Let The Right One In/ Let Me In

Let The Right On In is a swedish clut classic that came out in 2008 about a bullied 12 year old boy who befriends and falls in love with a vampire girl who helps him get back at the people who bullied him. I saw the movie when it was in theatres in Chicago, and I can tell you it was amazing to watch the story unfold on a big screen like that.

It's an extraordinary movie that is more of a coming of age story that just happens to have vampires in it. Do not mistake this with Twilight, this is the total opposite of Twilight. The movie also goes back to it's grassroots of vampire lore. Vampires can't eneter a building unless invited in, they burn in the sunlight.

Did you know that in old vampire lore, cats feared vampires and attacked vampires? This leads up to a very gruesome scene that leads to interesting turns in the movie.

The movie Let The Right One In is beign remade by Matt Reeves of Cloverfield fame. (He directed that film) His adaptation is faithful but different. His producer says that the movie isn't a remake of the Swedish movie but of the book it's based off of by John Ajvide Lindqvist.

Here's the trailer to Let The Right One In:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZJUgsZ56vQ

Now look at the trailer for Let Me In:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reRRAEVHq8E

I think he trailers differ, but they also look similar. A lot of the shots from the production stills are similar. Let Me In comes out to theatres October 8th and Let The Right One In is out on DVD.

Star Wars on Blu Ray

Well, I can say that this has been a long time coming. Many star wars fans have been waiting for the films to be released on blu ray and now lucasfilm has announced that they will be released in fall 2011. Little has been released about the blu ray release but one major thing that has been said is the return of the jedi deleted scene. Star wars fans, its a geek out moment. May the force be with you. More info to come.

Who Watches the Geeks S.E #1: Split

Who Watches the Geeks S.E #1: Split

Check out Bookworms V. 2.0

Check out the book review podcast for GeekWatch Entertainment. The first book review is the hunger games.

http://bookwormsv2.blogspot.com

Ghostface is Back

After the past two scream movies, it sounds like things are heading in the right direction for Scream 4. Wes Craven tweeted the first picture from the set. Those who said a picture is worth 1,000 words is right and one of the words that pops up in my head is hope. I will be following this movie closely and posting news as soon as I get it. Scream 4 is set for an April 11, 2011 release.

Facebook

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Movie Commentary Ideas

Something we at the Watchtower have been experimenting on has been film fan commentaries. The idea came up when Iron Man 2 was being released and since the podcast was still just an idea at the time, we decided to try and see what people thought of film commentaries from some of the geeks at Watchtower. The commentary would have to do with a movie or idea that we talked about on the show the week before or after the podcast, so if people like the idea be expecting a commentary at least once a month and if you are lucky two a month.