Let the Right One In

xzanti

Picked this up in Xtravision on Saturday night, in a bit of a hurry as our Chinese was waiting for us to collect and we didn't read the box well enough to see that it was a foreign film :rolleyes:

Got it home anyway and to our horror it was in subtitles

Anyway we were going to turn it off and cut our losses and switch to X Factor but we decided to give it a chance and I must say we thoroughly enjoyed it.. It's a vampire film set in a remote town in (I think) Sweden in the 80's.. There was not a whole lot of dialogue so it was quite easy to keep with the plot without having to do a lot of reading..

The special effects are fantastic, some scenes are very gruesome and the story and setting are very dark and atmospheric.. I thought it was very effective.. Would probably even watch it again...

Knocks Twilight right of the water :pac:

Anyone else see it?

henryporter

Yes - it's a great flick. The two children actors are phenomenal.

pljudge321

Love this movie, Minor

two very different endings depending on how you view the characters relationship with each other.

Kyri

Bought this in Xtra Vision to and thought it was a big muck tbh.

The special effects are great no denying that but they really left out some important bits that left the movie feeling abit hollow imo.

I think though it could be a dont read the book before the movie type thing but there where things in the book that def made it more interesting. The movie is soo stretched out with things that didn't need to be stretched out they coulda added a few more bits in i felt.

Quite a different look at the vamp thing though.

PS - I think Twilight gets too much of a beating for a vamp movie for kids I think they did a good job and after all they did make it for tweens not us old foggies (Old Foggies as in anyone over 20) Gotta take it for what it is.

Meeja Ireland

I loved it, OP. I think there is an American remake in the works. I don't see how it can be an improvement.

Magic Eight Ball

The fact someone would draw a comparison between 'Twilight' and 'Let the Right One in' at all makes me a little sad.

Truly amazing film, photography and sound design are incredible.
Highly recommend the book also, much darker.

nix

I'm going to make this very blunt and clear...

Twilight is not a vampire film, there are no vampires in it.

Vampires burst into flames in the sun, they dont sparkle like a fairy :rolleyes:

Now on topic, Let the right one in is an awesome movie. I have yet to watch my dvd copy which is ment to include more scenes from what we saw in the cinema, can anybody confirm if this is the case?

Meeja Ireland wrote: »

I loved it, OP. I think there is an American remake in the works. I don't see how it can be an improvement.

Hollywood remakes are pretty much never an improvement

I cant think of one :rolleyes:

Skinfull

nix wrote: »

I'm going to make this very blunt and clear...

Twilight is not a vampire film, there are no vampires in it.

Vampires burst into flames in the sun, they dont sparkle like a fairy :rolleyes:

Now on topic, Let the right one in is an awesome movie. I have yet to watch my dvd copy which is ment to include more scenes from what we saw in the cinema, can anybody confirm if this is the case?



Hollywood remakes are pretty much never an improvement

I cant think of one :rolleyes:

Some remakes are as good if not better than their predecessors...As much as I love [REC] Quarantine was a class remale and becuase you werent taken out of the movie to read subs it worked! (also JC's the thing is a better movie than the original! but thats a conversation for another thread.

LTROI is a class movie. Really enjoyed it. And the chick was well creepy. Loved the sceen in teh forest before you really knew what was goin on!

xzanti

Trevor Coulahan wrote: »

The fact someone would draw a comparison between 'Twilight' and 'Let the Right One in' at all makes me a little sad.

Truly amazing film, photography and sound design are incredible.
Highly recommend the book also, much darker.

I was joking with the comparison I've never seen Twilight..

Josey Wales

Let The Right One In is my favourite movie of the year. I had heard good things about it and I wasn't let down when I went to see it.

I've since read the book and it was very good too. I think all the things they cut out for the movie made sense. I always find it better to see the movie first though.

Kyri

Skinfull wrote: »

And the chick was well creepy.

If your talking about the vamp kid thats what i meant by the movie being hollow compared to the book.

Shes a dude.

Oh and PS if anyone thought I was defending the sparkly vamps in Twilight I was simply saying that Twilight being a kids movie wasnt as bad as everyone rates it. I'd let any 8+ year old watch it where as Let the Right one in aint for tots.

xzanti

Kyri wrote: »

If your talking about the vamp kid thats what i meant by the movie being hollow compared to the book.

Shes a dude.

Oh and PS if anyone thought I was defending the sparkly vamps in Twilight I was simply saying that Twilight being a kids movie wasnt as bad as everyone rates it. I'd let any 8+ year old watch it where as Let the Right one in aint for tots.

She/he did keep telling him she wasn't a girl, I just assumed she meant she wasn't human doh...

Karl Hungus

Spoiler tags people, use them.

nix

Kyri wrote: »

If your talking about the vamp kid thats what i meant by the movie being hollow compared to the book.

Shes a dude.

Oh and PS if anyone thought I was defending the sparkly vamps in Twilight I was simply saying that Twilight being a kids movie wasnt as bad as everyone rates it. I'd let any 8+ year old watch it where as Let the Right one in aint for tots.

Well one is a horror movie and the other is a kids movie, shouldn't be compared at all :P

BopNiblets

Excellent movie, the bit under the bridge, I knew it was coming, it still scared me.

Magic Eight Ball

Kyri wrote: »

If your talking about the vamp kid thats what i meant by the movie being hollow compared to the book.

Shes a dude.

Oh and PS if anyone thought I was defending the sparkly vamps in Twilight I was simply saying that Twilight being a kids movie wasnt as bad as everyone rates it. I'd let any 8+ year old watch it where as Let the Right one in aint for tots.

Shes neither male or female!

xzanti

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Spoiler tags people, use them.

Eirebear

Oh No! Not Subtitles!?

How will we ever survive this film!?! :eek:

xzanti

Eirebear wrote: »

Oh No! Not Subtitles!?

How will we ever survive this film!?! :eek:

Yes that's right, we are lazy bastards

Earthhorse

Trevor Coulahan wrote: »

Shes neither male or female!

He's a castrato, no?

Eirebear wrote: »

Oh No! Not Subtitles!?

How will we ever survive this film!?! :eek:

That's why it's a horror, right?

Kyri

In the book he lets Oskar see what happened to him and you see a

flash back to when he was turned and some freaky peerve had it chopped off before they turned him. When he keeps asking Oskar would you still like me if I wasnt a girl its about him being a He and not a She.

Theres soo much they left out of the movie but tbh 75% is ok to leave out. There is about 25% though that I woulda loved to see in the movie but again as I said its prob just a shouldnt a read the book before I seen it thing. Woulda been cool to be thinking Ahh that makes sence when reading it after instead of wtf they left out .... when i watched it.

Did think though for all the long drawn out parts they coulda just added a few bits more. Esp about the

old pedo watching over him thought that was good in the book when he comes back and is still after him. Oh and when he kills the woman with cancer lol that was good.

Beruthiel

My sis asked me what I wanted for Christmas and I told her to get me this film.
Loved it.

Have bought the book and it's the next one to read on the pile of books beside my bed.

hyperbaby

It is a great movie...
the kids are amazing in it...

shuvly

Have just watched it and have to say it wasn't great, imo, and not a horror by any stretch of the imagination...will be seeing the lovely bones tomorrow, so will see if that's any better, will probably be slagged now for even mentioning these two films in same post!

kraggy

Without doubt, the most overrated film of 2009.

Hank_Jones

This film makes me happy.

Each to their own I suppose, everyone is entitled to their opinions....

Even if they are wayyyyy wrong.

biko

Great film, I'm glad you didn't turn it off OP.

jpm4

Most of what they left out of the book actually works to the films advantage. Keeping the nature of the relationship between Eli and the old man ambiguous and the Eli's past a mystery means you have fill in the gaps yourself which I enjoy - I hate the idea that everything has to be explained.

deisedude

I watched it having just finished reading the book. It was a good film but i think i would have enjoyed it more if i hadnt read the book first. The element of suspense was gone for me as i already knew what was going to happen. Still a quality film though

hitlersson666

i really enjoyed this movie (book is wayyyyyyyy better though) and this is defo in my top 3 movies of 2009... shame about the remake though

Ann22

I read the book first and loved it....it's miles better than the film. I'd've liked to've watched the film first though. I think I would've enjoyed it more.

I was disappointed

when the paedo guardian didn't come back all gruesome, bits with him were great. The fact too that she was a boy seemed obvious when I knew already.

Also there was a bit in the film where Eli looked like she was going to let Oskar see into her mind to show what happened her but it just skipped to the next scene. In the book Oskar had a vision of him being castrated but as the film didn't show it, it didn't explain the pubic scar.

Otherwise, the film was created the exact images that the book created....by the way, I too thought

the cancer woman bit would've been great to show

daithijjj

I saw this movie a good while back (love the t'internet ). Im not a big vampire movie lover but i thought this movie was fantastic with a capital F. Noticed recently it was voted best movie of 2009 on the RTE website, cant say i disagree.