Comments | cleolinda: More about Let Me In

cleolinda

More about Let Me In

Oct 03, 2010 10:48

I have a bad habit, when writing about a movie, to pick an issue I think is interesting and then discuss that. The problem is, if it's a new movie that people haven't really seen yet, they end up thinking that that's all that's in the movie. This time around, I got a lot of "What about tenderness and longing and needing to be accepted!" Having not ( Read more... )

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chili_das_schaf October 3 2010, 16:27:20 UTC

The impression that I, fortunately, get is that the remake is not just a remake of the first movie but that they really thought about the source and worked with slightly different approaches to it (AFAIK the original author was also involved with the remake). That Oskar is maybe destined to be another Hakan (the caretaker) is what made the ending for me so bittersweet - it's maybe not as strong in the first movie, but it is definitely there. I'd also recommend to read the book if you have the opportunity.

notemily October 3 2010, 16:34:23 UTC

ur user tag, it are broken.

Thanks for quoting me! I feel speshul. :)

I should point out, although maybe someone already did, that the part about the caretaker becoming a vampire and trying to rape Eli/Abby is only in the book. In the original film he dies--or at least if he doesn't die, we never see what happens to him. Man, I can't wait for you to see the original so we can have moar discussion and analysis.

scornedsaint October 3 2010, 16:53:39 UTC

I must say, I'm much more interested in seeing both versions of the movie now that I've read all this (I tend to stay away from remakes, not because I think they're evil, but because people tend to have Strong Opinions about them and it's not an argument I want to get into).

redcoast October 3 2010, 19:22:08 UTC

You know, if you interpreted Abby/Eli as transgendered, then this would be the first preadolescent transgendered romance in a mainstream Hollywood picture ... like, ever.

chulacabra October 3 2010, 19:33:35 UTC

The new one has sort of a golden, Spielberg-esque tone at times--the Two Kids In Love times--that I suspect differentiates it from the original, and probably weakens the impact a good bit--makes it a bit less haunting.

Based on reviews I've read, the Spielbergian tone is a deliberate reference to ET. It's like the nightmarish. dystopian version of ET.

cleolinda October 3 2010, 22:16:17 UTC

Yeah, I didn't want to get into it, since I was already rambling, but apparently Matt Reeves said that was a conscious influence.