The LTROI feeling, and thoughts about the infection

[a_contemplative_life]

One of my best friends went to a cinema showing of LTROI. It was a late show. He met a girl there who made a comment about something and they ended up at a coffee shop where they spent the entire night just talking about the film. They are now engaged to be married and have asked me to be their best man in April. True Story.

Their names aren't Karin and Stefan, perhaps?

Seriously, that's totally cool.

[a_contemplative_life]

Think about this for a second, isn't this what LTROI is really about? Eli might be seen as evil by those who are ignorant of the truth, that she is just a lonely soul seeking comfort. The value of a person should not be judged by actions, but by intentions and the quality of the soul. . . . With time, Oskar learn to see Eli as she really is, her flaws and her strengths, he learns to love her for what she is, he do not love her for what he wish she would be, nor do he hate her for what she does, because he understands why. This unlike Håkan who only see his own ideals of her and shows no regard in Eli's well being in pursuit of his urges. Or Lacke who see Eli only as the monster who killed two of his friends. Oskar is the only one in the story who truly know what Eli is, the same can be said about Eli, only Eli completely understands Oskar.

And yet, Lacke's perception of Eli is just as valid as Oskar's. Eli is a person who killed two of his friends.

[Ash]

I'm annoyed and amazed that LTROI was unknown to me until recently. I love foreign films and especially films with moods like this one. How I could have let this film slip under my radar, and for two years, I'll never know. Maybe because I don't watch TV, rarely go to the cinema and don't read the entertainment section of online newspapers. I suppose I'm hooked now, though careful not to let my fascination become an obsession.
After my daughter watched the DVD with me last weekend, I realised she has "borrowed" my novel (without asking). I'm pleased, not angry. Some parts might be a bit heavy going for a 15 year old though. But I suppose what doesn't kill us......

[ZWD40]

- What would you answer of somone asked you why you loves LTROI so much?

I would say its the culmination of a great many decisions that led to one single powerful force that pulled me in, that is Lina Leandersson's Eli. Credit should be given to JAL for laying down the foundation of the character that TA shapes and builds for Lina Leandersson's perusal.

[intrige]

One of my best friends went to a cinema showing of LTROI. It was a late show. He met a girl there who made a comment about something and they ended up at a coffee shop where they spent the entire night just talking about the film. They are now engaged to be married and have asked me to be their best man in April. True Story.

More love from LTROI

Well, I have also thought about good and evil in this movie. And the book too. And for me, it realy isn't any. It's just humans, trying to survave the best they can. Even the bullies. Oskar, Håkan, Lacke, ELI! I mean, there aren't realy a bad guy in this story is it? People are just people, that is one of the reasons I like LTROI so much

I would still say that good is love, and evil is hate though. But that hate is kind of rare. In war, most people who holds the gun are probebly just as afraid and pushed as the one they are aiming at. Mabye, if they don't shoot, they'l get in trubule? But the one who are aimed at don't see that- They see a killing monster with a gun. And most people who do hate, kill lots of people on purpuse, they are sick in the head. And something made them sick, someone forsed those gunholders. Humans.

When we come to Eli, she kills on purpuse. But have to do it to survive as we all know. She hates it, are just a kid who don't realy (mabye) looks ahead in an adult whay like Verginia did. But there are some good words about what is peoples first inpression on her, and what she realy is. As for lacke, the killing little monster. And for Oskar, the sweet little sick girl next door. But in the end, all was buildt by humans. Even the vampire lord, who did all this to Eli.

[Wolfchild]

One of my best friends went to a cinema showing of LTROI. It was a late show. He met a girl there who made a comment about something and they ended up at a coffee shop where they spent the entire night just talking about the film. They are now engaged to be married and have asked me to be their best man in April. True Story.

This is awesome. You should give them a Rubik's Cube as a wedding gift. It wouldn't be a humorous gift - it would be a gift showing your understanding of how they met and it would symbolically link their love to that between Eli and Oskar.

And you should get at least one of them to start visiting here.

[DMt.]

Hear, Hear!

[jonjon_z]

This is awesome. You should give them a Rubik's Cube as a wedding gift. It wouldn't be a humorous gift - it would be a gift showing your understanding of how they met and it would symbolically link their love to that between Eli and Oskar.

I already had that in mind. LOL

And you should get at least one of them to start visiting here.

They've lurked here I'm sure because they know about our site. It's just a matter of time.

[crazychristina]

I think I've worked out why LTROI affects me so strongly. It's one of the few films I know, perhaps the only one, that deals with the most important issue in my life, one that is unresolved and probably never will be resolved. Trust. I don't trust anyone. I never will. JAL said somewhere that to move on in life we need to let into our lives something that could potentially destroy us. For me the most important scene in LTROI (film) is when Oskar asks Eli if she is a vampire. He suspects she is, and that she could easily kill him. She's probably killed thousands already. Eli opens the door for him, and lets the right one in. Despite her strengths she has enormous vulnerabilities. It would only take someone to pull the cover off the window in the daytime to kill her, as Lacke nearly did. But she trusted Oskar not to do that.

[DMt.]

Big post, CC, and I hope your brave decision to trust us with this issue is fully justified. Even the Internet can hurt, after all.