"Let the Right One In"

[bobledrew]

Anyone else seen this Swedish film? Watched it on the weekend, and was drawn in by it. It's a vampire movie with some serious emotional content. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797/

[fushingfeef]

I loved this movie. It felt very true and real in the way it was presented, which is quite rare in horror. Usually a horror movie "acts like a horror movie", this one felt like a drama which happened to have horrific elements.

[Ducky]

Loved it - quirky, dark, sweet...and definitely outside the box!

Please also check out the book/author: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ajvide_Lindqvist

:smile2:

[DeathStalker]

The US remake is Let Me In - Good flick, easier to watch since no subtitles.

[~Ally~]

Ayuh. I own this version and the American remake, which isn't as good in my opinion, but still a decent adaptation.
I can highly recommend the book if you have time to check it out. An intriguing read, and the amount of extra detail compared to the movie is an added bonus. :smile2:

[jellydonut25]

I love this movie. I'd also suggest watching the American remake "Let Me In" if you haven't. The changes are kinda small, but they have pretty big impacts on the characters and the implications of the film.

[bookworm101]

I enjoyed it. I do like subtitles, but they drive my husband crazy. He likes for me to read them out loud. LOL

[DebA913]

I missed the end!!!! I was watching this on Sowtime? a few days ago, and fell asleep!!! It was pretty late! So now I have to watch for it to be on again so I can finish it. I was enjoying it, too.

[CCAL]

just watched! I sure was surprised too. this is a whole new way of looking at it. they did an excellent job in my opinion.

[Srbo]

Ayuh. I own this version and the American remake, which isn't as good in my opinion, but still a decent adaptation.
I can highly recommend the book if you have time to check it out. An intriguing read, and the amount of extra detail compared to the movie is an added bonus. :smile2:

Ditto.

[GNTLGNT]

The US remake is Let Me In - Good flick, easier to watch since no subtitles.

Yeah, frickin' sub-titles-makin' me think while I watch-damn em anyway!

[Srbo]

Subtitles are actually an awesome thing when I watch movies where they use that heavy accent from the South ( if it wasn`t for that, I would not have understood half of what Tommy and gang have said in No Country For Old Men, for instance), or when there is a heavy slang, "hip-hop speech" used by African-Americans..

[~Ally~]

I've always enjoyed subtitled movies, reading as I go has never detracted from the main story for me. Any time a "foreign" movie has been remade for the English/American speaking world I always find I prefer the original movies anyway. Especially anything made by the Japanese! I've never found a remake of a Japanese/Asian horror movie to be as successfully creepy as the original versions.

[jellydonut25]

One thing I like about subtitled movies is the ability to watch them while my wife is asleep...the TV can get turned down pretty low so I don't wake her...

[bobledrew]

There's one remake that's widely supposed to be better than the original. Interestingly enough, both versions were directed by the same guy. The Vanishing was a 1988 film from Holland that remade in 1993 in Hollywood:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096163/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108473/

[~Ally~]

There's one remake that's widely supposed to be better than the original. Interestingly enough, both versions were directed by the same guy. The Vanishing was a 1988 film from Holland that remade in 1993 in Hollywood

Thanks for that Bob. :smile2:

I've watched the American version of this many times and never realised it was a remake. Will see if I can track the original version down to compare the two.

Have you watched both versions? I notice the original scores much higher on imdb than the remake--which is a great movie--but the only way to judge is for ourselves.

[doowopgirl]

Loved it. What everyone else said. I don't mind subtitles at all, but I didn't know there was an American remake, so thanks for that!

[~Ally~]

There's one remake that's widely supposed to be better than the original. Interestingly enough, both versions were directed by the same guy. The Vanishing was a 1988 film from Holland that remade in 1993 in Hollywood:

I watched the original version of this last night, and enjoyed it.

A lot slower than the American version, but I felt they explored the characters slightly more in depth.

I was also impressed with the original ending...much darker than the remake.

[Mr Nobody]

Sky Plussed it the other night. I don't have a problem with watching things with subtitles, tbh. Dubbing, now...I hate when they get useless voice actors and/or translators in on the job. And then there's the visual thing, like they're talking out of sync...very distracting, much more so than subtitles, I think.

Ally: Agree, re: Japanese films. They come at things differently...and because we're culturally conditioned to pick up visual hints (shots showing fuzzy background or reflections in the TV screen, long pauses when viewing through spyholes, etc), there's more tension when the Japanese convention is NOT to go for the cheap jump.
The worst cheat in the book for me, though, is the long silence followed by a single loud, high violin note: you're not jumping at the images on screen, but the auditory shock. Always a thumbs down (and usually a sign that the movie's not actually scary at all).

[OhmyGod!]

Most original movies are better than the remakes...same with Let The Right One In. It's more true to the novel and less Hollywood. It doesn't give all the answers...but at the same time gives more information (like with Eli). (And the score is far better!!)

The original Vanishing is really nice...it's based on a Dutch novel (Het Gouden Ei: the Golden Egg). The ending is so creepy...and the great thing about the story is how the 'evil' is just a 'regular' family man. And how knowing is sometimes more important than dying (curiosity kills). In the novel Saskia dreams (or is having nightmares) about being locked in a golden egg and floating through the universe...waiting to collide into someone else. Something that never happens...she is always alone. Her ending must have driven her crazy beyond everything...

[champ1966]

Was pleasantly surprised with the remake,hollywood tend to ruin them.Subtitles don't bother me

I love Japanese film's as well MsUndie and prefer them to be subtitled rather than dubbed."Big Boy" is one of my favourites

Going back to Let the Right One In the books better,aren't they always :wink2:

[Seb Shaw]

I really liked it. It's great to see something different once in a while. I'm all for subtitles too. I still need to read the book though.
It's a shame that not enough people are going to watch this film though... or worse, don't even know about it!