Oct. 31, 2010
DVD REVIEW: This Halloween, It's Scary How Well Noomie Rapace Portrays Lisbeth Salander in 'The Girl Who Played with Fire'
Reviewed By David M. Kinchen
Happy Halloween from Noomie Rapace, who plays Lisbeth Salander in the Millennium Triology.
The third installment of the Millennium movies from Sweden, "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest", opened this weekend for a very limited Los Angeles-New York theatrical release. Chances are you'll have to wait until January or February to see it, on DVD or Blu-Ray. I doubt that many smaller markets will screen the film.
I received my DVD of the second installment, "The Girl Who Played with Fire," on Friday and watched it on the day before Halloween. I'll watch it again on the spookiest day of the year, today. It's just been released in the States and is available from Amazon.com.
Like the first movie, the second one gives the viewer a choice between the Swedish language with English subtitles or a nicely dubbed English version. I'll watch both.
There's a new director, Daniel Alfredson, who also directed the third and final entry in the trilogy. Niels Arden Oplev directed the first entry. For my review of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" click on http://archives.huntingtonnews.net/columns/100712-kinchen-columnsdvdreview.html
Before his untimely death of a heart attack in November 2004 at the age of 50, Stieg Larsson had completed the three manuscripts of the so-called "Millennium" series: "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo," "The Girl Who Played With Fire," and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest." Altogether, his trilogy has sold more than 20 million copies in 41 countries as of the spring of 2010, making him one of the top selling authors in the world.
The three novels were filmed and released to the Swedish and European markets in 2009 and "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" quickly became the top-grossing Swedish film of all time and the top-grossing European film of 2009.
Most of the cast of the first version returns in "The Girl Who Played With Fire", including, of course, Noomie Rapace as Lisbeth and Michael Nyqvist as investigative journalist Mikael Blomqvist. English actor Daniel Craig will play him in the American version of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo," in production now with David Fincher as director. Rooney Mara, sister of Kate Mara ("We Are Marshall") will play Lisbeth in the film to be released in 2011. As I said in my review of the Swedish version, I see no need for a remake of an outstanding production, and -- after viewing the latest movie -- I stand by my statement.
The Swedish films come from Music Box/Yellow Bird, and this second installment concentrates on Lisbeth Salander and how she became the woman she is today. Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. A researcher and a Millennium journalist about to expose the truth about the sex trade in Sweden are brutally murdered, and Salander's prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and violent behavior makes her an official danger to society. When Lisbeth's guardian, lawyer N.E. Bjurman, is murdered, the police are certain that Lisbeth is the triple murderer.
Blomkvist, Salander's friend and publisher of the muckraking monthly magazine Millennium, is just about the only one who believes in Salander's innocence. Digging deeper Blomkvist unearths evidence implicating highly placed members of the Swedish government ---as well as shocking details about Salander's past. Blomqvist goes in search of Salander in an exciting and brutal climax of the film.
The movie is rated R for sexual scenes, including a rape, nudity and scenes of brutality. The website of the movie is www.playedwithfirefilm.com.
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DVD REVIEW: This Halloween, It's Scary How Well Noomie Rapace Portrays Lisbeth Salander in 'The Girl Who Played with Fire'
Reviewed By David M. Kinchen
Happy Halloween from Noomie Rapace, who plays Lisbeth Salander in the Millennium Triology.
The third installment of the Millennium movies from Sweden, "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest", opened this weekend for a very limited Los Angeles-New York theatrical release. Chances are you'll have to wait until January or February to see it, on DVD or Blu-Ray. I doubt that many smaller markets will screen the film.
I received my DVD of the second installment, "The Girl Who Played with Fire," on Friday and watched it on the day before Halloween. I'll watch it again on the spookiest day of the year, today. It's just been released in the States and is available from Amazon.com.
Like the first movie, the second one gives the viewer a choice between the Swedish language with English subtitles or a nicely dubbed English version. I'll watch both.
There's a new director, Daniel Alfredson, who also directed the third and final entry in the trilogy. Niels Arden Oplev directed the first entry. For my review of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" click on http://archives.huntingtonnews.net/columns/100712-kinchen-columnsdvdreview.html
Before his untimely death of a heart attack in November 2004 at the age of 50, Stieg Larsson had completed the three manuscripts of the so-called "Millennium" series: "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo," "The Girl Who Played With Fire," and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest." Altogether, his trilogy has sold more than 20 million copies in 41 countries as of the spring of 2010, making him one of the top selling authors in the world.
The three novels were filmed and released to the Swedish and European markets in 2009 and "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" quickly became the top-grossing Swedish film of all time and the top-grossing European film of 2009.
Most of the cast of the first version returns in "The Girl Who Played With Fire", including, of course, Noomie Rapace as Lisbeth and Michael Nyqvist as investigative journalist Mikael Blomqvist. English actor Daniel Craig will play him in the American version of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo," in production now with David Fincher as director. Rooney Mara, sister of Kate Mara ("We Are Marshall") will play Lisbeth in the film to be released in 2011. As I said in my review of the Swedish version, I see no need for a remake of an outstanding production, and -- after viewing the latest movie -- I stand by my statement.
The Swedish films come from Music Box/Yellow Bird, and this second installment concentrates on Lisbeth Salander and how she became the woman she is today. Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. A researcher and a Millennium journalist about to expose the truth about the sex trade in Sweden are brutally murdered, and Salander's prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and violent behavior makes her an official danger to society. When Lisbeth's guardian, lawyer N.E. Bjurman, is murdered, the police are certain that Lisbeth is the triple murderer.
Blomkvist, Salander's friend and publisher of the muckraking monthly magazine Millennium, is just about the only one who believes in Salander's innocence. Digging deeper Blomkvist unearths evidence implicating highly placed members of the Swedish government ---as well as shocking details about Salander's past. Blomqvist goes in search of Salander in an exciting and brutal climax of the film.
The movie is rated R for sexual scenes, including a rape, nudity and scenes of brutality. The website of the movie is www.playedwithfirefilm.com.
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