the blog of nathan loding

Let The Right One In is one of those rare films that comes along every few years. It’s been described as “tran­scend­ing gen­res” and it truly does. At it’s heart, it’s a coming-of-age story for a 12 year-old boy out­side Stock­holm in 1982. It’s about the girl who gives him the con­fi­dence to make that lead towards man­hood, and their incred­i­bly unique rela­tion­ship. It’s also about that girl, and her unique sit­u­a­tion – she’s a vampire.

I grew up on the orig­i­nal Clash of the Titans (1981). It’s corny by some of today’s stan­dard, but the movie still holds up over­all. The story sticks remark­ably close to it’s myth­i­cal roots, though it does take it’s own cre­ative embell­ish­ments along the way. Ray Harryhausen’s effects work is still amaz­ing to me. I can watch the orig­i­nal over and over. I will never watch the remake again.

I grew up on the orig­i­nal Clash of the Titans (1981). It’s corny by some of today’s stan­dard, but the movie still holds up over­all. The story sticks remark­ably close to it’s myth­i­cal roots, though it does take it’s own cre­ative embell­ish­ments along the way. Ray Harryhausen’s effects work is still amaz­ing to me. I can watch the orig­i­nal over and over. I will never watch the remake again.