As a great lover and appreciator of the novels I was very excited to find out they were making a film of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. There was a Swedish film made first but I found it very slow and hard to watch. The books were so unique that any film made about them would be a huge challenge. The American film by David Fincher have been getting mixed reviews. Many find it to be too graphic and dark and leave no room for more of the human dimensions that author Stieg Larsson portays in the books.
The main character Lisbeth Salander is a dark character with a rough childhood and is continuously confronted by forces that give a tough exterior. But she also is just a human in a story that is bigger than just that part of her. She has a love relationship with other main character Mikael Blomkvist where you can see there is potential for change in her.
It's certainly not an easy feat to accomplish, but those who love the books are very skeptical of any cinematic interpretation.
-ethings 12/26/11
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