"Millennium" Series

Oh yes, I've actually been very busy with The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (I'm VERY excited for the film to come out; I think Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig are well-cast; Christopher Plummer as well).

But I'm thinking I'll come out with a full review of the trilogy when I'm done (I know I didn't do that for The Hunger Games, but that's super fresh in my mind. I've just completed The Girl Who Played With Fire and am now embarking on The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest).

By the way, you should check out the actual Swedish titles--only the 2nd book is translated properly.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Män som hatar kvinnor – "Men Who Hate Women"

(cover of book in Sweden and with Swedish title; it is meant to resemble the Millennium magazine, and I'm thinking the books look like magazine covers--Millennium is the magazine Daniel Craig's character, Mikael Blomkvist, works for)

Stieg Larsson (who died upon sending out these manuscripts, so God Bless! that they came through and required little editing) called it his "Millennium series". I don't know if he intended to have more books published, but I'm assuming everything culminates in the third book.

The Girl Who Played With Fire

Flickan som lekte med elden

I also know that in Sweden, they have already made all 3 films, to middling grades (what you'd expect a typical "action flick" to get--6.7 out of 10 on IMDB). THAT DOESN'T MEAN I won't check them out.

(And btw, I apologize for the movie blog; I've actually seen quite a few films since my last entry, and I realize I have yet to write reviews on some other films... and now they're a bit fuzzy in my mind... and watch and review some, so don't worry! I'll try and get on that asap!!)

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

Luftslottet som sprängdes, in English: The air castle that was blown up

Just for good measure, I'll include the Swedish movie posters here. So you have SOMETHING to feast your eyes on. If I ever DO get around to watching those films FIRST (before "GwtDT" comes out this year in America--the American version), be sure to find them on my movie blog.

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(it is interesting to note--I don't know how famous Noomi Rapace is in Sweden, but for sure this has catapulted her somewhat--she's going to be in the new "Sherlock Holmes" film opposite Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law)

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