Aba452
Well-Known Member
Went to the Royal Exchange last week to see Let the Right One In, terrific cast with great moments and a bit of gore for good measure.
Watched the American remake of the original Swedish film/book which is called Let Me In to compare the 2 versions of the same story.
The story centres on a young loner who gets bullied at school and ignored at home as his parents go through a messy divorce.
Hanging outside his apartment he meets a girl sitting on the climbing frame in the dark. A series of gruesome murders take place and he makes a terrifying discovery about his new friend.
The girl is played by Chloe Moretz who was Hit Girl in Kick Ass. She's good at being enigmatic but neither she nor the boy really convey the emotional trauma of adolescence.
The 2 kids in the film are stated as 12, in the play they are older teens and I think that's where the play scores in their actors being more sympathetic and understandable.
That's not to say the film's bad I love the scene where a woman is taken to hospital after being attacked. After she's given hours of blood transfusions (clue there!!) she seems to wake up. Hungry.....
Looking forward to watching the original Swedish film soon, like the play it is extremely unsettling in dealing with themes of isolation, love, paedophilia/necrophilia as well as morality and retribution.
Watched the American remake of the original Swedish film/book which is called Let Me In to compare the 2 versions of the same story.
The story centres on a young loner who gets bullied at school and ignored at home as his parents go through a messy divorce.
Hanging outside his apartment he meets a girl sitting on the climbing frame in the dark. A series of gruesome murders take place and he makes a terrifying discovery about his new friend.
The girl is played by Chloe Moretz who was Hit Girl in Kick Ass. She's good at being enigmatic but neither she nor the boy really convey the emotional trauma of adolescence.
The 2 kids in the film are stated as 12, in the play they are older teens and I think that's where the play scores in their actors being more sympathetic and understandable.
That's not to say the film's bad I love the scene where a woman is taken to hospital after being attacked. After she's given hours of blood transfusions (clue there!!) she seems to wake up. Hungry.....
Looking forward to watching the original Swedish film soon, like the play it is extremely unsettling in dealing with themes of isolation, love, paedophilia/necrophilia as well as morality and retribution.
