hard time through children experience

Rating: Null/10 (6 March 2016)

The book thief, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson! 2 actors I admire much... So I got rid of the TV commercial and prepared myself for a great viewing. I did get it; I have seen quite a few movies from this era and this topic. The first one would have been the one with its haunting music and a favourite introduction to classical guitar debut "Jeux Interdits" (forbidden games) TBT is set 4 years before I was born therefore depicts a lot of things that are buried somewhere in my aging mind but, yes, ring a bell and wake up some emotions. As much as I enjoyed the film I was uncomfortable with some aspects of it. I did read a few comments before I wrote mine, knowing that each of us is entitled to his/hers opinion, and found some that like me beg questions. I don't read much so at least was not worried about how the film was loyal to the book yet wonder why in certain cases filmmakers seem to corrupt a well known book with changes that really don't do anything for the film... Some did comment about the accent, and the use of German words thrown about English spoken sentences. I too agree it was disturbing, especially when I could not understand the meaning of some of these words. I guess that in a book (read these were also used in the book) it's quite different, you can pause and, today via internet search, get the answer in seconds. This is not so at a theatre, even in my case watching the recording, you seldom read a book in one go, but a movie should not be interrupted. As for the accent I was not too demanding I took it as a little 'salt and pepper' in the mix to get a German flavour. I do prefer a foreign film with subtitle but here this is not the case, and I'm not sure if plain English accent (and which one!) would have had the same impact. All the same I repeat I enjoyed it very much