Comments on: Let Me In concept posters! Insanely faithful adaptation?

By: matt

matt — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:42:04 +0000

So, i saw the original recently and thought it was really good, even though it did have the subtitles. Now I’m not into foreign films at all, b/c, well, to be honest, I am a lazy american who doesn’t read much, and subtitles just don’t appeal to me. However I really really enjoyed seeing it. And now they are making a remake for american theatres… Thats too bad… I mean i would hate to see the reverse happen with some of our american films. But i’m sure i will see the american version some time next year or whenever it hits dvd… i may understand what happens better… but it just won’t be the same. There is nothing like seeing a foreign kid kill people and suck out their blood. I kind of expect it from them. But an american kid doing the same, that will just be creepy.

By: Clara

Clara — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:27:47 +0000

They did the same thing with REC, a fantastic Spanish movie remade as Quarantine. REC got a Hollywood remake released less than one year after their Spanish release. At least Let the Right One In got theatrical distribution in the US, REC has not been released even on DVD. Rather than giving these films a wider distribution, they remake them shot for shot and dumb them down. They think that’s how they’ll get the attention of dummies who are too illiterate to read subtitles, but both of these movies are too sophisticated to attract people that daft.

By: ShepRamsey

ShepRamsey — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:56:17 +0000

If you’re going to remake a movie that was made a mere one year ago (which in and of itself should illegal) why make it extremely faithful? So that you make sure to pay proper respect to the first one?? If you were concerned about that, then you wouldn’t have tried to remake it anyway! This movie is so dead to me and it isn’t even an actual movie yet. I’ve never heard of anything so pointless in my life.