en Rose'The passionate and troubled life of Paris singer Edith Piaf features one of if not the most captivating performances of the year. Written with her in mind by director Olivier Dahan, Marion Cotillard is flawless. I imagine she'll be a shoe-in for a nomination of best actress at this years Oscars.'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's sixth collaboration together is a "bloody" good Gothic feast for the eyes. It's true, it is repetitious of Burton's previous works in terms of style but it's also a smooth and elegant telling of the macabre brought to life by its great music.'Juno'This was actually the final film I saw this year and how glad I am that ended up getting the chance to do so. It is an immensely funny, clever & sweet comedy starring the fantastic Ellen Page. Its greatest strength resides in the smart screenplay written by Diablo Codybest known for memoir titled "Candy Girl: A Year in The Life of an Unlikely Stripper."'The Kite Runner'One of three book adaptations featured in this best of list 'The Kite Runner' brings to the big screen Khaled Hossenini's gripping novel of friendship and betrayal. While many will argue the exact opposite, I found it to be an amazing story that will touch your heart.'Ratatouille'Take one ambitious rat named Remy, an array of astounding visuals that could only be created by Pixar studios and then mix them with the delightful storytelling and directing skills of Brad Bird. Let it simmer for a few years and what do you get? A delicious film that reinforces the fact that even after all these years magic has yet to leave the imaginative Walt Disney Pictures.'Sicko'Oh, how patriotic Michael Moore is. He returned this year with his documentary voicing the horrors of the healthcare system in America. The surprisingly interesting and entertaining two hours and three minutes and will make you cringe and leave you in complete awe.'Atonement'The opening film at this year's Venice Film Festival and adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel brought to the table a wondrous tale of longing which featured magnificent cinematography and an equally lovely score composed by Dario Marianelli. It's such a shame it's not playing in more theaters here in the U.S.'Superbad'Written by Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg when they were just thirteen years old 'Superbad' turned out to be super good. The Judd Apatow produced comedy is hands down one the years funniest films that offers a truthful glimpse of teenage anxiety and has a groovy soundtrack to boot including cuts from composer Lyle Workman as well as tracks from The Bar-Kays and Rick James.'I'm Not There'The bio-pic formed and executed in a way that resembled one of its subjects own songs 'I'm Not There' gave an interesting look at the life of Bob Dylan. While it wasn't quite what I had envisioned beforehand it still is probably the best put together and creative film of 2007.'No Country for Old Men'The most compelling film of the year is brought to us by The Coen brothers. It gives us a front row seat to the violent game of cat and mouse portrayed by Josh Brolin and a extraordinarily crafty Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh from the bestseller by Cormac McCarthy. There is no doubt in my mind a best picture nomination in store for this flick.So there you have it. You may agree or disagree with my choices, it doesn't really matter to me. Just be aware that if you don't agree with me you are wrong. DEAD WRONG. Right now I'm typing this as my face sports a disturbingly angry expression... Seriously though, I wish you all a safe and happy new year. Thanks for reading.
]]>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:35:28 GMTThe1TheOnlyJPThe Paxton Log1/1/2008 5:35:28 AMHello, my name is JP Paxton and I love movies. What began in mid 2004 has since became my uncontrollable obsession that can now be considered nothing less than an incurable sickness. Seriously, I probably think of a movie or something movie-related once every ten seconds. Because of this, I am propelled to constantly see, write &amp; talk about movies. Those of you who are my friends or at least know of me already know this. For the ones that don&#39;t, now you know. Here it is New Year&#39;s Eve which means that yet another year has passed. Of course though that also means I&#39;m here to let you all know what films I consider the best of 2007. This year certainly had its share of disappointments including but not limited to &#39;Bee Movie&#39;, &#39;Underdog&#39; &amp; &#39;Mr. Magorium&#39;s Wonder Emporium.&#39; I still can&#39;t recall what made me even think &#39;Underdog&#39; might have possibly had a shot at being even half-decent. With the bad though there&#39;s always some good. For example &#39;Once&#39;; the independent musical starring actual musical artists as the films two leads instead of actors resulting in real on-screen emotion. Also this year featured the thrilling crime-drama &#39;Zodiac&#39; depicting the merciless murderers that started in the 60&#39;s by the infamous serial killer of the same name. Then there was the film that would inevitably become my favorite of 2007: &#39;Grindhouse.&#39; The throwback to the gritty, low-budget exploitation double features of the 70&#39;s caused confusion among audiences nationwide due to marketing that didn&#39;t quite reveal its true nature. For those of that did understand it though we were able to appreciate it&#39;s kick-ass style and utter awesomeness. However, not one of the films I just mentioned are included in the list that follows and neither are &#39;Michael Clayton&#39;, &#39;Away From Her&#39;, &#39;Before the Devil Knows You&#39;re Dead&#39; or &#39;Gone Baby Gone.&#39; They all had some great qualities but just fell short in the end. With that, here they are in all their glory in no particular order, the ten films deemed by yours truly as the best of 2007.&#39;La Vie en Rose&#39;The passionate and troubled life of Paris singer Edith Piaf features one of if not the most captivating performances of the year. Written with her in mind by director Olivier Dahan, Marion Cotillard is flawless. I imagine she&#39;ll be a shoe-in for a nomination of best actress at this years Oscars.&#39;Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street&#39;Tim Burton and Johnny Depp&#39;s sixth collaboration together is a &quot;bloody&quot; good Gothic feast for the eyes. It&#39;s true, it is repetitious of Burton&#39;s previous works in terms of style but it&#39;s also a smooth and elegant telling of the macabre brought to life by its great music.&#39;Juno&#39;This was actually the final film I saw this year and how glad I am that ended up getting the chance to do so. It is an immensely funny, clever &amp; sweet comedy starring the fantastic Ellen Page. Its greatest strength resides in the smart screenplay written by Diablo Codybest known for memoir titled &quot;Candy Girl: A Year in The Life of an Unlikely Stripper.&quot;&#39;The Kite Runner&#39;One of three book adaptations featured in this best of list &#39;The Kite Runner&#39; brings to the big screen Khaled Hossenini&#39;s gripping novel of friendship and betrayal. While many will argue the exact opposite, I found it to be an amazing story that will touch your heart.&#39;Ratatouille&#39;Take one ambitious rat named Remy, an array of astounding visuals that could only be created by Pixar studios and then mix them with the delightful storytelling and directing skills of Brad Bird. Let it simmer for a few years and what do you get? A delicious film that reinforces the fact that even after all these years magic has yet to leave the imaginative Walt Disney Pictures.&#39;Sicko&#39;Oh, how patriotic Michael Moore is. He returned this year with his documentary voicing the horrors of the healthcare system in America. The surprisingly interesting and entertaining two hours and three minutes and will make you cringe and leave you in complete awe.&#39;Atonement&#39;The opening film at this year&#39;s Venice Film Festival and adaptation of Ian McEwan&#39;s novel brought to the table a wondrous tale of longing which featured magnificent cinematography and an equally lovely score composed by Dario Marianelli. It&#39;s such a shame it&#39;s not playing in more theaters here in the U.S.&#39;Superbad&#39;Written by Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg when they were just thirteen years old &#39;Superbad&#39; turned out to be super good. The Judd Apatow produced comedy is hands down one the years funniest films that offers a truthful glimpse of teenage anxiety and has a groovy soundtrack to boot including cuts from composer Lyle Workman as well as tracks from The Bar-Kays and Rick James.&#39;I&#39;m Not There&#39;The bio-pic formed and executed in a way that resembled one of its subjects own songs &#39;I&#39;m Not There&#39; gave an interesting look at the life of Bob Dylan. While it wasn&#39;t quite what I had envisioned beforehand it still is probably the best put together and creative film of 2007.&#39;No Country for Old Men&#39;The most compelling film of the year is brought to us by The Coen brothers. It gives us a front row seat to the violent game of cat and mouse portrayed by Josh Brolin and a extraordinarily crafty Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh from the bestseller by Cormac McCarthy. There is no doubt in my mind a best picture nomination in store for this flick.So there you have it. You may agree or disagree with my choices, it doesn&#39;t really matter to me. Just be aware that if you don&#39;t agree with me you are wrong. DEAD WRONG. Right now I&#39;m typing this as my face sports a disturbingly angry expression... Seriously though, I wish you all a safe and happy new year. Thanks for reading. http://www.spout.com/blogs/peterfecteau/archive/2007/12/20/22975.aspx Post By: peterfecteau
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Post Date: 12/20/2007 12:18:17 PM
Body: From start to finish this movie was simply amazing. I'm having trouble finding words for it. The characters are so strong and the acting was great, especially the boys who played the main characters. It's put the middle-eastern lifestyle in a whole new perspective for me. Actually I should say that it's shed light onto a world that the US media has shown to be a horrible loveless place. I'm still reeling from this film so I'll have to write more when I've had time ti digest it all.
]]>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:18:17 GMTpeterfecteaupeterfecteau Blog12/20/2007 12:18:17 PMFrom start to finish this movie was simply amazing. I&#39;m having trouble finding words for it. The characters are so strong and the acting was great, especially the boys who played the main characters. It&#39;s put the middle-eastern lifestyle in a whole new perspective for me. Actually I should say that it&#39;s shed light onto a world that the US media has shown to be a horrible loveless place. I&#39;m still reeling from this film so I&#39;ll have to write more when I&#39;ve had time ti digest it all. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/war/MemberTagFilms.aspxwar
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