It starts out so quiet I thought my earpieces stopped working. It has a dark ambience throughout. Not in an eerie way, just in a more gritty tone like a serial killer movie.
This felt sooo familiar, how the children met in the snow and all and that's when I realized the premise was done recently in "let the right one in(2022)" tv series. Then there's the Swedish movie "Let the Right One In (2008)" which I haven't seen. It removed the suspense factor since the premise is the same to the tv show. Characters the same, how they meet, pieces of dialogue... The show followed the premise so closely.
The story only deviates after around 40 minutes but not wholly, making it hard for me to watch without comparing the two versions. There's not much exploration, which is understandable given that it's a movie and doesn't have as much time. The relationships, like between Abby and her dad, or Owen and his mom, or even Owen and Abby themselves, feel underdeveloped compared to the TV show.
The slow pace doesn't help, especially since I already knew the story from the adaptation. Watching the movie after the show made it feel shallow. However, if I had seen the movie first, I might have liked it more.
The 10pm tv message from the 80's saying "do you know where your children are?" is really wild. I'd heard about it.
This felt sooo familiar, how the children met in the snow and all and that's when I realized the premise was done recently in "let the right one in(2022)" tv series. Then there's the Swedish movie "Let the Right One In (2008)" which I haven't seen. It removed the suspense factor since the premise is the same to the tv show. Characters the same, how they meet, pieces of dialogue... The show followed the premise so closely.
The story only deviates after around 40 minutes but not wholly, making it hard for me to watch without comparing the two versions. There's not much exploration, which is understandable given that it's a movie and doesn't have as much time. The relationships, like between Abby and her dad, or Owen and his mom, or even Owen and Abby themselves, feel underdeveloped compared to the TV show.
The slow pace doesn't help, especially since I already knew the story from the adaptation. Watching the movie after the show made it feel shallow. However, if I had seen the movie first, I might have liked it more.
The 10pm tv message from the 80's saying "do you know where your children are?" is really wild. I'd heard about it.