The strange
story of the disaffected teen and the very young, and very old, vampire.
This caused
quite a stir in the dark recesses of the internet and, for once, I somewhat
agree with the others basement dwelling nerds.
See, this
is the American remake of the excellent 2008 Swedish movie “Let the right one”
which, solely by virtue of being Swedish, was destined to a remake from the
moment the last shot was in the can. Now common view is that Americans don’t
like subtitles, probably because it’s too much like reading. In Italy we
managed splendidly with dubbing so I really don’t understand what the problem
is.
Now a mere
three years after the original we got the remake, directed by the excellent
matt Reeves of “Cloverfield” fame. Reeves had the classical impossible problem
in front of him. How do you remake the already excellent? Apparently his answer
is put in America and use a bigger budget so that you can show more blood because
for the rest is the same movie.
Now this
means that if you didn’t see the original because you are one of those funny
people that got an issue with subtitles you are in for a treat but for the rest of us this movie is,
honestly speaking, useless. Another strong turn from the always excellent Chloe
Grace Moretz can’t elevate the optimum beyond the optimum.
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