CLOSE TO THE BOOK
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Millions have read Larson's book, I heard somewhere it sold 65 million copies. Millions have also seen the original Swedish series, so the David Fincher directed version is a big deal. It is a big film by comparison to the original.
Big name talent, big scope and vision and still works as a tense, dramatic intrigue where ultimately a girl gets her sense of justice and then gets rocked by her own heart.
Mara Rooney as Lisbeth is superb. Christoper Plummer and Stellan Skarsgard as the good and bad Vangers are both
perfect. Daniel Craig is a convincing Blomkvist.
Portions of the book made me cringe, even after decades in journalism. The film does the same thing and certainly is not for everyone. After all is said and done,
Lana and I thought the book was better than either film.
I understand how directors make choices and by necessity need to leave pages out of a script. Fincher was mostly true to the book, but the nuance, texture and sidebar story material of the book, make that telling better than the movie, as big and well done as it is.
The opening credit sequence though, to my sense
was needless, pointless and out of sync with the cinema that followed.
Another late post today, but the new computer is up and
I'm in learning mode. This computer will do things I haven't even thought of, so as I say, I'm learning.
See you down the trail.
perfect. Daniel Craig is a convincing Blomkvist.
Portions of the book made me cringe, even after decades in journalism. The film does the same thing and certainly is not for everyone. After all is said and done,
Lana and I thought the book was better than either film.
I understand how directors make choices and by necessity need to leave pages out of a script. Fincher was mostly true to the book, but the nuance, texture and sidebar story material of the book, make that telling better than the movie, as big and well done as it is.
The opening credit sequence though, to my sense
was needless, pointless and out of sync with the cinema that followed.
Another late post today, but the new computer is up and
I'm in learning mode. This computer will do things I haven't even thought of, so as I say, I'm learning.
See you down the trail.
I didn't think much of the book, the first hundred pages were horribly dull, but it finally picked up. But too late for me to continue with the rest of the trilogy.
ReplyDeleteI made it through the first film but dropped out of the second. Too rough for me. Of course as anyone who reads my blog knows . . I'm a pussy!
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