A Great Book, A Good Movie

Rating: 5/10 (5 June 2014)

I am, honestly, disappointed in the movie. As someone who has, both, read the book and watched the movie, I would beg to differ from the views of the majority. The movie was good, for most of the part, but it had its ups and downs. The book, on the other hand, was a work of genius by Markus Zusak. When I heard the movie was based on a book, I instantly, as habit, read the book first. After reading the book, I was really excited about the movie, which, compared to the book, went so wrong. Most of the details of the book that helped understand a lot about the characters was skipped out and the poor character development were probably the biggest cons of the movie.
That being said, the movie did grasp a very emotional concept with riveting set of an accurate Nazi Germany which was really well executed. The set perfectly pictured the life of an average person under the era of Hitler. The fact that the whole movie, despite being based in the whole era of war and bombing, showed more about the life of the average people instead of fighting and war. I believe that was probably the best thing about the book and the movie. The fact that it was based in an era of war, without war being the subject itself. The idea of feelings like love, and happiness could spread in times of utter fear was well executed.
All told, without giving any spoilers, this is a good movie to watch. But in comparison, I would still urge to those who read this, to at least read the book. You'll understand a lot about the movie by reading the book.