Let the Right One In

[jetpack_monkey]

That was fucking amazing. Sweet and disturbing and beautiful and wrong and just... my jaw was dropped most of the film, either from verklempt or horror. If it's playing in your area, go see it. I'm not telling you a damn thing, except that it's the sweetest romance this side of WALL*E and EVE and it has some of the best moments of horror I've seen this year.

Seriously. GO.

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[thevelvetdays.livejournal.com]

I was really moved by it as well, though it was hard to put my finger on how I was being moved...at the time.

The tricky thing about it is that these are Such young characters and Such selfish characters (particularly Eli, for choosing to live at the expense of others dying). At the same time, who, at this age, is not terrifically selfish? I love the gender ambiguity of Eli, and the scene of them lying side by side in bed, and all of the moments of awkward, knowing tenderness between them. But I am not sure I would call this a romance. I've heard from the friend I watched this with who had read parts of the novel, that it seems that their relationship seemed destined to mimic that of her older friend. That was a story line that was bizarre, macabre, and felt too under-explored to legitimize being either to the extent that it was. I wonder what you think of this. On the whole, I though the atmospheric feel of the film really beautifully captured the idealistic and gothic aspects pf the story, but that in the particulars, the story was so uncomfortable and sometimes just silly (cat woman?) to really sing, as it might have, with just a slightly faster pace and less ambiguity...

The pool sequence is probably one of the best scenes of a film of all time.

Oh, also...hi :)

[jetpack-monkey.livejournal.com]

I agree with you that the end result is probably not technically a romance, but I'm also trying to be a bit vague about the movie. It's really best to go in without knowing a damn thing (which is making my review a bitch to write).

And after discussion with midnightfae, we did agree that Oskar was destined to take on the role of the old man. It's a pretty layered movie that deserves a second viewing. When I watch it again, I'm going to look for when Eli decided that Oskar was going to be that person and when she realized she'd decided. I have a feeling they are separate moments.

The pool sequence is one of those marvelously staged bits that make you realize that a decapitated head is much funnier from a distance.

And hi yourself, stranger. ;)

[packmentality.livejournal.com]

I've been dying to see this, but the only theatre in my area that's playing it is 75 miles away. Why do you hate me, Colorado? Here's hoping it goes to DVD quickly.