Hi, I'm new to this board. I've got 2 questions:
Why doesn't Lacke become a vampire after Eli killed him?
Anyone else feel that Oskar kissing Eli when his face was all covered in blood was out of character? That scene grated on me....
Welcome.
"Why doesn't Lacke become a vampire after Eli killed him?" - quantensprung
"Anyone else feel that Oskar kissing Eli when his face was all covered in blood was out of character?" - quantensprung
Thank you Jameron!
I can't remember if it was in the film, but it was in the book - Oskar thinks Eli is gross when he wants to put on his blood-stained shirt again (after he started bleeding when Oskar didn't 'let him in'), so I think he wouldn't kiss him when covered in blood. Plus he's still rather a child, kissing on the mouth is more from the viewpoint of an adult.
"I can't remember if it was in the film, but it was in the book - Oskar thinks Eli is gross when he wants to put on his blood-stained shirt again (after he started bleeding when Oskar didn't 'let him in'), so I think he wouldn't kiss him when covered in blood." - quantensprung
"Plus he's still rather a child, kissing on the mouth is more from the viewpoint of an adult." - quantensprungOskar in the book is interested in this mystery known as the "female anatomy". He goes into the basement and looks at a porn magazine for clues about how "sex" is actually done, he knows the basics from 'sex ed' but it is still a mystery to him, a mystery he wants to resolve. Oskar is a child on the cusp of puberty, he is ready to take it further given the right circumstances. You should also remember that he and Eli had already shared a kiss, a non-sexual kiss, when Eli revealed his past to Oskar. So Eli's kiss in the scene in question wouldn't necessarily be seen as something sexual, something "adult", by Oskar, but as something they had done before. Something that was just for them, as it was non-sexual and infinitely more than every other kiss that every other person experiences.
The kiss. Since Lina and Kåre are the actual age of Eli and Oskar, something Lina said in an interview is of interest. She said it felt weird.
Let's say it was just out of character for prepubescent kids, not just for Oskar or Eli's character.
I prefer to think that the kiss was an abrupt transition, taking the film to another, very sad level. Oskar had been her playmate, had accepted her as a human as well as a vampire, and now circumstances were taking that away from her. And it's the transition we fear; that is, we are desperately hoping that these children will find a way to be together; but no, she has to flee yet again.
But this is so unlike other changes in her life that she doesn't know how to begin to express it in words. She (he, if you insist) kisses Oskar on the mouth as a profound gesture to signal all that she must now give up, a loss so painful that there are no words for it and, really, no appropriate gesture. The kiss emerges from such deep and conflicting emotions that she would be hard pressed to explain why she did it.
But it is just so right. "Goodbye forever, my dear and only friend."
Let's say it was just out of character for prepubescent kids, not just for Oskar or Eli's character.