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Slant Magazine seems to see no redeeming qualities, giving it 1 out of 4 stars, and says,
Sagas sporting an untenable amount of distaff-directed cruelty, and an equally suspect plethora of homophobic putdowns, are an Edda-old Scandinavian tradition, but the hateful film faux-pas and malevolent anti-humanism of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and now The Girl Who Played with Fire, make one wonder if social workers in Sweden shouldn't be swamped with clients.Rolling Stone says, "Relentless suspense allows The Girl Who Played With Fire to hold you in a viselike grip. But it's the performances of Nyqvist and especially Rapace that keep you coming back for more." Roger Ebert gives it 3 1/2 out of 4 stars and says it's "very good, but a step down from "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo," if only because that film and its casting were so fresh and unexpected." Rotten Tomatoes has a 69% critics score.
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Glad your hubby got involved with this one. I don't get DVDs (I still live in the world of VCRs), but I know I would be frustrated if a story left me hanging.
ReplyDeleteour video tape player died years ago and we couldn't find a replacement. we moved to dvd once prices of the players came down. tapes have some advantages. for example, i find it much easier to rewind or fast-forward to a specific place with tapes.
ReplyDeleteI have recorded all three films off the television, thinking I should keep myself updated with popular culture, but never watched any of them. I really disliked the first book. Sloppy writing and sloppy research. I have since been told to read it in English, some say the translator has done a better writing job than the author. Considering its success, that must be true.
ReplyDeletei've read the 1st book but won't read the other 2. the first one wasn't so good that i read the others as they came out, and i'll probably never read them now that i know the story.
ReplyDeletethe films are, as you say, pop culture, and i'm glad i'v e seen them. i found the main characters interesting.
I read all three books and saw the movie The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Did not enjoy the film as much as the book. Didn't realize the second movie is out (in English?) Assume you saw the Swedish version.
ReplyDeletesanda, i liked the film better than the book. The misogyny and torture are actually not as bad in the movies as my mind was afraid they were in the books.
ReplyDeleteThe 2nd and 3rd films are not out yet in English remakes, and the Swedish versions with English subtitles are what i saw. I've seen the first film in the English-speaking and Swedish versions and would be hard-pressed to pick between them; i liked them both.