Beginning of article  Byline: Jennie Yabroff  The Swedish film
let the right One In is set during a Nordic winter so bleak that
just watching it practically makes your nose run. The two main
characters--a lonely, ostracized boy and the creepy, bedraggled
girl who befriends him--are as somber and mournful as the
chilly, austere landscape. The movie was a critical hit in
America and is currently being remade here, retitled Let Me In.
Set in sunny New Mexico. Starring two appealingly pink-cheeked,
glossy-haired tween actors. The film hasn't been released, but
howls of protest are already ricocheting around cyberspace,
where the consensus is that remakes inevitably suck. As one
commenter cracked, "Who is going to do the voice of the lovable,
wisecracking, skateboarding dog?"  The assumption that Hollywood
will take all that quiet, moody atmosphere and stomp the life
out of it with Godzilla-like clumsiness is understandable: when
it comes to remakes, American studios don't have the best track
record. And Scandinav