I'm glad other people are starting to see this film (and so far the critiques are almost all positive).

They're making an American remake, too. Which is guaranteed to suck. (No pun intended.)

I also want to see it again. And I'd like to find an English translation of the novel.

Today I went to Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival to see this movie.

Actually, the vampire movie is not my type of movie and I don't like  violence(even a little)... But I thought this one is still worth to see-beautiful shots, the strong relationship, and the well-act.

So my rating is 8/10, must to watch.

Now I really want this movie could be released in most theaters in my county. Then maybe I can get a DVD to watch it again.

I hope I have a chance to read a novel...

Anyway, thanks josephk for introducing this movie, so I could notice it and went to watch this excellent one.

Hah. Twilight will probably make more money everywhere, even in Sweden.

I don't know - the copy I have certainly has the title "Let the Right One In". Does it have the right author? It should be John Ajvide Lindovist.

Hi guys,

Sorry for not being a good sport, but I can't really join in the enthusiastic rattle for this movie.

I just watched it tonight, actually having been really glad to find it in my local dvd store.

Well, coming straight to the point, it wasn't bad. But it wasn't so good either. At two thirds of the movie I kept asking myself whether I would give it a 5 or a 6. I wasn't bored, but I wasn't fully satisfied either. Something in the middle. Okay, the boy undergoes some sort of character development. Nice. The vampire girl kept struggling with her blood-thirst and becomes a good friend to the boy, even on a romantic level. Very nice. The boy is now able to stand up the school bullies. Wow, cheers to the vampiric advice! =) I didn't find the boy's reaction very believable either, once his girlfriend started licking the blood from the floor. There were some scenes where he actually tried to show some excitment by breathing at a quicker pace, but his face, glance and whole appearance was not really part of it. He was clumsy, but I guess that's what his character was meant to be. The movie itself is rather slow, the level of suspense or anticipation was fairly low. And the ending, well, I actually had to smile when our female heroine had her final appearance. Poor bullies, never mess with the skinny kid with the vampire girlfriend.

Anyway, thanks for the recommendation. I'm not disappointed, just a bit taken aback due to the extraordinary high rating this movie received from our members.

I'm sure a Hollywood remake would result in a decent and at least as worthwile show. Probably with a bit more speed, plot and acting talent.

josephk wrote on 28. Apr 2009 at 00:04:


Exactly. I guess people are simply impressed by the "new approach", the different artistic handling, the foreign language style and so on. That's fine. I for my part can't say something is good only because it's "not American". I do like many foreign films myself, mostly French, Italien, Spanish and German, but Scandinavian and in particular Russian movies have a style I simply can't take...

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Now there's at least as much prejudice in your post as was in mine. Yours is against Hollywood productions. Actually, when I spotted Let the Right One In in my DVD store, I was glad, prepared for a really good movie, not thinking of it as a Scandinavian film which I'm likely not to like. It was the watching experience on its very own merits that made up my mind, not any sort of "prejudice".

However, there is a number of "Hollywood films" that I love, that I think are absolutely magnificent, but which receive only a low to average rating here - proving the bias people have, and which can easily be spotted in your message.

It all hinges on impression and inspiration. I was neither impressed nor inspired by Let the Right One In. That's a fact, not a prejudice.