Let Me In Film Review

On DVD

Director: Matt Reeves

Based On: Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Starring: Chloe Moretz and Kodi Smit-McPhee

This film is about a bullied boy who befriends a new girl in his neighborhood. She encourages him to fight back to his bullies and he discovered that she’s no ordinary girl – she’s a young vampire lusting for blood and is looking for a new companion.

This film was actually one of my must-watch films on my list. I love Chloe Moretz playing the young vampire, Abby. I thought she’s fantastic as the young and lonely vampire. You can feel her sadness and that vicious persona in her eyes.

The boy, Kodi Smit-McPhee was as good delivering a superb performance, which is rather a reminiscent of his performance in The Road.

I love that the film is not predictable and went more violent in comparison to the original Swedish version. There is such a subtlety in the film that lures you into watching its entirety. It’s a great remake that can stand on its own without the merit of the first one. My rating for this film is 9/10 for giving me the creep that I’m expecting from it.

-paddylast

500 Days Of Summer Review

DIRECTOR: Marc Webb

STARRING:

Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Tom Hansen, a trained architect who works as a writer at a greeting card company; Tom is a romantic who believes in true love

Zooey Deschanel as Summer Finn, assistant to Tom's boss and romantic interest of Tom

Chloë Moretz as Rachel Hansen, Tom's sister

Geoffrey Arend as McKenzie, Tom's co-worker at the greeting card company

Matthew Gray Gubler as Paul, a friend of Tom

Clark Gregg as Vance, Tom's boss

Minka Kelly as Autumn

Patricia Belcher as Millie

Richard McGonagle as Narrator

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SYNOPSIS: Tom is a hopeless romantic greeting cards writer and Summer is simply a mean bitch.

This film is about relationships, committments, coincidences and making the right decisions.

In 500 days that Tom have known Summer, He thought that he's finally found the one but he was wrong. Summer is not into committments, she don't want to put label on it. She just want to enjoy herself while young and pretty and all that...

So the moment that our dear Tom assumed something, Summer disappeared from his life and--surprised, surprised! she married another guy... realizing that Tom is right all along that some things are really meant to be.

QUOTED BY TOM HANSEN:"You never wanted to be anybody's girlfriend and now you're somebody's wife"

I'll give this film a 3 out of 5 ratings for its unusual boy meets girl theme with a bitchy twist.The Music is awesome and the story is very much relatable specially if you're cynical about love.The sequencing of the film could get a bit confusing, but having a very simple yet complicated plot--you'd be able to enjoy it but surely, you're not gonna watch it for the third time. A couple of views are enough. My favorite scenes would have to be Tom seeking love advices from his little sister. Since Summer's attitude became unbearable, it's a good thing that we're able to breath every now and then...

-paddylast-