I'd be very "meh" about this remake... not that I'm in theory against remakes. I mostly disagree with people who say 'the original foreign version was better'. They're generally purists. And they're generally wrong. Americans often remake foreign movies well - they're much more patchy at remaking American movies.
(I thought the first Girl With... movie was good. I also thought the book was alright ( I also don't agree with people who say 'the book was better than the movie' - see Silence of the Lambs). I liked the icy setting. I liked the digging into history thing.
Both main characters were pretty unbelievable. Big doses of male wish-fulfillment which seems pretty ridiculous. I also found it inconsistent that the books claim to be opposing violence against women while containing explicit and revolting sexual violence well beyond what is needed, in my opinion, to make the point.
I started reading the second Girl With... book. But it was so dumb I had to point it down for fear it would give me brain damage.)
I would be very "meh" about this remake. Except it stars James Bond (Daniel Craig) as Blomkvist and it is direct by David Fincher (Seven and Fightclub). So it's probably worth a look.
Nancy From Now On
1 day ago
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I agree, the books were ok but the films were pretty awesome in my opinion. We recently borrowed the final movie and I put off watching for the violence reasons you mentioned but I was pleasantly surprised that they had cut a lot of the tedious parts and sharpened the story. I think they created a better resolution with less agony than in the book.
I also agree about the characters, an interview with Noomi Rapace ( the leading actress) is worth a watch, discussing the contradictions of the characters created by the writer.
Hmm, still not sure as I really like the Swedish movies but as Daniel Craig is a great drama and action actor he can probably pull it off.
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