1、 科目：电影与文学 姓名：张潇学号：1002145 日期：2011/6/16The Movie Review of the Kite RunnerThe Kite Runner was a movie adapted as the same title as the novel written by Khaled Hosseini. Hosseinis novel, the kite runner, reputedly the first in English by an Afghan writer, climbed steadily up the list of the bestseller
2、 in 2004, moving millions of readers to tears. It was adapted into a film by the Dream Works. Director Marc Forster (“Monsters Ball,“ “Finding Neverland“) and screenwriter David Benioff have abbreviated Hosseinis tale, but theyve remained true to the book. The Plot The story begins in San Francisco
3、in 2001. The adult Amir (Khalid Abdalla) is now a novelist, having fled Afghanistan with his father after the Soviet invasion. Hes a man haunted by his past, and Forsters movie soon transports us back to Kabul in 1978 before the city was decimated, first by the Russians and then by the Taliban.In 19
4、75, Kabul, Afghanistan, The young Amir (Zekiria Ebrahimi), a 12-year-old boy, and his servant, Hassan (sad-eyed Ahmad Khan Mahmoodzada) were friends since they were born. Hassan, the son of the family servant Ali, is of the Hazara tribe. Hassan loved Amir from the bottom of his heart. But Amir only
5、treated Hassan as a servant. Amirs mother died in giving birth to him. And he frantically adored his father, a respectful businessman in Kabul. Amir and Hassan were close like brothers, but Amir felt jealousy of his fathers appreciation and love to Hassan. In a cold winter, in order to run the last
6、blue kite which Amir won, Hassan was raped by teenage Pashtun bullies. At the thought of winning back his fathers love, Amir just stood by, watching this miserable outrage happen. Hassan loved Amir more than anyone he loved, so he forgave him. But Amir spared no effort to get rid of his faithful fri
7、end. He falsely accused Hassan of stealing his watch and finally evicted Hassan and his father Ali out of Amir Fathers house. Then in 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Amir and his father had to flee away from their homeland.Twenty-six years later, Amir had immigrated to America and lived
8、in California, far from his country. In his new home there, he got married. And years went by, his father passed away. But Amir could not forget his hideous behavior. That miserable memory always haunted him. One day, Rahim Khan revealed a secret to Amir: Hassan was his fathers illegal son, his half
9、-brother. At that time, Hassan had been killed by Taliban. And his son, Amirs nephew, Sohrab was taken captive by the ferocious terrorists. Rahim Khan pleaded Amir to save Sohrab and to be good again. Afflicted by guilt, Amir decided to rescue Sohrab. After Hassan had sacrificed thousands of times f
10、or Amir, the guilty man went back to Kabul to fulfill his redemption.When I watched this movie in the class, I was deeply attracted by its vivid characters and touching plots. What impressed me most is the traditional kite-fighting tournament. I am always thinking what the kite implies in the movie.
11、 Here is my understanding.The multiple symbol image: the kite AmirFirst, as for Amir, the kite symbolizes his happy childhood, the innocent friendship between him and Hassan. Flying kites is what he enjoys most as a child, not only because it is the only way that he connects fully with his father, w
12、ho was once a champion kite fighter. Amir and Hassan have a great deal in common, such as loving the values and entertainment of The Magnificent Seven, and flying kites. Hassan was loyal to Amir. Though Hassan was shorter and younger than Amir，he would do anything for Amir. He often stood up bravely
13、 to the older bullies while Amir failed to fight for himself. And Amir had ever inscribed their names on the dead wood. So the kite reminds Amir of his memory of his loyal friend, Hassan and their innocent childhood.Second, the kite reflects his pursue for bravery under the pressure of tradition.In
14、Afghanistan, the kite-fighting tournament is a long-time winter tradition. It is a game for the brave one. In the eyes of people in Kabul, the kite-fighting tournament is just like a fierce war, and the kite is regarded as the weapon for the “warrior”. At the age of 12, though born with cowardice an
15、d weakness, inherited from his fathers aggressiveness in kite fighting, Amir continued to fight from morning to the dusk. In his life, he experienced his fathers ignorance and was bullied by the street bullies. Naturally, the only kite flying and dancing in the sky became his bravery proof. He prove
16、d for his father that he was as brave as him, making his father feel pound of him. Third，the kite symbolizes his betrayal and redemption. Amir despicably betrayed Hassan by turning a blind eye when his friend was in jeopardy. When he witnessed the horror that because of Hassans refusal to hand out t
17、he kite to the local villains: Assef, Wali, and Kamal, he was raped. But Amir did not stand out to stop this from happening. Felt guilty about this tragedy, Amir made a trap to let his father evicted Hassan and Hassans father. Later when he was in America, he received a phone from Rahim Khan, his fa
18、thers friend. He pleaded for Amir to come back to Afghanistan to rescue the poor child, his nephew. He said that there is a chance to be good again. Amir left for his hometown to redeem both his and his fathers sin. After trials and torment, Amir successfully saved Sohrab and fulfilled atonement. In
19、 the end of the movie, Amir taught Sohrab one of Hassans favorite tricks, winning the kite-fighting. Amir ran the losing kite for Sohrab, with the same word, “For you, a thousand times over”. The smile on Sohrabs face meant Amirs fulfillment of redemption.HassanFirst, the kite symbolizes Hassans loy
20、alty to his master, Amir.Once Amir asked Hassan whether he would do anything he asked for. Hassan gave him the firm answer,” Yes”. He would do anything for Amir even to eat the dirt. And when Amir finally won the game, Hassan would run the last kite for him and left the most impressive word, “For yo
21、u, a thousand times over.” In order to bring back the blue kite for Amir, he endured bullies of Assef. He fulfilled his promise to bring the kite back but raped by Assef. After he was evicted because of Amirs guilty about him, but he forgave him. When the Soviet Union invasion happened, Amir and his
22、 father fled to America. Years later the country fell into the rule of Taliban, Hassan was killed by the Taliban for his insist to protect Amirs house. Second, it symbolizes Hassans erratic and tragic life. He was born with miserable roles, the son of a servant, a motherless boy, the humble Hazara a
23、nd the loyal servant of Amir. The kite was the very metaphor of his erratic fate. His fate was just like the kites. No matter how high and far it flies, its thread was controlled by other people. They both were unable to dominate their fates.Amir fatherAs for Amir father, the kite symbolizes his bel
24、onging to motherland.After the Russian invasion began, he had to leave motherland to avoid the war, before he left, he took some earth keeping in his box for memory. After escaping to America,they began a new life but not a very prosperous one. The invasion of the Soviet Union broke his peaceful and
25、 comfortable life and the Taliban made him homeless. Without sense of belonging, he was like the kite flying in the United States, lonely and longing for his motherland. The kite thread links him and his motherland. Although it is slender, but it is always there. He was always dreaming to return to
26、the motherland, to ones sadness, his dream didnt come true. Maybe after he died, his spirit would return to the motherland, “the kite” would fall onto the land of Afghanistan.Otherwise, in the movie, there is also an old issue. That is, the westerners demonize the Arab countries as uncivilized, sava
27、ge and backward countries. The demonized description of The Taliban, such as the bugger, the homicidomania, and the bloody sheep head seems to suggest that the Arab world is a barbarous society. In the end, Amir took Sohrab to America, lived a happy and comfortable life. They beautify America as the
28、 paradise and regard themselves as the savior of the world. I think it is unfair to the Arab countries.ConclusionIn a word, this is a story about love, friendship, betrayal and redemption. There is a lot of things need thinking. All the words above are my own understanding about the movie. In fact, after watching this movie, I hope one day, I can get a chance to read the novel to deepen my understanding.
