[myrrh]

I finally saw this, and like I thought it is drastically different than the book.

I didn't like the book all that much, but the story in the book is a lot better, and the book goes through every question (13 of them), which inevitably fleshes out the a lot more.

The changes that were made from the book, I feel made the story less interesting and turned a decent story (even though I didn't particularly like it) into a crap story.

However, if you just look at the movie for what it is, then it is marginal. I don't see what the fuss was/is about this film.

There was some things I thought were well done. Like the editing, and how the subtitles were placed. Over all I also enjoyed the first half, when they were kids, better than the second half. In fact, the think the kids were better actors then the older people.

Anyway, I am glad I only paid 10 dirhams to watch it, which equals about a dollar and a half in US.