Introit

Welcome to my realm of reviewing: a place where I review anything I feel like...but it will probably be 99% movie reviews. Depending on how lazy I am at the time, the reviews will range between a sentence or two and the length of a master's thesis. Realistically though, the lengths will be somewhere in the middle.

Every time I see a new movie, I run over to Facebook to make a 1-sentence review of it on Flixter, so I figure this will let me go more in-depth on what I thought of it. I certainly will try to write out a new review every time I see a new movie, so my frequency of new postings will range anywhere from multiple times in one day to one in a week.

I will NEVER have movie spoilers, so don't worry.

By the way, I don't discriminate on movie genres...you will see reviews of ALL kinds of movies ranging from horror exploitation films to Saturday night chick flicks...but don't expect me to look at them from the same angle :D
Expect to see a lot of reviews of obscure movies though, particularly independent horror films.

I also take requests, so if there is a movie anyone wants me to review, feel free to ask.

Well, so far it does feel like I am typing to a brick wall, but at least this gives me something to do for the time being. If anyone is reading this, thanks in advance!!

Saturday, June 5, 2010

"Let the Right One In"

To start off, I'll explain the scoring system...It will be on a 10-point scale, 0 being horrendous and 10 being astronomically awesome. Pretty self-explanatory, eh? At the beginning I'll list the genre, who is in it, who directed it, and a short summary (of which will usually be VERY short to avoid spoilers of any kind).


Today's Review: Let the Right One In

Genre: Horror/Drama

Starring: Kare Hedebrant
Lina Leandersson

Director: Tomas Alfredson


I'd make a wager that 99% of you (considering the off-chance that there are 100 people reading this, 99 of you) would not have heard about this movie. That would probably be because 1) it was never released in theaters here and 2) it is from Sweden. Fear not, however! It is being remade over here in the good old USA, so expect it to be a big letdown to all of its current fans soon.

It is basically a vampire movie which is hailed as one of the "best" ever. I respectfully disagree, but I'll get to that later. It is about a young boy who is constantly being harassed in school. A mysterious girl, and someone who appears to be her father, move in to the apartment next to his, murders start to happen all over, etc. The girl is a vampire, of this there is never any doubt in the viewer's mind.

So what did I think of it? First of all, let me get this off my chest: I HATED the main character. Not just because he was a wuss that let the other kids walk all over him either. Something about his face...that super white skin, platinum hair, and the REDDEST natural lips I have ever seen. Every time he was on-screen I wanted to join the bullies who were punching him!!

Next, I know there is supposed to be something "beautiful" about the romance that develops between the two leads, but really it was terribly uncomfortable to watch two twelve year olds be all romantic with each other.

Maybe I'm missing something here, because critics and viewers alike couldn't stop praising this movie, but I didn't think it was anything special. More heart than "Underworld," more action and maturity than "Twilight," but it didn't really meet in the good middle for me. Would I watch it again? Sure, but I can't guarantee my opinion would change

Final Score: 6/10
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