Män Som Hatar Kvinnor
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Dear faithful readers,
I was away on holiday and managed to survive blissfully without the Internet connection. And while the holiday was lovely, food poisoning on the last day (just hours before the trip home) was not. I don’t know how I managed to be honest (it didn’t help much that people sitting in the row behind me kept eating for the duration of the trip. I never thought I’d be appalled by a mere whiff of food stuff). Yesterday I got a bit cocky and decided to risk something other then water/chamomile tea/dry toast but my stomach has beaten me into submission pretty damn sharpish.
So while I recuperate and try not think something resembling an alien will pop out of my stomach I would urge you to check out Män Som Hatar Kvinnor if you haven’t already. I know I am terribly late to get on the Millenium Trilogy bandwagon but in this case I’m happy it’s a case of better late then never (always had a thing for Scandinavian writers, remember Jostein Gaarder? And of course my favorite when I was a kid Astrid Lindgren?) I think the only other books I’ve gone through so quickly were Harry Potters. Unfortunately the shop I went to didn’t have the last part – Luftslottet som sprängdes.
Which brings me to the movies. Since I have to wait until the last part arrives I’m watching the movies. And a lot has been written about the American movie version over the past few weeks. David Fincher (who I love) has taken on the task of director and the movie is scheduled to be released in December of 2011. Daniel Craig (who I also like) has been cast as Mikael Blomkvist and Rooney Mara, a relative unknown has been cast as Lisbeth. And while I’m sure Fincher will do a good job or in fact a stellar job if his past work is anything to go by, I do not understand this need to Americanize everything. Because the Swedish movies are excellent. And it is saying a lot coming from someone who without fail finds books-into-movies adaptations lacking.
And that’s why I’ve put up the original trailer in Swedish. People – read the damn subtitles, it’s not THAT hard!
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