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Excellent film. So many little mysteries left hanging... delicious

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In Reply to: RE: Watched Let the Right One In posted by Victor Khomenko on August 11, 2010 at 07:58:04

The vague sexuality of the vampire, The bobble with the gems, The actual connivance of the vampire girl on the lookout for a new friend. The death of the old servant, thier love. so many wonderful questions left hanging i loved it.
And the pool.. hmm does fit in. It is the break for the boy to leave and become the vampires partner. It is out of step with the rest of the film, except the scene of the vampire attacking the woman who lived (til she burst into flames, by deliberate act.. cool) But i think it had to be a calculated and terrific jolt for the boy to break with everything to join the vampire. It was calculated on the vampires' part IMO. The fantastic never explained back story is part of the movies wonder.
And the marvelous blend of 12 year old child and hundreds of years old vampire, the blend of childlike innocence and determined evil, cold calculations in the same body., that one has to actually think about, instead of just having it clear on the screen.

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It seems you did see the same movie I saw. - Analog Scott 15:25:32 08/12/10 (0)
To me this was a movie that asked the question if vampires were real what would it be like? Their answer was they would be as covert as possible and would have a human companion/devoted servant as a needed support system. With that interpretation in mind this was a slice of life of a vampire inwhich she/it transitions between her human companion/devoted servant. We see the coming of obsolecence of the old servant, his disposal and the recruitment of the new one. Really one of the best genre movies I have ever seen. oh and I am a fan of genre movies.
Off topic; - tinear 15:16:20 08/12/10 (1)
I posted a question for you on "General" regarding some of your fairly-long-ago posts about the system you use for downloading high res classical music. We're wiring new home now and I need your help.... FAST as possible!
Thanks in advance (please respond, if you would, in "General").
- Classical CD's go for... ahem... songs... on ebay. - Victor Khomenko 07:05:31 08/13/10 (0)
  You finally got rid of your turntable?
  - Just one example (Open in New Window)
  Edits: 08/13/10
I thought it was sort of a final test. . . - Larry I 11:04:39 08/12/10 (0)
was he really capable of being her assistant -- immune to the gory/violent aspects of the job (like the bleeding scene with the older assistant)?

I think it was a particularly interesting allegory about alienation and how those on the outside of regular society can be recruited for very antisocial purposes.

The pool scene is, to me, out of place in this movie in at least one sense. This is not a horror movie that relied on shock to keep one's interest, so it was a bit out of place to actually deliver that kind of cheap thrill.
agreed the swimming pool scene was necessary to sway the boy - PhilJ 21:38:44 08/11/10 (9)
and show her (apparent) devotion

very devious, she was a well equipped user IMO
Phil
- Hardly - Victor Khomenko 06:07:09 08/12/10 (8)
  I am sure that I am not alone in this... I can count probably three major decisions in my life that came gradually, with no stupid melodrama. While a profound event might indeed change the course of your life, this is I suspect rather atypical, and any story that reaches for an atypical to make a point is weak.
  - I guess that would make Shakespeare a hack - Analog Scott 15:29:37 08/12/10 (0)
    And Hamlet a failure.
  - Becoming the devoted partner of a vampire is pretty atypical - Analog Scott 15:28:17 08/12/10 (0)
    me thinks that rule will make all genre films weak in your book
  - "any story that reaches for an atypical to make a point is weak" - Chris from Lafayette 08:51:01 08/12/10 (1)
    Wow - that's awfully doctrinaire! :-)
    - Well, in a more typical centuries old girl vampire meets boy story.... - Enophile 12:09:29 08/12/10 (0)
      :D
  - this was to influence the decison that he would be a cold blooded killer to aid the girl - PhilJ 07:12:08 08/12/10 (3)
    the melodrama worked on his young mind
    
    I do think it was done in a spectacular fashion that is a bit out of context with the rest of the film thus distracting...
    Phil
    - The incongruity ....... - afilado 11:03:48 08/12/10 (0)
      .of that scene is only one of a complexity of elements that it contained which "weakened" the film.
      
      I don't really care. It is what it is and I think it is a classic-in-the-making contribution to the vampire genre. I love watching it.
    - "he would be a cold blooded killer " Yeah, but he was cute! :) - Victor Khomenko 10:14:46 08/12/10 (1)
      Plus, he was no CEO, so we can easily forgive him some minor transgressions!
      - remember early on in the film we get to see the boys scrapbook of serial killers... - Elizabeth 15:50:53 08/12/10 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: "he would be a cold blooded killer " Yeah, but he was cute! :) posted by Victor Khomenko on August 12, 2010 at 10:14:46
        
        So he IS the right one, and we see that right from the early scenes.

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