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Let Me In

Learn the simple future tense

Date: Oct 27 2010

Themes: Friend

Grammar: Simple Future Tense

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There is an expression in English, “Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.” In other words, the biggest compliment you can give someone is copying them. So it’s a pretty big compliment to the 2008 Swedish vampire movie Let the Right One In that an American filmmaker liked the film so much, he decided to remake it in English.

In some ways, Let Me In is a classic coming-of-age story about a young boy who gets back at the kids who have been bullying him with the help of his best friend. But in this case, the friend is a vampire. So Let Me In is also a perfect movie to see on Halloween. Find out why Devan can relate to this movie.

Dialog

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Jason

Devan

Jason: Were you ever picked on when you were a kid?

Devan: Oh yeah. Definitely. I think that being twelve years old was one of the roughest periods of my life, and kids can be particularly cruel.

Jason: Oh man. Did you just wish you had a vampire boyfriend to come in and kick their butts?

Devan: You know I can’t say I ever thought about that…

Jason: But you didn’t live during the vampire craze that we live in now.

Devan: No, I didn’t. But now, looking at it in retrospect, it would’ve been pretty neat to have a vampire boyfriend to scare everyone away.

Jason: Well, that’s the new movie Let Me In. You know, it’s a remake of the Swedish movie Let the Right One In. It’s actually kind of touching in that way. There’s a boy who has trouble at school with bullies, and he makes friends with this young vampire girl, or I guess she appears to be young but she’s probably hundreds of years old. And she, you know, defends him. But how long can their twelve-year-old romance really last?

Devan: So, even though it’s a fantasy film, does it still work as a coming-of-age film? Like are the feelings and emotions relatable, even if you’re not a vampire, say?

Jason: Yeah, definitely. I think it just speaks to the idea that as an adolescent, at some point you will find people who understand you, you know? So in this case, that person’s a vampire.

Devan: See, I like that, because they can bring in the audience with the vampire schtick. But at the same time, it has a message that will be good for a lot of young kids to see, you know?

Jason: Yeah.

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Discussion

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Devan tells Jason that she used to be bullied. She thinks kids can be mean to each other, especially as adolescents. She thinks it would have been great to have a vampire boyfriend to scare away the kids who were picking on her.

Jason explains that that is the basic plot of Let Me In. In the movie, a little boy and a vampire girl fall in love. The vampire girl protects the boy from bullies.

Let Me in sounds like a combination of a sweet and a scary movie. Devan thinks it could be a good movie for kids to see, since it sends a positive message and is scary at the same time.

Do you like movies about vampires? Were you ever picked on as a kid?

Comments

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thecrazybuffalo

Viet Nam

I like this lesson :D :X. I feel like the character in this picture :P Tongue out

Winchester_07

Brazil

I don't know about Americans making the best movies, but they have the best productions! Hollywood is out of this world, seriously! But it doesn't mean that all movies produced by it are good indeed.

But last week I watched an American remake of a Denish movie called "Brothers", with Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire, and I thought it was pretty good.

oddysee

Germany

I like all of Twilight movies

comspec

Turkey

no one wants to live forever! :D

Daperture

Saudi Arabia

when I was adolescent I wasbullied

andee1

China

yeah sure. when i was in elementary school , i was always bullied by other kids, and they gave me a nickname was "Xixi"

dearpesar

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

never… i hate that kinda movie

jasminrifi

Morocco

when I was adolescent I was dreaming of having a vampire boyfriend to proect me ,woman needs always a man with him she can feel secure and safe ,however,I realised now that deponding on others protection is not good any person hasd to depond on himself not on thers protection.

jiahui.lei

China

i like twilight 1

Winchester_07

Brazil

Jason is right: We are living during the vampire craze lol

Man, a lot of vampires movies are being produced and this is boring, not because I don't like vampire stuff, but there are so many movies about it now that seeing them is becoming usual, so you don't have a reaction like "Wow, vampires! Man, I must see it!" as you used to have, now you think "What? Another one?". Nowadays there are a lot of kinds of vampires: 12-years-old-vampire, vampire-that-shines-in-the-sun, anti-blood-vampires, and all these weird things which make Bram Stoker turns in his grave.

And about being picked on, I think everyone has already gone through this kind of experience. But, as we don't have a vampire friend to help us to take our revenge, we need to do it by ourselves. How? By helping and defending people who's going through the same situation :)