One of the best movies i've seen this year. I am slightly disappointed with the way it ended but again i am not sure how else it could end too so i guess i have no right to complain. Coming to the story , its about a 12 year old shy, loner boy who befriends a 12 year old girl who moves with her father to next door, only problem is that the girl is actually a vampire and no its not your typical vampire movie, it has its share of murders, blood sucking and gore but after watching the movie nothing registers except the sweet relationship between the kids. Its like a John Huges sugar candy movie with a dark background.So, yaa its a sweet Vampire story and there is nothing sweet about the things that happen around these kids the sweetness is just between the kids. The kids are awesome, especially the girl.
The movie is based on a book but not all the contents of the book are taken. The book is more dark and gore. FOr example, the old guy who stays with the girl is shown as a caring person for the girl but he is patroyed as a pedophile in the book and the movie has a backstory about the vampire actually being a boy who has been castrated 100 years back. Though there are subtle references to the second part, the pedophile part is completely eliminated and rightly so giving the movie the right feel. If added all these parts will take the movie into a completely different genre which is a blasphemy to what it is right now.
In my last blog, i suggested people can wait for the american remake but guys i don't think thats a good idea now for one its being directed by Matt Reeves whose last film was 'Cloverfield' which was a good movie in its style but basing on that movie i am not sure he has the sensibilities to make this movie, moreover, it is said that the movie will be based on the book rather than on the swedish movie and that makes me even more skeptical. The swedish movie right now is too perfect to be tamperered and even a slight change to it can make the movie a completely different one , the one without a soul. So guys, try to catch the film now itself and if you could'nt then pray that Reeves should pull out a miracle.
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