Between the AAR meetings and getting a bunch of movies from Netflix that I’d already seen, it’s been a bit since I’ve posted a review (oh, also I saw Employee of the Month, didn’t feel like writing a review verdict: it sucks, avoid). Fear not loyal readers, I’m back on the job and I have another non-review (but film related) post that I’ll try to finish tonight or tomorrow afternoon (judging by my track record with these things, that means it will be done roughly never). All right, moving on to Let the Right One In:
This movie is really sweet. Not sweet in the “aw that’s sweet” way, but sweet in the “holy shit, that was sweet” way. Basically, it’s about vampires. Well, it’s about vampire, singular. More specifically, 12 year old (for certain values of 12, I mean she’s a vampire so she’s really like a billion or something) vampire girl, who a 12 year old human boy falls in love with. That part of the story is the first type of sweet (although there’s a mild implication that they bang, which is creepy as hell). As is inevitable in any relationship between a 12 year old boy and an immortal killing machine, there are problems. This is the plot and it’s damn well executed. I couldn’t really judge the qualities of the actors, since they were Swedish and all, but the child actors appeared to do a good job, especially the vampire girl (oh SPOILER ALERT, SERIOUSLY: it’s suggested that she might actually be a castrated boy…I was unsure about that part…if so it’s very weird, although it may be developed more in the book /SPOILERS END). All right, I’m kinda rambling…back on point: The cinematography in this movie is beautiful, especially a few key shots, like the hospital fire scene and the final scene (I don’t really want to spoil more, you’ll know when you see them). I was also a huge fan of how they handled various elements of the vampire mythos, most notably the whole “has to be invited in” thing (as implied by the title) (also, a beautifully shot scene). Essentially, I have no complaints about this movie at all. Just expertly made in all respects, even within the constraints of an obviously limited budget (there are still a number of very well done effects shots).
I don’t really know what else to say, this is a really really good movie. It’s in limited release right now, but it’ll be opening in more theaters soon and you definitely owe it to yourself to check this movie out if you’re a fan of cinema at all. Anyway, yeah…really good movie.
Oh yeah, just want to reiterate how bad ass the pool scene is, wow.
