Let Me In

Today I stand, er type, before you folks as a man torn asunder. During an age when Twilight has destroyed vampires and made one of the most fearful beings this world has ever dreamed a laughing stock, one movie dares to go against it all. Let Me In is a movie that dares to show vampires in their true, disgusting, creepy, dark, nature. Whether or not it is still laughable is depending on how bad the twilight series has scarred you.

Sociological effects aside, Let Me In does a fantastic job of not being just a vampire movie. It isn't just a vampire movie, it isn't just an innocent romance, it isn't just anything. It is a deep, dark, emotional, and psychological journey of a little boy who is surrounded by things he isn't, and is thus alone, and finds a friend in someone typically most others wouldn't.

The characters are believable, the movie was extremely well written, and it was just done well in general.

However, most of the reason why this is such a good movie is because this was originally a book made into a European movie that was extremely well done, and this movie was a fair representation (if not almost direct copy) of the first movie.

Before you watch this:

• The movie is graphic. This is vampirism, folks. Blood, and lots of it.
• This movie is realistic. This is life, folks, and some people are creepy, especially lonely little boys.
• This movie uses Christianity to contrast the actions and lifestyle choices the boy makes, so if you're sensitive to seeing a little boy steal money from his mother in front of a picture of Jesus then you will be offended.
• This movie is really close to its European brother, some of the lines were kept the same, "What if I'm not a little girl" construes something different in the American psyche, but try to see past it.

All in all if you're willing to look past some of the possible bad things and the rated R standing, i would give this movie four and a half stars.

Why take away a half?
some of the shots were kind of ridiculous. Standing still while obvious heavy and frantic action was occurring, but that only really happened like twice, other than that it was fantastic and anyone should see it.

the best
-Alec Saunders