This movie completely blindsided me

[Stormchoir]

So.. I've been lurking here for a little while now and I thought it was time I stepped forward to introduce myself. My writing isn't eloquent and I am not particularly well spoken but I'll do my best to not sound like a babbling idiot. I stumbled across LTROI purely by chance when it came to the top of my netflix suggestion list a couple of months ago and I thought to myself Well what the heck, let's see it. I sure wasn't expecting what I saw. This isn't a vampire movie, it is a love story with a vampire in it. Normally I am not the sort to purposly watch a romantic film but this was... Beautiful. Perfect. These words doesn't do this story justice but it's the best I've got. The movie reached me emotionally on so many levels and I still grasp for words to describe what I witnessed. I best describe it as a story of two people who come together across this unimaginable gulf and fall in love with each other anyway and that love shines brighter than the sun. I came away from the film feeling like I was lacking something or some part of myself but I eventually came to feel a little sad knowing I wouldn't know a love this strong, (would anyone?) and I wondered if this is what people felt when they say they found God. Ok, maybe that's a little extreme (and my apologies if any find that offensive, I do not mean it to be) but that's the impression I got. A couple of weeks later I picked up the book and the dvd (Eli is on the cover) because I had to and loved it. I've been stricken dumb by this movie and I really don't know what to make of that. I watch the movie start to finish at least once a day. It plays in the background at work and this past week while I've been on the road, I leave it looping and fall asleep to it. I think I need help... I love Oscar and Eli and if they exist someplace, I hope they are happy. Infected? Oh I'll say.

[darman1817]

Welcome to the forum, Stormchoir. It sounds like you are quite infected indeed
Don't worry about the God related comments offending anybody. Many of us here have already commited Eliolatry

[a_contemplative_life]

Normally I am not the sort to purposly watch a romantic film but this was... Beautiful. Perfect. These words doesn't do this story justice but it's the best I've got. The movie reached me emotionally on so many levels and I still grasp for words to describe what I witnessed. I best describe it as a story of two people who come together across this unimaginable gulf and fall in love with each other anyway and that love shines brighter than the sun.

That pretty much sums it up for me, too! Have fun, stormchoir, gorging yourself here.

[moonvibe34]

Yep, sounds like many of the usual symptoms associated with this wonderful Infection to me.
Greetings Stormchoir.

[Aurora]

Welcome to the forum Stormchoir, sounds like you've got it bad

Don't worry you're not the the only one

[DMt.]

Hey, Stormchoir - evidently you totally get it.

Enjoy!

PS: I don't think you need have any worries on the eloquence front, that's a very neat summation indeed, as Sauvin has [had? Noooo!] immediately noted.

[genie47]

Welcome Stormchoir.

If loving this film, Eli and Oskar is wrong. Then we don't want to be right.

[Harls]

Welcome StormChoir. Glad you finally joined us. You may not feel your writing is eloquent, but what you wrote pretty much sums up the way I feel about this movie. My own feelings on this have on occasion ranged from great happiness to a profound sense of grief (and I have no explanation for the latter).

It sounds like you've got it bad (just like the rest of us), and fortunately, there is no cure...

[WhiteBackground]

Welcome
We share your infection, dude!

[Xassandra]

welcome!