330: Books and Movies
When I got my Kindle, Fox shared her library of about 500 books with me. We don't have the same taste in books, but I figured it was a good reason to explore some of the genres I don't normally read. So far I've failed at that. But I'm still trying. In the meantime, found and read the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series. I liked the books so I decided to watch the movie. Being snobbish, I decided to start with the Swedish version with subtitles. They were very good, especially the casting, but they didn't really stay true to the books. More to the point, you have to have read the books in order to follow the movies. With a sigh I decided to watch the American Version. I swear I'm not biased, but the American version was soooooo much better. I liked the Swedish actor as Bloomqvist better (and I'm a Daniel Craig fan), but I liked the American actress as Salander better. And what really amazed me was that the American movie more closely followed the book, made it so you didn't have to read it first and still had time to fit in character development.
So now I've ready book 2 and I'm 1/2 through book 3. I've started watching the 2nd movie in Swedish and I'm really looking forward to the American versions. I just hope they live up to the first.
As an aside, I read an article about a linguist who recently floated up a theory that English is not a Germanic language, but is actually an ancient Scandinavian dialect that evolved. Article is here
So now I've ready book 2 and I'm 1/2 through book 3. I've started watching the 2nd movie in Swedish and I'm really looking forward to the American versions. I just hope they live up to the first.
As an aside, I read an article about a linguist who recently floated up a theory that English is not a Germanic language, but is actually an ancient Scandinavian dialect that evolved. Article is here