In Reply to: "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo": Big budget gets you closer to the story . . . posted by mr grits on December 21, 2011 at 18:14:53:
It seemed as tho Mara did an imitation of Rapace's portrayal. A good one, but an imitation nonetheless, lacking gavitas. My son, who saw it with me, didn't see the original, and loved Mara's job.
As for the movie itself, it was a draw, IMHO, up until the ending. Hell, IIRC, it was basically the same movie. The poingant ending in the Sweedish version was much better than the Hollywood version. Plus,
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Way too much time devoted to the looting of Wenrstrom's money in this incarnation. 10 minutes vs. 20 seconds. With no more impact.
Sweedish version, **1/2
Hollywood, **
The Girl Who Played with Fire, the best of the bunch.
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"E Burres Stigano?"
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Follow Ups
- Now, after having seen them both, I think Rapace did the better job as Salander - Road Warrior 15:49:21 12/23/11 (4)
- Ummm....I still have to go with the new one . . . - mr grits 18:36:52 12/23/11 (3)
- Agree with you about Mara being the better one - Daryl Zero 23:33:46 12/26/11 (1)
- The money looting was given a treatment in the original - Road Warrior 17:15:25 12/28/11 (0)
- One thing Mara did better - SPOILER alert!!!!! - Road Warrior 21:37:23 12/23/11 (0)