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Post by Moonreaper on Nov 11, 2010 21:49:11 GMT -5
I know for asian and german films there is more background and ambient sounds with the original language, not sure why i guess it has something to do with the sound editing for dubbing.
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Post by darkwolfavenged on Nov 18, 2010 10:14:36 GMT -5
I saw LET ME IN the other night.
I adore LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. It means a lot to me. I love it about as much as you can (healthily) love a film and was deeply cynical about this remake from CLOVERFIELD director Matt Reeves. I thought it was gonna be a crass and rubbish cash-in.
I was wrong. LET ME IN is an excellent film. It captures the story, character, themes and mood of the original while taking a couple of slight detours here and there so as to subtly distinguish itself. But the vast majority of it plays out almost exactly as the original. Many scenes (especially the key ones) are virtual carbon copies of dialogue, shot composition and editing. But where it does differ it does so in some interesting ways.
The relationship between the two kids renamed Owen and Abby remains the heart of the story. And the story works just as well here as it does in the original thanks to the sensitive direction of Reeves and the excellent work of Kodi Smit-McPhee as Owen and Chloe Moretz (Hit-Girl herself) as Abby.
I will always deeply love and prefer Tomas Alfredson’s LET THE RIGHT ONE IN having forged a special connection to it but Matt Reeves’ LET ME IN is still an excellent movie in its own right and deserves some love too. It may be a remake that many (including me originally) will consider unnecessary but its heart is in the right place and it is extremely well made. It’s not just a quick cash grab effort but rather another very well written, performed and directed adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist’s brilliant novel.
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Post by necrodemon on Nov 18, 2010 21:29:35 GMT -5
Never seen either of these but I am truly interested now.
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Post by hawkeyepierce on Nov 19, 2010 4:46:54 GMT -5
Hit Girl is awesome
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Post by Marcus on Nov 19, 2010 4:49:24 GMT -5
Good to know the remake was done well, as it's the one I'll be getting.
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Post by marduk on Nov 20, 2010 2:17:26 GMT -5
I've finally seen both original and re-make and I gotta say, theres not much between them. The re-make obviously had a bigger budget and more computerized special effects, but I think it also explained thing a little bit better, except for that its pretty much a shot-for-shot remake. I'd probably give the win to the remake, just because I thought it explained everything a lot better, though the original was definitely great viewing also.
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Post by darkwolfavenged on Nov 20, 2010 14:55:45 GMT -5
I've finally seen both original and re-make and I gotta say, theres not much between them. The re-make obviously had a bigger budget and more computerized special effects, but I think it also explained thing a little bit better, except for that its pretty much a shot-for-shot remake. I'd probably give the win to the remake, just because I thought it explained everything a lot better, though the original was definitely great viewing also. I can totally understand some people preferring the remake. And that's fine with me as it is a great movie in its own right. The remake is perhaps a bit warmer emotionally which will help it connect better with some people. |
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Post by hawkeyepierce on Nov 21, 2010 12:09:41 GMT -5
Haha, I read 'it get's explained better in the remake' and the masochist in me wants to see the origional film more than the remake  |
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Post by necrodemon on Nov 21, 2010 12:40:23 GMT -5
I knew you were a masochist!  |
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Post by hawkeyepierce on Nov 22, 2010 11:30:27 GMT -5
Comedy Reply #1 - Shouldn't have said that out loud? *damn*
Comedy Reply #2 - ...coming from the man who is an open necrophile
Comedy Reply #3 - It's merely the tip of my perverted iceberg
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Post by necrodemon on Nov 23, 2010 19:05:17 GMT -5
Good comeback! I think you may have just earned my respect even more! Ha Ha
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Post by darkwolfavenged on Nov 23, 2010 19:35:50 GMT -5
Haha, I read 'it get's explained better in the remake' and the masochist in me wants to see the origional film more than the remake I hope you see both but would encourage you to see Let The Right One In first as it is the original, was written by the author of the novel it was based on and is also filmed in the exact locations he wrote about giving the reader/viewer an interesting insight in to a slightly different world and its people. I'm not quite sure what Marduk meant by 'it gets explained better'. As far as I could tell nothing in the remake gets explained any more or any differently. In fact, they left out one of the main plot points from the book that made it briefly in to the original. Maybe Marduk meant the stuff to do with Abby's 'father' which lost much of its ambiguity. However, neither film explored that character in any depth, leaving out his true backstory and subplot as given in the book (probably, deemed way to disturbing to put on film). Let the Right One In is a more still, more subtle, slightly colder film, but apart from a few narrative alterations, the two are pretty much the same. And both of a very high quality. |
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Post by hawkeyepierce on Nov 24, 2010 11:40:42 GMT -5
Good comeback! I think you may have just earned my respect even more! Ha Ha I can't blame you for I am indeed very very awesome... |
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Post by Werewolf on Nov 24, 2010 15:30:54 GMT -5
The original is a must see and i'm pleased to read that the remake does it justice. Nothing worse than remakes that end up like the Italian Job or the Whicker Man!
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Post by Marcus on Mar 24, 2011 7:43:55 GMT -5
Watch Let Me In. Enjoyed it, but thought it was a little long.
I couldn't say what scenes I'd have liked to see shorter, or removed, as they all seemed to be relevant and important to the film, but I just had the feeling after watching it that it was a stretched shortstory of a film.
**** SPOILERISH ****
I watched some of the interviews on the disc, and they spoke about the relationship between the two main characters. But, I didn't agree with their analysis.
The impression I got from the Abbey character, was she she'd done this over and over as the years had gone by, replacing one servant/companion with the next when the situation required it. And she targeted lonely and bullied kids, as they were the most likely to accept her once they were friends, willing to leave everything to stay with their only 'friend'.
For me, it just didn't feel like two outsider kids forming an exceptional friendship, more an ancient vampire running through a tried and tested method of collecting her next servant bonding them to her using friendship. - I think the reason I felt this, was the friendship went too smoothly, the progress was just so . . . sequenced feeling.
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