Let the right one in
It has come to my attention that my initial affection toward’s the movie was due to my boiling hatred of all things T******t.
Aside: I don’t even go outside at that time of day anymore for fear that frumpy mccatlady (seen here being offered a magic toad to stop living) will somehow be making money off of my enjoyment of lingering sunshine. Avoiding ______ has become exceedingly difficult in the winter, especially since i live 30 minutes from work. If i don’t leave right at 5, I am forced to hide under my desk until around 8, when I crawl to my car. /Aside
Not to say that it wasn’t a good movie, it was indeed. In every way that twilight was peachy keen, this was brooding and disturbing.
The story was pretty simple; nerdy, slightly disturbed boy is always picked on (like urkel!). new girl moves in, takes a liking to him, slowly the boy becomes more confident (like urkel!), starts standing up for himself, all the while learning about the true nature of his new compatriot/savior (not like urkel.). Seems pretty run of the mill, been done before. The difference is in the details, and how far the story teller is willing to go. The interactions between the bullies and boy are frighteningly violent, to the point where you actually question the happiness of a people who have socialized medicine and an average income of 70k a year. The grittiness of being a vampire is thoroughly explored and not glorified at all, from the opening scene of the young boy being strung up by his toes, to the poor woman who becomes afflicted with vampirism.
This was cool.
