We (Jack & I) suspect that critics have been unfairly cool to this second part of the Millennium trilogy because it's so much like the first. In this one, Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) and journalist Mikael Blomqvist (Michael Nyqvist) are working on a story about sex trafficking. We found it strong and nasty, just like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. There are lots of great Swedish location shots, and a sequence where our heroine wears Yankee gear as a disguise (that made me like her more and Jack like her less).
Pay no attention to the reviewers (66% on rottentomatoes) and trundle on down to your local art theatre. If you're an adult who can handle watching violence against women and men, then definitely see The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo first, and then this one, so you'll be ready for the final part of the trilogy, probably later this year. My local art theatre is showing both of them right now. Yes, Daniel Craig has been cast as Blomqvist for the American re-make of the trilogy, though that may change (and though the girl cast as the American Lisbeth looks sweet in the photo, look at the links to photos of Rapace in my Dragon Tattoo post - she can look sweet or scary). But do yourself a favor and see the originals first. Subtitles won't kill you!
No comments:
Post a Comment