Comments on: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo DVD Review

By: Henrik

Henrik — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:23:47 +0000

Actually this movie is written and directed by danes, and I believe it’s a cooporative production between countries. The 2nd and 3rd part were originally meant for TV, but after the extreme success of part 1 they were released theatrically. Because they were meant for TV, and more importantly because they were directed by swedes, they didn’t make as much money nor were they as popular. And I’m guessing they weren’t as effective as this one, because Niels Arden Oplev and especially Nikolaj Arcel knows their american thrillers by heart, and how to copy them. The swedes don’t have hollywood down quite yet.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:14:58 +0000

Preface: I’m not Swedish, so read the English translation of the book and right from the get-go I had problems. The Blomkvist and Salander characeter did not resemble at all what I thought the characters would be like, but they were decent enough.. just a pet peeve.

By: Gil

Gil — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:29:15 +0000

@Niklas

Maybe it’s because I’m American and I’m reading the translated version, but I have to disagree. What I saw on the screen wasn’t at all faithful to the story.

However, I don’t think that any film adaptation has to be so faithful to the source material, I’m fine with movies straying from their sources, but this film doesn’t at all deserve the praise it’s getting.

The film didn’t have a good flow. And the stuff they changed for the film was at a huge loss for my film viewing experience. No real character development for Mikael in the two and a half hours this film courses you through? Give me a break.

It’s up to David Fincher to set this one right for me.

By: Gil

Gil — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:55:32 +0000

Sean, your screener was not defective. I watched the blu-ray release of this yesterday afternoon and it is one of the worst releases I’ve seen. Some camera movements looked terribly digitized, and it wasn’t just the exterior shots that suffered. There were some interior shots with lamps lit as part of the set that made it look digitally “blocky”, even books on their shelves had a blurry motion as characters moved and altered lighting or when the camera subtly moved.

I liked the early rape and abuse in the film and the sweet retaliations, but that’s as far as it went for me. I felt the characters were still unmotivated for the most part, and that’s where the story kind of suffered, it didn’t seem all that engaging for me.

I am curious though, Sean, what did you think of their jails?

By: Boxerboy

Boxerboy — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:31:55 +0000

Nice review. I really liked the movie, especially Noomi as Lisbet. It is sad that part 2 and 3 are not nearly as good. You can really tell that the sequels were made directly for television.
If you want to see more of Noomi Rapace I can recommend the movie “Daisy Diamond” ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0839773/ ) where she plays the leading role.

By: pcch7

pcch7 — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:39:48 +0000

I´m swedish and I never liked this movie.. There´s only been like 2 good swedish movies in the last 10 years..

By: Nick Robertson

Nick Robertson — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:03:40 +0000

I loved this movie right until the last shot – it’s great that she started to work her shit out but she went from being SO hot to being ‘normal’…

Still a 7.5/10 from me. I can’t wait to see what Fincher does, I just wish he’d recast Noomi Rapace. Too bad he’s looking at THIS: http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/06/30/is-die-antwoord’s-yo-landi-vier-david-finchers-vision-for-lisbeth-salander-in-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo/

By: Werner

Werner — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 22:03:40 +0000

“There is an unconscious feeling that suddenly you are watching a made-for-TV production, which is not a particularly good thing.”

The series is co-produced/financed by various European TV networks.

By: Niklas

Niklas — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:04:55 +0000

I saw this in cinema in Sweden over a year ago and I really liked it.. it stays faithful to the book. I recently saw part II on DVD and unfortunately its nowhere near as good. Partly because of lower production values and a different director and partly because the story gets more complex which doesn’t translate as well to cinema.

I have yet to see part III though.

By: ProMovieBlogger

ProMovieBlogger — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:48:57 +0000

That movie is great. I have a review coming for it myself.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:48:25 +0000

Nope, they sent me a legal screener of the DVD.

By: Itchy-finger

Itchy-finger — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:25:35 +0000

Sean does screener really mean downloaded film?