Let The Right One In
May. 4th, 2009 10:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
williamjmI went to see Let The Right One In at the cinema today. I can confidently say it was the best Swedish-language vampire film I've ever seen... ;)
Actually, I think it is the first Swedish film I've seen.
I did think it was a very good film, there was some very good directing and acting in it and visually it was very striking (I would say it was beautiful at times, if it wasn't so bleak). The juxtaposition of the everyday brutality of the school bullies and the dullness of Oskar's with the sudden brutal violence that Eli is capable of were done very well. Without using many (obvious) special effects it manages to make the vampire seem much more otherworldy and supernatural than just about any effects-heavy Hollywood vampire film (the attack of the cats and the portrayal of what happens when a vampire isn't invited in were particularly memorable). We'll probably be able to judge the contrast between the two movie-making styles even more, since apparently the director of Cloverfield is intending a Hollywood remake which I can't see working at all, have there being any good Hollywood remakes of foreign horror films?
Actually, I think it is the first Swedish film I've seen.
I did think it was a very good film, there was some very good directing and acting in it and visually it was very striking (I would say it was beautiful at times, if it wasn't so bleak). The juxtaposition of the everyday brutality of the school bullies and the dullness of Oskar's with the sudden brutal violence that Eli is capable of were done very well. Without using many (obvious) special effects it manages to make the vampire seem much more otherworldy and supernatural than just about any effects-heavy Hollywood vampire film (the attack of the cats and the portrayal of what happens when a vampire isn't invited in were particularly memorable). We'll probably be able to judge the contrast between the two movie-making styles even more, since apparently the director of Cloverfield is intending a Hollywood remake which I can't see working at all, have there being any good Hollywood remakes of foreign horror films?
