Persepolis...or is it????

So, we watched Persepolis the movie, and I was not impressed. I feel like there are a lot of pieces missing, and if you hadn't read the book, you might not fully understand what is happening. I feel that I might just feel that way though because I did read the book and I knew what was supposed to be happening.

A lot of people have discussed what was wrong with the movie in their posts, but I would like to say something that I enjoyed, and something that made it impactual. The movie, by removing some of the harsher dialogue and brashness of the graphics, made it a movie that can be viewed by people of all ages. This allows for not just the people that are older and can understand the subtleties to younger people who can just understand the message she is trying to convey: that Iran isn't a country made up of Fundamentalist psychos bend on vengeance, but they are in fact real people who are just trying to live.

I didn't enjoy the movie as much as the book, but what can you expect? Do you know any movie that is as good as the book? I don't. But it got its point across, and will hopefully entice people into reading the graphic novel and delving deeper into the world that Marjane Satrapi wants us to visit...the real Iran.