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Noomi Meet Poots. Poots Meet Noomi

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (19)

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I haven’t read any of the Stieg Larsson books that they’re based on, but I dug the hell out of the original Girl with a Dragon Tattoo movie. I wasn’t as fond of the second one; it felt like a transition movie, instead of a stand-alone film, and that’s the feedback I’ve gotten from others who have read the novel. In either case, the first film was good enough to overcome the second film’s faults, and leave me plenty excited about the third, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest, mostly because Noomi Rapace is fan-fucking-tastic. It’d be a privilege to have my ass kicked by her, though she can leave the dildo at home, thank you very much (oh, I know, commenters: Gay joke, gay joke, blah blah gay joke).

I still want Noomi Rapace to gay marry Imogen Poots. And I want them both to be at the Oscars. And I want Letterman to host. “Noomi meet Poots. Poots meet Noomi.” I’m 12.

Here’s the trailer, which deftly avoids the use of dialogue so as to not remind anyone that it’s a foreign film and that you’ll be required to read during the film. Fucking Beavises.


The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest arrives in theaters on October 29th.









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Comments

Don't read the books. Awful does not come close.

Posted by: heddy at October 6, 2010 11:26 AM

Noomi Rapace and the character of Lisbeth Salander are the only two good things to come out of the whole trilogy. The writing for the books is terrible. No style at all, and they needed major editing.

Posted by: toomin at October 6, 2010 11:32 AM

Ooh, thank you heddy!
Everyone I knew kept going on and on about how amazing the books were so I read the first one and hated it. But since people just seem to keep being enraptured by the books and movies, I figured I give them a second chance.
I made half-way through the second book before moving onto much better things with my life. The books are enough to keep me away from the movies.

Posted by: penelope at October 6, 2010 11:37 AM

Awful? No, I wouldn't say they're awful based on the first one, the only one I've read so far. Dragon Tattoo is about on par with whatever The James Patterson Corp. is putting out these days. I didn't even really care for Lisbeth except for her confrontation with her legal guardian. If you don't figure out who the main baddie within the first 100 pages, then you've never read a mystery before.

Posted by: Wednesday at October 6, 2010 11:38 AM

I really enjoyed the plot of the first one, the second one was dreadful and I'm torn on whether the third one made up for it or not. BUT, the fact that the guy died is absolutely no excuse for why none of the three books seems to have undergone even rudimentary editing post-submission. They all could have done with about 100 pages cut out (in the case of the second one, about 300 pages could have been cut). Larsson really needed an editor who was willing to tell him "books are not necessarily better when you project your alter ego's needs on to every page".

Posted by: PaddyDog at October 6, 2010 11:44 AM

No reading for me. I did enjoy the first film, even if I thought it was a little pulpy.

There's a hornet's nest on my porch. It's positioned too high for me to kick. I'm very wary of it.

Posted by: DarthCorleone at October 6, 2010 11:56 AM

Just so everyone knows, The Girl Who Played With Fire will be available to stream on Netflix on October 26. And I really really liked the first movie as well.

Posted by: Pinky McLadybits at October 6, 2010 12:01 PM

I really enjoyed Girl with the Dragon Tattoo but I've 180p left in Played with Fire and I feel like I've been reading this book for a year. It's good, but there are serious problems. Namely, it's at least 200 pages too long. When your main character disappears from the narrative for 240 pages you may have a pacing issue. And it takes over 200 pages for the murders to occur that are explained in detail on the back cover.

Also, Blomkvist is a really boring character. The only time this book is fun and unique is when Lisbeth is on the scene. Larsson's over reliance on coincidence to complicate/resolve the plot is really credulity stretching as well.

Posted by: TylerDFC at October 6, 2010 12:12 PM

I love every little thing about Noomi Rapace

that is all

Posted by: k at October 6, 2010 12:44 PM

Noomi Rapace is a demi-goddess of acting. That is all.

Posted by: idiosynchronic at October 6, 2010 12:51 PM

I'm glad to know I'm not the only person who thinks the books are overrated. I read all 3 and enjoyed them, but I think of them as "books" and not as "literature," if that makes sense. The writing isn't great. Lisbeth is the best part about them. And there are definitely a lot of cuts that could have been made, especially in the 2nd and 3rd books. I saw the 1st two Swedish movies and will see the 3rd when it comes out here later this month, and I will see the American version. Noomi Rapace is amazing and in general I think the Swedish versions are very well cast.

Posted by: Katie at October 6, 2010 12:57 PM

I enjoyed the books and have seen all three movies.
Yes, both have their problems but it's a fact that Noomi Rapace owns the role of Lisbeth, much like Anthony Hopkins owns Hannibal Lector.

The only actress I can recall who brought such ferocity and steely determination to a role would be Charlize Theron in Monster.

Posted by: clocker at October 6, 2010 1:31 PM

I liked the first of the books, I'm on the second one now and I certainly think they were better than anything Patterson has put out. Perhaps the reason they don't read well over here is that they're translations? A LOT can be lost in translation (see also: Blindness), so it wouldn't surprise me that that happened with these books. Now, the critiques of the plot are a different story.

Posted by: Stella at October 6, 2010 2:04 PM

I think of them as "books" and not as "literature"

Katie, that totally makes sense to me. I'm near the end of the second book, and fully agree. I really enjoyed book one, and I don't disagree with the criticisms here of book two although it's still a decent read. They're not Tolstoy, but they sure as hell aren't Dan Brown either.

Posted by: meaux at October 6, 2010 7:27 PM

I think of them as "books" and not as "literature"
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Who said they were "literature"?? They are just fun to read books. I don't recall anybody comparing them to Shakespeare. These are books to read on vacation. I enjoyed them very much. And, as someone said, they are translations. So, there's that to consider.

I'm still shocked that I enjoyed the first movie so much because I've never liked foreign movies with subtitles. I have zero plans to see the American version. Nobody can top Noomi's performance.

Netflix is streaming the second movie on Oct. 26 so I'll be watching. None of the movies were actually shown in my city or, if they were shown I don't know where so I didn't get to see them. I'll just wait for "Hornet's Nest" to come to Netflix.

Posted by: mslewis at October 6, 2010 8:51 PM

I enjoyed the first one, and thought there were a number of things that were kind of different and interesting. The second was, indeed, a transition, and the third became ridiculous. All of them could have used a strong editorial hand, but even so the declension would have been evident.

You know which character I really don't care about? Erika Berger. Blomkvist is compelling compared to her.

Posted by: KateNonymous at October 7, 2010 12:49 AM

I agree that the books were badly written and too long, but please don't blame the translator. Poor guy had to work with the text for months, and believe me, he knew it was bad. If anything, I pity the guy.

Posted by: Karo at October 8, 2010 9:51 AM

i haven't seen any of the movies but i've read all three books. by the time i got to the last one, i was scanning past page after page and just jumping to the interesting parts. all of the books are way too wordy. but they still make for fun reading.

Posted by: lachica at October 10, 2010 9:35 PM

Fincher's a good director, but Noomi is fucking fierce as Lisbeth. I've seen all three movies and can't imagine anyone else in the role.

Posted by: RJ at October 10, 2010 11:55 PM