"Let Me In" (US remake of "Let the Right One In") trailer

[Too Much Garlic]

LOL... well... guess I had a different understanding of the word. Seems both apply for pretty much the same thing... in a way.

Yeah... the guy from Twilight... you wanna scare us all to death?

 

[punisher]

Its cool, honest mistake!
bottom line...
I miss original movies :-/
Let the right one in is an awesome movie. It cannot be made better.

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Cool. And agree.

Well... the RPF should start its own movie company. We have it all. Artists, writers, prop makers... etc.

 

[punisher]

Actually, that's an amazing idea! plenty of creative: writers, actors, prop makers, 3d modelers,photographers, extras, and everything else. Heck, I bet there's even enough funds if enough people pooled their money together!
Sorry for slightly derailing the thread but I think hes onto something here! :lol

 

[Nwerke]

Looks pretty close, but I still don't see the need.

It won't be close. They've removed the gender ambiguity issue for starters as I mentioned in the last thread on this.

They'll probably have removed the double-edged aspect of the end; I'll bet it will be an overtly happy one lacking the extraordinary, beautiful darkness of Let the Right One In's ending.

Cayman's post: love:love Going off on a bit of a tangent, just look at how *small* a difference can be important. You mentioned the DC of Blade Runner. Do you mean the 90s "so-called" DC, or Scott's own recent restoration? I liked the 90s version but I've come to realize it was really just because it felt like having an itch scratched: ah, good, finally can check off seeing the movie Scott wanted us to see (or so I thought).

I caught the more recent version a few weeks ago on a friend's big screen. I hadn't rushed to see it as I'd assumed the differences would be pretty minimal. And they are, I guess...but the restored version is so smooth. The edits are so good and the experience is somehow just so much better...it's like watching the film for the first time without having sand and barbed wire in your underpants.

If subtle changes can do so much to affect one's viewing experience even on a familiar classic, then a wholesale remake of a beautiful, fragile film like LtROI would be a chancy proposition even if they were going to do it shot-for-shot.

 

[jarvis]

From the trailer it looks like hollywood Vampires sucked all the life out of this one, buy your shirts at hot topic!

 

[CessnaDriver]

Ya'll know the drill.

Someone will be talking about how they loved it and you will say...

You really should look at the original.

Oh there was another one?

Yeah, it's much better.

Oh really?

It's a foriegn film and.....

Is it subtitled?

Well yeah, but...

Forget it, I hate subtitles. Hey I saw Escape from New York and it was great too!

Uh, the original right?

There was another one????

 

[punisher]

hahahah very true CD

 

[Art Andrews]

Well, after all the rave reviews, watched Let the Right One In tonight and thought it was totally awesome. Very good pic! Thanks for pushing me to see it.

 

[punisher]

Yea I was the same way before I watched it, I heard alot of good tings about but kept hesitating to watch it

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Yeah... when hearing so many good things about a movie... you get afraid that it will disappoint. But since my friend said it was really cool and he's not a random nobody and I trust him I had enough confidence to buy it on Blu-Ray unseen, which is something I NEVER do.

And when watching it... I was hooked!

Great movie.

Just a shame the commentary is in Swedish and with no subtitles... CRAP.

 

[cayman shen]

It won't be close. They've removed the gender ambiguity issue for starters as I mentioned in the last thread on this.

They'll probably have removed the double-edged aspect of the end; I'll bet it will be an overtly happy one lacking the extraordinary, beautiful darkness of Let the Right One In's ending.

Cayman's post: love:love Going off on a bit of a tangent, just look at how *small* a difference can be important. You mentioned the DC of Blade Runner. Do you mean the 90s "so-called" DC, or Scott's own recent restoration? I liked the 90s version but I've come to realize it was really just because it felt like having an itch scratched: ah, good, finally can check off seeing the movie Scott wanted us to see (or so I thought).

I caught the more recent version a few weeks ago on a friend's big screen. I hadn't rushed to see it as I'd assumed the differences would be pretty minimal. And they are, I guess...but the restored version is so smooth. The edits are so good and the experience is somehow just so much better...it's like watching the film for the first time without having sand and barbed wire in your underpants.

If subtle changes can do so much to affect one's viewing experience even on a familiar classic, then a wholesale remake of a beautiful, fragile film like LtROI would be a chancy proposition even if they were going to do it shot-for-shot.

Wow, I got the :love icon...sick! Seriously though, that's why I referenced the Psycho remake, because it was a shot by shot recreation and still wasn't any good. Doing a good remake is like trying to get pandas to screw in captivity.

Oh, and I meant the 92 DC of BR, but yeah, the Final Cut is perfection (speaking of haunting, delicate movies). That release was a good example of tinkering with greatness and succeeding. It's not often that works. I've yet to hear a single person complain about replacing Zhora (sp?) or adding hockey girls or anything. It was just well handled.

CessnaDriver, you nailed it. That's exactly what it's like. Feh.

 

[Too Much Garlic]

Doing a good remake is like trying to get pandas to screw in captivity.

Let them smoke some weed, sit back and watch things unfold.

 

[Probe Droid]

I've read two very strong reviews for this, so maybe the director got it right. There's an interview with him in the new Entertainment Weekly, where he says that he's a huge fan of the first one, and didn't see the need for a remake. He took the job to sort of see that it was done right. Seems like he succeeded.

 

[cayman shen]

Yes, it's getting raves. Still, I've heard a few critics say that in losing it's art film vibe the American version has made an improvement. I respectfully disagree. I have a hard time imagining it's better--only different. I also heard that the vampire's motives in recruiting the boy are much altered, which I can see could be an interesting new interpretation. I'm glad they were respectful to the book and film, but I'm still gonna pass. I'm so enamored of the original, I don't think I can view this with an objective eye. Still, I'm glad it isn't crap, and maybe it'll lead some to investigate the original. I will say I love the film so much I was even hesitant to read the book, and that didn't let me down at all. Highly recommended read. I just picked up his new zombie novel and have very high hopes for it.

 

[ItsThatGuy]

Are they trying to make the vampire an actual chick this time?

 

[Clutch]

That dude in Let the Right One In would have made a great two-face!

 

[CessnaDriver]

Are they trying to make the vampire an actual chick this time?

Well you have to sanitize such things for an American mainstream audience of course, or you will suffer at the box office.

Can't have that.

 

[Too Much Garlic]

America, America... where is your head!?!! (sing-a-long song)

 

[cayman shen]

Are they trying to make the vampire an actual chick this time?

Yup, which is one thing I'm okay with. In the movie the eunuch thing wasn't explored enough to bother including it. One of my few criticisms of the original, and a very minor one I want to emphasize.