Sweeden is having great success at the moment with films. Besides the hugely successful Millennium trilogy a few years ago we got 'Let The Right One In'. Now of course we got the Hollywood remake.
I saw 'Let The Right One In' a last year, just at the height of the 'Twilight' phenomenon. 'Let The Right One In' was everything that 'Twilight' was not as far as a vampire film goes. Vampires are meant to be vicious creatures that feed on blood. Not sparkly brooders who act like they have had their fangs clipped. If vampires were real then this film shows how you'd expect a relationship to develop. I was not too concerned about the remake and Matt Reeves has done an excellent effort. However, I still think the original is better. Matt does not get the tone quite right. It is not one of those things that you can pin point but he is not able to capture the mood you felt in the original. He has also made a few changes to the plot which are both good and bad. One change meant he left out my favourite sequence from the original. There are however some great things here. There are several sequences I was quite impressed by.
One other thing that Matt got right was the casting. Kodi Smit-McPhee is fast becoming an accomplished young actor. He puts in an excellent performance as Owen making him seem really vulnerable and sweet. The other wonderful young actor Chloe Moretz. She too is versatile in bringing out the two sides of her character. Being able to play the sweet innocent looking girl and then the viscous monster that is the other part of her. Richard Jenkins while being a pretty obvious choice is still excellent.
By all means go see this film to see how a real vampire falling in love with a human story should be told. But also put aside your prejudice of subtitled films and see the original to see the same thing done to perfection.
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