I like "The Twilight" saga for its breath-taking cinematography and popularity, but not so much for its story or acting. I also like "Blood and Chocolate" for its drama (somewhat), but more for looker Agnes Bruckner in the lead role.
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For decades, Hollywood has tapped the vampire well. But only a couple, among the many variations on a theme, stand out for me. For the bullying a 12-year old boy has to withstand and for the loathsome, lonesome life a 12-year girl has to live, "Let Me In" manages to make a most unlikely friendship happen. The on-screen chemistry between Kodi Smit-McPhee and Chloë Grace Moretz is one to behold. Of course, it helps to have a well-scripted plot and to dialogue with words that are true to preteen language and manners. It is a love story that does not devolve into platitudes or affectation. There is such beautiful intimacy that grows slowly on us as the audience.
While "Let Me In" is intimate, "Bram Stoker's Dracula" is epic. The first reminded me of the second. I love both for their love story.
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