I tried watching Let the Right One In tonight, only to discover that my rental from Netflix had the dumbed-down American subtitles. Luckily I only had to watch a few scenes and compare a few screenshots before that became apparent. Plenty of people have reported renting the movie from Netflix and not seeing this problem, so it’s possible they have a mix of different versions available. (Or that these people are mistaken.) Presumably, the new version has an “English (theatrical) Subtitles” option on the DVD menu — mine didn’t — but if Netflix isn’t making a distinction on their webpage, and they do have different versions, then the only way to make sure I get the right disc is to buy it. And, as interesting as the movie looks, I don’t think I want to do that just yet.
This is a little aggravating. I’m guessing I’ll return the movie to Netflix, wait a while until this is hopefully sorted out, and then try to rent it from them again .
For now, I guess it’s another episode of old-school Doctor Who instead.