The 3D’s

No not the animated cutesy, or the shock horror or even my favourites, the old sci-fi, ohh so can’t wait to go and see Star War episode one in 3D!

No, I’m talking about the Dragons, again not the D,R,V, 3 dragons from the thrones saga but the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

I read all three books in the series last year and got through them pretty quick as they were a riveting read and aside from some of the nasties, which, to be fair, I didn’t find gratuitous, just nasty bits that carried the story along, I would recommend them if you like a good thriller and intrigue and twists and turns.

I also saw the original Swedish films, obviously the dubbed versions, my mother used to say I spoke Double Dutch and that is the only language skills I lay claim to, so I went for the dubbed English.

I can’t get on with subtitles, I never could, back in the day when it was fashionable to go see ponderous art house foreign movies with subtitles, it was too hard trying to watch the action, well for action read pensive, intensive and yearning looks and also read the heavy dialogue flashing on the bottom of the screen, so I never really got it!

So back to the Dragon, Ok, yes, it takes a while to get used to the words not matching up, the lip synch is not good, but once I got into the story I forgot all about that. I found the film dark and brooding and thought that it really took a good crack at the book, although possibly hard to follow if you hadn’t read the book.

When I heard that there was going to be a “Hollywood” version, frankly I wasn’t impressed but I went to see it today and thoroughly enjoyed it. Yes, they have taken a few liberties with the plot and missed some bits out, but the only way you really get a book on screen in it’s entirety is to do a mini-series, and this is a very good film. The treatment is very different from the Swedish version and whilst because I had read the book and seen the original film there were no plot surprises for me I was still completely caught up in it from start to finish.

So now I’m hoping they can bring the cast back and make the other two films.

Now it’s time for a bit of dancing with dragons, only got about 80 pages to go, no spoilers but OMG!!!