The father's personality in the original book is portrayed a lot in the film. In Kabul, he is a man of prestige, daring to do what others cannot do, vision, wide interpersonal relationship, kindness and goodness (to make up for guilt), respected, but the film shows just a rich man, and even his feelings for Ali There is only a feeling of slavery; after arriving in the United States, he actually represents a kind of cultural conflict (maybe many people still remember the scene in the grocery store), so in the bar he invited other people to drink and partyed again, seeming to return to the original That part of life makes people feel sad. However, the father in the film seems to be a natural American citizen and has a good life in the United States as if he was born and took root. And it seems that all other features except conservative have disappeared.
2. Ali and others.
Thoroughly turned into a supporting role. I didn't see a few from the front. And the characteristics of his original work are gone. Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered that the details about Hassan's hare lips are gone. And the young master, later the "Taliban", his "boxing gloves" and "Hitler" were also ignored. The many missing details always make the film rough.
3. Amir's feelings for Hassan.
When he was young, Amir's feelings for Hassan were complicated, playmates, servants, trust, jealousy, cuddling, and inevitably selfish. All the above made him not save Hassan, made him make mistakes, regret, and eventually brought Hassan's son back. This emotional line is the basic vein for the development of the story. It's a pity that the film has been passed by again and again, so that in the end it feels not atonement, but an American-style humanitarian salvation. It is no longer the emotion and tone expressed by the author in the novel.
4. Father and Amir.
A very main line. It can be said that a big reason for the tragedy is Amir's desire for father's love, otherwise it is difficult to explain why the kite he chased is so important. But everything seems to be omitted in the film. As a father, the ambivalence between Hassan and Amir cannot be seen from the performance of the actors. In fact, it's not all the actor's problem, it's just that part of Kabul's content is so condensed that it is difficult to resonate when watching it.
5. Hassan leaves.
Not much to say. Anyone who has read the original knows that behind the glass window, there is heavy rain, and his father personally drove them into the car, and his father cried. In the film, the two of them left with the burden, without even the basic rendering scenes. Too disappointed.
6. American life.
The film completely omits the escape process of father and son and the period of father's adaptation to American life. Although this paragraph is not the main body in terms of the plot itself, after the lack of it, I always feel that both Amir and his father are not full, and there is a gap between the character and the previous one. In fact, living in the United States is a rebirth of Amir's escape from the original life, but it is difficult to see his own struggles and efforts to forget, as if everything is so natural, and it is not reminiscent of what happened before. And father, as a mirror of the contrast between the way of life in Afghanistan and the United States (the human affection in the Afghan tradition, the family and the American way of life are totally different) here has been blurred. This has been mentioned before, so I won't repeat it here.
In addition, the background when the flea market appeared was not explained because my father mentioned "you can come to work at my gas station" in the bar before, and then there is no transition. It may be difficult to understand if you have not read the original. In fact, in the original book, my father bought a car, and the father and son laughed together in the car. I was full of hope to see the movie scenes in the scene where I laughed until weeping. Finally, my father said: It would be nice if Hassan was here.
7. Hassan's mother.
In fact, Hassan’s mother is my favorite plot. A woman, no matter how beautiful she was when she was young, how uneasy she was in life, she will eventually lose her youth, beauty, health, love...After losing everything, she will return and be accepted and forgiven by the kind Hassan. In the end, she will take everything Give them all to their grandchildren, with peace of mind, and die peacefully in the era of war. The forgiveness she received is a woman's final belonging; and those entangled and complicated love that once made people feel that the meaning of life lies, is now insignificant.
8. Islam.
One of the reasons why the original work is popular is the author’s interpretation of another religion and national living condition (still doubts whether the author is an hired literati~~), but there seems to be nothing in the film except for Hasan and Ali in the house. 'S description. The situations when Amir fell in love with the general’s daughter, the conversations between father and son about drinking, the conversations between Amir and Hassan, especially the phrase "for you, thousands of times" without religious and ethnic explanations, it is difficult to convey The emotion in the book. In this regard, the film discards the most important part of the original work, purely entertaining the story.
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