by raza
15. October 2008 00:37
One good, one bad.
Un conte de Noël - A Christmas Tale (2008)
Supposed to be a great movie about family and the love hate relationships that exists. But it was poorly put together moving back and forth between past and present, without linking them properly. It was like a kaleidoscope, where you see random patterns in the colorful pieces but there is no image in the end. The writer/director could have tried not drowning it into unnecessary philosophizing. A thing of beauty is more often than not, simple.
Låt den rätte komma in - Let The Right One In (2008)
"Do you want to go steady?"
"What do you mean?"
"Do you want to be my girlfriend?"
"What if I am not a girl?"
Amazing version of a usual vampire tale. A scared little boy, beaten and humiliated by bullies in the school befriends a vampire girl without knowing. Finds friendship and to some degree love in her, even though we can't say if she was a "she". Her father has to hunt on her behalf to avoid exposing her to the world, but it has to come out some time. That is why they have to keep moving from place to place. This time they move into the next apartment to the boy's. A very different imagining of the vampire character, superbly executed.
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