Let Me In
Virgil Tracy
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saw this remake of Let The Right One In last night .
first surprise - it's made by Hammer who have a new logo .
Chloe Moretz and the other kid are good , I think it would've been better if they'd given us more of their relationship .
it's pretty close to the original , too close really I always knew what was coming . It tries a bit too hard at being moody and gets boring .
not as good as the original .
first surprise - it's made by Hammer who have a new logo .
Chloe Moretz and the other kid are good , I think it would've been better if they'd given us more of their relationship .
it's pretty close to the original , too close really I always knew what was coming . It tries a bit too hard at being moody and gets boring .
not as good as the original .
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Which one ? ( I don't doubt you , i am just interested ) Most have referred to the fact that the original is better
I wonder why? Cos it wasn't in Swedish and didn't have subtitles?! It wasn't an American critic by any chance was it? :rolleyes:
One I'm not a fan of, Jason Solomons, think that is the name.
Both this and original weren't as dark as the novel, and even more of the harsher scenes/themes of the book were cut out of this. But I still enjoyed it.
I'd heard that they'd increased the violence/horror of the remake but glad to hear they haven't overdone it. Anyone who watches Let The Right One In or this remake for that reason is totally missing the point of the story.
LTROI is my favourite film, but I can see things wrong with it. I'll certainly see LMI with an openish mind but I guess it will have problems of it's own
The pace of the film I enjoyed, but one of my friends found it too slow and boring. But overall I was impressed with the film as well as Chloe Moretz acting.
Now for the negative. Should have known with it being Orange Wed but i went to the 3pm screening, thought it would be quiet because it's the middle of the day. Ended up watching the film surrounded by stupid kids chatting away and laughing at all the intimate, emotional points in the movie, especially the scene when Abby gets into bed with Owen and the conversation that follows. Nothing funny about that scene whatsoever, infact it's rather touching but the amount of laughs it was getting they thought it was a comedy! Pisses me off! Why can't people just stfu?! :mad:
Because they're morons.
I try and go to really late screenings these days, most of the kids/teenagers have to be on the last bus home so they can't see the late showings.
It's remake of the Swedish original (although the director of the new one insists that it's a different interpretation of the book). And yes, in my opinion it is too soon to remake it.
Was gonna watch it but the swedish put me off, defiantly will go and see this one though.
And that is why we've got this remake...
Seriously, you should watch the original, the Swedish isn't that off putting.
I guess we were rather luckily and our screen was only about 1/4 full and there were no teenagers in sight despite it being an Orange Wednesday. But I know what you mean, Paranormal Activity 2 last week was ruined in a way because it was full of 15 year old brats who would be talking during the scenes during the day and then screaming out "oh my god" every 2 seconds during the night scene. Really wish Cineworld would do what Vue does and have adult only screenings regardless of the film's rating.
It's not that it's swedish, its au language i don't like watching. I just spend most of the time reading the subtitles. Plus the dubbed versions are annoying.
The Swedish original is a different interpretation to the book too, so I dunno what the Directors on about there tbh. They reviewed it on Film 2010 and said it was practically remade scene for scene, so can anyone shed light on what's different about the two movies? Another question I have is
answer to your spoiler : no .
Then you're missing out on some brilliant films with that attitude. Some of the best and most original films i've seen over the past few years have been subtitled: Let the Right One In, Martyrs, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (all three of them), City of God, The Orphanage, [REC], Pans Labyrinth, etc...
I never used to like subtitles either, but after a while you just get used to them. You should at least try Let the Right One In, if you only get 30 minutes in at least you tried. It's definitely the superior film.
i will give it a try after i seen the remake.
When i saw 'Dragon Tattoo' a bunch of chavvy idiots were sat at the back laughing and talking loudly, then about 30 minutes into the film they shouted "is this all in f*ckin' Swedish?!", to which almost everyone in the audience shouted back "YES!!". They disappeared quite quickly. I was actually impressed that they managed to discern that it was Swedish! haha. It was a similar situation when i saw 'Let the Right One In' as well, although annoyingly the tossers stayed for the entire film...