By Fred Topel | Image property of Paramount Vantage.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner is an epic story with many different visual aesthetics to capture on Blu Ray. The whole thing is as crisp and clear as you would expect a modern film to be in high definition.
On Blu-Ray: Kite Runner
First, the childhood in Afghanistan shows bright colors that you might not expect to see in such a land. Street tends and market displays have all sorts of subtle sights to observe in the background. Rooftop vistas show all the detail of the landscape of project-style homes, and then the sky full of colorful fluttering kites.
Second, the American experience is a sort of cool look at the modern cities we know. Everything is there in detail, but nothing is given supernatural attention. It grows brighter as they enter suburbia to downright golden at the wedding celebration. These are mostly happy details.
Finally, back to Afghanistan shows all the grit of the desert camps. There are some beautiful images of mountainous landscapes that contrast the harshness of the terrorist camps within, rocky dirtscapes with every pebble sharply defined. On Blu Ray you can see the fading walls of the barren rooms overtaken by men with guns. That sort of detail really makes an impression.
At last, they return to the lush fields of freedom, vibrantly green as a bed for their colorful kite. It represents freedom or something. Whatever, it looks awesome.
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