Movie #1690 "The Girl in the Spider's Web" -- I wanted to see this movie because I have read and seen all the books in the series, and this is the most recent. I had seen the trailer, and it looked mostly to show the opening scene where she seems to be avenging another woman who has been abused by her hubby/bf, whoever.....and I couldn't remember any of that in the book, so I was a bit worried that this film didn't follow too closely with the book ---- generally, it did, but then went in a bunch of different directions with the series regular characters (i.e. Salander's sister, Blomquist, and Salander, mostly) There was much I liked with just a few others I didn't.....I continually enjoy the "look" of Sweden, the coldness, the darkness, the dampness and snow --- it becomes such a mood piece in the series. I really really liked this Liz Salander --- Claire Foy fits so much the description that is given in the book --- small, muscular, dark, hair in mohawk, the dragon tattoo was prominent in this one and was her ability (and inability, just because of her size) to deal with the enemies (of which there are quite a few in the film. Another thing I liked is that I saw some special effects I have never seen before (but it could be because I don't always see all the action films) - for example, the effect of her room being filled with fire in one second flat --- amazing! The guy missing his nose --- amazing again for the makeup artist. The new Blomquist (since the actor who played the original Blomquist died) was good, and they seemed to have more chemistry than the other ones --- at least this film pushed that a bit more than some of the others...... it's what the audience wants to see, I think. Once again, I like how there's less fighting and more using tech and their minds to get out of scrapes. Oh, but not to say there isn't violence --- this series is always filled with violence (wait until you watch what her sister does to her toward the end of the film --- no spoils here...) and I never like a lot of fighting, but because she loses quite a bit here, it seemed more in reality, than some other action films I've seen where the good guy NEVER loses ---- what I missed about this film, though, in comparison to the book was the relationship Salander had with the little autistic boy August --- she had just a tidbit with him here, and their trek together wasn't near as long as it was in the book. Otherwise, I really responded well to this film --- it moved around at a rapid pace, so action fans will enjoy it, and also the series' fans won't be let down, I don't think. That is, if you can get through the heart pumping sequences you watch more of than stretches of quiet time discussions between blomquist and Salander. I'd give it 4 out of 5.
"THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB" 2018
Fired from the National Security Agency, Frans Balder recruits hacker Lisbeth Salander to steal FireWall, a computer program that can access codes for nuclear weapons worldwide. The download soon draws attention from an NSA agent who traces the activity to Stockholm. Further problems arise when Russian thugs take Lisbeth's laptop and kidnap a math whiz who can make FireWall work. Now, Lisbeth and an unlikely ally must race against time to save the boy and recover the codes to avert disaster.
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