I have great expectations for the remake of TGWTDT. People keep banging on about how bloody fantastic the original Swedish version is (the good people at Empire Magazine, who (m?) I normally admire for their spot-on reviews, won’t shut up about how great it is) but I was never bowled over like the rest of the world seems to be. I mean, it’s OK, but it’s no master piece. The dialogue feels stilted at best and kind of ridiculous at times (Ingen! Alla!). Perhaps the things that bother me get lost in translation and you’re just left with the good bits. We’ll never know.
Now, David Fincher is an excellent director. Zodiac is the best thriller made in the last ten years. Fightclub is brilliant, as is The Social Network. Therefore I’m thinking that TGWTDT - the Hollywood remake, is going to be another kettle of fish entirely.
The above is a bit of a preview. I love how they all talk in a weird Swedish accent (the words ‘clock, ‘boat’ and ‘police’ especially, made me giggle).
One last thing; every time I see Christopher Plummer I just want him to pick up a guitar and sing Edelweiss.
