tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post614020427527137787..comments2024-02-06T19:31:17.348+00:00Comments on Hammer and Beyond: First LET ME IN trailer releasedHolger Haasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13359071414296803464noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-14404263716270627982010-07-07T18:16:11.581+01:002010-07-07T18:16:11.581+01:00Glad to see I can count on you, Matthew. ;-)Glad to see I can count on you, Matthew. ;-)Holger Haasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359071414296803464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-65361507918578949772010-07-06T07:59:53.832+01:002010-07-06T07:59:53.832+01:00You can rely on me, bud! I wasn't indifferent ...You can rely on me, bud! I wasn't indifferent to it: I hated it. And this looks worse.<br />And we're in big trouble if all Hammer is is a word you stick up at the start. I suppose I don't mind the idea of new Hammer films, but shouldn't there be at least a nod to the past, something along the lines of those Dark Castle films? (The majority of which were terrible, but still...)<br />I look forward to this passing me by completely.Matthew Coniamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00302989527514886503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-19299074848841227622010-07-04T23:21:45.069+01:002010-07-04T23:21:45.069+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11675921013314530527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-56643829934376969872010-07-04T23:11:38.704+01:002010-07-04T23:11:38.704+01:00Gah! You are right! LOL! Still looks bad, bad, bad...Gah! You are right! LOL! Still looks bad, bad, bad though!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11675921013314530527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-70413763529888922352010-07-04T19:14:41.385+01:002010-07-04T19:14:41.385+01:00Hilarious! I only ever saw the first of the series...Hilarious! I only ever saw the first of the series just to see what the fuss was about and also hopped over to your review of that one and agree 100%.<br />Incidentally I also read that the 3rd was the best in the series. Which is like saying the plague is better than the Ebola virus.Holger Haasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359071414296803464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-81717155949459414742010-07-04T19:06:46.538+01:002010-07-04T19:06:46.538+01:00...As for TWILIGHT: I've obviously been there.......As for TWILIGHT: I've obviously been there. Check out my review:<br />http://www.xomba.com/movie_review_twilight_saga_eclipse<br />It's kinda ... unique. (I confess I laughed writing it)Pidde Anderssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808972301760273713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-89958312646712768962010-07-04T18:53:01.443+01:002010-07-04T18:53:01.443+01:00Oh dammit, all of a sudden I am starting to feel v...Oh dammit, all of a sudden I am starting to feel very lonely again. So you're really just feeling indifferent about it. Sniff.... ;-)<br /><br />You're absolutely spot on about the swimming pool scene. And as for TWILIGHT.... Let's not even go there. When did horror movies ever become so bloodless and sterile?Holger Haasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359071414296803464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-54542836563508018482010-07-04T18:43:37.796+01:002010-07-04T18:43:37.796+01:00I don't remember if I wore my jumpers inside m...I don't remember if I wore my jumpers inside my trousers... Sorry! Maybe I did?! Probably not.<br /><br />Well, I shouldn't say I HATE the movie. When I reviewed it, I gave it three sinful dwarfs out of five. But it was three weak dwarfs. I could've given it two, but I was kind that day. After all, the movie's a bit too well made for trashing it - or hating it.<br />I usually say that boring movies are always worse than bad movies, but that isn't really true in this case. (And the new TWILIGHT flick is both worse and more boring)<br />Btw, one of the strangest scenes in the movie is the one near the end with the swimming pool. Where are the teachers? The staff? Or other adults? But come to think of it, there are lots of Whys in this movie.<br /><br />No, I haven't read the book - or any of Ajvide's other books. I never really felt like it. Everybody was recommending the LTROI book, but after seeing the movie, I want to read it even less.Pidde Anderssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808972301760273713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-55168412392129941492010-07-04T18:25:06.843+01:002010-07-04T18:25:06.843+01:00Pidde, you have just become my most favourite pers...Pidde, you have just become my most favourite person of the day! Glad I am not alone. And hey, say hello to your friend too. We should all meet one of these days over a couple of drinks and talk about how much we hate that film. Hopefully, we won't look as depressing as the folks in the film when they go drinking. ;-)<br />Very interesting what you write. I had no idea about the artificial Swedish being used but I had very strong suspicions about the abysmal fashion sense. So you're telling me you didn't wear your jumpers inside your trousers at the time? Pheeew....<br />As a teenager I visited Eastern Germany frequently and as depressing as it was it sure wasn't like that either. LOL<br />Have you read the book? I have a feeling it may be *much* better than the film. (Then it can't be much worse.)Holger Haasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359071414296803464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-55001739495458648132010-07-04T18:15:44.877+01:002010-07-04T18:15:44.877+01:00Thanks for this post - since I'm the OTHER guy...Thanks for this post - since I'm the OTHER guy who didn't get LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. And I'm Swedish! I also know a third guy who doesn't understand the hype.<br />A few more problems with Alfredson's movie you notice if you're Swedish: Nobody speaks like real people, the dialogue is very minimalistic and odd in an arty way. And the movie looks like it takes place in East Germany or Poland or something - in 1969. Okay, I've never been to Blackeberg, but MY early 80s sure didn't look like this.<br />Besides this, the movie is a horror movie for people who don't like horror movies, since there are no thrills at all. This just another drama about kids being bullied. For some reason featuring a vampire. Sure, I get the allegory, that it's about alienation and so on. But so what?Pidde Anderssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808972301760273713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-5678117504983774912010-07-04T11:43:12.862+01:002010-07-04T11:43:12.862+01:00And even worse: Christopher Lee is *not* in it. ;-...And even worse: Christopher Lee is *not* in it. ;-)<br />I think you have his cameo/supporting role mixed up with THE RESIDENT, another new Hammer film currently in production.Holger Haasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359071414296803464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6309429033992855414.post-91778975951278479242010-07-03T23:47:55.661+01:002010-07-03T23:47:55.661+01:00That looks sooo much like a pile of dog's eggs...That looks sooo much like a pile of dog's eggs! This Hammer only in name, and not spirit, lets remake a classic Swedish film and stick Christopher Lee in it - a Hammer Film eh, I think not! It actually looks just like another type of film America churns out all the time (A Haunting in Connecticut). If it wasn't for the source material being so well known, I don't think I would bother at all.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11675921013314530527noreply@blogger.com