checking some information, there are some backgrounds that are not explained in the movie:
1. The story took place in the suburbs of Stockholm, Sweden in 1981.
2. Eli was born in 1781 and was 200 years old.
3. Eli is not a girl! In the original novel, Eli's original name was Elias, a boy who became a vampire after a castration ceremony at the age of 12. So the fact that he says he's not a "girl" several times in the film doesn't refer to the fact that he's a vampire, but that he actually turns out to be a boy!
4. Eli's "father", who was with Eli in the beginning and who helped him kill, is actually a psychopath with a pedophile who has known Eli for only a few months.
5. The ending of the novel and the movie is basically the same, but in the novel Oskar is on the train and a flight attendant asks him if the box (with Eli in it) is too heavy and needs help.
To be honest, after watching this film, I was quite shocked, so I didn’t say anything on the way back. When I got home, I couldn't help but check a lot of relevant information.
This is how the novel is written. Movies can give people a different artistic influence.
I realized that what this film wants to express is by no means a story or a film version of a novel.
Many words in the film and the symbolic meaning of the plot are of great significance:
one is the question of who the old man is.
If you can not copy the plot of the novel, just enjoy this film. We didn't get any account of the relationship between the old man and Eli in the first place.
If he was just a pedophile pervert, he wouldn't wait to say goodbye to Eli at the end, nor would he want Eli to kill himself at the end. Let alone say, "Do me a favor. Don't go see that boy tonight, okay?" When taking blood for Eli, the old man's actions are logical. ---This also confirms my inference: the old man in the movie willingly helps Eli take blood, not because he is a morbid 'pedophile', but because he has been with Eli for decades. years.
Second, the symbol of the cycle in the film: the boy is naked, looking at the snowy night - this scene appears twice. The old man is the boy of the future. They left together, leaning on each other. Boys become old men, and Eli is naturally 12 years old forever.
Third, the film does not label any good or evil from the perspective of children. It even speaks to the blindness of love and the dark nature of human nature in the name of violence. I clearly felt these philosophical revelations. Perhaps it must be admitted that there is nothing more righteous than the existence of a life.
Comparing movies to originals is a hobby for some people, but not for me. I either read books or watch movies. They have different artistic processors and definitely have different meanings—even if they have the same name.
The above is my humble opinion. If you like this film, come and step on it. If I don't like vampires, I highly recommend this movie!
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