bobover3 (imported) wrote: Sat Dec 24, 2011 12:41 am Just come back from seeing it. Didn't think I'd like it because of my loyalty to the Swedish original, but I was wrong. I actually think Hollywood's Lisbeth is more effective, and more affecting, than the Swedish.

My one gripe - the sound. I saw it in a theater I visit often, so I don't think it was the theater that made it so often difficult to hear. Had I not already known the story, large parts of the film would have been incomprehensible. I can't imagine why, in a big budget Hollywood movie, they didn't use sound technology that could capture all that was said. I'll see it again, and hope it's better understood on a second listening.

Other than that, a fine film. The 2'40" flew by.

P.S. There are many small differences between the Swedish and American versions. Would someone who's read the book comment on which was the more accurate adaptation?

Slammr (imported) wrote: Fri Dec 23, 2011 7:12 pm With makeup, she looked very much like Lisbeth, and the U.S. adaptation wasn't shit. I've seen both, and even after seeing the Swedish version, I liked the U.S. version. If you'd seen it and made that statement, I would have said you were entitled to your opinion. Since you made the assumption without seeing it, I have little regard for what you said. Often Hollywood does screw it up, but often they don't. In this case, I don't think they did. Having seen both, if I could only see one of them, I would go to the U.S. version.

twaddler (imported) wrote: Sat Dec 24, 2011 5:46 pm Also, don't get snippy with me, mister!

Slammr (imported) wrote: Fri Dec 23, 2011 7:12 pm Since you made the assumption without seeing it, I have little regard for what you said.

Dave (imported) wrote: Mon Jul 09, 2012 6:38 am STARZ channel just broadcast the American version of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO last night.

I can positively say one thing -- I hate the soundtrack. The soundtrack sucks balls, not just any balls but dead balls on the ass end of a zombiefied hippopotamus. I've heard many a soundtrack that wasn't my "favorite" music (including RAP soundtracks) but the soundtrack for this movie is just awful and ignorantly intrusive. I might even say it's a blight on the world of music.

There's a different focus in the American movie that changes the story from the Swedish movie and the book.

In the book, the character Lisbeth does grow into more adult independence and self assurance thanks to her relationship with Blomqvist. His version of a sexual affair changes her rather terrible insights into sex and love. Australia never happens. Harriet is unconvincing. There is less said about the double-crosses at Millennium. The Vanger Family doesn't seem as crazy as it is portrayed in the book.

I enjoyed the movie but not as much as the book (and I guess that is proper. Books are always richer).

STARZ will repeat this movie over the next month or so and I'll get a chance to see it again, several times.

After the run on STARZ, it will hit free cable. I get STARZ for the Spartacus series and that will end next year.