Sunday, October 17, 2010

Män som hatar kvinnor

I read the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (the first of the Millennium trilogy) months ago.  I had heard great things about the Swedish version of the movie so I checked to see if my local public library had it and it did.  I added myself to the reserve list and late last week I received an email saying the movie was on hold for me.  I picked it up yesterday and immediately inserted it into the DVR.  I was expecting the movie to be in Swedish with English subtitles, but to my surprise it was also dubbed into English.  I chose the English version as opposed to the subtitles because at the time I was eating and wanted to be able to eat and not have to read subtitles.  I was planning on watching only part of the movie and then pausing it when the Badger game started.  Instead, I ended up watching the whole movie, forgoing almost the entire first half of the game.  (Imagine my surprise when I tuned into the game and the Badgers were up 21 to 3 over no. 1. ranked Ohio St.!)  Overall, I thought the movie was very good and from what I remember followed the book pretty closely, although I did notice that a few things that were skipped completely (e.g., Mikael's relationship with Erika Berger and Cecilia Vanger).  Although, I enjoyed the movie, I did not enjoy the movie nearly as much as the book, which I couldn't put down when I was reading it.  I've been saving the other two books for my upcoming travels and can't wait to read them.

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