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I know what you mean, and that was actually one aspect of the story I was looking forward to seeing what the story did with (bad grammar day for me). I also connected with his being around drinking adults... that scene worked for me. He is anchorless, and entertains himself with (apparently) books that give him knowledge about crimes. Which suggests that he is ideal to replace Hakan.
I love that all of these characters seem very alive and interesting, with their own things going on.
"THIS is ALL stop-motion??? Holy shit!!!"
Well, some of it was CG. (Like most of the mouse circus.) But I've never seen CG and puppets so well integrated before, anywhere.
Re Let The Right One In, it didn't occur to me until after the movie was over that Hakan had met Eli when he was Oskar's age too, and that he wasn't her first either. Eli's been doing this a long time.
"THIS is ALL stop-motion??? Holy shit!!!"
Well, some of it was CG.
Okay, the mouse circus was specifically what blew my mind, thinking it was all stop-motion.
The trilogy meter: [link]
I'm just sitting over here wondering (from B'cracy) why people hate Se7en. I loved it.
The trilogy meter: [link]
Oooh, I concur with those assessments. And it's interesting to see them bar charted.
I'm just sitting over here wondering (from B'cracy) why people hate Se7en. I loved it.
Honestly, I don't remember a lot of it other than being really, really pissed that the wife was killed offscreen without being given a chance to defend herself.
She was just an object not a human being. It infuriated me.
Se7en was overwritten and overdirected and BORING.
I'm glad it didn't cause me to write Fincher off completely, though - he redeemed himself a billion times over with Fight Club.
I love Se7en, although it never fails to send me into a major funk after watching. As for the ending, I appreciate that we were along for the dawning realization of horror with Brad Pitt's character. I don't see why it was necessary to show her final moments. I can imagine, but I disagree (with my imagination).
"What's in the fridge!"
(lisah, I don't mean to imply that that's where you're coming from, only that this is my gut reaction to where I might wrongly think you're coming from, and is my own issue)