Sunday, January 1, 2012
Movie Thread: Only those who have seen the new movie!
You guys fail. I trusted a few key of you to set up the movie thing and you failed utterly. I probably should have been more proactive but alas I fail too. You all can watch whenever you want because I had to see it with my family in order to bond with them. Anyway possibility still exists for pizza/movie swedish movie. This is a comments posting regarding strictly thoughts and opinions on the new movie as it relates to the book. Only click if you have seen it. I shall make the first comment and you can continue the discussion afterwards.
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I saw the Swedish one last night and the American one an hour ago.
ReplyDeleteThe Swedish one was by far better. I just felt like it stuck true with the events and followed the book a lot more.
However, the only thing that it was missing was the cat. And it included a flashback of what happened with Lisabeth and her father.
The American one, i felt, just dragged on and on and the ending make no sense. Why did they kill off Anita?
Oh and I forgot to mention, another thing I noticed was that Blomkvist's daughter was seen differently in the Swedish one....she was like 5 or something
ReplyDeleteIm gonna stick with the american version because I'm pretty sure most of us have not seen the Swedish one.
ReplyDeleteBut, the movie really disappointed me. Compared to the book, it sucked. The movie left out parts of the book that were really interesting and crucial to make the mystery memorable. A list of some of the differences would be:
1. The relationship between Blomkvist and Cecilia was completely left out.
2. Scenes that help the audience understand Salander's character. Her mother was not included in it.
3. Scenes that helped build Blomkvist and Salander's relationship. They did not get to know each other at all and there were no scenes to show Salander start to trust Blomkvist. It just kind of happened.
4. Also, the ending was totally unexpected. I was shocked to see that Harriet had taken Anita's place. As Sri mention, why did they change the ending? WHY??
I understand that it is a movie and the producers could not incorporate every single detail from the book to the movie; however, I would have expected some of the parts to be in there.
In addition, I did not imagine the characters to be portrayed the way they were. For instance, Blomkvist did not show the same amount of emotions and passion that I got from the book.
I think that if i did not read the book, then the movie would not have been such a disappointment.
The American film was fare, I'd give it a B. Obviously you can't fit the entire book into a movie. It omitted some small parts that would have been boring anyway, like some stuff from the beginning about Blomkvist and how he got dipped by Wennerstrom, instead it gave the short version. It was good until the end. THEY SCREWED IT UP SO BAD. They reversed the order of events, and Mikael was at Martin's house before Martin was home. Martin should have been there and then when Blomkvist saw the rifle Martin says "I have a Glock..." Then they never went to Australia, which was the worst part. Harriet is supposed to have a new life and then dramatically returns to take over the business. Also Lisbeth is supposed to go to London first and then the story about Wennerstrom gets published, that was backwards.
ReplyDeleteHowever, the characters were portrayed well. I enjoyed Daniel Craig as Blomkvist, he pulled it off well. Christopher Plummer was a good fit for Henrik, a seasoned actor who played a seasoned business man. The actors were the strongest part of the movie, the adaptation was just not good enough. For those of you who have seen Thor, it will be strange to see a crazy murderer in The Avengers (Stellan Skarsgard aka Martin Vanger).
Oops my comment wasn't included let me add it again.
ReplyDeleteThis movie was amazing. I am going to run down some things I noticed about it. This will be sort of a list form that connects with the text.
ReplyDeleteCasting: I don't think a single character, major or minor, was miscast. Daniel Craig was the exact manifestation of the character of Mikael. Strong and witty. Sexy but aging. I believed that he would be able to seduce people at least half his age. His performance is nothing short of superb. Henrik and Frode are also excellently cast, with Christopher Plummer filling Henrik's tired and wise shoes appropriately. Stellan Skarsgård, acting as Martin, also deserves accolade for almost convincing me of his innocence a second time. I saved the best for last, of course. The star of the production is Rooney Mara. Her Salander ranks among the most poignant performances in any motion picture. She is able to pull off Lisbeth to a tee. From her physical proportions (small breasts, short) to her almost sociopathic self reliance, Mara oozes authenticity with respect to the book.
Plot: Like all movies based on books, pacing has to be very different to fit in three hours. The movie managed to moved briskly enough to appease the common movie goer but also touched upon enough of the plot to satisfy book enthusiasts. That surprised me, because the book was chalk full of detail. Besides a few rushed character developments (the cat has more bonding with Mikael than Cecillia) most important details seemed to be present or at least mentioned in passing. Most. The only liberties that the movie took that bothered me where actually pretty huge plot inconsistencies. The ending implied that Anita Vanger died a while ago and Harriet had been taking her place in London. There was no mention of Australia nor any mention of who was to take control of the company. The creation of the new issue of the Millennium was largely passed over as was Cecillia and Mikael’s relationship (a huge part of the book). But in the end, these changes can be looked over, and it probably would have made the movie much worse had they been included.
Music: Highlights moments by being subtle yet eerie.
Brutal Scenes: The disturbing rape and violence scenes were just as violent as in the book. I’m glad that no concessions were given to tone down these events. The brutality of the rapes adds to the emotional power of the movie as they did for the books
Overall: 9/10. The movie that we as readers of the book deserve. The movie only serves to augment the power of the original novel and make me more excited to finish the series.