FountainPen
I lasted just over a half hour with this "movie" featuring a talent-less actress sporting silver rings (plural) in her nose. That was a major distraction, but the film overall was dreadful and I decided not to waste more of my life on it.
Those who have rated it so highly must have a penchant for asinine Swedish "movies", or perhaps are masochists. Whatever. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen. Amen.
Bob An
This almost got a six from me, but I am giving it a seven star rating as I did with the first part.I finished reading books yesterday and the book is all too fresh in my mind. I knew what was going to happen and all, so I was not interested in the movie from the point to really enjoy it but more to see how it is different than the book.Again, I think that the role of Michael is bad. They should have chosen someone else. As with the first part, this movie does follow pretty well the story of the book and I give cudos to that. Somehow I feel that this second art of the trilogy is a bit less good than the first one. Acting is the same but it lacks intensity in my opinion.I can imagine that if 2nd part is a bit less interesting, the final chapter will be even less. I do recommend however to read the book first.
Tweekums
This, the second of the 'Millennium Trilogy, sees the return of Lisbeth Salander and investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist and if you haven't seen 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' you are likely to be confused as to what is going on as plot details related to events in that film aren't explained. Mikael is working on a story that will expose prominent people who have been complicit in the trafficking of young women and shortly afterwards two people who provided him with key information are killed. The murder weapon has Lisbeth's fingerprints on it and it was stolen from her legal guardian who has also been murdered. The police believe that she did it but Mikael is convinced of her innocence. The two of them end up leading parallel investigations that will lead them to the mysterious 'Zala' who is apparently involved in the trafficking and is closely connected to Lisbeth.After 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' this instalment feels very televisual and there is less suspense... although this might be down to knowing that the protagonists must survive to appear in the third film! That said if you enjoy TV crime dramas then you should enjoy this too; the story features a suitable amount of action and there are interesting revelations about Lisbeth's background that I didn't see coming. It was also interesting to keep the two protagonists apart until the very end. Noomi Rapace is once again brilliant as Lisbeth and Michael Nyqvist does a fine job as Mikael; a far less showy role. While the story is good there are some distinct flaws; the huge blond unstoppable German seemed rather cliché and I don't see how Lisbeth could survived one encounter that left her not only shot but also buried! Still despite these faults it was well worth watching and left me keen to see how the story ends in 'The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest'.
UnknownRealmsDotNet
With a phenomenally popular story, it's only natural for it to have a sequel. And like most sequels, they are (almost) never as good as the original. That's what has happened with The Girl who Played with Fire. For the most part this is a result from rather bland direction (almost even sub-par). With no flare to the presentation, nothing that really submerges you into the characters, the direction is nothing more than standard camera-work and often bad timing (relying on loud noises to try and make you jump). But the story saves this from being a regrettable experience. Expanding on Lizabeth's past, there are plenty of twists and turns to keep things interesting. But this is a different story. This is not a taut mystery with social implications, as in the first. This is a crime/drama that borders almost into comic book twists (characters with almost super-human abilities and twists that borderline on unbelievable). Still, if you liked the first film, you should find out what has happened in its aftermath.
AD
