The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
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I saw this Swedish movie yesterday, based on the popular thriller by Stieg Larsson. Great pacing, perfect casting, suspenseful even though I'd read the novel.
But what I most liked about this movie (and the book, actually) was that the detective figure (the journalist Mikael Blomqvist) was a normal, kind guy. So many detective figures are gruff, stoic, silent types---from Morse to Wallander to Ian Rankin's Rebus. It gets boring after a while. Sometimes the author will add a random trait to the detective (Adam Dalgliesh is a poet as well as a detective inspector), but the template is the same. Mikael Blomqvist talks. Smiles. Acts scared when threatened. Looks hurt when he's hurt. And the actor perfectly conveyed the mensch-like quality of the character; his kindness emanates from him without being forced. You see why Lisbeth Salander is attracted to him, even more so than in the novel. He's not demanding or manipulative, and he appreciates her.
The actor who played Lisbeth was great as well. Her face was tough but she occasionally let's you see just how young she is. There are some hard scenes in the movie, and they were handled about as well as they ever could be.
I saw this Swedish movie yesterday, based on the popular thriller by Stieg Larsson. Great pacing, perfect casting, suspenseful even though I'd read the novel.
But what I most liked about this movie (and the book, actually) was that the detective figure (the journalist Mikael Blomqvist) was a normal, kind guy. So many detective figures are gruff, stoic, silent types---from Morse to Wallander to Ian Rankin's Rebus. It gets boring after a while. Sometimes the author will add a random trait to the detective (Adam Dalgliesh is a poet as well as a detective inspector), but the template is the same. Mikael Blomqvist talks. Smiles. Acts scared when threatened. Looks hurt when he's hurt. And the actor perfectly conveyed the mensch-like quality of the character; his kindness emanates from him without being forced. You see why Lisbeth Salander is attracted to him, even more so than in the novel. He's not demanding or manipulative, and he appreciates her.
The actor who played Lisbeth was great as well. Her face was tough but she occasionally let's you see just how young she is. There are some hard scenes in the movie, and they were handled about as well as they ever could be.
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this is great to hear. where did you see it? i want to.
We saw it at Bethesda Landmark. Theater was packed.
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