Here I’m disappointed after
expecting to see a movie that speaks of human courage and hardships of life. What
this movie offers is a story of war from the eyes of a child and it’s nearly
the feeling of a Disney movie than being an epic story of heroism.
During the time of World War 2 a
young girl named Liesel arrives at her foster parent’s home. Not knowing how to
read or write but having a passion for books she soon learns to handle them
fluently. Her new found love for reading and writing keeps her hopes high
through the distress times of war and the people around her.
There has being several
remarkable movies made of stories from the world wars. Most of them are tragic
and utterly heart breaking but in the same time powerful and very emotional. The
Book Thief finds its place in the war but it loses itself in the minds of the
viewer. For a movie made with such great detail and effort the possibilities could
have being endless. Yet the story touches the surface of war and the rest is
for the viewer to imagine. Clearly the war part is not the main intention of
this plot. But it’s a fact that you cannot ignore it. I expected to see the
plot thicken and things get heated up but the expected climax never came. Maybe
I had high expectations or this movie is not for serious viewer at all.
What will keep you going are the
beautiful cinematography and the flow. And the cast is great too. Sophie
Nélisse (Liesel) is a cute lead and the rest of the cast does a good
job. But once it’s all done, it’s more like a fairy tale.
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