Swedes Playing Swedes in Sweden
A Swedish Thriller-Series based on Swedish Books
You got it? I am talking about the Swedish (and first) adaptation
of the Stieg Larsson books
, not the poor Hollywood remake. The first movie/book title is especially awfully translated which changes the whole meaning of the story. Originally called Män som hatar kvinnor (literally, Men who Hated Women), what English-speakers may know as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is not about a girl that has a dragon tattoo (seriously, who is the intern who translated this?). The plot focuses on the investigation of a series of old murders carried out by the main character Mikael Blomkvist with the help of a genius hacker Lisbeth Salander (yes, the girl with the ink). Lisbeth Salander gains importance over the story but the core plot remains the investigations. If you are a sucker for suspense and twisted plots like I am, you ought to watch this. This adaptation was originally made for TV (6 episodes of 90 minutes) and was shortened for the big screen audience. I'd recommend you watch the mini-series instead of the feature films because you'll have more details to enjoy. I am not going to surprise you either when I try to convince you to watch those in their original languages. Obviously, Swedish actors playing Swedes in a movie that was shot in Sweden is better than Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara pretending to be Swedish and copying the performance of Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist (am I the only one who thinks it doesn't make sense to have so-called Swedes that don't even speak Swedish on screen?). The movies grabbed my guts and I could feel the cold and dark atmosphere of Swedish winter. The morbid plot made me sweat and the characters' personalities were very authentic. Even though Stieg Larsson was already deceased when the movies were made, I'm sure without any doubt that the universe is faithful to what he had in mind and that this trilogy is a great homage to his original text. Noomi Rapace makes a perfect Lisbeth Salander. Sure enough the casting director could not have picked a better actress to play the part.
of the Stieg Larsson books
, not the poor Hollywood remake. The first movie/book title is especially awfully translated which changes the whole meaning of the story. Originally called Män som hatar kvinnor (literally, Men who Hated Women), what English-speakers may know as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is not about a girl that has a dragon tattoo (seriously, who is the intern who translated this?). The plot focuses on the investigation of a series of old murders carried out by the main character Mikael Blomkvist with the help of a genius hacker Lisbeth Salander (yes, the girl with the ink). Lisbeth Salander gains importance over the story but the core plot remains the investigations. If you are a sucker for suspense and twisted plots like I am, you ought to watch this. This adaptation was originally made for TV (6 episodes of 90 minutes) and was shortened for the big screen audience. I'd recommend you watch the mini-series instead of the feature films because you'll have more details to enjoy. I am not going to surprise you either when I try to convince you to watch those in their original languages. Obviously, Swedish actors playing Swedes in a movie that was shot in Sweden is better than Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara pretending to be Swedish and copying the performance of Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist (am I the only one who thinks it doesn't make sense to have so-called Swedes that don't even speak Swedish on screen?). The movies grabbed my guts and I could feel the cold and dark atmosphere of Swedish winter. The morbid plot made me sweat and the characters' personalities were very authentic. Even though Stieg Larsson was already deceased when the movies were made, I'm sure without any doubt that the universe is faithful to what he had in mind and that this trilogy is a great homage to his original text. Noomi Rapace makes a perfect Lisbeth Salander. Sure enough the casting director could not have picked a better actress to play the part. 1 reason to watch: a gateway to Sweden with panting suspense
The English trailer of the first movie (it is that hard to find the original with subtitles)
Since you don't hear them talk, that's good enough.
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