Last tuesday, we were able to watch the movie Let me in. i had no idea whatsoever to what this film is all about and wasn't even aware that it is a remake from the original one Let The Right One In. but upon watching the movie, i found myself enjoying it as it unfolds mysteries from different sides of the characters.
Anyway, this film is about a bullied young boy from a broken family and who lives with his mother met a young girl who just moved in next door to their apartment. Later on he becomes friend with this girl who he discover was a vampire.
Earlier, before watching the film, our class had a little discussion about certain topic which is "bubog" as defined by our professor, it is a physical, mental and emotional wounds that never heal. these are wounds that will remain wounds forever. so, through out the movie, we all had our eyes from different characters' "bubog" that ultimately gave more heart and life to the story.
but before discussing the "bubog' of the characters i would just like to first talk about the technical aspects of the film. As for the story, it has a lot of unexpected twists. Although there are a lot of similarities with other vampire films such as the twilight saga and the vampire diaries series, this somehow focused on how a personal background of a young child would affect the way he react and thinks for other people even though as we can say, they are vampires. i also liked how the story began and how the scenes were arranged. it somehow lead the viewers into concluding that the old man was the killer and the vampire. but the story unfolds, it gives another question unto what is it really thats goiing to happen both in the vampire and the young boy. upon the end of the film, i personally couldn't avoid to think if the vampire really loves the young boy or is she just really doing that because she wants someone who will help her when she feeds?
In terms of lightings in the movie, there are times that it is just not suitable with the theme and the scene of the movie but most of the time it was great and really added to the mood of the film.
Now, lets talk about the "bubog" of the characters.
The bully young guy in the film who used to pick on Owen, i think his "bubog" or the thing that haunts him and make him to be like that is because of his own brother who used to do the same bullying to him such as calling him a girl which he later on starts doing it to others.
Owen's "bubog" is the drive to find a working relationship with a partner. Since he came from a broken family, he had this urge to find someone who he can act to differently. shown in the film, he was so curious about the relationship of his neighbors and same as with his parents' status.
The old guy's wound was because of his love towards the young girl. which because of this love, he was willing to do everything it takes to protect and help the vampire.
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
This movie is a good movie for vampire genre, lets say. although it also focuses on love and relationship like any other vampire movies, it is still different in way that it will also in the same time make you think about the story of each characters. this was also very interesting for me since, it is about the insights and feelings of a younger character which in a way had a very big difference with the other films. it is a horror movie BUT it is not the "gulat" type of a horror film but it somehow let's you imagine and analyze about the whole story.
All in all, i liked the film and was not bored watching it. even without those typical "gulat" factors in most of the horror movies.
