Hollywood, y u ruin everything?

Rating: 5/10 (8 February 2015)

Having read the book first, I was very disappointed with the movie. A lot of things are different, and some of those changes affect the development of both characters and the story itself. I was deeply touched by the book, whereas that wasn't the case here. It seemed as though everything had been great until the bombs fell, no poverty and death everywhere. The horrors of war, in my opinion, were given a facelift. I hated the beginning. While reading about the death of Liesel's brother, it felt like I got slapped in the face. In the movie it was like poof, he's gone now. I suppose they didn't want to depress the audience from the very start. And the final scene with Rudy just ruined it for me, really.
But - Geoffrey Rush was wonderful, I felt the warmness of his silver eyes.