Let the Right One In remake - Let Me In
 

Yep.

You read that right.

I just had to post this because I'm so mad.
Hey, ignorant assholes...go watch the original!
There are other languages than English, you know.

Ugh, what a waste of money.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1228987/
http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/13792
http://www.filmjunk.com/2008/03/19/j...-right-one-in/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5yR-x5giO0
(last question)

I think Asylum have this sort thing down right - They remake the film (well sorta) before the original comes out :-)

http://www.pfafilms.com/inglese/immagini/snakes.jpg

Haha, yeah. They're good at that.

However, this isn't that sort of thing. This is just so stubborn Americans who "don't feel like reading subtitles" can be lazy and just watch the remake.

Ugh! This stuff makes me so mad.

Jesus christ! I've been waiting for the Swedish one to come out. I wish would stop remaking stuff and just let us see the foreign films and appreciate them for what they are! :mad:


Btw, has anyone read the book that this movie is based on? I've been waiting for it to come in at Barnes & Nobles. :o

Amen, sister. I hear you.
Completely asinine.

No, but I really want to.
I might have to check for it next time I make a bookstore stop.

yeah - i understood it with the japanese films ... there wasnt a lot of exposure to foreign horror outside of the hard core fans so there was an understandable excuse for remaking them.

remaking foreign films had been done for a long time .


but now .. with DVDs and subtitles, and the ease of access to these foreign origionals - it just seems like arrogance and ignorance at this point.

And this is why I come to this place...

I had never even heard of this film. After reading the plot, I must see it. Then I can join in on the hate (for the remake, that is).

Exactly. That's how I feel. This day and age there's really no excuse for it.

Watch the trailer, too.
It looks so fantastic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICp4g9p_rgo

It IS fantastic, won the first prize for non-asian movie at the Fantasia Festival this year, ahead of REC and deservedly so. And I'm betting that a crucial moment of the movie will be cut out because it will be judged "immoral" for american audiences...

Excellent. Glad to read yet another good review of this film.
However, I'd find it incredibly surprising if any scenes were cut for the American theatrical release. The remake, I'm sure, will have stuff changed/removed, but hopefully not the release.

At any rate, I'll have to send you a message when I see it, to see if this scene you're talking about was indeed cut out.

Well I'm watching this tonight and I'm all excited, thanks to this thread. It looks amazing.

lucky you - i'll be going to Bolt :(


ok - i admit - the hampster looks funny.

Ah! Be sure to let us know how it is.

It's Helfire. Lets just see how the night goes. :D :p

And just what, pray tell, is that supposed to mean??

You never saw the movie, did you? ;)

Please. You wish you knew me that well.

:p

My bad then....

My book finally came in this weekend. Pretty interesting so far, but I'm only like 50pgs in. I will give more details once I've finished it, but so far his writing style flows nicely.

The film is now playing at my local theater, so pending the status of my research paper this weekend, I will be checking it out. :)

I was talking about the remake, although perhaps "cut off" was a misleading choice of words. Haven't seen the limited release, so I can't say if they kept the moment I was referring to, but I guess it should be there :

SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!!!

If anyone has seen it, I was talking about the part where the two of them lie together in a bed. I wouldn't be the least surprised if the remake just skipped that part...

"Let the Right One in" came so close to perfection for me that there is no reason to remake it and absolutely nothing can be gained by molesting it. They should focus the energy on giving the original the proper, world-wide release it deserves.

What the hell are these people thinking?

Remakes for language purposes are far from new, if it's good maybe it will get some people interested in the original. Turkey seems worse... they did it to Young Frankenstein and Star Wars among plenty of others and without a budget theirs end up even worse than these American remakes.

Fuck it. Whenever I find out that the US is gonna remake anything I'm going to make sure to check out the original first. Maybe I won't watch any remakes ever again.

OMG! I didn't pay any attention earlier..but the things happening in an awful way the title has been changed to “Let Me In“! WTF!?:mad: Are they wanna make a cheesy version of it...'Let me in, I did something terrible!'
The surprising part is it is being directed by Matt Reeves (Cloverfield)! It'd be better if he got busy with a Cloverfield sequel instead.

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/4548/letmeinp1.jpg

In an interview, Reeves expressed his intent to retain the original's early 1980s setting. He mentioned Littleton, Colorado, as a possible location for the remake, and revealed his own strong personal connection to the story: "It's a terrific movie and a fantastic book. I think it could be a really touching haunting and terrifying film. I'm really excited about what it could be." The title of the film has been changed to Let Me In, and the names of Oskar and Eli have been respectively changed to Owen and Abby. Reeves is currently working on the second draft of his screenplay for the film, which, following on previous reports, will be set in wintery Reagan-era Colorado, and is scheduled for a fall 2010 release.

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/1217/letmeinp2.jpg

Reeves vision of the film: “I see the film as essentially being the fantasies of this 12 year old who’s having such a hard time. It would never be that overt where you would watch the movie and say that’s a dream but to me that is kind of an organizing principle.” In response to the criticism of the remake, Reeves commented that: "I can understand because of people's love of the [original] film that there's this cynicism that I'll come in and trash it, when in fact I have nothing but respect for the film. I'm so drawn to it for personal and not mercenary reasons ... I hope people give us a chance." ...Do you really care ***##^****?:mad:

http://img23.imageshack.us/img23/1934/letmeinp3.jpg


Sources: upcominghorrormovies.com, wikipedia.org

They're thinking money - English dialogue films will always make more money with main stream audiences.

Richard Jenkins, Kodi Smit-McPhee and Chloe Moretz have been tapped to headline "Let Me In," the remake of the arty Swedish vampire pic "Let the Right One In."

Pic is produced by Hammer Films, with Overture aiming for a 2010 release in the U.S.

The coming-of-age horror tale revolves around the relationship between a preteen boy and a girl who just moved to the neighborhood and happens to be a vampire. Smit-McPhee and Moretz play the kids, while Jenkins is the girl's vampire-hunting guardian.

Production begins this fall in New Mexico with Matt Reeves ("Cloverfield") helming.

Hammer Films acquired the remake rights at last year's Tribeca Film Festival, where "Let the Right One In" took the narrative feature nod, and the remake was fast-tracked after the original built buzz among critics and specialty filmgoers.

Jenkins has a handful of upcoming projects including "Eat, Pray, Love," with Julia Roberts. Smit-McPhee can be seen next in "The Road," with Viggo Mortensen, while Moretz was last seen in "(500) Days of Summer."

The novel from which LET THE RIGHT ONE IN was adapted was titled LET ME IN

The cast so far is spectacular

English-language remakes of foriegn films is a standard practice

Nothing in this remake can delete or otherwise harm the original film

Everyone needs to calm the fuck down and stop being so reactionary. At least watch the film before trashing it.

*insert generic wailing and gnashing of teeth over a remake*

Being bit reactionary for remaking any great movie is a standard practice.:)

I heard rumours they were now renaming the movie "Fish Head" anyway, so fuck it. The important part is, that maybe 1 in 10 people will go and see this movie, think it's great and see the original or pick up the book. All the people who can't stand subtitles will likely go see this one, but at least they will see a great story, enjoy themselves, and maybe choose to go back and watch the original as well.

1 in 10? I think you're optomistic. Maybe 1 in 100. And most who do will say "Fuck- these foreign films are slow. Wish they had more action- like the remake did.

Actually the Turkey versions are all supperior than the originals..


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ZEsYAqtq0g...400/turk02.jpg

The Turkish Star Wars is horrible, you're silly.

That's what I don't get, a bad remake/sequel doesn't do anything to the original.

Principal photography began today on Let Me In, writer/director Matt Reeves' adaptation of Let the Right One In, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Reeves (Cloverfield) and young stars Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) and Chloe Moretz ((500) Days of Summer) were among those on-set as filming commenced on the Hammer Films production at Albuquerque Studios. Filming will also take place in various other locations in New Mexico before returning to Albuquerque to wrap in January.

In the haunting and provocative Let Me In, an alienated 12-year-old boy (Smit-McPhee) befriends a mysterious young newcomer (Moretz) in his small New Mexico town and discovers an unconventional path to adulthood. The film is based on the bestselling vampire novel, Lat den Ratte Komma In, by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist, and is an English-language remake of the highly acclaimed Swedish film of the same name.

The filmmakers note that while the new film will pay respect to the original Swedish version, they intend to forge a unique identity for Let Me In, placing it firmly in an American context.

"This project is very personal to Matt as it is to the many passionate fans of the original story," said Simon Oakes, President and CEO of Hammer Films. "The brilliance of that story deserves to be seen by audiences on a wide scale and we are excited that the pieces are in place to make that a reality."

Updates to the cast list include Elias Koteas (Shutter Island) as the policeman, Cara Buono (The Sopranos) as Owen's mother and Sasha Barrese (The Hangover) as "Virginia." It was previously announced that Smit-McPhee and Moretz would play the leads "Owen" and "Abby" respectively and Oscar-nominee Richard Jenkins (The Visitor) would play the guardian of "Abby".

Hammer Films acquired the remake rights to Let the Right One In at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival where the film took home the Founders Award for Best Narrative Feature. Swedish producers John Nordling and Carl Molinder, who produced the original film, are also involved as producers on this remake.

The production is scheduled for a 2010 release in the U.S. by Overture Films.

The Original Star Wars lacked the great Kung Fu training sequences of the Turkish Version..

all I care about is that I like the original and I couldn't care less about how many people end up seeing it. the remake will be trash, people will love it and forget about it quicker than the people who hate it.

original was great,and I hope that remake will be the same

Let Me In Trailer
 

Saw this today and was interested to hear opinions.
The original is honestly one of my favorite movies and I was fairly pissed that they felt the need to remake it insted of just dubbing it in english.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjavOLdPk1c

The trailer does look intriguing, we can but hope it does the original some justice.

Everyone Ive recommended the Swedish version to (and all loved it) have been horrified by the thought of a remake but maybe this one will surprise us. I will watch it no matter what though.

I saw this movie not that long ago for the 1st time ,it nice movie, this movie look trailer looked scene from scene remake!