Three New International Posters for Let Me In
By Kara Stanford-Jones
Over at Slashfilm, the new posters for the film, Let Me In, from the director Matt Reeves, have been posted. The film is (saying that it is) based on the Swedish novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, and was previously adapted to film by Tomas Alfredson in 2008, although it was only pushed forward after the success of Tomas Alfredson’a 2008 film, Let the Right One In.
Either way, the film has been made and now we have some artwork. The posters are actually the international posters, so you won’t be seeing them in the U.S. anytime soon, but they definitely hint towards the tone of the film, the beauty behind the blood and gore. The white and red used in poster helps to again show the innocence of childhood mixed with the violence of death.
Check out the posters for the movie…
The poster of two children is especially charming in a mysterious way.
The novel (or movie) is about a 12-year-old boy named Oskar who befriends a 200-year-old vampire named Eli. The two become close friends, fall in love, and help each other grow up and become stronger. In the Americanized version, the names have been changed from the super Swedish Oskar and Eli to Owen and Abby. There had been previous mention that the age of the two children were going to be hiked up to try to tap into the Twilight craze, but it appears that may not be the case. Although the casting is not complete for the movie, there have been reports that Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) is being considered for the role of Owen.
What do you think of the posters? Do you like them?
Let Me In has a tentative release date of Fall 2010.
Monday, October 12, 2009 6:45PM
I'm not sure if you got the description of what happens in the story exactly correct. SPOILER ALERT. You describe the plot as " (It's) about a 12-year-old boy named Oskar who befriends a 200-year-old vampire named Eli. The two become close friends, fall in love, and help each other grow up and become stronger." Well…there is a 12 year old boy and he does fall for the 200 year old Vampire who appears to be the same age as him. But the big plot point that makes this story good, is whether or not the Vampire is "using" the boy, by pretending to have mutual affection, or if in fact the feeling are true…and/or if they are true, how long with the mutual feelings last since he will grow old (like her current assistant) and she stays the same? Will he become just another old man assistant until she befriends another boy in the future? At the end of the Swedish film, we are still left to wonder and debate…"did she really like him" or "was she using him" or " was there was a little of both". Watch for yourself and come up with your own conclusion. It's good.
Sunday, October 25, 2009 7:29AM
You only have those questions if you haven't read the novel. The reason the movie is so ambiguous is more a result of not showing the whole picture. I personally like the movie a whole lot more then the book. I have no problem with the American version cutting the gender neutral plot line. I am really excited to see what Matt reeves will do. As much as I like the original, it was carried by the character that played Eli and its director, and others. The script had its weaknesses and I thought that the relationship between Eli and Oskar could have been fleshed out and explored in more depth in both the book and the movie.