Lisbeth Salander - Any Fans Here?

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I think she rocks.

mh
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"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[labrys 0]

It's one of the best series I've read. The movies have been great too.

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[jrmrangers 0]

havent had a chance to read the third one yet dont rspoil it for me!!

Wait , I pull what first?

[Andy9o8 0]

Absolutely! - my wife and I have read all 3 books, and seen all 3 movies. Excellent.

[labrys 0]

There's a third movie? Somehow, I missed that.

Owned by Remi #?

[Andy9o8 0]

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There's a third movie? Somehow, I missed that.

Yep, we saw it about 2 weeks ago.

[labrys 0]

yay! Hope Netflix has it. Off to watch it now if they do

Owned by Remi #?

[Andy9o8 0]

We saw it in a theater. No idea whether it's available elsewhere, but good luck.

[labrys 0]

Bummer.....not available yet. I did just see that David Fincher is doing an English remake. I hope they are as edgy as the originals.

Owned by Remi #?

[Andy9o8 0]

I never did like most re-makes. For example, I know a lot of people diss the original Dune movie, but I still liked it better than the remake.

Anyone trying to do as good a Lisbeth as Noomi Rapace was (I thought she was brilliant), especially this soon after the Swedish version, has some mighty big shoes to fill.

[labrys 0]

I agree. I think that the only way this remake will work is if it captures a lot of people who read the books but didn't see the Swedish films.... And then, only if Salander is portrayed as subtly as Rapace does it. She's brilliant at being gentle and vicious at the same time. I almost resent the idea of using someone else. Pity she isn't in Fincher's film.

Owned by Remi #?

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havent had a chance to read the third one yet dont rspoil it for me!!

I'm working on "Hornet's Nest" right now on my Galaxy Tab.

mh
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"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[jakee 1,254]

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I never did like most re-makes. For example, I know a lot of people diss the original Dune movie, but I still liked it better than the remake.

Yep, and remakes of new foreign language films especially, why do you need to re-tell the story already?

Since it's David Fincher though, I'll be willing to give it a chance. The rest of the casting so far looks great, too.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

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I never did like most re-makes. For example, I know a lot of people diss the original Dune movie, but I still liked it better than the remake.

Yep, and remakes of new foreign language films especially, why do you need to re-tell the story already?

Since it's David Fincher though, I'll be willing to give it a chance. The rest of the casting so far looks great, too.

Daniel Craig as Mikael Blomkvist...maybe I'll swallow my pride about remakes for this.

mh
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"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[kallend 1,623]

I read all three books. Enjoyed them very much.

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Daniel Craig as Mikael Blomkvist...maybe I'll swallow my pride about remakes for this.

mh
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Really? Sounds like a good enough reason to stay away from the movie to me lol

[gainer 0]

Finally, a hardcore chick who has Asbergers, love it

[jakee 1,254]

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Daniel Craig as Mikael Blomkvist...maybe I'll swallow my pride about remakes for this.

mh
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Really? Sounds like a good enough reason to stay away from the movie to me lol

Have you seen him in anything except Bond? He's a damn good movie actor, who would probably fit the character pretty well.

My only concern is if he still has something like the Bond physique - it runs the risk of making Blomkvist too much of an unrealistic Mr Perfect/Superman type. He's got to be vulnerable.

Do you want to have an ideagasm?

[Andy9o8 0]

Yeah, seriously. Blomkvist isn't supposed to be an action figure; more of a nerdy, yet charming, intellectual.

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Yeah, seriously. Blomkvist isn't supposed to be an action figure; more of a nerdy, yet charming, intellectual.

Nerdy & charming? I had to smile as I read through the books. He portrayed himself as a journalist God whom the ladies all wanted. The rest of the trilogy was so good. I let it go. I hope Steig Larsson lived long enough to see just how successful they would become. Lisbeth does live on a bit, I think. Assange must have gotten some of his dirt via hacking. I like to think that, anyway.

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I hope Steig Larsson lived long enough to see just how successful they would become.

Sadly, unless he knew it intuitively, I don't think he did.

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I think she rocks.

mh
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Mark,

I read all three books a few months ago. Couldn't put them down and read each one cover to cover. Watched the first movie a while ago. It was good. I thought about getting the second movie but had kind of decided not to until you started this thread....so a few hours ago I bought "Played with Fire" on iTunes and just finished watching it. Really enjoyed this movie a lot more than the first.

While watching it, I figured out why you think Lisbeth rocks: She uses a Mac!


Really a pity Stieg Larsson died right after he delivered the manuscripts. Lisbeth is such a great character and it would have been interesting to see what he would have dreamt up for her next.

Cheers,

Murray

[shropshire 0]

Yeap - excellent series of books. Well written and great story telling. Larsson was a star.

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[skydived19006 4]

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Yeap - excellent series of books. Well written and great story telling. Larsson was a star.

I should finish Played With Fire today, and have the first movie at home (Netflix). As far as more books, this is noted on Wikipedia:

Larsson wrote about three-quarters of a fourth novel before his sudden death in November 2004. His partner, Eva Gabrielsson, possesses the notebook computer with the manuscript. Outlines or manuscripts for one or two more books may exist.

Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else.

AC DZ

[skydived19006 4]

I also find this all very interesting:

The novels
Main article: Millennium Trilogy

At his death, Larsson left behind manuscripts of three completed but unpublished novels in a series. He wrote them for his own pleasure after returning home from his job in the evening, making no attempt to get them published until shortly before his death. The first was published in Sweden in 2005 as Män som hatar kvinnor ("Men who hate women"), published in English as The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It was awarded the prestigious Glass Key award as the best Nordic crime novel in 2005. His second novel, Flickan som lekte med elden (The Girl Who Played with Fire), received the Best Swedish Crime Novel Award in 2006. The third novel in the Millennium trilogy, Luftslottet som sprängdes ("The air castle that was blown up"), published in English as The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, was published in the United States in May 2010.

Larsson left about three quarters of a fourth novel on a notebook computer, now possessed by his partner, Eva Gabrielsson; synopses or manuscripts of the fifth and sixth in the series, which he intended to contain an eventual total of ten books, may also exist.[8]

The Swedish film production company Yellow Bird has produced film versions of the Millennium Trilogy, co-produced with The Danish film production company Nordisk Film and TV company, which were released in Scandinavia in 2009.
[edit] Death and aftermath

Larsson died in Stockholm at the age of 50 of a heart attack. Rumours that his death was in some way induced, because of death threats received as editor of Expo, have been denied by Eva Gedin, his Swedish publisher.[9]

In May 2008 it was announced that a 1977 will, found soon after Larsson's death, declared his wish to leave his assets to the Umeå branch of the Communist Workers League (now the Socialist Party). As the will was unwitnessed, it was not valid under Swedish law, with the result that all of Larsson's estate, including future royalties from book sales, went to his father and brother.[10][11] His long term lover Eva Gabrielsson,[12] who found the will, has no legal right to the inheritance, sparking controversy between her and his father and brother. Reportedly, the two never married because, under Swedish law, couples entering into marriage are required to make their addresses (at the time) publicly available; marrying would have been a security risk.[13] Owing to his reporting on extremist groups and the death threats he had received, the couple had sought and been granted masking of their addresses, personal data and identity numbers from public records, to make it harder for others to trace them; this kind of "identity cover" was integral to his work as a journalist and would have been difficult to bypass if the two had married or become registered partners.[citation needed]

An article in Vanity Fair magazine discusses Gabrielsson's dispute with Larsson's relatives, which has also been well covered in the Swedish press. She claims the author had little contact with his father and brother and requests the rights to control his work so it may be presented in the way he would have wanted.[14] Larsson's story was featured on the October 10, 2010 segment of CBS News Sunday Morning. In this segment Larsson's family claims the fourth and as yet unpublished book is actually the fifth book.[15]

Experience is what you get when you thought you were going to get something else.

AC DZ