Wow! Let the Right Ones In is simply the best vampire movie I have ever seen! As a lover of vampires for as long as I can remember, I have never seen a vampire movie as great as this one. I loved it so much!
Although I may love vampires, I have hated horror movies since I first saw one. You could say I'm bit of a baby. The last horror movie I saw was probably Nightmare on Elm Street, and I had nightmares about that. So I pretty much gave up on horror films. But during Let The Right Ones In, I wasn't scared at all. Maybe it's because I am more mature then the last time I saw a horror movie, maybe it was me realizing "This isn't as scary as I thought it would be." Or maybe it's just me realizing that all the horror in movies aren't real, unless it's Cannibal Holocaust. Either way, the movie made me realize that if I know that it's just a movie, it can't be that scary, right?
The way the camera moves and the way the scenes were shot and edited, it was just beautiful. I don't think I have any other words to describe it, except for synonyms of beautiful. With simple little actions, you could see who the characters are and the changes that are made in their character. The little things between Oskar and his parents just add to the lonely aspect of Oskar. And I feel Eli is the same. Eli was pretty much alone. Both Oskar and Eli say, when they first meet each other, that they want to be alone. I think that they were just saying that because they didn't want to. If you think about it, when a person says that they want to be alone, how many people actually do it? Those few words show how similar Oskar and Eli are.
It was so hard for me to determine plot point one. I had found two things that could have been it but I realized that when Oskar tells Eli that he likes her is the first plot point. It made sense, because that helped to move the relationship of the character and the story along. Plot point two was easier. Although at first I was unsure, I realized that plot point two was when Eli killed Lacke. From that point Eli left and Oskar was again left alone and the only person to help him was himself.
I really didn't understand why Hakan was with Eli in the first place. He wasn't a vampire. I'm starting to think that when he was Oskar age, he probably fell in love with her and left with her like are the end of the movie with Oskar. I believe he loved her and would do anything for her. But I guess that's only my idea, someone else may have another that makes more sense....
The camera doesn't really move much at all and if it does, it is only a slight turn or rotation. The way it it used is more like if you were looking at scene through your own eyes. If you were looking at something and listening to someone, you wouldn't keep moving around to see different angles, you would stay at one spot. I think this is why the camera doesn't move that much. And the way the use the distance, wow! It was just incredible. It added suspense because at some points, you don't really know what it going on. It is also used to help not show violent scenes.
The music is another beautiful aspect about this movie. At some points it helps to show time passing and others to help show character relationships. And there are other dramatic moments where there is no music at at all. I think that the sound helps to make a scene and when their is no music, it helps to add suspense. It's just great!
I kind of think that the final scene when they are on the train is sad and happy. It's sort of a mixture. He is leaving his mother, with which he had a good relationship, which is sad. But at the same time, he is leaving with Eli, whom he loves. It is bittersweet and hard for me to determine whether it is a happy ending. But I guess that is the way the movie is meant to be. It leaves you thinking.
