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Old 09-07-2010, 02:16 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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anyone hear any reviews good or bad about this movie? I just saw the trailer for it and I'm kind of ambivalent. I loved the book the movie is based on and I thought the Swedish movie was okay (though it left out several major plot points from the movie). I recently saw the movie Kick As* and was excited to hear that the young actress that played Hit Girl was playing Eli. I'm hoping the book stays truer to the book than the Swedish movie did
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Old 09-07-2010, 02:21 PM
 
Location: Matthews, NC
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Kick A$$ was a fantastic movie. It had strong, moral characters and was a fantastic tale of justice. I am glad to see the young actress from that film move on to other projects!

When I first saw the title for Let Me In I thought it was going to be about that spooking preacher from Poltergeist 2! LET...ME...IN!!! I tried watching Let the Right One In but just could not get into it.
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Old 09-07-2010, 02:25 PM
 
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I loved kick ass but as far as the remake of let the right one in i dont know anything about it. I dont know why they would remake it. Makes no sense to me.
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Old 09-07-2010, 10:50 PM
 
Location: New Hampsha
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a remake from a movie 2 years ago
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Old 09-09-2010, 05:52 PM
 
Location: Maine
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Never read the book, but I saw the Swedish movie. Hated it. Most boring movie I've ever sat through in my life.

It had a few very good scenes. But a few good scenes do not a good movie make.
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Old 09-09-2010, 07:04 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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well, did some research and it looks like it's dropping some major plot points from the book as well. pity.
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Old 09-10-2010, 12:04 PM
 
Location: Pittsburgh
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The Swedish movie was excellent--the screenplay was written by the author of the book, so even though changes were made to the story, I felt that they didn't lessen the impact. The book is great, too.
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Old 09-10-2010, 03:58 PM
 
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the original movie was, is, beautiful. Why a remake, so soon? Maybe to strip it off some not-so-nice nuances, ambiguity and violent scenes (the only explanation I can find)? But that's also a key part of the story. It's so pointless...
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Old 09-10-2010, 06:42 PM
 
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They are remaking it because most American audiences refuse to watch a foreign film. (Due to subtitles)

I'm excited for the remake-- I'll admit-- I don't like foreign films much. But I do want to go out and watch the original of this due to the great reviews it received.
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Old 09-11-2010, 06:39 PM
 
Location: In the north country fair
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Hollywood needs to stop remaking films of any kind; it's time every movie that came out were an original. Otherwise, it's just so obvious that they're doing it solely to make a buck and they don't even care about creativity, art or ideas.

I didn't even like the Swedish film: it was a little too weird, slow and gory for me. So, I definitely won't be seeing a remake.
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