{"id":300,"date":"2010-03-09T23:09:50","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T23:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomjottings.co.uk\/wpress\/?p=300"},"modified":"2014-02-12T14:08:15","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T14:08:15","slug":"the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-man-som-hatar-kvinnor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/randomjottings.co.uk\/?p=300","title":{"rendered":"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (M\u00e4n som hatar kvinnor)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Michael Nyqvist – Mikael Blomkvist
\nNoomi Rapace – Lisbeth Salander
\nSven-Bertil Taube – Henrik Vanger
\nPeter Haber – Martin Vanger
\nMarika Lagercrantz – Cecilia Vanger
\nLena Endre – Erika Berger
\nBj\u00f6rn Granath – Police Inspector Morell
\nIngvar Hirdwall – Dirch Frode – Henrik’s lawyer
\nPeter Andersson – Bjurman
\nMichalis Koutsogiannakis – Dragan – Lisbeth’s boss
\nEwa Fr\u00f6ling – Harriet Vanger
\nGunnel Lindblom – Isabella Vanger
\nG\u00f6sta Bredefeldt – Harald Vanger
\nStefan Sauk – Hans-Erik Wennerstr\u00f6m
\nJacob Ericksson – Christer Malm
\nSofia Ledarp – Malin Eriksson
\nDavid Dencik – Janne
\nWell, the first thing you need to know about this film, and something I didn’t realise before it started, it’s in Swedish. Luckily someone was kind enough to add subtitles.<\/p>\n

Having lost a libel case and waiting to be sentenced Mikael Blomkvist is asked by wealthy industrialist Henrik Vanger to investigate the disapearance (and supposed murder) of his neice Harriet over 40 years ago.<\/p>\n

In the mean time, tattooed and pierced punk hacker Lisbeth Salander (who for reasons that escape me is investigating Blomkvist) has been assigned a new guardian to oversee her financial affairs due to problems in her youth. The new guardian only releases money to her after brutally and sexually abusing her.<\/p>\n

The two tales run side by side without connection until\u00a0 Lisbeth decodes a message that she ransacked from Mikael’s computer and she joins him in\u00a0his\u00a0investigation.This leads to the discovery of a string of horrific unsolved murders across Sweden that Harriet had discovered just before her disapearance.<\/p>\n

Once you get used to reading the subtitles, the film opens up into a gripping thriller that hopefully won’t be ruined with the planned Hollywood remake. The world weary journalist and the emotionally scarred young hacker are made believable by the acting tallents of Michael Nyqvist and Noomi Rapace leaving you in no doubt as to the confusion both character’s face as their relationship unfolds.<\/p>\n

I’m looking forward to getting hold of the books<\/a> (I assume they’ve been translated into English) and will be watching to see if they make the rest of the trilogy (in Swedish or not)<\/p>\n

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