$*$ Let the Right One In Blu ray

I read the book and enjoyed it, although for me there was too much emphasis on the relationships / trials & tribulations of school kids, and not enough on the lore and activities of vampires. Some creepy scenes, but not a particularly scary read for me as compared to Salem's Lot by Stephen King or They Thirst by Robert McCammon. I then rented the DVD, hoping the movie format would increase the tension and fear factors. No such luck. I found the movie so boring that I never made it all the way through. The acting was stiff, the dialogue wooden, the characters shallow with little development and no charisma, and the action tedious. In the book, the little vampire girl was described as beautiful with delicate features; in the movie she was plain with a big nose. The boy was supposed to be overweight and pale; in the movie he was pale and lean and platinum blond, like a star waiting to grow up. No innovative cinematography or sets. I do NOT like overly gory movies where all you see is slice and dice, but I do like suspense, a sense of ominous evil that you the viewer are dying to see defeated, and a set of "rules" constraining the monster that make defeat a possibility. These rules might be a vulnerability to stakes in the heart, aversion to daylight and garlic, etc. It doesn't really matter what they are, as long as they are consistent within the reality portrayed and so make the story believable. This movie only had time to portray some psychological background for the children described in the book; the vampire story is pretty scanty. Sorry I rented it.
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• A fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his strongermates but never strikes back. The lonely boy's wish for a friend seems to come true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves in next door to him with her father. A pale, serious young girl, she only comes out at night and doesn't seem affected by the freezing temperatures.Coinciding with Eli's arrival is a series of inexpli