Spoiler and Blood free…..wait no theres a lot of blood.
Ok let me start off by saying for those of you who aren’t aware of this, Let Me in is a remake of LET THE RIGHT ONE IN a swedish film from 2008, as to why it was remade so shortly after the original is way beyond me but let us not dwindle on this fact. LET ME IN was released in 2010 on October 1st. Thefilm follows a 12 year old boy named OWEN and his life at school and home and how they dramatically change following the arrival of two new neighbors, ABBY, and a older man. Now the movie does a really good job at creating sympathy for OWEN which is something that must point out from the start, i immediately felt bad for him following the first scene in which he is shown to be bullied(this is not a spoiler). Throughout the film there is a sense of sympathy for OWEN but at the same time the movie manages to feel slightly comedic at points. Unfortunately its difficult to go into detail without giving spoilers but the director seems to lose his tone throughout the course of the movie with a repetitive background track and desire to lose the subtly of the original in place of a more up close and personal look at the carnage done by what would be a modern day vampire. One aspect of this movie however that is particularly refreshing is that vampires are not taken in a superman esque light in the least bit in this movie and she feels more parasitic than anything else in this movie, someone leeching off of other people for help which leads to question her intentions in this film. Overall i feel like this film aimed to make a good homage to the original but fell flat in its desire to make the movie more intense which instead came off as making the film more overly dramatic and slightly comedic at points. Now while it may seem bias to say how it compares to the original in so many points, its something you have to accept when it comes to viewing a remake and overall most of these points are just in relation to this film in general, the pacing feels off at many points and the acting from the lead boy OWEN slightly awkward sometimes. The mood of scenes were often broken by the background music and unfortunately throughout the course of the movie i still felt nothing for the characters by the end which ultimately would be considered a miss for a movie.
- Worth a view if you’re down for a refreshing take on the vampire genre from todays Twilight and such.
- Pacing feels very off at times
- Sympathy for OWEN feels greatly established at points throughout the movie however while i feel sorry for OWEN i don’t feel like i knew the character.
- Director seemed to sacrifice mood for gore in this remake but if you’re into gore this might just be for you with some very gruesome scenes.
- Generally good effort, was interesting to watch but i don’t know if i would actually call it enjoyable.
6 out of/10