Comments on: The Girl Who Played with Fire Review

By: mikeyt

mikeyt — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 05:08:08 +0000

The first film “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” is near perfect a mystery/thriller there is out there. That being said, the second installment is inevitably going to be compared to its predecessor, and for good reason, I understand that equation. But “Played with Fire” is still top notch storytelling, and it easily beats 90% of the thrillers coming out of Hollywood. If you let it stand on its own merits it’s really an excellent film. I disagree with Aaron though, you would be a little lost if you haven’t seen the first one, and would lose out on the nuiances of Lisbeth’s character and her history with Blomkvist. A little advice for those who have not seen “Played with Fire”. Try and let go of the first one in comparing the two and just enjoy it. 4/4.

By: pat

pat — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:40:06 +0000

i missed the NOT out in the last sentence! the 2 characters don’t meet in the book until the very last page

By: pat

pat — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:38:52 +0000

have you read the book?

Lisbeth tones down her appearance and does see Blomquist at all so the film is just reflecting this!!

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 02:59:22 +0000

Well made. Though the cast looks nothing like described in the books. Zalachenko’s supposed to be wiry, lean etc. With a decent casting director and a bigger budget, this could have been something.

By: Nick Robertson

Nick Robertson — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:28:38 +0000

Yeah, Tomas Alfredson’s brother. I guess Tom got the talent!
I love the first movie and I’m looking forward to seeing this one. In the trailers it appears that Lisbeth looks totally different, no make-up, piercings, etc… what’s the deal?

By: Sean

Sean — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 19:04:29 +0000

The guy who directed this one also did the final movie, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest.

By: Al

Al — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:54:46 +0000

Has anyone seen the final movie and care to comment? I heard they brought back the original director. As for this one I guess it’s still worth a watch because it’s part of a trilogy.

By: Jonny Ashley

Jonny Ashley — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:55:43 +0000

Too much summary going on in this review. Sorry, I had to stop reading because I wanna watch this.

By: KeithTalent

KeithTalent — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:28:52 +0000

Yeah, I generally agree with this, though I would probably knock another half star off my rating. There is no doubt Lisbeth is an amazing character and Rapace does an amazing job of bringin her to the screen, but I think one of the things I really loved about the first film, the interactions and relationship between Blomkqvist and Lisbeth, is almost missing entirely from this one.

While I did enjoy the action for the most part, the heart and even the somewhat light-hearted interplay between the two main characters was gone and that detracted from the film overall.

Flaws aside, I’m definitely interested to see the final chapter.