Very challenging mystery story. Not for the squeamish. Set in Sweden, plenty of accent added throughout. R-rated for quite a few excellent reasons. Not for cat lovers. Early part of movie has two very different stories occuring simultaneously. Prepare yourself to be here, then there, then here again, then there again,........
All in all, a pretty decent way to spend 160 minutes.
I liked it too; although I thought the Swedish version that came out a couple of years ago was just as good, but it’s hard to get traction in the market with a movie that has subtitles.
I enjoyed the book, looking forward to the movie.
There are two more books in the series, "The Girl Who Played with Fire" and "The Girl Kicked the Hornets Nest". Both are on my list of things to do.
Thanks for the review.
Rick
Squinty
Must advise that certain elements of the book have been left out, probably to keep it to only 160 minute. Craig and Mara have committed to be in a second movie, if made.
Read both of the first two books, and saw the Swedish movies of them, and just saw this version of GWTDT, and really enjoyed them all. I liked this version maybe even better than the Swedish version, but was confounded by the opening techno CGI credit sequence at the beginning. What was up with that?
Perhaps it is a hint that you shouldn't believe anything you see.
It just didn't seem to fit the pacing or mood of the books or the movie to me. Outside of that, though, thumbs up.
I am confused. I saw all three movies last year on Netflix? What is this, a re-release?
Those would be the Swedish versions. This is the American version with Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara as the principal characters. Just came out.
> Those would be the Swedish versions. This is the American version with Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara as the principal characters. Just came out.
Thanks Holy. The Swedish versions are going to be hard to beat. The acting was excellent. I thought the Swedish movie was in English, but I am probably mistaken as per a prior post. If it was subtitled, the movie was so good I didn't notice.
The one I saw was subtitled. I don't know why anybody thought it was a good idea to go to the expense of re-shooting it. Just dubbing the voices in English should have been enough to attract a bigger US audience.
Bill, I agree, and there is nothing like a Swedish movie. I doubt that Hollywood will even come close to the feel of a good foreign film.
