Another thing I have done since August is get addicted to a new movie. I went and saw Let Me In with some friends as my birthday celebration and I wound up seeing it again this past Monday.
Let me tell you... I don't know why this movie hooked me so much or why I liked it so much, but I really did enjoy it. I have seen the original film, Let the Right One In, and I have to say I liked the American version a little bit more. The acting danced circles around what the Swedish actors laid down, it was more intense, and it didn't drag as much.
Chloe Moretz is a phenomenal actress for being 13-years old. I had to constantly remind myself that she was that young while watching this movie. I thought she was great in Kick-Ass, but she was even better in Let Me In. As a viewer I felt like I was able to understand and feel everything her character, Abby, was showing in her facial expressions and her body language. Most actors wish they could do that as well as she can. She has a very bright future ahead of her. I can't wait to see her in future films.
This was the first glimpse I got of Kodi Smit-McPhee and I was also very impressed. He had a very sweet, innocent quality that made you not want to look away from him. The emotion he was able to relay to the audience was fantastic.
One thing I was very happy with was the fact that they got kids that were the same age to play the roles. Most movies and TV shows these days have actors that are much older than the characters they are supposed to be playing (like Robert Pattinson playing a 17-year old at age 24 or the Harry Potter kids all hitting puberty after the very first movie). Both Kodi and Chloe would have been 12 or 13, depending on birth date, at the time of filming. I liked how they got kids that are really at that level of innocence to portray the characters.
What I didn't like is the fact that they don't specify exactly who Abby's caretaker was and how Abby's real age wasn't revealed. Was Richard Jenkins' character supposed to be a family member, a pedophile, or just another boy like Owen who stuck with her for so long? I can deal without knowing that because it is heavily implied that he was just another boy who loved Abby and stuck around until he couldn't do it anymore. The one thing I really would have wanted to know is how old Abby was. She said she had been 12 for a very long time, but how long is a long time? I have heard in interviews with Chloe Moretz and director Matt Reeves saying she was supposed to be somewhere around 250-years old. I think that should have been hinted at a little more than just having old puzzles in her apartment.
Anyway... I really did love this movie. It was very emotionally intriguing and moving. The children in this movie were phenomenal and they really interpreted the story well. I would recommend it to anyone, especially if you saw Let the Right One In.
9/10 for me.
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