IS IT JUST ME?
Okay, so, Let The Right One In is one of the best vampire movies I’ve ever seen… and they’re remaking it. Which is fine… I’m not here to get into that. I’ll even say I think the trailers for the remake looks quite good. However, there is one thing that’s pissing me off.
Here’s the new title of the film:
Let Me In… LET ME IN??!!!
Let The Right One In was a great title. Now, if they want to change the title for the remake I’m fine with that but shortening the title to Let Me In just bugs me. It’s not even creative or suitable… it’s jujst shorter. Is it just me?
August 5, 2010 at 1:56 am
Look at it this way Kai, at least they didn’t shorten it to “The Right One”.
August 5, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Very true!
August 5, 2010 at 2:17 am
Not it’s just lazy…a bit like remaking it in the first place. Hollywood seems to be gleefully unaware that most of the world has already seen Let The Right One In and enjoyed it. The remake won’t be half as good – hence a title half as long. It isn’t like The Ring remake where most western audiences hadn’t seen the film (at least until after the hype of the remake). Let The Right One In is one of the best films of 08 – it’s too young and fresh in people’s minds to be remade.
August 5, 2010 at 2:13 pm
I DON’T think a lot of people have seen it. I think us film fans have but none of my friends or family had even heard of it.
August 5, 2010 at 3:03 am
Man, thought LTROI was one of the most over-rated films in the history of cinema. Thought it was too long, not enough plot, not scary… Really don’t know how it got so big (COUGH Twilight COUGH).
I can’t imagine how Hollywood could tame this one down further. I think it’ll end up going down the Eli Roth route… FAIL.
http://paragraphfilmreviews.com/2009/07/13/let-the-right-one-in/
August 5, 2010 at 2:14 pm
I disagree… I thought it was awesome.
August 5, 2010 at 5:53 am
Think of it this way – it’s better than flipping OPEN YOUR EYES into VANILLA SKY.
August 5, 2010 at 2:14 pm
Hey, C.Crowe is your boy, man! 🙂
August 5, 2010 at 2:25 pm
I know…guess I’m just trying to say that it could be much worse. At least by calling it LET ME IN they are clearly acknowledging their source material. Sorta like NINE…but hopefully at least a little bit better.
August 5, 2010 at 9:21 am
The thing is people keep referring to Let Me In as a remake, but I kinda see it as another adaptation of the book. The story is based on the book. Sure Let Me In is only made because of the popularity of the Let the Right One In, but the original story/source material is not Let the Right One In “the movie”, its Let the Right One In “the book”.
August 5, 2010 at 1:25 pm
I have to say, it sounds very, very pedestrian.
August 5, 2010 at 2:15 pm
Yes, it makes me feel like I have 10 seconds to cross an intersection!
August 12, 2010 at 3:29 am
Agree heather! Spoiler city but some obvious points that the original film hinted at were:
– The chick vampire used to be a dude!!!!!!
– Her ‘Dad’ is a previous ‘lover’
– Oskar is ‘re-born’ in the pool at the end
– Oskar’s dad is gay.
– it also left out a whole bunch of drugs, theft, pedophilia, prostitution – to mention a few bits.
Could have been so much better, edgier, scarier and more interesting if they chose to tackle those issues head on in the film.
What’s left was pretty mundane, and I doubt Hollywood will even go near any of those points above.
(Sorry if I sound like an ass but I just didn’t understand the fuss!) 😀
August 5, 2010 at 2:58 pm
I love the original title, because it gelled with the story in that one. LET ME IN is just a playful term for the kids in the movie.
I’m not profoundly affected by the change, but I wish that they kept the original title.
August 5, 2010 at 6:32 pm
I agree! Or, at least, get creative wth it.
August 5, 2010 at 3:14 pm
Yeah Let Me in just sounds weird to me. What’s wrong with just keeping the original title? At least it would have that familiarity to some people.
That and that new poster is almost ETish…or maybe that’s just me.
August 5, 2010 at 6:33 pm
I actually dig the poster!
August 5, 2010 at 5:28 pm
I can’t figure why all of the posters say from the director of Coverfield Matt Reeves. How many people know, or care, who Reeves is?
August 5, 2010 at 6:33 pm
They don’t… they care about Cloverfield.
August 5, 2010 at 7:23 pm
Exactly. It’s like how people are now saying “FROM THE STUDIO THAT BROUGHT YOU…” it’s a way to get people immediately interested in your film. But Reeves IS a good director.
August 5, 2010 at 7:25 pm
Yeah, Cloverfield was great and this looks good too. I actually feel bad for him cuz I feel like some people still think Abrams directed Cloverfield.
August 5, 2010 at 7:41 pm
Well look at this way, when it sucks it will have as little association with the original as possible! I just hate that Hollywood always feels they have to make a new version of everything. Now they don’t even take old movies, they’ll use anything warm!
August 6, 2010 at 7:01 am
Thank you Paragraph Film Reviews, the original was such a bore!! and this one looks like a shot for shot remake…the trailer even gives it the same tone. the only thing that i do like about the new one is the boy from the road, kodi smit-mcphee. he has such sad eyes…
August 6, 2010 at 4:49 pm
Blasphemy under my own roof!
August 8, 2010 at 5:12 am
Let Me In.. great REM song
about Kurt Cobain, i think
August 8, 2010 at 5:08 pm
It was rather dull, but at least people won’t get the remake confused with the original. I was pissed that this was getting made, but the trailer looks halfway decent. That, and Chloe gives me hope.
August 8, 2010 at 5:14 pm
I completely agree on both counts, Red. Welcome back, BTW.
August 8, 2010 at 8:42 pm
Let the Right Me In.
It’s kinda lame, but it doesn’t bother me all that much, no more so than its existence in the first place.
August 9, 2010 at 1:54 pm
The title Let the Right One In was based on a song by The Smiths, so maybe they’re following the trend with Let Me In by REM. Either way, I won’t bother watching it. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Hollywood loves to remake foreign movies because they know how many people run screaming from subtitled films. I loved Let the Right One In, book and movie, but I can’t see any value in this remake at all, whatever dumb title that choose to give it.
I just realised how pompous I sound. Sorry about that. 😀
August 9, 2010 at 3:29 pm
Your good, Richard, and welcome to the site. All good points. I just like that the remake will make some people aware of the original that may not have heard of it before.
August 9, 2010 at 9:03 pm
That’s very true. Thanks for the welcome. 🙂
August 10, 2010 at 6:53 am
My understanding is that the book was originally published in America under the title “Let Me In” as the publisher didn’t like the full title. I think it’s a good thing that they have different titles. Think of all the times you have mentioned the name of a movie then qualified it by saying “the original” or “the Hollywood remake”: The Vanishing, Funny Games, Taxi, Insomnia and Bangkok Dangerous to name a few. (and in the case of all the movies mentioned the original is much better than the remake!)
August 10, 2010 at 8:01 pm
I haven’t seen the original Funny Games but you’re right for the most part. Though I like both versions of The Vanishing.
August 12, 2010 at 3:41 pm
I’m more pissed off that the remake trailer is a scene by scene remake of the swedish one. I thought they were going to go back to the original source not the Swedish adaptation.
When it comes to vampires on film and TV, nothing compares to Buffy the Vampire slayer!
August 12, 2010 at 6:53 pm
They do look aaaaawful similar.
August 13, 2010 at 1:24 pm
I never really thought of that but you are totally right. I mean why even change the damn thing. The title was fine as it was. I would be super pissed if The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo remake was changed to Kickass Computer Hacker Girl.
August 13, 2010 at 3:28 pm
Actually Kickass Computer Hacker Girl would be an improvement I think. The translated swedish title of the first film is “Men who hates women”.
August 13, 2010 at 5:11 pm
I smell mysogany… I’m just not sure if I can spell mysogany.
August 17, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Ummm…let me in is the original title of the book. Yea, it’s not as good as “Let the Right One In” but maybe it’s best that the two films have different titles.
August 17, 2010 at 11:37 pm
James: Where did you hear that? I am swedish and here the book have always been titled “Let the right one in” maybe you meant that the book title in the US is “Let me in”?