Let the Right One In is one of the best bittersweet horror flicks. Ever. It's one of the perfect examples on how
life works in circular patterns. The vampire, her entire lifeless life, is searching for somebody to look out for her and
does this via luring young males. The promise of friendship and immortal love draws each male in as a child causing them to
take care of her as an adult, hence why she shows you two (of her probably hundreds) of her keepers. That is what everybody
desires and needs. Each dying keeper represents a time in our life where everything shifts, for the good or for the bad. The
new childlike keeper represents whatever we hold onto to survive: Money. A person. Art. A video game.
As a fan of
Twilight, I get made fun of by hipsters and scensters on a daily basis.
Twilight is often
regarded as a stupid movie/book about unrealistic overemotional and mainstream vampires. First of all, the original concept
of vampires was unrealistic to begin with. Secondly, giving them emotion gives them depth. Who doesn't adore mindless vampires
and zombies killing randomly? That, however, wouldn't make a likable and/or relatable protagonist. Author Stephanie Meyer
gave the vampires in
Twilight depth. Third, vampires have always been mainstream.
Believe it or not, fellow teenagers, you arent super original for reading Bram Stroker's
Dracula.
Let the
Right One In and
Twilight are complete opposites from each other. There is a bridge between the two. Think of it
as comparing Lady Gaga's fame ball and monster ball: How sadistic are you willing to go? People who enjoy
Let The Right
One In are most likely going to enjoy
Twilight. Perhaps they won't admit it.
Twilight fans, however, might
not
like Let the Right One In. It all depends on how far they are willing to take their vampire genre interest. Watching
vampires and werewolves fight over some brunette is different from that of watching a vampire float across a pool to decapitate
some bully that almost drowned her future keeper. Both contain vampires, however, they are two completely opposite movies.
From what I've seen, most teenagers like
Twilight just because their friends do, whilst hardly anyone ever even heard
of
Let the Right One In. I have shown
Twilight fan friends of mine
Let the Right One In. Once you have
somebody you respect show you the movie, then, its pretty hard not to love. (You have to give it your full attention).
Let
the Right One In is a really good movie whilst
Twilight is just an addicting series. You dont receive any messages
from
Twilight.
Let the Right One In is life changing.
Being a huge movie fan, movies naturally have shaped my understanding of things in life - as well as personal experience.
A huge message I got from
Let the Right One In was simple: everything beautiful and terrible will work together in
circles. Right when one thinks that they know everything in life, something happens to make them completely change their mind.
This movie helped me understand that evil and beautiful balance each other. He (the boy) was giving up his entire life to
take care of a monster, and he loved her. This was what was real to him. His intentions and motivations were all products
of her affection, the catalyst of a new life style for him. I suppose this movie is just the perfect example of how we should
keep looking at everything around us. What we could imagine our 'home' to be could be just another gateway into a further
understanding of our existence.
Molly Wright is
a high school girl from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania who enjoys blogging on tumblr, looking up lolzcats images, and playing video
games for entertainment
