(spoiler alert! only for those who have watched the movie!)
So I had read the reviews before watching this movie (Låt den rätte komma in/Let the right one in by director Tomas Alfredson). Everyone said it was great. A sweet coming of age story about a boy who befriends a girl-vampire.
In my eyes, this was not the case.
Did anyone actually think that the girl was helpless, sweet, loving…? I thought she was a manipulative thing. Yes a thing.
It becomes quite clear when she says that she’s not really a girl. Some might think that she refers to being a vampire. Some might think that it’s because she’s so much older than her 12 year appearance. I think it’s because she’s not human at all – she’s like a rock, a manipulative rock.
There are no feelings there. She’s just using the boy to get someone to do stuff that she’s not able to do. Just like she used the man that followed her around in the beginning. The one that she brutally pushed aside when he couldn’t fulfill his tasks. Or actually, he was already so brainwashed that he sacrificed himself for her.
And now, she was moving on to a more suitable candidate. Someone who would ultimately face the same death as his predecessor.
And because of the lack of emotion I actually found the movie boring. I was watching a weak boy and a manipulative rock that needed each other in two very different ways. The boy needed someone to feel that he existed and the girl/rock needed someone to be able to exist.
To call the movie sweet – I don’t know what they were thinking!
Eli aka the rock
Your intellectual mind took over your soul. But your interpretations lacks. A lot.
A new caretaker? Are you for real? How do you think Oskar would be able to help Eli as a new caretaker? He can’t rent a flat for her or kill people at his age. What are you thinking about? Oh, I forgot. He can buy food, she can’t even eat.
First. How you managed to overlook Lina’s touching, very human performance is beyond me. And how could you miss how much Eli really cared for Oskar? She has been alone for many, many years. Finally she found a new soulmate and could let the right one in.
If you couldn’t see how much she hated her situation and how lonely she was then you have a heart as hard as what you thought Eli was in the movie.
One more thing. Eli says to Oskar twice she isn’t a girl. Later you see some sort of horisontal scar where she supposed to have the sex organs, so it had nothing to do with age or human/vampire aspects. It was much more simple and human.