Last night saw the Swedish movie Girl with the Dragon Tattoo based off the book by Swedish author Stieg Larsson. I hadnt read the book and wasnt really sure what to expect with the movie. All I had heard was that it was 'good', 'controversial' and that they were planning to make a US version of the movie soon.
Leaving the theater after the movie I was in a bit of a daze. Im not sure what I was expecting, but that movie rocked my senses. I think I barely breathed for the whole 2 hours. Its like taking Saw, Underworld and some vintage murder mystery and putting it into one movie. The friend I was with said that the movie was much more tame than the book, and that was not a tame movie. The sex, violence, sexual violence and perversity are on a pretty high scale, but it all seemed critical to telling the story.
It will be very interesting to see how they make a US version of this movie. I can see this movie being much too graphic for a majority of US audiences. I cant imagine an American actress who could pull off the lead role of Lisbeth. Im not convinced some of the themes of the movie are something that a US audience would handle very well unless it is watered down significantly. Will be interesting to see how they pull it off.
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