A recent afternoon shot of Hamngatan in front of NK department store. Is this scene in the movie you might logically ask? No. But like the movie, it captures the look of Stockholm in the winter! Photo by Robert Corkery.
I woke up with “I come from the land of the ice and snow” – lyrics from Led Zeppelin’s Immigrant Song – blasting through my head. Last night, we saw the new Hollywood movie version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and a hard-rocking cover version of the song launches the movie. And it got stuck in my head.
Don’t worry – ı won’t give away specific plot or movie details here to spoil it for you if you haven’t seen the film yet. Read on for my more general overviews instead.
Having read all three books and seen all three Swedish movie versions of the books, I guess I could have been a harsh critic of the new version. But I liked it and was pulled in and kept entertained during the whole long movie for the most part – things only got just a bit slow in the middle. As the Swedish movies really were good, I would have liked to see the Hollywood version push the suspense just a little more. The trailer that was released a few months back was nerve wracking and did a wonderful job of making your palms feels sweaty. It compelled me to see the movie. But the movie itself didn’t quite live up to my expectations of total terror. So maybe I am judging the new version by what came earlier! All that said, the plot is mostly true to the book and I actually liked Daniel Craig as Mikael Blomkvist and Rooney Mara was excellent as Lisbeth Salander.
I loved seeing parts of Stockholm that I know so well in the movie and felt that the cinematography did a great job of capturing the gray/dark that characterizes Sweden in the winter. Nici, Robert and I rated the movie as 3.5 stars out of 5 and Roger gave it a 4. Check out a few more details on the books at fun facts and the Swedish movie version.
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Can’t wait to see it…maybe today as Paul goes in for surgery Friday and will be out of it for a while. We loved the Swedish movies, so can’t wait to see the “Hollywood” version.
My parents and I started a Christmas Day film tradition years ago and Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was this year’s pick. We enjoyed it too, however, my parents didn’t appreciate the opening song. My mom held her ears 🙂
That’s funny Kezia. I loved the thumping noise of the song. I wasn’t quite so sure what I thought of the molten metal stuff though!
Good luck with Paul Mary. And hope you enjoy the movie – you will recognize Stockholm, I’m sure!
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