Let Me In: A Vampire Movie
Yes, another vampire movie though this one is a bit different. There is romance, but don't expect the kind of romance offered in the Twilight saga. This one is far from the fancy atmosphere surrounding The Cullens. In fact this story happens in a quiet neighborhood in New Mexico where one day a young girl and "her father" arrive and from then on Owen's life changes forever. Owen is a hard luck boy whose parents are divorcing and who is constantly bullied at school. Soon Owen will begin a friendship with his new neighbor, the girl who is quiet, pretty but with a malevolent secret.
I know that there is an older version of this movie, Swedish if I am not mistaken, and perhaps is better than the American production. Still that doesn't make this one less interesting, or dark for that matter.
It begins with the already old formula of opening with a "present" sequence that cannot be understood unless you continue seeing the film after the end of this beginning part when the story takes a jump back in time and we get to meet Owen, an early teen, a weak boy with lots of problems both at home and school and also the arrival of Abby, a girl who appears to be twelve but is much older than that because she is a vampire. She arrives with an adult man who poses as her father (truly a protector of sorts who will do anything to serve Abby), With their coming to the neighborhood several mysterious deaths will begin as the friendship between Owen and Abby begins and grows under the most unusual circumstances.
Usually vampire movies (or series) offer very little to an already exhausted idea. What else can be said or done that has not been done already? Let Me In is different because the protagonists are not adults, or even young adults, but adolescents and there is this aura of innocence that accompanies them wherever they go. This resource does not take away anything, it only adds to the content and perhaps becomes the story itself. Let Me In becomes a huge allegory that shows what happens when that aforementioned innocence is lost too early. Then the consequences are unexpected as it is depicted by the closing sequence of the movie where we see Owen taking the reins of his life in a way that cannot be approved but nor can it be denied entirely. Thus Abby finds a new protector and Owen a reason to exist and viceversa. Is that bad or evil?
Five stars for this one.
I know that there is an older version of this movie, Swedish if I am not mistaken, and perhaps is better than the American production. Still that doesn't make this one less interesting, or dark for that matter.
It begins with the already old formula of opening with a "present" sequence that cannot be understood unless you continue seeing the film after the end of this beginning part when the story takes a jump back in time and we get to meet Owen, an early teen, a weak boy with lots of problems both at home and school and also the arrival of Abby, a girl who appears to be twelve but is much older than that because she is a vampire. She arrives with an adult man who poses as her father (truly a protector of sorts who will do anything to serve Abby), With their coming to the neighborhood several mysterious deaths will begin as the friendship between Owen and Abby begins and grows under the most unusual circumstances.
Usually vampire movies (or series) offer very little to an already exhausted idea. What else can be said or done that has not been done already? Let Me In is different because the protagonists are not adults, or even young adults, but adolescents and there is this aura of innocence that accompanies them wherever they go. This resource does not take away anything, it only adds to the content and perhaps becomes the story itself. Let Me In becomes a huge allegory that shows what happens when that aforementioned innocence is lost too early. Then the consequences are unexpected as it is depicted by the closing sequence of the movie where we see Owen taking the reins of his life in a way that cannot be approved but nor can it be denied entirely. Thus Abby finds a new protector and Owen a reason to exist and viceversa. Is that bad or evil?
Five stars for this one.
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