tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post5039346869513240592..comments2024-03-05T02:14:39.266-07:00Comments on Strange Culture: Let the Right One In // Let Me InRChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11340006144797496514noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-20023209900301979092010-05-17T22:06:18.762-06:002010-05-17T22:06:18.762-06:00I loved the Swedish original, and am looking forwa...I loved the Swedish original, and am looking forward to the American remake mostly for the two leads. I though McPhee showed some impressive dramatic depth in "The Road," and even though "Kick-Ass" isn't necessarily a dramatic film, I think Moretz has more than enough ability to pull this roll off.<br /><br />The first still of the film, however, looked almost identical to the playground set from the foreign film. Hopefully this doesn't turn out to be a scene-for-scene remake.Danny Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09156845190808578435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-21669255843308587032010-05-17T15:09:08.028-06:002010-05-17T15:09:08.028-06:00It's an uncreative Hollywood remaking an excel...It's an uncreative Hollywood remaking an excellent film. I'm not confident it can be pulled off, remember what happened to The Vanishing?<br /><br />Let the Right One In was also a book first. Debut novel by John Lindqvist.Someone Saidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02503125756937634449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21082552.post-26923937576324853552010-05-17T14:14:10.622-06:002010-05-17T14:14:10.622-06:00Let the Right One In succeeds where the Final Dest...<i>Let the Right One In</i> succeeds where the <i>Final Destination</i> franchise (or any of the splatterfests of the moment) fail because its director understood one simple thing: <a href="http://isawlightningfall.blogspot.com/2009/11/means-are-not-thing.html" rel="nofollow">The visceral stuff exists to advance the narrative</a>, not the other way around.Loren Eatonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488412683340389286noreply@blogger.com