After watching Kite Runner

The above nasyid is beautiful. Being put in a proper context, it has the potential of being even more beautiful. One such context is Kite Runner, a movie based on Khalid Hosseini's novel. I have been looking forward to wat it. A long time. After tarawih last night, I prepared myself to be emotionally exposed to the movie. I said 'exposed' due to the review that I read on SaifulIslam.com and the synopsis of the novel.

And, it was a strong emotional assault indeed. I found my chest tightened. Sadness and anger boiled, creating a high pressure system. It was not the kind of sadness that demands one to cry. Rather, the pressure system build up slowly, seething through out the movie. There were many scenes feeding the sadnes. Hassan's loyalty did much to create such sadness as exemplified in scenes like the moment Hassan squashed a pomegranate on his own face, and admitting stealing Amir's watch even though he did not stole it. The anger came from watching Assef's brutality, both as a teen and an adult. No, make it his blatant hipocracy. Brutality was just a way of underscoring his hipocracy. Geram betul!!!!!!!

The movie did not end up in an explosion of a happy-ending punctuated by fire works. Rather, the high pressure system eventually led to a gradual release. Hassan found his courage to stand up for himself, and Sohrab. And he did try to take the opportunity to do good again. For Sohrab, he would run one thousand times over. The kite flyer became the kite runner. And the transformation makes my heart soar, along with the kites in the sky. That alone is enough to make it worthwhile watching the movie. Alhamdulillah.