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Now, after having seen them both, I think Rapace did the better job as Salander

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In Reply to: RE: "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo": Big budget gets you closer to the story . . . posted by mr grits on December 21, 2011 at 18:14:53

It seemed as tho Mara did an imitation of Rapace's portrayal. A good one, but an imitation nonetheless, lacking gavitas. My son, who saw it with me, didn't see the original, and loved Mara's job.

As for the movie itself, it was a draw, IMHO, up until the ending. Hell, IIRC, it was basically the same movie. The poingant ending in the Sweedish version was much better than the Hollywood version. Plus,

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Way too much time devoted to the looting of Wenrstrom's money in this incarnation. 10 minutes vs. 20 seconds. With no more impact.

Sweedish version, **1/2
Hollywood, **

The Girl Who Played with Fire, the best of the bunch.

"I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"

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Ummm....I still have to go with the new one . . . - mr grits 18:36:52 12/23/11 (3)
The story was expanded and, I guess, more like the book. At least I now know that Lisbeth was a squeeze with feelings. Also, that Martin was a psycho not just a rapist. The whole thing made more sense.

I do see your case for Mara's imitation but she did it BETTER. She projected COLD instead than Rapace's FIRE and she is easier to look at.

Going with 3.5 outta 5.
- Agree with you about Mara being the better one - Daryl Zero 23:33:46 12/26/11 (1)
  Mara showed more vulnerability and the relationship including her devastation at the end which essentially drives the next two books. Also, I liked the extended sequence about the money looting at the end and was angry that that was given nothing in the Swedish movie.
  - The money looting was given a treatment in the original - Road Warrior 17:15:25 12/28/11 (0)
    AKAIC, the treatment in the 30 seconds of airtime dealing with the looting in the original was as effective as the 5 or 10 minutes devoted to it in the already long remake.
    
    I thought the emotional impact of Vanger seeing Harriet, fetched from down under in the original, far surpassed the impact, such as it was, in the remake.
    
    "I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"
- One thing Mara did better - SPOILER alert!!!!! - Road Warrior 21:37:23 12/23/11 (0)
  She had better cans.
  
  My stars are out of 4 so we're not far apart in the star dept. The end of the movie gave Sweeden the edge over Hollywood.
  
  "I'd like to own a squadron of tanks"

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