Upon sadly finishing the Millenium trilogy (despite trying to drag out the last chapter as much as possible) I had to have more, so I sought out the swedish film of the first book. It was much like the book but with massive gaps. The thing about these books, is the main character has to be casted correctly. Listbeth Salander is the core of the book. There is leeway on the other characters but she has to be right. The actress cast in the swedish film fitted facially but her body was that of a butch man. And she is meant to look like a 12 year old and be very small. So on that note I wasn't happy. Stylistically, I quite liked the film but it disregarded very important parts of the books. I think my judgment is slightly clouded by the love of the books, I was just happy to prolong exposure to the world of Listbeth Salandar.
I watched the dubbed version and then watched bits back in swedish. What a fantastic language. I knew it was weird but it's just amazing. I could listen to it all day!
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