Recent Movies You've Seen?

[Sundae]

I watched Let the Right One In over Christmas. I can't find that I've posted a review, so excuse me if I have. I'm going to say the same thing anyway I expect!

I saw very few films in 2009, so it doesn't seem much to make it my Film of the Year. But it is probably the best film I've seen in the last five years at least.

It's a Swedish film and it's set in the winter - the cold and the heavy snow add another dimension to the story, making everything isolated and yet more intense. It's nominally a horror film - certainly a vampire film, and there is blood - but more a story of the ties between people.

It's a wonderful take on the over-filmed genre and a great antidote to the teen-aimed handsome vampires which are being touted around at present. I know it was originally a book, and I have to try to get hold of it - I'm sure it goes into the back stories in more depth and would be a cracking read.