angrynakedandpouting: I’m taking aim at this...

I’m taking aim at this movie in what might be an unpopular opinion.

I think the hubbub about it is unjustified. I think the book was poorly written and predictably cliched. The original Swedish film was interesting to me because it was set in Sweden, mainly; not because the plot of this movie or what it deals with is anything new at all. The character of Lisbeth is a your typical female victim who has been given Aspergers, which conveniently makes her more vulnerable to exploitation and allows her to act psychotically, both of which are always well-received from audiences. That’s hardly groundbreaking. You dont have to get off your comfy couch to find women tortured, raped and murdered every night on tv’s crime dramas, you just have to go to the theater to find it even more graphically done. Which I think is the source of all this excitement. I think the hushed tones and barely concealed titillation in the voices of the people discussing the movie are due to the excitement over those scenes. I think they’re turned on by the sexual violence toward women in this movie; the potential for it, but even more so, the reality of it shown in graphic splendor on the big screen.

There’s also a punishment fetish aspect to the first movie. People get off on seeing Lisbeth get revenge.

The original movie series plays out like a 6 hour, decompressed episode of Law & Order. The first is all about the crime/investigation, the second concludes the investigation and reveals the deeper crime, and the third movie is pretty much just a court drama.

I can’t help but roll my eyes at it, since it’s true to form as an inherently melodramatic and ridiculous crime drama, but for all that genre-baggage the series is not bad.

I hope they don’t try to adapt the entire series. When they start exploring Lisbeth’s past is when the story becomes incredibly absurd.

(Source: irelandpearl)