Let Me In (2010)

Simply A Masterpiece

Sick Product of a Sick System

Highly Overrated But Still Good

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

I think this is the best vampire movie I ever seen i don't like this kinda movies before but after watching this thing i completely change my mind :X :)

The story itself was a rubix cube, and the photo from the photo booth was the first clue. This is where you start to find out how the relationship would insue. The story was that of "A Romeo and Juilet" curse. Were the love feels submerged. Or forbidden, they just don't allow such a love to exist with in two different seasons. One an aged Man, all grown up, but maintaining boyish thoughts. Because the love felt for her kept him on a lock. You find ways to keep your boyish charm, espically if the one you love, never stops holding your arm. The other, was a inquisitive young girl, with ageless eyes. Masking a fully grown vampires mind. Over the years, they had created a cover. I'm her father, and she's my daughter. Years ago though, he must have fell for her hard. This story is loaded with little reminders, back when he was only a boy, but never minders. We are in the present? A time traveler would wonder. Because now we see what must have happened between those two lovers. Even though the story is in the present. I am sure that is what will happen in the future. He has grown old, while her age, never seems to be solved. Do you think in his mind, he had ever questioned what had happened between her and father time? Now, a Life of routine, was all that he would see. Only to find the blood she would need. Like a Gurdian, keeping her safe inside, while he would go out at night. Dawning a dark mask, with holes for the eyes. A role suddenly to be preped for another. This led him to discover and wonder. Maybe I want to be caught. As she has found a new lover, in replacement of this old worker. We see flashing lights just over head, as we hear a passenger talking to a driver. The man in the mask lieing in the back seat, still contemplating; is this the end of me? With a roll and a struggle, the car is pinned, lieing there with a stranger. Who was going to become the young vampires next dinner. It's not everyday a car crash saves a rider. The man knowing his fate opens the mysersous canned jar, as the only way to escape the car would be a can opener. A Splash of acid acrossed his face, a burn, a singe, and no longer appearing apart of the human race. He had finally wished his fate, he had been caught. Now lieing there not putting up a fight. Just outside in the crisp cold air, with snow on the ground, a girl walks into a hosptial, with not a shoe to be found. We see the on call nurse at the desk, asking her self could it get any colder? "I'm looking for my father" was all that the young girl could utter. She didn't want everyone to know that her, and the old man once were lovers. That would only reveal her as a vampire. Time drags on, but like I said there are a lot of reminders. A long time ago when he was a boy, he had met a young vampire. I'm sure, a knock on the window, was all that she needed to convince the boy to let the right one in. Like a unfamialr sound, the knocking pulls him up from his lie down. It must have been ages of time, since he had last heard that sound. She has had permission for so long, until now. But, this time would be the last time. The faceless men with the courage, prepping to walk right up to the ageless vampire. He throws off his blanket, and strolls to the window. A calm cool wisk of wind through the wind, and a question. "Can I come in? The man grasping his throat, signing to her "Nope". The words can't be found, his body has been ripped apart from years of service. But this will not leave her in the lurch. This was not the end of the story, there was a new one to follow around. As the vampires curse in itself, curses all those that fall prey to the spell. That at the end, will always conclude with a fall.

I do not post reviews usually. But this time, I have to as this movie raped the original one. I mean, this one is nothing but a pale copy of "Let the right one in". I bet America is lacking some materials, so they copy amazing movies (just like "Taxi", played in the US by the awful looking Queen Latifah), and turn them into flops... Actors do not know how to act, and the story line is completely the same as the original one. Watching this is a complete waste of time. Well nothing more to say, just avoid it. At least, stream the original with subtitles, which is way better than this one.I watched the original, with the original Swedish voices, and it sounds way deeper and better. I know some of you will feel the need to reply or hit the "not useful" button, but think about : if the original one was not made, at all, would you have this copy to watch ? I do not think so... The bullied kid and the girl vampire, well sounds great if it was not for a bad copy of a great movie. Oskar and Eli were two amazing actors, but the one in the copy are just as bad as the movie itself.

As someone who has (seemingly unfortunately)not watched the original 'Let The Right One In', I have found Reeves' 2010 remake to be one of those understated and under-appreciated gems of film that make me thoroughly happy to have a Netflix account. Truthfully I selected this title with a sigh, wanting a film from the horror genre but grimly aware that most films of the flavour come and go straight into my 'eh' bucket. So imagine my surprise that two days later I am still thinking about the expertly crafted mystery/romance/thriller/horror/growing pains story that can't be singularly lumped into the horror genre without considerable insult to the film.First up is Casting, and for good reason. While many of us sniff at the notion of a good child actor (myself included), I cannot deny that watching Moretz and Smit-McPhee outperform many adult actors at the strangers-turned-romancers story was highly amusing. The on-screen chemistry they share and the adolescent romantic tension they exude is just palpable. Chloe Moretz rightly steals the stage at every turn with a versatile acting ability that far belays her youth. Unfortunately this review is too little, too late to express her talent in words better than other reviews, so I'll sum it up as an all-round powerhouse of a performance.The actor I can't quite shake however is Kodi Smit-McPhee and his role as the quiet and troubled Owen; at school, at home and inside his own psyche. While not necessarily the strongest performance of the film, I think this is the one that truly made it so dark and disconcerting. If everyone loved Haley Joel Osment as the 'sweet kid with a troubled home' character, Smit-McPhee is without doubt the 'victimised child slowly turning serial killer'. From the peeping to the masked knife-wielding, from how he mewls his words and the constant tightness of his shoulders to the almost unflinching gaze at what the normal child would perceive as frightful, Owen is clearly a child who is as much afraid of the day and comfortable at night as the blonde creature he comes to fall for.A pleased nod to the rest of the supporting cast too. While there aren't many secondary roles in this film, Jenkins always brings a good performance to fatherly and guardian roles, and Dylan Minnette pulls off a surprisingly OK bully.With that said and done the real MVP of this is Matt Reeves, who has brought together a remarkable cast and walked them through a purposefully paced atmosphere of fear, curiosity, suspense and the cold. I found the lighting very good: a great contrast of dark corners and shadow against the bare bulbs of urbanised living and crisp white snow. The camera work too sat nicely between wide shots of Owen set apart from his peers and the intimate closed shots of the young acting duo. The only thing I felt nothing special for was the music - a few suspenseful ambiance tracks straight from the thriller shelf at HMV that lead to an overall meh of audio. That said, it did the job.I have read many reviews prior to writing this, comparing it to the 2008 original and being unimpressed with the level of blood and violence in the film. I find myself thankful that I am unencumbered with experience in the original film to draw that conclusion, as Let Me in has the kind of blood and gore that fully appreciates the diet and violence of a vampire without over-saturating the picture through gratuitous red (Blade, anyone? (I sort of enjoyed Blade, but still)).For me personally, a good horror/thriller finds the balance between the PG and the ridiculously bloody, the dull and the pants-wetting. Let Me In nails it - Great casting, engrossing atmosphere, tangible and believable suspense. This film is a beacon of the genre, guiding me back to land where others have left me floundering in the rocks of disappointment.Final note - Don't read this unless you genuinely watched the film.As much as I enjoyed the bittersweet fledgling romance between Owen and Abby, as I come away from the film a few days later I am reminded of the picture Owen finds in her house: Abby and her guardian as children taken a few generations ago. I realise the sourness of a new question - Were they childhood friends, or perhaps was he Abby's past, now aged and dead love interest? Is she less of an innocent child vampire and more of a cunning, manipulative immortal man-eater refreshing her carer/chef by tugging on some lonely heartstrings? It's a whole new film when I think about it this way (remember watching Fight Club for the second time, knowing Jack/Tyler is just a fruit-loop? Yeah, like that).I haven't felt this engaged with a vampire story since Stake Land.