Let Me In

[Pubrick]

id have surely flushed myself if i kept watching it that way.

hahah keep flushin that chicken. 

[Reel]

I tell ya, after seeing The Road I know that kid will do a good job. I'm still not sure about the other girl, Chloe Moretz. The one in the original looked like she was really thirsting for blood, I hope they can do that again.

[Pubrick]

I tell ya, after seeing The Road I know that kid will do a good job. I'm still not sure about the other girl, Chloe Moretz. The one in the original looked like she was really thirsting for blood, I hope they can do that again.

well the one in the first film didn't really look like a girl at all. the BOY looked more like a girl than that little blood guzzler.

moretz is already too feminine for the role to stay exactly the same.. she's awesome tho, my only doubt was the road kid but i haven't heard anything about him til now except that he's box office poison..

[modage]

International Trailer: http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2010/07/let-me-in-trailer-not-as-bad-as.html

Looks good/just like the original but in English.

[children with angels]

just like the original but in English.

Seriously. From this very brief evidence, I can't think of another remake that aims to replicate the look of its original so closely outside explicit 'shot for shot' remakes.

[Stefen]

LOVE IT.

I don't think it looking so close to the original is a bad thing in this case. I think that's actually a very good thing.

[children with angels]

I agree it'll probably make for a nicer looking film than if, say, Ron Howard did a hack job remake on it. But you could equally argue that it makes it a bit of a pointless exercise. Unless replication/pastiche/etc is specifically the POINT (Psycho, Funny Games), what chance does slavish imitation have of producing an artistically worthwhile movie? Though this is all moot until we actually see the film, of course.

[Stefen]

Well, I think it will have some differences. Elias Koteas seems to have a pretty big role as a detective and I don't remember that being a big role in the original. This teaser was probably just for people who were upset at the remake happening haha.

I like the look. I like the way the children look. They look creepy and that's what I wanted. Like fucking mutants. Love it.

[Gold Trumpet]

I expected these kind of similarities, but I think the remake will feature a lot additions as well as tonal break ups which will make fans of the original favor the first one even more. Since both are adapting from the same source, I guess it's hard not to run into those similarities, but I think this film would be better to make more changes since the best part about the original is the clarity of its simple vision. Unless you're attuned to every filmmaking measure of how the first one was made and you're just increasing the deft of its grimness, it's going to come off as half-hearted.

[diggler]

They've certainly nailed the look, and the kids look creepy enough. I wasn't a big fan of the trailer music, but i know that has nothing to do with the film (actually i think Michael Giacchino is doing the score, which is a great choice).

I don't know how they're going to top that pool scene.

[Pubrick]

so it's exactly the same.

in fact i think it'll be slightly better cos chloe moretz is the best actress of her generation (and will be the best of all time i'm sure.. who's gonna stop her? no one that's who). the look also was never in doubt if it he's working with an australian cinematographer.. anyone with eyes should know by now that for some bizarre reason i have yet to figure out, australians make GREAT cinematographers (and i guess no-name bland faces to front studio super blockbusters), but can't for the life of them/us write and direct a good watchable decent movie.

[Reel]

for some bizarre reason i have yet to figure out, australians make GREAT cinematographers

Yeah that's because of all that crazy light you get out there with those wide open expanses of land and all that yellow glow you get from the desert heat. /?/

I want this movie to be hardcore like the original and find a new way to garner the same reactions I had when watching it without being so predictable, a little spice added

[squints]

do. not. want.


this looks horrible.

[Pubrick]

do. not. want.


this looks horrible.

what about it looks horrible?

did you hate the original cos it looks exactly like the original.

[picolas]

i just want to say that the best cinematographer in my film school class was indeed an australian.