Movie Review Let The Right One - 1012 Words

Let the right one in is a romantic horror movie which directed by Swedish director Tomas Alfredson in 2008. It received a number of prestigious awards including the â€Å"Best International Feature† at the 2008 Calgary International Film Festival, the â€Å"Best Narrative Feature† from Tribeca Film Festival in 2008, and etc. (Wikipedia, 2014). This film bases on the bestselling novel of the same name by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist. It describes a 12 years old boy Oskar who is a victim of bullying from school. He grew up with the single parent and has been overlooked by his family. Once he meets Eli who is a new to this small town, two dissocial children become friends to each other. Nevertheless, Oskar finds that Eli sinking to a series of criminal cases and he finally reveals the truth of mysterious Eli. The film begins at a cold snowy night: Oskar stands by the window, looks out of the window, at the reflection of the curtain, and at his own (2:54-3:00). Falk (2009) says in his article Let the Right One In: Structure and Violence: â€Å"The setting of the film is significant in establishing Alfredson s perspective on society†. He states that Alfredson takes an image of a typical Stockholm town to tell his story by using symmetrical shots (Falk, 2009). An image of how desperate could a lonely boy want to touch the world beyond the window. We see in latter shot that Oskar putting his hand on the window, trying to reach the world that he can see but not to be able to touch (3:Show MoreRelated Fight Club review Essay1143 Words   |  5 Pages Fight Club Review nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;The movie that is being reviewed and analyzed is Fight Club, which stars Brad Pitt and Edward Norton. Fight Club is in a genre on its own, but falls into the categories of action and mystery. We will be looking at the subdivisions of plot, character, setting, and focus. 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