Icons of Fright News and Updates: Let The Wrong Subtitles In To LET THE RIGHT ONE IN?!

About 20 minutes into the screening, I was absolutely horrified.

The subtitles had been drastically changed since the last time I saw it, and dare I say... had been completely dumbed down? Sure, the basic gist of what the characters were saying was kind of there, but missing completely was the dark humor, subtleties and character nuances which made the movie so powerful and a favorite amongst audiences last year. I tried to carry on and ignore it, hoping that only a few of the translations were off... but... I was wrong. Just about the intent of every single line of dialogue was completely off and ruined the movie.

I actually watched this for the first time last night and since I hate dubbed movies I turned on the subtitles instead. I loved the movie, but I felt like something was lost in translation a bit. I'm glad to know it wasn't just me and it wasn't the film itself. I'm sure most folks won't even notice but it's a real shame when something like this happens to a foreign movie release, since they have so much working against them already. I really hope this is rectified, especially since I was considering purchasing the DVD. It's a great movie. It looks amazing. It's really creepy but also beautiful at times. Definitely a great twist on the the vampire genre. Hopefully the power of the internets will rectify this.