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Sunday 14th Jun 2009 01:12:50
 Two-minute film review
Christ, nearly forgot to mention . . . a few films I've watched recently and a quick review thereof. Wall-E. Excellent. Finding it hard to fault that film . . . so I won't. Outpost. Awful. A bit like 'The Cube' but without any survivors. Oooops. Have I just spoilt the ending? Never mind. Not really worth watching anyway. And I'm sure there was another film . . . ah yes, I remember now . . . 'The Kite Runner'. Really, really bad. I read the book and then, perhaps foolishly, thought, "Ah yes. That was good. I think I will watch the film now." What a mistake. As a general rule: the film of the book will never live up to your expectations (possible exceptions being Lord of the Rings). So yeah . . . there's that bit where Amir meets up with Assef to collect Sohrab and, you read the book, and you've kind of been drawn along and you kind of feel the fear, really feel the fear that poor old Amir must be feeling just so that he can 'make things good again'. You watch the film and you're thinking, "Can anyone working on this film actually be bothered?" I mean, where was the brass knuckle-duster, for example? In the book, that fight scene nearly killed Amir. In the film . . . just a few bruises. So yeah . . . damn fine book though.

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