I went with some friends last night to see The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo again. I stood up to very well and I got to better appreciate the acting. Part of me was distracted last time, bracing myself for two scenes. If you've read the novel you know what I'm talking about, but I believe it was presented better than in the movie. In general that sums up my feelings when it comes to comparisons between the book and movie. The movie felt like a better story, taking out scenes that annoyed me, mainly several centered around Mikael Blomkvist. Movie Blomkvist is someone I cared about more than the guy in the book.

The title character is Lisbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace), who is the big attraction, according to the reviews I've read. It always takes me a while to get that a certain character I've seen done hundreds of times in fics (female outsider w/ traumatic past but gifted w/super skills, who can rescue herself and others) is so unusual in movies. Um - yeah, I think I've said this before.