Comments on: “Let the Right One In” (2008)

By: girldetective

girldetective — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:18:03 +0000

Kristi, thanks for the compliment! But I’d trust your gut on the movie–if it was too much for you, then respect that. I was engaged with the bullied boy, who looked a great deal like my nephew, and so wanted him to achieve some kind of happiness, which is how I saw the end: some kind of happiness. I don’t usually like scary movies or violence with kids, but somehow this one spoke to me because it respected the complexity of kids’ inner lives.

By: Kristi Belcamino

Kristi Belcamino — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 20:56:32 +0000

It was with subtitles. Maybe it was my mood at the time. It just struck me as such a dark movie in so many ways. Now you have me wondering if I should try it again!
PS I’m really enjoying your blog. There are few people who consistently write about my two loves — books and movies — in the way you do.
K

By: girldetective

girldetective — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:59:38 +0000

Kristi, sounds like we saw the same one, though there’s an American remake. Did you see it w/subtitles or in English? For whatever reason, I found the images powerful and intriguing but not repellent, which they certainly could have been. We have the American remake from the library and are going to watch that.

By: Kristi Belcamino

Kristi Belcamino — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:59:22 +0000

I’m still creeped out from that movie. I wonder if we saw the same version? The one I saw — mama mia! the pool scene!!! — was very gory and unbelievably disturbing. I still have images seared in my mind of a girl with blood dripping from her mouth. And this is from someone who used to go to the morgue for fun when I was a cop reporter …