O/T Boy in the striped pyjamas last night BBC 2

[supaseagull]

Off topic but something to talk about whilst Gus ties up the deal to bring Bobby Z back to us...did anyone see this film last night?

I couldn't be bothered to turn the tv over so I kept this on and it was the most moving WW2 drama I've ever seen...anyone else catch it?

 

[Sam Ovett]

Awfully sad film. Didn't see it last night but about a year ago

 

[supaseagull]

Absolutely- I was thinking oh good its a BBC film they're always happy endings lol

 

[Aristotle]

Very sad and thought provoking. I couldn't sleep afterwards.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

I didn't realise it had been made into a film. Read the book which is a cracker. Apparently the author, whose name escapes me, wrote the book in a matter of days!

 

[Racek]

Went to Auschwitz the other day and sine I came back I have seen that film along with Schindler's list and the The Pianist. Good film.

 

[Seagull on the wing]

One of the best war films that showed it from the axis side...they had young children as well who were innocent...very moving

 

[ATFC Seagull]

I didn't realise it had been made into a film. Read the book which is a cracker. Apparently the author, whose name escapes me, wrote the book in a matter of days!

Takes a lot of shortcuts from the book to make it more easy to digest. Still good though.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Saw it a while back fantastic film, very moving and sad. Sky+'d it last night to watch it again over the weekend.

 

[supaseagull]

Who is the author? I'd like to get a copy

 

[KZNSeagull]

Who is the author? I'd like to get a copy

John Boyne

 

[Stat Brother]

Allow me to seriously lower the tone.

Last night we watched, The Transporter.

It did enable us to debate 'is it homoerotic or just for the ladies'

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Excellent book...excellent film.

He also wrote a brilliant book about the mutiny on the bounty.

 

[glasfryn]

very good film,wifey read the book and says it does not have the same impact......sort of brings it home how bad things were though.
we saw the film ages ago and I did'nt want to watch it again

 

[ATFC Seagull]

very good film,wifey read the book and says it does not have the same impact......sort of brings it home how bad things were though.
we saw the film ages ago and I did'nt want to watch it again

I thought the book had a way bigger impact than the film!

 

[Publius Ovidius]

very good film,wifey read the book and says it does not have the same impact......sort of brings it home how bad things were though.
we saw the film ages ago and I did'nt want to watch it again

Interesting, I actually thought the book was many times better than the film, especially the last 10 pages were some of the most moving and horrific narrative I have ever read

 

[sten_super]

Saw it last night and thought it was superb, as others have said very moving. The wifey was aghast at the 'twist' at the end but I thought it was incredibly obvious from the off what was going to happen.

 

[Braders]

I have the book sitting on the table next to my bed ... MUST get round to reading it.

 

[KZNSeagull]

We watched it without reading the book, but we knew that the story was written for the teenage market, so we were genuinely shocked and upset by the ending. There are not many films that have done that.

 

[ATFC Seagull]

but we knew that the story was written for the teenage market,

Really? I didn't think that...