The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Swedish Version

[skizzerflake]

Last night I watched "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". It's not the one about to hit American screens, but the Swedish one made a few years ago. It's subtitled. We might need a dual review after seeing the English language version. I have not read the book but I did read a fairly long plot synopsis and the Swedish version seems to follow it fairly closely. Steig Larson was a strange writer, apparently deeply effected by having witnessed a rape as a kid, he seems to have been left for a need for revenge. He also was a fairly dedicated communist and his attitude about corporations comes out quite clearly. All this flows into the story. Some people have labeled this as a revenge or torture porn movie, but I would not because the nastiness that happens (a lot of it) is an elemental part of the plot. It also aroused a lot of anger in that it burst the bubble of the engineered "nice" culture of Sweden and aired a lot of dirty cultural linen.

Suffice to say, it's dark, grisly and intense....not a movie for my wife. It's Bergman without restraint, full of laconic Swedish angst and just-below-the-surface violence. The settings are physically dark, full of long dark nights and austere scenery. The subtitles are quite good. Having been raised around Swedes, I recognize much of the speech and can tell (without being able to accurately translate) that not much is missing in the dialog. I am interested to see how the new version is, but I think it will have to go a long way to tell this story in a more seemingly authentic Swedish way. This movie along with the second and third installments (which I have not seen yet) are available to stream on Netflix.

 

[its phillip]

Great film (haven't watched the other two yet). The books are definitely worth reading (I've got all three). It's unfortunate the author died so young

I am also excited for the american version. I don't think it will be as good as the original, but I'm sure it'll be decent enough.

 

[skizzerflake]

Great film (haven't watched the other two yet). The books are definitely worth reading (I've got all three). It's unfortunate the author died so young

I am also excited for the american version. I don't think it will be as good as the original, but I'm sure it'll be decent enough.

I don't have any trouble seeing Daniel Craig as Blomqvist and the trailer suggests that the look is quite similar. This might end up being like the dual vampire movies Let The Right One In and Let Me In (both excellent BTW), in which the American version is a shot-by-shot clone of the Swedish version. My bet, however, is that the American version downpedals the harshness of the Swedish version, however, and considering the story, that might be a loss.

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

mods: let merge this thread into original one:
http://forums.audioholics.com/forum...dvds-theatricks/68991-girl-dragon-tattoo.html

 

[Adam]

mods: let merge this thread into original one:
http://forums.audioholics.com/forum...dvds-theatricks/68991-girl-dragon-tattoo.html

And while we're at it, can we merge the 372 "which amp should I buy" threads?

 

[BoredSysAdmin]

And while we're at it, can we merge the 372 "which amp should I buy" threads?

yes and put a permanent ban condition on anyone asking I what system to buy on a $1000 budget


p.s: skizzerflake is here long enough to learn to use the search function