I watched this movie on Netflix the other day and was blown away. It was so well written, well paced, and well executed. It has an emotional weight to it that never lets up and even though Eli goes around killing people, I found myself sympathizing with her, because she still had an innocence to her. The ending scene, although visceral, still left me holding back tears. Great film and should be viewed by anyone and everyone.
@delchavez true that. Definitely one of my favourites. The UK bluray has a great audio commentary on it. Glad you liked. Now introduce it to your friends who probably only know about the remake. Showed it to my brother recently and he loved it.
Hey, great review. I really agree with you, this movie is so much more then your average vampire movie. The vampire thing wasn't important because of the gore or scariness, it was important because Eli suffers from her lonely existence and finds another lonely soul: Oskar. Love it.
@reedcostume why thank you, you are also the best, we are equal bests. Just saw another gr8 vampire movie last night that reminded me a bit of the character of Eli called "Innocent Blood" or "A French Vampire in America". It's about a female vampire with standards, she only tries to kill innocents or to survive and feels guilt at innocent deaths. She also finishes off the food much like Eli does so that they dont come back as vampires. Very beautiful and funny movie.
I agree with this video alot,and I like the original better than the remake,because the scary contact's weren't needed for Eli,and there is a such thing as being overdone with the vampire especially,so what Let me in pretty much did in alot of way's was strip the humanity from Eli,and made it more of a A typical horror flick,which cheapened the experience I think.But it's still worth watching ofcourse,I don't hate Let me in.But Eli really seemed like she had a disease,and couldn't help it.
@cloudvol7 true, basically a revue of Let Me In would be take this revue and reverse everything stylistically. They changed long cuts to short cuts, shots that held back were made into closeups and the gore was overused whereas in the original our imagination did the work, which had a better effect for me. Glad you liked it, tell your friends to see the original.
I never heard of this film until I seen Let Me In which is the American verion of Let the Right One In. I did see the film Let the Right One In and I found the film well done as well. The author claims that he thought the American version was excellent as well and was proud of the film as well. I really liked the cinematography in the Swedish film as well and it reminded me of the cinematography of the films done in late 1970s to the early 1980s.
@jweinrub Both film versions of the book of Let the Right One In are pretty good and I can't compare or contrast cause they were both pretty good. One thing I liked in both versions is that you never see her fly or (spoiler warning for those who haven't seen this) see her attack the bullies at all. I do like the romance about it as well and the ending where he goes with her as well.
@jweinrub i really didn't like the american remake, it felt like a totally different movie. Just take my review and have me say the opposite of everything i'm saying and you'll have my review of Let Me In. Also it's not an adaptation of the book, it's a remake of the Swedish movie, it's obvious.
No problem. I do agree that there was some changes in the remake, but what I liked about it is that it was more open ended and it made you think what was Abby was really like and it made you ask more questions than the original. I did buy the original though and I plan on buying the remake. i do hope there are more films that are like this.
@jweinrub funny, i thought the exact opposite LOL I think the originals more open ended. It left heaps of questions unanswered so that you can fill the blanks in with what u thought happened so that it can be as true or different to the book as you like. It was like you were making your own movie, it challenged the audience to think with the information given to them. I must say though that the 1 truly original part of the remake is the best part of the movie, the car crash. It blew my mind.
@T0pcatFilms I do agree that the original is open ended as well. Before I go into the original, I want to go more into the remake on why I felt like it was more open ended than the original. In the remake Owen looks at photograph of Abby and the Protector as a boy. Let me say that at first I thought it was her brother and that the vampirism occur sometime around the 1940s and maybe the 1930s. So, maybe the boy didn't get bitten or avoided being a vampire all together.
@jweinrub Anyway, playing on that concept, maybe the brother had to protect her from harm and also had to play the hunter, meaning had to bring in the food for Abby cause if she fed on the humans, they will become vampires themselves and she didn't want that to happen at all. Now, from what I heard on Wikipedia, the Protector was actually a friend of hers, so it could either be a friend or a brother give or take. One can make a story out of that. Take note, this is just my take on it...
....and I'm not trying to get you to like it or anything. Ok, now back to the original, to me, the protector (or caretaker) was the pedophile teacher in the book of the same name Hakan. So, when I seen it, I thought it was already set. The ending (for both the remake and original) can be set as a happy ending or a unhappy ending. To me, I would say it was happy cause Eli/Abby, in my mind, cared for Oskar/Owen and didn't want any harm to come to him.
@jweinrub again, i felt the oposite. The ending to Let Me In had a more sinister feel to me because we've been told that her gaurdian was a boy like Owen is and that he will probably share the same fate. I hadn't read the book so i felt in the original it could have been either way. The original's ending felt way... not so much happier, but more uplifting. I felt the love the first time, i didn't feel anything with the remake. But i'm not saying you shouldn't like it, i just WAY prefer the 1st 1
@T0pcatFilms That's cool. I would love to read the book though myself. I think John Lindqvist is making a short story of what happens to Oskar and Eli after the first book I think. I hope he does cause I would love to read it.
I have not read the book, but I really hope that she "turns" him after the end. The only thing I could think about after the film was, will she use him like she used the older man? Was her relationship with the other guy like this once? The only way I could enjoy the end is if it implies that she'll turn him and be with him forever.
@AnotherMasterMind i dunno, she's not just in love with him, she's being practical. Having him turned so that they can live together forever would be 1 a selfish act on her part and 2 impractical as she'll need someone to look after her during the day. It would be "romantic" but romance is different to love. I like how the future is unclear, that they are different and can still find love for one another without him needing to be turned to make it work. This aint Twilight LOL
i judt saw themive recently and thought it as vary good leaveing you on the end of your seat each second yes it was slow in the beging but is defently a move worth waching. and as you were talking about she is not show her vanpier powersoff every sceond saying HAY LOOK AT ME I CAN FLY !!!! no she is trying to stay hidden and surrvie plz senda message back and or reply
ok first question is it a she or a he or a nothing? 2nd question is her caretaker just someone she hired or is it her father ? And 3th question is Oscar's dad gay because the part when he went to go visit him and the man came over it confused me of how the father was looking at the other man.
@leave13 ok, these are the quick facts. 1 it's a castrated he, 2 someone she hired... who's a pedophile, 3 this one i never picked up on until listening to the audio commentary where they said ppl had thought he was gay... he's not, the father left due to his drinking problem and the man is a drunk drinking friend. But like i said, make your own story. The important fact that is not open for interpretation is Eli and Oskar's love.
i really wish someone would just answer my questions about this movie because i love this movie but i cant find the book and so i have left over questions and Ive watch it a shit full of times.
@leave13 ask me a question, if i know the answer i'll tell you. I'm currently reading the book and looked up a lot about the story and i've listened to the audio commentary on the bluray which has both the director of the movie and the writer of the book on it.
Good review. BTW, is her father her boyfriend when he was 12? Is Oskar bound to kill and feed her blood when he grows older? And is Eli a castrated boy? Where are they going on the train?
@cantavoidtrite In the book, the gaurdian is a pedophile. They didn't say this in the movie so the audience can decide (the director's intention). Could be that or he used to be like Oskar, and therefore Oskar could become like him. Either she's a vampire and therefore neither sex, or she's a castrated boy (which i think she is in the book). And the train? who knows where, forever onward.
@cantavoidtrite also after listening to the commentary i hear their intention with the train thing, it wasn't to say he was leaving his mother/father and old life behind. Rather he was deciding to live with Eli, that this was where he belonged. So wherever they went didn't matter, as long as they were together.... aww
You got to the soul of this film more than any other review I've seen or read, and that's quite a few.. .congratulations, and thanks. As for Twilight, which you [thank you!] carefully avoid mentioning? Pah.... Check out the excellent fansite 'We, the Infected', which leaves no turn unstoned in its appreciation and examination of this gorgeous, deeply felt work of art. Clearly, everyone involved in its making was as touched by the story as you were.
@DCGM thanks, i'm currently reading the book it's based on and it's as engrossing as the movie so far. I read an interview with the director of the movie and he explains the changes he made from the book and i picked up on a lot of what he had intended to imply without even knowing it, like that the old man could be what Oskar will become eventualy and that Eli is more of an animalistic vampire and therefore not good or evil living by laws of survival.
LTROI is the first on-screen portrayal of love that I found credible. Other movies just have lots of talking. Perhaps it's the perfect implementation of "show, not tell" way of storytelling that makes LTROI what it is?
@alekmosingiewicz True, it says more in one look than a bunch of soulless words. That's a testament to the amazing child actors and the director. It begs the question why is there a remake being made? It's not like there's a lot of dialogue to translate.
Thanks for a great review. One of the better reviews I have seen, and I have seen much commentary on this film. Well argued. I agree this is the "anti-Twilight."
@eljeffe1815 thanks. And notice how i never name Twilight in the entire video LOL. I made sure that the review wouldn't de-evolve into just a comparison between the 2 movies
@jonesboy27aka glad u liked it, i try to be less "this movie is bad/good" and try to analyse it closely, good and bad points... i just couldn't find any bad points to this movie, but i try to empathise and explain stuff that other people might not like.
Yours is probably one of the best reviews I've seen on this film to date. I've seen others which are pretty good, and entertaining, but not this articulate or pionent. Excellent!
Now we have to see if the remake Let Me In retains any of that subtlety.
This movie doesn't need a remake. I hate hollywood and it's inability to cope with subtitles. Last time i checked, Americans can read. Thanks for the heads up and kind words. I actually planned out my review (which i haven't done before but i wanted to cover everything that i thought about the movie really clearely... plus i didn't want to say the word Twilight even once LOL)
hi i liked your review and i just tonight bought and watched the film and tought it was wonderful. so i have to ask you , and if you dont want any spoilers feel free to send me a message reply on what the title of the movie means to the film and what you think the ending means
@HorrorGuy67 Without spoiling anything i think the title has to do with the vampire's need for an invitation before they can enter. I think it makes us wonder about is she the right one? Like i discuss in my review, she's a killer but there's no malice in what she does it's more animalistic unlike the bullys in the movie. I dunno, there could be something lost in the translation of the title too i guess. I might msg reply u about the ending.
I watched this movie on Netflix the other day and was blown away. It was so well written, well paced, and well executed. It has an emotional weight to it that never lets up and even though Eli goes around killing people, I found myself sympathizing with her, because she still had an innocence to her. The ending scene, although visceral, still left me holding back tears. Great film and should be viewed by anyone and everyone.
delchavez 8 months ago
@delchavez true that. Definitely one of my favourites. The UK bluray has a great audio commentary on it. Glad you liked. Now introduce it to your friends who probably only know about the remake. Showed it to my brother recently and he loved it.
T0pcatFilms 8 months ago
Hey, great review. I really agree with you, this movie is so much more then your average vampire movie. The vampire thing wasn't important because of the gore or scariness, it was important because Eli suffers from her lonely existence and finds another lonely soul: Oskar. Love it.
Daphuhnuh 1 year ago
You are the best.. :P LTROI is also the best, best movie ever. :D
reedcostume 1 year ago 2
@reedcostume why thank you, you are also the best, we are equal bests. Just saw another gr8 vampire movie last night that reminded me a bit of the character of Eli called "Innocent Blood" or "A French Vampire in America". It's about a female vampire with standards, she only tries to kill innocents or to survive and feels guilt at innocent deaths. She also finishes off the food much like Eli does so that they dont come back as vampires. Very beautiful and funny movie.
T0pcatFilms 1 year ago
I agree with this video alot,and I like the original better than the remake,because the scary contact's weren't needed for Eli,and there is a such thing as being overdone with the vampire especially,so what Let me in pretty much did in alot of way's was strip the humanity from Eli,and made it more of a A typical horror flick,which cheapened the experience I think.But it's still worth watching ofcourse,I don't hate Let me in.But Eli really seemed like she had a disease,and couldn't help it.
cloudvol7 1 year ago 3
@cloudvol7 true, basically a revue of Let Me In would be take this revue and reverse everything stylistically. They changed long cuts to short cuts, shots that held back were made into closeups and the gore was overused whereas in the original our imagination did the work, which had a better effect for me. Glad you liked it, tell your friends to see the original.
T0pcatFilms 1 year ago
I never heard of this film until I seen Let Me In which is the American verion of Let the Right One In. I did see the film Let the Right One In and I found the film well done as well. The author claims that he thought the American version was excellent as well and was proud of the film as well. I really liked the cinematography in the Swedish film as well and it reminded me of the cinematography of the films done in late 1970s to the early 1980s.
jweinrub 1 year ago
@jweinrub Both film versions of the book of Let the Right One In are pretty good and I can't compare or contrast cause they were both pretty good. One thing I liked in both versions is that you never see her fly or (spoiler warning for those who haven't seen this) see her attack the bullies at all. I do like the romance about it as well and the ending where he goes with her as well.
jweinrub 1 year ago
@jweinrub i really didn't like the american remake, it felt like a totally different movie. Just take my review and have me say the opposite of everything i'm saying and you'll have my review of Let Me In. Also it's not an adaptation of the book, it's a remake of the Swedish movie, it's obvious.
T0pcatFilms 1 year ago
No problem. I do agree that there was some changes in the remake, but what I liked about it is that it was more open ended and it made you think what was Abby was really like and it made you ask more questions than the original. I did buy the original though and I plan on buying the remake. i do hope there are more films that are like this.
jweinrub 1 year ago
@jweinrub funny, i thought the exact opposite LOL I think the originals more open ended. It left heaps of questions unanswered so that you can fill the blanks in with what u thought happened so that it can be as true or different to the book as you like. It was like you were making your own movie, it challenged the audience to think with the information given to them. I must say though that the 1 truly original part of the remake is the best part of the movie, the car crash. It blew my mind.
T0pcatFilms 1 year ago
@T0pcatFilms I do agree that the original is open ended as well. Before I go into the original, I want to go more into the remake on why I felt like it was more open ended than the original. In the remake Owen looks at photograph of Abby and the Protector as a boy. Let me say that at first I thought it was her brother and that the vampirism occur sometime around the 1940s and maybe the 1930s. So, maybe the boy didn't get bitten or avoided being a vampire all together.
jweinrub 1 year ago
@jweinrub Anyway, playing on that concept, maybe the brother had to protect her from harm and also had to play the hunter, meaning had to bring in the food for Abby cause if she fed on the humans, they will become vampires themselves and she didn't want that to happen at all. Now, from what I heard on Wikipedia, the Protector was actually a friend of hers, so it could either be a friend or a brother give or take. One can make a story out of that. Take note, this is just my take on it...
jweinrub 1 year ago
....and I'm not trying to get you to like it or anything. Ok, now back to the original, to me, the protector (or caretaker) was the pedophile teacher in the book of the same name Hakan. So, when I seen it, I thought it was already set. The ending (for both the remake and original) can be set as a happy ending or a unhappy ending. To me, I would say it was happy cause Eli/Abby, in my mind, cared for Oskar/Owen and didn't want any harm to come to him.
jweinrub 1 year ago
@jweinrub again, i felt the oposite. The ending to Let Me In had a more sinister feel to me because we've been told that her gaurdian was a boy like Owen is and that he will probably share the same fate. I hadn't read the book so i felt in the original it could have been either way. The original's ending felt way... not so much happier, but more uplifting. I felt the love the first time, i didn't feel anything with the remake. But i'm not saying you shouldn't like it, i just WAY prefer the 1st 1
T0pcatFilms 1 year ago
@T0pcatFilms That's cool. I would love to read the book though myself. I think John Lindqvist is making a short story of what happens to Oskar and Eli after the first book I think. I hope he does cause I would love to read it.
jweinrub 1 year ago
@jweinrub He is. It's called "let The Old Dreams Die". I can't wait until it's released!!
laurelfan1 1 year ago 2
@laurelfan1 oooooooh i'll have to sink my teeth into that.... see... see what i did there? But seriously that sounds awesome.
T0pcatFilms 1 year ago
I have not read the book, but I really hope that she "turns" him after the end. The only thing I could think about after the film was, will she use him like she used the older man? Was her relationship with the other guy like this once? The only way I could enjoy the end is if it implies that she'll turn him and be with him forever.
AnotherMasterMind 1 year ago
@AnotherMasterMind i dunno, she's not just in love with him, she's being practical. Having him turned so that they can live together forever would be 1 a selfish act on her part and 2 impractical as she'll need someone to look after her during the day. It would be "romantic" but romance is different to love. I like how the future is unclear, that they are different and can still find love for one another without him needing to be turned to make it work. This aint Twilight LOL
T0pcatFilms 1 year ago
I watched it and loved it!....it was absolutely fantastic! Way beyond my expectations...I give it a 100 stars!
LiveNKicking 1 year ago
i judt saw themive recently and thought it as vary good leaveing you on the end of your seat each second yes it was slow in the beging but is defently a move worth waching. and as you were talking about she is not show her vanpier powersoff every sceond saying HAY LOOK AT ME I CAN FLY !!!! no she is trying to stay hidden and surrvie plz senda message back and or reply
mikeos0321 1 year ago
@mikeos0321 glad you liked the movie and my review. Tell your friends!
T0pcatFilms 1 year ago
ok first question is it a she or a he or a nothing? 2nd question is her caretaker just someone she hired or is it her father ? And 3th question is Oscar's dad gay because the part when he went to go visit him and the man came over it confused me of how the father was looking at the other man.
leave13 1 year ago
@leave13 ok, these are the quick facts. 1 it's a castrated he, 2 someone she hired... who's a pedophile, 3 this one i never picked up on until listening to the audio commentary where they said ppl had thought he was gay... he's not, the father left due to his drinking problem and the man is a drunk drinking friend. But like i said, make your own story. The important fact that is not open for interpretation is Eli and Oskar's love.
T0pcatFilms 1 year ago
i really wish someone would just answer my questions about this movie because i love this movie but i cant find the book and so i have left over questions and Ive watch it a shit full of times.
leave13 1 year ago
@leave13 ask me a question, if i know the answer i'll tell you. I'm currently reading the book and looked up a lot about the story and i've listened to the audio commentary on the bluray which has both the director of the movie and the writer of the book on it.
T0pcatFilms 1 year ago
Good review. BTW, is her father her boyfriend when he was 12? Is Oskar bound to kill and feed her blood when he grows older? And is Eli a castrated boy? Where are they going on the train?
cantavoidtrite 1 year ago
@cantavoidtrite In the book, the gaurdian is a pedophile. They didn't say this in the movie so the audience can decide (the director's intention). Could be that or he used to be like Oskar, and therefore Oskar could become like him. Either she's a vampire and therefore neither sex, or she's a castrated boy (which i think she is in the book). And the train? who knows where, forever onward.
T0pcatFilms 1 year ago
@cantavoidtrite also after listening to the commentary i hear their intention with the train thing, it wasn't to say he was leaving his mother/father and old life behind. Rather he was deciding to live with Eli, that this was where he belonged. So wherever they went didn't matter, as long as they were together.... aww
T0pcatFilms 1 year ago
You got to the soul of this film more than any other review I've seen or read, and that's quite a few.. .congratulations, and thanks. As for Twilight, which you [thank you!] carefully avoid mentioning? Pah.... Check out the excellent fansite 'We, the Infected', which leaves no turn unstoned in its appreciation and examination of this gorgeous, deeply felt work of art. Clearly, everyone involved in its making was as touched by the story as you were.
DCGM 1 year ago 5
@DCGM thanks, i'm currently reading the book it's based on and it's as engrossing as the movie so far. I read an interview with the director of the movie and he explains the changes he made from the book and i picked up on a lot of what he had intended to imply without even knowing it, like that the old man could be what Oskar will become eventualy and that Eli is more of an animalistic vampire and therefore not good or evil living by laws of survival.
T0pcatFilms 1 year ago
LTROI is the first on-screen portrayal of love that I found credible. Other movies just have lots of talking. Perhaps it's the perfect implementation of "show, not tell" way of storytelling that makes LTROI what it is?
alekmosingiewicz 2 years ago 4
@alekmosingiewicz True, it says more in one look than a bunch of soulless words. That's a testament to the amazing child actors and the director. It begs the question why is there a remake being made? It's not like there's a lot of dialogue to translate.
T0pcatFilms 2 years ago 2
Thanks for a great review. One of the better reviews I have seen, and I have seen much commentary on this film. Well argued. I agree this is the "anti-Twilight."
eljeffe1815 2 years ago
@eljeffe1815 thanks. And notice how i never name Twilight in the entire video LOL. I made sure that the review wouldn't de-evolve into just a comparison between the 2 movies
T0pcatFilms 2 years ago
Best review by far... thanks!
jonesboy27aka 2 years ago
@jonesboy27aka glad u liked it, i try to be less "this movie is bad/good" and try to analyse it closely, good and bad points... i just couldn't find any bad points to this movie, but i try to empathise and explain stuff that other people might not like.
T0pcatFilms 2 years ago
Great review dude, you tell it how it is.... I like that.
0934101 2 years ago
@0934101 thanks mate, i just call em as i see em. Glad u liked it.
T0pcatFilms 2 years ago
Yours is probably one of the best reviews I've seen on this film to date. I've seen others which are pretty good, and entertaining, but not this articulate or pionent. Excellent!
Now we have to see if the remake Let Me In retains any of that subtlety.
avalonroad 2 years ago
@avalonroad OH.... GOD... NO!!!!!
This movie doesn't need a remake. I hate hollywood and it's inability to cope with subtitles. Last time i checked, Americans can read. Thanks for the heads up and kind words. I actually planned out my review (which i haven't done before but i wanted to cover everything that i thought about the movie really clearely... plus i didn't want to say the word Twilight even once LOL)
T0pcatFilms 2 years ago
hi i liked your review and i just tonight bought and watched the film and tought it was wonderful. so i have to ask you , and if you dont want any spoilers feel free to send me a message reply on what the title of the movie means to the film and what you think the ending means
HorrorGuy67 2 years ago
@HorrorGuy67 Without spoiling anything i think the title has to do with the vampire's need for an invitation before they can enter. I think it makes us wonder about is she the right one? Like i discuss in my review, she's a killer but there's no malice in what she does it's more animalistic unlike the bullys in the movie. I dunno, there could be something lost in the translation of the title too i guess. I might msg reply u about the ending.
T0pcatFilms 2 years ago