The Book Thief

Exactly Harrigran. I thought much of the plot of Le Weekend was implausible.

I enjoyed The Book Thief, DH and I went to an early morning viewing and had the cinema to ourselves. I bought the DVD of Le Weekend and was quite disappointed, I thought the storyline was poor.

We are even later here in France with films - but in our small local town we get an English language film most weeks - so have just seen The Book Thief tonight.
I thought it was beautifully filmed and the young actress was so good. Geoffrey Rush was very sympathetic in his portrayal of the father. I have not read the book and could not quite fathom why she was sent to live with new parents. This film made up for the one we saw last week - Le Weekend!

I wouldn't want to see the film. I never enjoy films of books I have liked. I've passed it on to GD(11) with instructions not to see the film until she's read it.

Death speaks in the background of the film, janerowena. We don't see him.
Numberplease, I got on well with Death as the narrator, though I live some people who didn't.

I'm in the middle of the book right now, I was wondering how Death would be depicted. How do they do that, if at all?

I saw the film last night (a few weeks behind up here) and thought it very good and like lam64 didn't need a hanky until the end. It is worth waiting for films to come here as it only costs £4 and every 10th film you see is free. Very comfy roomy seats too !
The book was given away by The telegraph a few weeks ago which I can now read. I prefer seeing the film before reading the book otherwise I fume at the bits they change or leave out.

I`ve just finished reading the book, not really sure if I enjoyed it or not, it`s a bit unusual for Death to be the narrator of a story. Don`t know if I fancy the film or not.

Wonderful film. I enjoyed the book and have to say the film did not disappoint. The little actress who played Liesel was very talented, I agree she was mesmerising.

I enjoyed it but I wouldn't say I was over enthusiastic about it. Good to see a war story from the other side but I found quite a lot of it a bit far fetched; just a story put on film but I wouldn't discourage anyone from going to see it. The girl was lovely but not quite sure she aged as she should have done over the time period.

I saw it last week Iam, and I agree it was wonderful. I haven't read the book so I had nothing to compare it with and had no expectations. I didn't really like the death narrator bit and thought it would have worked just as well without it. I loved the actress who played Liesel - what a face! She was just mesmerising.