Let Me In

My wife and I decided to see "Let Me In" today. We went to the 4:20 matinee and settled in for the movie.
The movie starts out okay, slightly suspenseful, but keeping my attention. It takes place during the early 80's so the hairstyles, clothing, and home decor took some getting used to. Trying not to give too many details, this preteen boy lives with his mother and when some new people move into the apartment next door, he tries to make friends with a girl near his age. He slowly comes to discover that something isn't right with her, but desperately needs a friend to help him deal with his school bullies, and the stress of his religious alcoholic mother divorcing his father.
Overall, the movie wasn't bad, especially for a matinee. I thought that several scenes were dragged out a little bit too long, but not rediculously so. Also, there were several smaller climaxes, instead of one major climax that turns the movie. This slightly disappointed me, because I kept asking myself, when is the movie going to peak? And it kind of never did. Not that it was bad. I still enjoyed the movie...it just never really reached one MAJOR climax. In the end, I felt mostly satisfied, but did have several questions.
So in conclusion, I would recommend this movie, but I would say go to the matinee. It was pretty good, not extremely scary, but had decent suspense. Not a bad movie to take a girl to if she likes scary (but not too scary) movies.

The Last Exorcism

Okay folks, since this one is still in the theaters, I need to be careful about what I post. But judging that my previous post has not been read by one single person, I can probably post whatever I want, and you'll never know.
So the wife and I went to see "The Last Exorcism" this afternoon. I'm picky about the horror films that I want to see, and this one didn't qualify, but the wife wanted to go, so off we went to the 4:45 matinee.
The movie starts out well enough, being filmed as though it's a documentary. The movie actually kept my attention the entire time, and I was never bored or disinterested. The suspense was good, and I was always curious about what was going to happen next. The creepy parts seemed to have just the right amount of creepy. I'm not certain how long the movie was, but I was thoroughly entertained until the last 5 minutes.
The last 5 minutes got really weird, really quick. Neither my wife nor I fully understood what was happening, or why. Then the movie just ended. Abruptly. All in all, I was going to give the movie a B+, but because of the last 5 minutes and the ending, I give it a C-. We think we figured out what was going on during the last few minutes during our drive home, but we're not sure, and the movie certainly didn't make it clear.
Ultimately, my opinion is that this movie would be okay to rent, but not under the "New Release" price, and it might even be better after the consumption of alcohol. So, in a word, I would describe this movie as "ehhh."