Comparing the Movies

Rating: 8/10 (5 January 2018)

I read the book and saw the Swedish version of the film adaption; I do not recall which first - I generally like to see how a novel is adapted into a movie. I didn't want to see what I thought was the American version of a European success until I found out they were produced independently. They both covered the material well but it turns out the Hollywood version was more engaging (if you can call a film about rape entertaining -which had prevented me from viewing either version for a long time). Lizabeth, the tattoo girl character was even more bizarre in the American version. I liked Daniel Craig in this role better than his James Bond outings. Each version had its strengths.
The part about the flowers being received annually was so obviously from the missing girl was dubious as a mystery. At the very least it should have been recognized as a possibility. This "flaw" took away from my appreciation of the book and both adaptions. The girl was not necessarily murdered - she was missing just assumed met an unkindly fate.