Let the Right One In
Let me first go "on the record" about remakes, especially remakes of foreign films for American audiences. I've never understood the average Americans aversion to sub-titles. The common slack-jawed yokel response of "I DUN LIKE TAH READ WATCHIN' A MOVEEE" is pretty wide spread in the American audience. However, the actual goal of a movie is to make money, so studios will continue to produce the watered-down, Kraft Box Mac n Cheese for our nuanced palates. You would think that after all this time a broader audience could handle the movie as is. Worst comes to worse, over-dub it. But no, since Idiocracy is actually coming true, we'll probably have to remake English films so NASCAR fan can understand whats going on.
Let the Right One In just makes sense as a foreign film. The weather and the culture of Sweden plays a big role in how this movie feels. Its very easy to feel the cold and the desolation of this little suburb of Stockholm. The young boy Oskar seems not only to be victimized by his school mates, but by his surroundings as well. It makes perfect sense that Eli, the "girl" he meets at the jungle gym also seems very vulnerable. Eli lives with her "father" in flat across the hall. These two strike up a relationship that grows into a friendship. Its a quiet friendship that seems far to subtle for an American audience. I'm sure that will change in the remake. What will also probably change is the relationship between Eli and her "father". Probably not wanting to offend, I feel this relationship will become much more father/daughter so as not to scare off the overly sensitive viewing population.
I have the highest hopes for "Let Me In" (I swear, they probably found that the original title didn't test well), but as much as I want this movie to do well, it didn't even need to happen in the first place. Let the Right One In was a sad, creepy and all around great film. I got it and I'm pretty sure others could too. However, Hollywood needs to keep spoon feeding us rehashed and reworked crap, so I guess I'll put on my bib and spit up if I don't like it.
3 out of 4 stars
I've Seen So Many Movie since Then I Don't Know Where to Begin
So I'll get to it tonight. THE BLOG LIVES BY GOD!!!!!!!!!
