Could of done better.

Rating: 5/10 (22 December 2011)

I watched this film after reading the book. I think the script could be a lot better. The boring period up to the biblical discovery could have been better emphasised. The cold barren landscape of the Swedish winter and the enclosed solitude this creates. It is an alien environment more should of been made of this. It creates the general atmosphere. Mikael's daughters relevation replaced by Lisbeths was wrong. The film should of taken off at this moment and included Lisbeths past at this point. This would of accentuated the hideous crimes better. Lisbeths character could of entered n a more acute manner highlighting the similarity between the alienation of one side and the other. Mikael and Lisbeth, winter and spring, Nazi and the abused etc. after all Lisbeth does bare a resemblance. In the book Lisbeth sleeps with Mikael because he is different from her previous experiences. The film ignores this important distinction and drifts more towards a Hollywood film. The parts that are not in the book suggests to me that Lisbeth is not that far removed form the culprits. I know that there is a lot to cram into a film but I expected more from a Swedish film. However, quite a lot is there the pro Feminist, the Anti Nazi, Gays and the Anti Capitalist etc.