Big Disappointment for Readers of the Actual Book

Rating: 5/10 (11 July 2010)

If you have read the book like I, you will be more than likely disappointed at the departure the movie took from the book. I realize they had to cram a big book in 2.5 hours, but was it necessary to change important key factors in the book to do that? Here are two BIG issues with the movie that I felt should not have been changed
1. The timeline of events is nothing like the book. When played events that happened after Mikael got out of jail I figure they took his jail time out of the movie, but were left blown away to see they depicted his time in jail in a 100% inaccurate way.
2. Two very important characters are cut out of the movie. Anita wasn't dead in the book and Mikael's daughter figured out what the numbers in Harriet's diary stood for before Mikael even knew about Lisbeth.
Other than those two, there were some major departures from the book that were irritating as a reader of the book, for example Mikael and Erika's relationship, Henrik'sinvolvement with Millennium, the issue with Wennerström. And some small details like how Mikael tracked down the lady from the photograph and the cloths Martin was wearing.
Overall, the movie itself wasn't bad. In my opinion, the book was more graphic than the movie, so that didn't surprise me. If I hadn't read the book I would probably have a lot higher opinion of the movie. Watch the movie, it's not bad, but don't let the movie cloud your judgment of the book if you have not yet read it.