"The View From Here" sounds familiar, don't know why because I haven't read it. I posted an appropriately long article on WWM about the Millennium trilogy - reading them cleared things I only had the slightest inkling of when watching (particularly "Hornet's Nest") but it was very King-ish: pages that were totally an ego trip.
Have you read or seen "At Home At The End of the World"? The movie is slightly different (omits a character) but the script/screenplay was written by the guy who wrote the book. It's an indie film, so it's slower paced and more like a succession of photos in time of who the characters are, not something like Transformers (which I love too and will not address how many times I've seen it [no idea, actually!]).
Reading is fun. I've noticed some things I just fly through (The Surgeon) snd some take me longer than I'd like to get hooked.
I'm excited to see the movies now that I've finally finished the Millennium trilogy. I'm sure the movies will be easier to slog through than the books. Even Stephen King admits that some of his books (I'd make that more than "some" and he's my favorite author but really now, let's be honest here) have pages that don't need to be there. Steig Larsson was new at the whole writing thing, and it's sad that we won't see any more books from him, because he was obviously talented, but there were times I was literally screaming at the book "Get to the fucking point! We don't care!"
I love indie movies but I've noticed that; some of them take too long to get to the point and tend to be slower paced and more internal. I haven't seen "A Home at the End of the World" yet, but a lot of indie movies are like that. I really liked this movie called "Surviving Crooked Lake," but ALL the action was internal and every review blasts the movie for having amateur actors and "no plot" when really it HAS a plot, just no budget to carry it off.
AHATEOTW had two scenes that just totally stick in my mind, both dancing scenes. The first one is the two guys slow dancing/embracing on top of their apartment building's roof and then later them dancing energetically together on the porch of their home. Very sweet.
The rape scene in the first movie is pretty intense, then there are only flashbacks in the other two. But watch the Swedish films. Noomi captures Lisbeth SO well, it's amazing. A lot of it is incredibly subtle, but I can watch the movies over and over and never really be bored by it. She's amazing. But yeah, just know that you can ffwd that scene if you need to. The first time I saw it, even though I knew it was coming, I still didn't sleep that night. But now it doesn't have the shock effect anymore because I've already watched it.
I'm probably going to watch the Swedish films and also watch the US remakes just to see what they do with the story. It's hard for me to type this sentence because Bella keeps butting my hand with her head. She's like "PET ME HUMAN!"
That rape scene was really hard to read in the books, too. One thing I liked was that Larsson didn't dwell on the lurid details to try and make it titillating. My friend Jesse from work was like "The rape scene was awesome!" like it was exciting, but that could just be because he's a douche.
If you get a chance to check out "The View from Here," it's highly recommended. I don't know what to say without giving anything away, but it's about a woman in her thirties whose husband disappears and how she deals with it and what she goes through. Some of the scenes are actually pretty spooky, even for me. It's how the character was detailed so I cared about her so much I didn't want to see anything bad happen to her.
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Have you read or seen "At Home At The End of the World"? The movie is slightly different (omits a character) but the script/screenplay was written by the guy who wrote the book. It's an indie film, so it's slower paced and more like a succession of photos in time of who the characters are, not something like Transformers (which I love too and will not address how many times I've seen it [no idea, actually!]).
Reading is fun. I've noticed some things I just fly through (The Surgeon) snd some take me longer than I'd like to get hooked.
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I love indie movies but I've noticed that; some of them take too long to get to the point and tend to be slower paced and more internal. I haven't seen "A Home at the End of the World" yet, but a lot of indie movies are like that. I really liked this movie called "Surviving Crooked Lake," but ALL the action was internal and every review blasts the movie for having amateur actors and "no plot" when really it HAS a plot, just no budget to carry it off.
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The rape scene in the first movie is pretty intense, then there are only flashbacks in the other two. But watch the Swedish films. Noomi captures Lisbeth SO well, it's amazing. A lot of it is incredibly subtle, but I can watch the movies over and over and never really be bored by it. She's amazing. But yeah, just know that you can ffwd that scene if you need to. The first time I saw it, even though I knew it was coming, I still didn't sleep that night. But now it doesn't have the shock effect anymore because I've already watched it.
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That rape scene was really hard to read in the books, too. One thing I liked was that Larsson didn't dwell on the lurid details to try and make it titillating. My friend Jesse from work was like "The rape scene was awesome!" like it was exciting, but that could just be because he's a douche.
If you get a chance to check out "The View from Here," it's highly recommended. I don't know what to say without giving anything away, but it's about a woman in her thirties whose husband disappears and how she deals with it and what she goes through. Some of the scenes are actually pretty spooky, even for me. It's how the character was detailed so I cared about her so much I didn't want to see anything bad happen to her.
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