Having started, and finished, the Millennium trilogy over my vacation last week, I was eager to see the Swedish films that are based on the novels. The American English version is in the pre-production phase now, but I'm not a fan of American remakes of foreign films (I have no problems reading subtitles), and I'd rather not wait years to see the entire trilogy when there already exists a perfectly good one already all completed.The film was rather loyal to the novel, though it did simplify various aspects of the novel in order to fit the rather lengthy novel into the running time of the film, and even then the film runs over 2.5 hours. The film centers around Mikael Blomkvist, a journalist, and Lisbeth Salander, a small-tattooed-piercing-filled-goth-introverted-hacker. After Blomkvist is convicted of libel against one of Sweden's biggest CEOs, he accepts an offer from a welathy industrialist to investigate the 40-year-old disappearance of his grand-daughter. Blomkvist turns to Salander for assistance and together they uncover a very dark past.
The film does a great job capturing the essence of the film, and despite its lengthy run time, I kept wishing they had filmed more. I'm eager to see the other two films in the trilogy. The acting was great (will be hard for the American version to come close), and the cinematography provided the already intriguing story with even more reason not to take your eyes off the screen. Salander is a hard heroine to portray, but Noomi Rapace does an amazing job. Even if you haven't read the books, the film is worth a watch.
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