book magic

Rating: 6/10 (1 July 2014)

Liesel is a girl with a great love for books, encourages by her foster father, Hans. During the war, Liesel finds a way to find and read books, while her whole world changes around her. From the start, the movie gives you the impression of negativity- the narrator, the death of Liesel's brother, the foster home. However, as the story develops it gets better. And fortunately it is not only about the books, but also about the war and how the Germans show it, their day to day lives, the streanght of the girl, the people who marked her life. The story line is fine, with a few "year skipping" but not confusing. The performances are great, considering many of the main characters are children. The scenery and the costumes as well as the settings are very original and atmospheric. However the ending kind of destroys the whole movie. It's not the unhappy ending. It's more the repeated ending. The narrator talks about the ending, then there is a scene, then the narrator, then a scene, then the narrator again. The whole thing doesn't give you a close to the story and leave you with many questions. So 6 out of 10 because of the ending.