Let the Right One In

[Townhallsavoy]

Highly recommended.

Unfortunately, Twilight's shittastic empire makes the premise of this movie seem unattractive, but I promise it is worth watching. 

Basic introduction - Swedish boy is bullied at school.  Too much of a wimp to do anything about it, so he spends his evenings in his apartment courtyard with a knife pretending to get revenge.  One night, some people move into the apartment next door, and a girl joins him in the courtyard...and the girl is a vampire. 

[Saniflush]

Highly recommended.

Unfortunately, Twilight's shittastic empire makes the premise of this movie seem unattractive, but I promise it is worth watching. 

Basic introduction - Swedish boy is bullied at school.  Too much of a wimp to do anything about it, so he spends his evenings in his apartment courtyard with a knife pretending to get revenge.  One night, some people move into the apartment next door, and a girl joins him in the courtyard...and the girl is a vampire.

Does he give her a prick?

[Townhallsavoy]

Does he give her a prick?

Now I don't want to give anything away here, Sani, but I do believe some nefarious deeds are involved, yes. 

[wesfau2]

Highly recommended.

Unfortunately, Twilight's shittastic empire makes the premise of this movie seem unattractive, but I promise it is worth watching. 

Basic introduction - Swedish boy is bullied at school.  Too much of a wimp to do anything about it, so he spends his evenings in his apartment courtyard with a knife pretending to get revenge.  One night, some people move into the apartment next door, and a girl joins him in the courtyard...and the girl is a vampire.

Really enjoyed this movie.  Was so disappointed that Hollywood (predictably) ruined it in a remake.

I'm enjoying the Scandinavian film sensibility lately.  The Millenium Trilogy was awesome (though, to be fair, the American remakes were pretty well done) and my new favorites are the Nicolas Winding Refn films (Valhalla Rising, Drive, etc).

[Kaos]

Jesus.

This film (the original version and the americanized one) was reviewed eons ago in the movie review thread or in a separate one.

And the movie was way, way too slow.  It was not really a good movie.  It could have been, but was too slow and lacked depth.

From March 2011

Let Me In

i'd already seen the Swedish film Let The Right One In and was looking forward to an Americanized version of the creepy child vampire movie.  I was hoping the new film would scale back some of the brooding slowness and add some American flavor.

Unfortunately the American version was nothing but a carbon copy of the Swedish one.  Same impossibly ugly and creepy white kid, same constant backdrop of snow, even the same basic look for the wardrobe and sets.

The movie was set in Los Alamos New Mexico, where it apparently snows non-stop.  That threw me off from the beginning.  I could have accepted snow from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Maine... But I spent the first half of the movie wondering whether or not it really snowed in New Mexico.

I wanted to like this movie.  Might have if I hadn't seen the Swedish one.  It was good because it was Swedish and weird.  This wasn't because it tried to shoehorn the entire Swedish experience into an American setting rather than taking the concept and updating it for an American audience.  It just felt wrong and artificial. 

If you're going to watch, I suggest the Swedish version available on Netflix on Demand.

The problem I had with the Swedish version was the kiddie porn aspect.  When they showed the 12-year old girl's full frontal, I expected cops to break down my door for having watched it. 

[Townhallsavoy]

I don't read your reviews if I haven't seen the movie yet. 

As for the kiddie porn aspect...well...SPOILERS BELOW


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It was needed.  She wasn't really a girl.  That scene got that point across.

And as for lacking depth - I actually loved this movie precisely for its depth.  It was WAY deeper than a cutesy boy meets vampire girl and they fall in love story.  The "dad" wasn't her dad.  This is a cycle of seduction where she gets em young and uses them until they're no longer useful.  Eli didn't care at all about the boy.  He's just going to be the next means of harvesting blood without having to go out into the night and being caught.   

[Kaos]

I don't read your reviews if I haven't seen the movie yet. 

As for the kiddie porn aspect...well...SPOILERS BELOW


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It was needed.  She wasn't really a girl.  That scene got that point across.

And as for lacking depth - I actually loved this movie precisely for its depth.  It was WAY deeper than a cutesy boy meets vampire girl and they fall in love story.  The "dad" wasn't her dad.  This is a cycle of seduction where she gets em young and uses them until they're no longer useful.  Eli didn't care at all about the boy.  He's just going to be the next means of harvesting blood without having to go out into the night and being caught.

But it wasn't really that deep.  Is a needy and manipulating vampire some kind of surprise?

I thought the movie was plodding, boring and devoid of the kind of tension it needed both in Swedish and American.  I particularly hated the shot-for-shot American remake.  Chloe needs new material.  Between this and Carrie, she's getting stuck.  Glad I didn't have to see her pubes though.