The Kite Runner... third bestseller book in 2005 in the US, recently so popular in Singapore that it can be found around the entrances of Borders, Kinokuniya and Times bookstores. Intrigued by the popularity of the book, I never got to read it, but I've heard so much about it through friends who gave it fantastic reviews and say it’s a must read. Watching the movie, I got to understand their reasons for saying so.

The movie came across as a mixture of war/philosophical themes. By philosophical theme, which I find to be the mainstream flow in the movie, the main character is portrayed through the early years of childhood, leaving his hometown, growing into a man, revisiting his birthplace, and in the process, redeeming his past mistakes. His servant holds the linkages to his past, which he will be heavily involved in early childhood years, and to whom the hero revisits, to a complete circle of fate,or karma.  

Throughout the story of this character's life, images of life and war are depicted of Kabul, Afghanistan.A most rare opportunity to offer a glimpse into the mysterious Afghanistanworld, later ravaged and ruled by Taliban forces. An interpretation of migrant life is also showed, as well as sexual cruelty/bullying scenes, and then a brief glimpse of the Islamic religion. And the most important phrase that sums up the movie, "For you, a thousand times over."