The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

[ERCougar]

While I'm in book-review mode...

This one just didn't do anything for me. Maybe it was the translation, but I found the writing sort of clumsy, with some really corny lines. The character development was really heavy-handed, and almost stereotypical. The storyline was also awkward with the real climax coming way too early in the book. I'm a big Grisham fan (until his last few), so you can't call me a book snob, but this book really didn't even hold my attention. I only finished it because I had bought the book and was curious what the hype was about.

I'm in the middle of the movie on netflix (in a hotel room and waiting for my netflix to buffer...) and this is one of the few cases where the movie (really, quite good so far) is better than the book.

I wasn't expecting a classic, but I was at least expecting a page-turner.

[Pheidippides]

While I'm in book-review mode...

This one just didn't do anything for me. I only finished it because I had paid for the book and was mildly curious how it ended. Maybe it was the translation, but I found the writing sort of clumsy, with some really corny lines. The character development was really heavy-handed, and almost stereotypical. The storyline was also awkward with the real climax coming way too early in the book. I'm a big Grisham fan (until his last few), so you can't call me a book snob, but this book really didn't even hold my attention. I only finished it because I had bought the book and was curious what the hype was about.

I'm in the middle of the movie on netflix (in a hotel room and waiting for my netflix to buffer...) and this is one of the few cases where the movie (really, quite good so far) is better than the book.

I wasn't expecting a classic, but I was at least expecting a page-turner.

I actually liked the book quite a bit. I do agree that the movie was very good, though. Noomi Rapace absolutely owned that role, and I hope and pray they find somebody like her (maybe even here) for the American remake.

[ERCougar]

I actually liked the book quite a bit. I do agree that the movie was very good, though. Noomi Rapace absolutely owned that role, and I hope and pray they find somebody like her (maybe even here) for the American remake.

Yeah....she's the reason I'm watching the movie--I was curious how they would cast her. She's fantastic.

[Pheidippides]

Yeah....she's the reason I'm watching the movie--I was curious how they would cast her. She's fantastic.

Near the end of the movie, when they are getting close to solving the murder, she smiles. It's noteworthy because I don't think she does that up to that point. Which is exactly they way I pictured Salander.

If Hollywood casts some beauty with marginal acting chops (e.g., Megan Fox), I'm skipping the remake in protest.

[BigPiney]

The movies are good, especially after having read the books. I think I would have been lost in the movie otherwise. They, bot he book and the movie, are brutal.

I will read and watch the 3rd just because I have partaken of the other 2, but overall they aren't superb.

[Pheidippides]

The movies are good, especially after having read the books. I think I would have been lost in the movie otherwise. They, bot he book and the movie, are brutal.

I will read and watch the 3rd just because I have partaken of the other 2, but overall they aren't superb.

I had to skip through the Bjurman scene. Too much for me to watch.

[ERCougar]

I had to skip through the Bjurman scene. Too much for me to watch.

Really? I actually thought they did an outstanding job with this scene. Much less graphic than the book, which I thought went a little overboard. You knew the essence of what was happening, got a sense of the sadism involved, but didn't have to dive into the details.

[Pheidippides]

Really? I actually thought they did an outstanding job with this scene. Much less graphic than the book, which I thought went a little overboard. You knew the essence of what was happening, got a sense of the sadism involved, but didn't have to dive into the details.

It was easier for me to read than to see, even though I agree that (1) they did a great job with the scene (as much as I could tell) and (2) it was far tamer than the book.

[SteelBlue]

The Girl Who Played With Fire, the second film in the trilogy, is now available for instant streaming on Netflix.

[UtahDan]

The Girl Who Played With Fire, the second film in the trilogy, is now available for instant streaming on Netflix.

I watched both of them on Netflix yesterday (I have been sick). I liked them both, the first more than the second.

[Slim]

I have seen the two movies but haven't read any of the books. I really liked the first movie but was dissapointed with the second.

[SteelBlue]

I watched both of them on Netflix yesterday (I have been sick). I liked them both, the first more than the second.

I'm halfway through the second. I watched the first a couple of months ago and loved it. I was on Wikipedia reading about the trilogy and learned (if Wikipedia can be trusted) that Stieg Larson witnessed a gang rape when he was 15 and felt guilty for the rest of his life for not doing anything to stop it. I think her name was even Lisbeth. The Blomkvist character is apparently quite similar to him, being a journalist of some reknown. I know the novels were published posthumously. I wonder if he ever intended to have them published (his death was sudden and unexpected) or if they were therapy for dealing with what he saw all those years back?

[Pheidippides]

I have seen the two movies but haven't read any of the books. I really liked the first movie but was dissapointed with the second.

The books were that way as well. I liked the first best. I have seen both of the movies and read all three books. The sexuality got a bit gratuitous in the second movie IMO, at least in the one scene. Of course, I skipped the Bjurman scene in the first movie - couldn't stomach it.

[SteelBlue]

The sexuality got a bit gratuitous in the second movie IMO, at least in the one scene.

I agree. And if they're going to throw gratuitous sexuality at me, I'd prefer it not include Lisbeth Salander and her hairy armpits.

[UteStar]

The problem with the second movie is that it had no heart. the first movie was actually very good and engrossing. The second movie gave no sense of urgency, no real depth of feeling that Lisbeth had toward anyone or anything. I was really disappointed in it. I am hoping to see the final movie soon...hopefully it will be much closer to the 1st movie than the 2nd.