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Dragon Tattoo Trilogy: Extended Edition
This
has been floating on my Netflix page for some time. While I
thoroughly enjoyed The Girl
with the Dragon Tattoo,
The Girl Who Played with
Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked
the Hornet's Nest, just a few years ago, I wasn't up to watching
a compilation. But then I did. Just to see if it looked any
different. Was it a Godfather
Trilogy diamond, or a Police
Academy 5,6 & 7 stinker?
What it looked like was I had
forgotten about half the movie. Which was kind of nice
because it was
like mostly a new film. But not so nice, because it meant I had
Alzheimer's. Finally it became too much; and I had to
investigate.
I don't have Alzheimer's.
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Each episode of the series is about 90
minutes long, which makes the television series
about 110 minutes longer than the movies, with more depth in both the
stories and the characters. [Wiki]
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Whew! If you liked the first three, you like this just as much,
probably more. You're welcome.
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A disturbing but unforgettable series of films. Noomi Rapace was the perfect fit for the lead.
ReplyDeleteIf one can handle the extreme nature of the storyline and characters, it will not waste your time.
If you enjoyed this, you may want to try The Red Riding Trilogy. Completely different subject, but the same kind of smart, dark content handled in a measured fashion. I would love to to know what you think of it.
For the less visual inclined, my library has the series in audio form available for download. Now normally I shy away from audio books when the plot and character mix is too complex as I tend to only listen to them an hour or two at a time when walking the dog. These books had just the right mix of action and complexity that I didn't loose my place. My one regret? I actually listened to 'The Girl Who Played With Fire' first, which is not so bad a place to start...
ReplyDeleteAn added plus? Since the book's popularity has dropped a bit, all three are pretty much available all the time. It's a shame that Stig Larsson only wrote that series and apparently nothing else before he died.
'Stig' - where have I heard that before? Ack! Top Gear - are they related? Or is it a Swedish thing?
My bad - it's Stieg. Apparently he changed it from Stig to avoid confusion with another guy, and the books were published after his death...
ReplyDeleteHumm - they are (slightly) related... Apparently the 'Stig' name was used as it is what the called new guys at the prep school Clarkson went to. Sort of a racial slur? I always knew Clarkson was a racist! Racist I say!
ReplyDeleteYeah - i'm commenting way too much on this when I should be working...
Stieg Larsson was an even more radical leftist than most other swedish crime story authors. He supported the violent part of the left, which considers anyone to the right of socialists as nazis.
ReplyDeleteIn 1977 he traveled to Ethiopia to help educate communist EPLF soldiers.
Larsson in his testament donated his money to the "Communist Party of Umeaa"
He also funded the swedish "expo" oraganisation, which is a front for extreme leftists, who persecute anyone 'guilty' of 'rightism', opponents of the multicultural society, and critics od´f islamization. In short a vigorous supporter of Absurdistan (which is the name of Sweden here).
I hate those swedish red-wine socialists.
Sorry for the typos :-)
ReplyDeleteWait Hodja, does this mean Clarkson & his school chums were not racist? My mind is blown...
ReplyDeleteGot to say, from the tone of the book, that comes through. It doesn't mean he couldn't spin a good tale or write well - even when translated.. or perhaps I'm not giving enough credit to the translator..