One Paragraph Review: The Kite Runner

Trying to review this movie leads me to pose a question: what criteria do you use when judging a movie's interpretation of a book? As someone who read and enjoyed the book The Kite Runner, I don't know how well I can assess this movie. I usually judge based on two criteria. First, if it is actually a good movie, and second, if it honors the general themes of the book. Well, the movie Kite Runner met both of those criteria. I thought it was a well done film and did capture the themes and overall emotional state of the book. But then again, the movie wasn't really exciting to me because I knew what was going to happen. I wonder what people who haven't read the book thought of the movie...