Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy

Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy

11/15/10 3:17 PM
RhettButler member Shipwrecked and Comatose Joined: 06/01/09 Location: Cardassia Prime Posts: 15,822	I really enjoyed the three films The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. I was wondering if anyone here read the books and how they would compare them to the films. Obviously the books will be more detailed, but in what respects? I just bought the three books on CD, so I'll be busy for the next few months.
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11/27/10 8:00 PM
back2thefuture member Joined: 11/17/10 Posts: 39	I read the first book & saw the movie. I liked the story, but not the subtitles. They gave me a headache. I'm so glad they're remaking it in English.
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11/28/10 1:32 AM
RhettButler member Shipwrecked and Comatose Joined: 06/01/09 Location: Cardassia Prime Posts: 15,822	back2thefuture posted: I read the first book & saw the movie. I liked the story, but not the subtitles. They gave me a headache. I'm so glad they're remaking it in English. With the DVD you can actually watch the film dubbed in English.
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12/06/10 11:57 AM
Riktor member Joined: 09/03/08 Location: Antares Posts: 2,099	I read the first book and saw parts of the movie. From what I saw, the movie is fairly close to the book. While I enjoyed the book somewhat, I kept falling back on an old Kurt Vonnegut quote about writing good fiction. Kurt told aspiring writers every sentence should serve to move the plot forward; don't waste the audience's time with suspense. It is a cheap trick and they'll see through it. While I don't disagree with the man, Larsson used a good portion of the first half of the novel to lecture the reader on his political beliefs, and it made for a very slow, very boring start. My wife is currently working on the next two books. I may give them a read if I finish Cormac McCarthy's The Crossing anytime soon.
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07/20/11 6:24 PM
dopefish_ member SWIM.. SWIM.. HUNGRY!! Joined: 04/19/09 Posts: 416	I read all three books and I really enjoyed all of them. I liked first book the most. Second book is fine and third is great. Perfect for Fincher.
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08/03/11 10:40 AM
Suge member Turbo Cunt Joined: 11/26/07 Location: The Rezervation Posts: 41,188	So far, I've only read the first one but I have the second one too. I just need to make more time to sit down and read. I loved the first one. It started out really slow but by the middle, I was fuckin' hooked!
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08/03/11 10:46 AM
Xanthe member ************************* Joined: 09/03/08 Location: Transsexual Transylvania Posts: 15,410	I just finished book one and I started book two. I haven't seen any of the movies yet but I can see how they would translate to film very well. I found myself thinking about the book when I wasn't reading it which is a sign of a good book in my opinion. I need book three but I'm waiting for it to come out in paperback. Yes I'm cheap. ><
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09/30/11 7:17 PM
Tynt member Joined: 10/12/08 Location: South Florida Posts: 70	I read book 1, I liked it. It climaxes 3/4 of the way through, which I didn't mind, but I've heard a lot of people found the post-mystery portion boring. Reading TGWPWF now.
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10/02/11 5:57 PM
The_Prowler member Now I'm nothing... Joined: 05/02/08 Location: Fredericksburg Vagina Posts: 18,691	I've read all three and I loved them, but I still have to see the original movies before I see the new one
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12/18/11 1:11 PM
OMS member BFT Joined: 05/04/08 Location: the abstract Posts: 9,131	I just noticed that the newest paperback of TGWTDT has the artwork of Fincher's movie. I may have to buy it now.
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12/25/11 8:02 PM
KateGompert member Joined: 09/30/11 Location: Milwaukee%2C WI Posts: 167	I'm going to quote my Literature professor on the books: "my beef with the novel was precisely my sense that it reveled, somewhat perversely, in its own depiction of sexual perversity and violence, and did so in the name of an ethical position (rape is bad) that is hardly bold or new." Also, they're not very well written.
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12/25/11 10:48 PM
leo3375 You: go fuck yourself. Joined: 11/26/07 Location: Minnesota Posts: 4,297	OMS posted: I just noticed that the newest paperback of TGWTDT has the artwork of Fincher's movie. I may have to buy it now. The publishers like to do movie tie-in covers when film adaptations are about to hit the theaters. The idea is to get the people who don't usually buy books but do see movies to buy it. This is one of the few movie tie-in covers that works quite nicely, in my opinion.
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12/26/11 4:39 AM
fijjit chat moderator You looking at me? Joined: 11/26/07 Location: Bristol Posts: 891	I had TGWTDT for christmas, but I'm gonna get the other 2 before reading it Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/26/2011 09:25AM by fijjit.
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12/26/11 11:48 AM
OMS member BFT Joined: 05/04/08 Location: the abstract Posts: 9,131	leo3375 posted: OMS posted: I just noticed that the newest paperback of TGWTDT has the artwork of Fincher's movie. I may have to buy it now. The publishers like to do movie tie-in covers when film adaptations are about to hit the theaters. The idea is to get the people who don't usually buy books but do see movies to buy it. This is one of the few movie tie-in covers that works quite nicely, in my opinion. Here it is in my shopping cart (last week when I was finishing up xmas pressies)!
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12/26/11 12:11 PM
bunnytrent9 member You smell really good!-TR Joined: 05/03/08 Location: NY Posts: 3,747	I've seen all three Swedish films and Fincher's now i'm about half way through the book!
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12/28/11 7:56 AM
scott14 member Joined: 04/17/08 Posts: 515	KateGompert posted: Also, they're not very well written. I've forgiven them a bit in this regard because the English versions are translations, and something is always lost in translation... Haven't seen the new movie yet, hopefully will soon, only watched the first of the Swedish films and didn't care for it.
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12/28/11 10:19 AM
KateGompert member Joined: 09/30/11 Location: Milwaukee%2C WI Posts: 167	scott14 posted: I've forgiven them a bit in this regard because the English versions are translations, and something is always lost in translation... That is a good point.
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12/28/11 10:37 AM
scott14 member Joined: 04/17/08 Posts: 515	So apparently the fourth book was more than half written at the time of Larsson's death, with the beginning and end finished. His girlfriend was very involved in his writing and could finish the book, but apparently it's caught up in a legal battle between her and Larsson's family.
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12/29/11 12:12 AM
leo3375 You: go fuck yourself. Joined: 11/26/07 Location: Minnesota Posts: 4,297	Stieg didn't have a will and did not marry longtime girlfriend Eva Gabrielsson, even though they had been together for over 20 years. Swedish law would have required him to disclose his address if he and Eva married, something that isn't a wise decision for a man who made his living as an investigative journalist. He lived with death threats every day, and if the people he was investigating knew where he and Eva lived, the results could have been disastrous. After Stieg died, his father and brother inherited everything and shut Eva out. She has been fighting to get a piece of the royalties from his estate, and has the unfinished manuscripts and outlines for later books in the Millennium series. Reportedly she won't hire someone to finish them because she doesn't think anyone can write the characters like Stieg could, and if she did commission someone to finish them she wouldn't see a dime from the sales.
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12/29/11 12:23 PM
OMS member BFT Joined: 05/04/08 Location: the abstract Posts: 9,131	^^^ I recall seeing this story on 20/20 or 60 Minutes or something like that. I feel for Eva. I think things would have been different for her in the US courts system. I guess they don't have something similar to "common law marriage" in Sweden.
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