03-26-2010, 10:28 AM
Well, I didn't see our mag anywhere in the film, nor did I see Greg's folks. In retrospect, I can think of a few scenes where the mag might have appeared - cluttered tables and such - but I might have missed it because I was reading subtitles. The rep assured me that the scene made the final cut, so I'll have to follow up with her. If I had seen the mag, this would have been a rave review.
This is a very intense film - sort of SVU in Sweden. I'm not that into police procedural tales (seems that and reality game shows are all that's on prime time nowadays) which is what this turns out to be, even though it's a reporter and a hacker. It's an engrossing film, emphasis on the 'gross'. There's some brutal rape scenes, incestuous nazis preying on teen girls and torture. Given that T is away on a Girl Scout field trip right now, it wasn't something I really wanted to watch. Nevertheless, it's tightly woven film and the 2.5 hour film flies by, even with long brooding scenes of snowy Sweden and a nerve-wracking soundtrack of strings. I kept forgetting to look for the mag because I was getting so involved in the plot. Lizbeth steals the show.
I heard some Swedish guy as we exited. He said he read the book in Swedish and thought the film was very loyal - scene for scene he said - except for a few omissions due to length. I don't know if I'd recommend it.
This is a very intense film - sort of SVU in Sweden. I'm not that into police procedural tales (seems that and reality game shows are all that's on prime time nowadays) which is what this turns out to be, even though it's a reporter and a hacker. It's an engrossing film, emphasis on the 'gross'. There's some brutal rape scenes, incestuous nazis preying on teen girls and torture. Given that T is away on a Girl Scout field trip right now, it wasn't something I really wanted to watch. Nevertheless, it's tightly woven film and the 2.5 hour film flies by, even with long brooding scenes of snowy Sweden and a nerve-wracking soundtrack of strings. I kept forgetting to look for the mag because I was getting so involved in the plot. Lizbeth steals the show.
I heard some Swedish guy as we exited. He said he read the book in Swedish and thought the film was very loyal - scene for scene he said - except for a few omissions due to length. I don't know if I'd recommend it.
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