The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo [Blu-ray] [2009]
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [Blu-ray]
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I know this film hasnt even been in british cinemas yet,but i live in Denmark where it was released last year.Dont be put of by having to read subtitles,and not knowing any of the actors,this is a fantastic film.I know the americans are going to remake this film,but dont wait go and see the original,they are always better than the remakes.
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It’s not often that a subtitled film gets released in a multiplex ,so I figured that “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” must be a bit special and indeed it was. This Swedish film was an intelligent murder mystery that was well acted and filmed. The main characters were all a bit dysfunctional, but likeable and the plot was complex, but not overly so.An investigative reporter is asked to find out the whereabouts of a wealthy industrialist’s niece who disappeared 40 years earlier and is presumed dead.He decamps to a remote Swedish island to research the case and is assisted by a remarkable young female computer hacker who becomes his girlfriend. This bisexual lady is intense and highly intelligent , but with a well developed psychotic streak and together they unravel the dark secrets of the industrialist’s family and solve the mystery. This film is quite long , with a two and a half hour running time, but it doesn’t feel padded out and it is generally intriguing throughout. It certainly makes a change watching a classy murder mystery set in Scandinavia rather than New York or L.A. and the subtitles didn’t bother me in the slightest.
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I’m so pleased to say the first film in the Millenium trilogy didn’t disappoint in the least. If you haven’t read the book here’s the basic plot (no spoilers) to give you an idea:
Mikael Blomkvist is a investigative journalist who is given the task of solving a decades-old murder mystery. Henrik Vanger, an aging industrialist, hires him to shed light on the mystery of how his niece Harriet disappeared forty-odd years before. The old man is 100% convinced that one of his family is behind Harriet’s disappearance and once you get to meet the family you’ll understand why. Helping him on the case is Lisbeth Salander, one of the most intriguing characters to be found in a crime novel in many a day. Professionally, she has carved a niche for herself by becoming an expert hacker, someone above the law who sees no legal or ethical issues with breaking into computer systems to gather the information she needs.
The story is gripping and work exceptionally well on film and is even more edge-of-your-seat-stuff than the book was. It’s more tightly paced that the book while staying very true to the original story. The main characters are just as I imagined them to be and we get a sense of them very quickly without the at times laborious detail in the book. Additionally. the large Vanger clan are easier to keep in your head than they were in the book. Look out for the actress playing Harriet’s mother – she was brilliant! Just as I pictured her – full of venom.
Noomi Rapace is fantastic as Salander. I found her to be a much more sympathetic character in the film than she is portrayed in the book. I think this has a lot to do with Noomi Rapace, the actress who plays her. She does an amazing job in bringing this complex character to the screen. She gets just the right balance between her being tough and vulnerable, helping to explain why she is the way she is. Michael Nyqvist, who plays Blomkvist, is really spot on too and I thought he worked well in the role of the crusading journalist who has an eye for the ladies! The film is really well-paced and the Swedish scenery serves as a beautiful backdrop to the film without it being at all overdone.
Definitely not to be missed!
For my full review on the book itself please follow this link: http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2BPLO74GRU3PT/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm
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I just went to see this film last night; I have read all three books and thought they were the best crime fiction I have ever read. I didn’t quite know what to expect, having realised a couple of weeks before that the film would be subtitled. But this did not detract from the enjoyment at all and, unlike some book-based films, the film was just as enjoyable and in some cases did more than a book ever can (for example the Swedish setting). There are some quite violent scenes, particularly those of a sexual nature but these are never gratuitous or over-emphasised, they just seem to seamlessly fit into the story. I would definitely recommend this film, and I can’t wait for the next one to come out.
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I picked the book up at Heathrow before a long flight to Sri lanka. I hadn’t read a work of fiction for 15 years previously, but I finished it in the one sitting which tells you all you need to know. The driving force in the book of course was Lisbeth Salander, multi-lingual, computer hacking taser zapping tattooed punkette who appears to need protecting but definitely doesn’t! Before I went to see the film I was worried whether an actress could do her justice. Step forward Noomi Rapace. Brilliant. Got everything bang on and the full on tattoo was great. Loved it. The film only changed the storyline here and there to make things flow, and if anything the ending was slightly better. The scenery is evocative and Blomquist is also well played by Nyqvist. A long film but I didn’t even notice the time fly by. Taking a step back, I do think that having read the first two novels a couple of times now, this would have been why it is so easy to follow a film full of detail in a foreign language, and Salanders childhood flashbacks aren’t explained so I would expect that some people who go in without having read the books may not keep track so well. So read the books.
Looking forward to the rest of the trilogy now and Swedish is definitely not necessary to enjoy this film – the subtitles are easy to follow.
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“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, or “Men who hate Women” (“Männ som hatar Kvinnor”) in the original Swedish, premiered in Scandinavian movie theatres in February 2009, and it has been out on DVD for a while, too. I saw it on the big screen, and I’ve just watched it on DVD, and I am still amazed at how good it is.
I don’t particularly like Stieg Larsson’s books, to be honest. I think they’re overrated, catoonish, lecturing, and not very well written. There, I said it.
But the first one in particular had one thing going for it: It had a really great story to tell. And Danish director Niels Arden Oplev’s 150-minute film version of “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” cuts away the fat and the gristle, leaving only as tight, well-structured and exciting a thriller as you can imagine.
“The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is the story of a missing girl. And very much more. It is a dark and sometimes disturbing picture; actual graphic violence is quite rare, but there are few scenes which make you tense up in your seat, a gruesome and painfully realistic rape scene among them.
Injustice, malice and outright cruelty are everywhere (but I smile at times, and even laughed once, as I suspect you will, unless you are a prude), but not in any stereotypical Darth Vader-fashion. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” avoids all the pitfalls of many lesser thrillers. The acting is superb all the way through, the manuscript is perfectly structured, and characters that could’ve easily ended up as bland clichés come to beautiful, three-dimensional life on the screen. Or in some cases hideous three-dimensional life.
This is a highly effective thriller, one of the darkest and most exciting I’ve ever seen. The story in itself is no better than those laid out in dozens of other thrillers or whodunnits, but it is beautifully, virtually flawlessly realized. A must-see, really.
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Like so many others I have found the three Larsson thrillers about Lisbeth Salander totally absorbing – real page-turners, very cleverly plotted and very well written. This film, of the first book, doesn’t disappoint. It has loads of atmosphere, lovely, very Swedish cinematography, excellent acting and direction, and it conveys what is a very complex plot clearly and faithfully. A few things from the book are pared down to the bone – Blomqvist’s relationships within the Millennium office, Lisbeth’s first legal mentor (Palmgren), Lisbeth’s professional relationship with her boss at Milton Security – but nothing that is essential, and the film is well paced and compelling. There is the faintest hint of a dip fairly near the end when one part of the plot is (very dramatically) sewn up and the film moves on to other, very necessary but lower-key revelations. But this is momentary, and the last ten or fifteen minutes of the film work very well. This is a fine piece of film-making, a good adaptation, and I expect that those who liked the book will be pleased with it and those that have not read the book will find it pretty gripping.
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Seen this at the cinema and was blown away. Mesmerising and occasionally uncomfortable edge of the seat thriller that centres around a computer hacker (Noomi) and an investigative journalist (Nyqvist) who’s separate stories verge when a wealthy business man hires Nyqvist to investigate the disappearance of his niece many years previous… Though I never read the book, I did speak to a middle-aged couple afterwards who had, and they confirmed it was as good if not better than the book. Most reviews have spotlighted the performance of Noomi Rapace and rightly so, she gives an Oscar worthy performance, going through a whole range of emotions, though the rest of the cast acquit themselves well also. Highly recomended.
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An intrigue fueled slow building thriller, “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” is a refreshingly different take on the “whodunit” crime genre. This Swedish movie has loads of great cinematography, taking advantage of the beautiful Swedish country side as well as framing the eerie story. The principal characterizations are quite well suited by the cast who fit naturally in the roles they play with great realism. Like I have already noted this is a much different presentation as compared with American filmed crime thrillers. Even though this obviously has a well-funded budget it is grittier and less commercialized thus lending a realism over glossiness. The music score also adds quite a bit of ominous darkness.
I guess if you want to be overly critical you could punch a hole or two here or there, but I think this story comes off so most all viewers will ignore any inconsistencies in favor of the mysterious pieces which, eventually, add up, but not too fast – keeping the viewer invested and hoping to figure out how it may all end.
Though graphic at times, it isn’t “porn-horror”, “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo” is a dark story where the unsettling pieces fit. If you can see it do so as it is a well crafted and executed drama.
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I was initially somewhat reticent about reading the books as the titles seemed a bit pretentious and, the original being in a foreign language, something was bound to be lost in the translation. But when I went to see the film I was blown away by how well it was done! The violent sex scenes made me blink but, on reflection, they had to be pretty strong to achieve the context.
So pleased that it was sub titled and not dubbed! Acting was great, wonderfully realistic characters. So, having loved the film of the first book, I then went on to read the next two books. I couldn’t put down the ‘Girl who played with fire’. Fantastic and will certainly see the film when (or if)it is made. And, a more slower paced ‘The Girl who kicked the hornet’s nest’ was also a good read.
Oh horrors! Is there really to be a hollywood remake? That proposal should go to the war crimes commission! I shudder to think what a mess they will make of it!!! So, see the original! And make sure it isn’t a dubbed version.
What a tragedy that Stieg Larson wasn’t able to enjoy the success. And of course unable to continue with the Millenium series!