The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a Swedish film based on Stieg Larsson’s novel by the same title. When author Stieg Larsson was a teenager, he witnessed a woman being gang raped and was powerless to help. This event inspired his book The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The movie is one of the best film adaptations I have ever seen. While some minor things had to be eliminated from the movie for simplicities sake, all the important aspects of the novel were transformed seamlessly into film. The film uses shock value to get Stieg Larsson’s message of violence against women across. The film goes so far as to show the main character be chained and raped by her guardian, something that no film made in Hollywood would ever dare to show. The film further conveys its dark message by using low lighting, dramatic music, and bleak weather. As someone who has seen very few films not made in America, this movie was a breath of fresh air. Not only were the nastier aspects of the story not skipped over but nothing was glamorized. The actors looked like real people instead of Greek gods. If you enjoy realistic, detective movies or are simply sick of American cinema, I suggest you go check this movie out.
*The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is actually being redone by American director David Fincher. It stars Daniel Craig and is suppose to be in theaters by December. It will be interesting to see what sort of changes are made.
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