I am curious if Oskar will share the same fate as Eli's old watcher? As he will age and change with time, will the same thing inevitably happen to him?
sharethe book answers this if you want to read it.
If not, then Oskar and Eli become happy vampires together.
Hardly. Oskar is running out in the freezing cold Swedish winter; I see four options:
-Oskar freezes to death
-Oskar gives up while he's still alive and goes home to mum
-Eli finds a new helper who can find shelter (a new "Blackeberg") to him and Oskar (yuck..)
-Oskar becomes a vampire like Eli, so he can stand the cold. He has already tried to mix blood with Eli once, now he could just go all the way and the cold is gone
For the heart life is simple. It beats as long as it can.
I'm still wondering how two 12-year olds are going to rent an apartment and all that... 😉
shareBut It is an open question whether two 12y vampires need to rent an apartment at all.
For the heart life is simple. It beats as long as it can.
True. But think back at all the movie endings you've watched where they took a LOT of liberties. A cop just shot 20 bad guys blew up 2 buildings and crashed a dozen cars. And he just calmly walks away as the credits roll.
shareTrue. But why did he have one with Hakan? (Why need a 'helper' anyway, clumsy murders will only draw more attention to yourself?)
shareThe film doesn't tell, but the novel does. It's stated that Eli hibernates for long periods, and when waking up he's weak and prefer/need help to get blood the first time. It is also indicated that Oskar meets Eli shortly after waking up from hibernation. Håkan has been his helper for a while, but not long enough to become an experienced killer.
For the heart life is simple. It beats as long as it can.
"Why need a 'helper' anyway, clumsy murders will only draw more attention to yourself?" - quantenspring
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It's stated that Eli hibernates for long periods, and when waking up he's weak
So Eli arranges for someone else to that for him.
Nope, he is a castrated (neutered) boy.
In the shower scene the neutering scar is visible. It is very brief but rather explicit.
We also get a hint about this as Håkan likes young boys (for the wrong reasons), and he also likes Eli. The book is rather explicit about this.
For the heart life is simple. It beats as long as it can.
Of course a viewer shouldnt have to need IMDB to fill them in on what LTROI is to them. To me whether Eli is a boy or vampire says the same thing, its about acceptance and pure love. Having said that, when I first saw LTROI I had no idea that Eli was meant to be seen as a boy and frankly the choice of Lina Leandersson may have convinced Tomas Alfredson not to emphasize this aspect of the book because the actress was very girlish. It works with Eli being a girl very well.
shareRight, and Ms. Leandersson herself said she thought she was playing a girl.
I've written post-LTROI/post-LTODD fan fictions, some of which show Eli as a boy, some as a girl. The feelings engendered by the stories work the same either way
"We never really grow up. We just learn how to act in public."
Sounds reasonable, this is not a topic easily brought up with a 11 years girl actress, it might even affect her acting. Besides, Alfredson's way of directing Lina and Kåre was to teach them the lines and moods the same day the scenes were shot. And, Lina didn't actually shoot that scene, it was a dummy made from her torso.
For the heart life is simple. It beats as long as it can.
On the other hand, most people (including me) are not used to think along the lines that kid girls actually are castrated boys, so that they need some time to grasp it perhaps is a good thing.
For the heart life is simple. It beats as long as it can.
Why was a girl cast to play Eli if Eli is a boy?
The author did infact ask them to consider a boy playing Eli. That said, Eli did pass for a girl by many, including Oskar. My impression was that he looked more like a girl in the film than in the book. I watched the stage play directed by Hultcrantz back in 2012, and in this
adaptation both Eli and Oskar were acted by women. Which worked well and created a great distance between Oskar and the bullies.
For the heart life is simple. It beats as long as it can.
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^^^This is your opinion. Lina Leandersson herself thought of Eli as a girl. Dont even know if she knew anything otherwise. The use of a dubbed voice was not necessarily to show any masculinity in Eli but could be used to show her age and her experience in life that are far more than any adult nevermind someone the age Eli looked. I love her dubbed voice, dubbed by Elif Ceylan a girl actress too.
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"In the movie Eli was pretending to be a girl because of physical features" - mmochal23
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