Same writer, same saga, different director. And you notice that.
The second chapter of Larsson's trilogy is almost a single continuous story split into two parts (tome II and III), while the first episode is more stand-alone (and IMHO the best one, both on paper and celluloid).
Unfortunately, most of the thrilling elements of the first episode disappear: there's less drama, less time to develop characters (and some are missing), the narration is sometimes incomplete (mainly if you read the book).
A few examples: the initial episode with Lisbeth in holiday is completely skipped (only a very short cut-scene survives), Lisbeth financial help to improve her old tutor Palmgreen's health is missing (and you see Palmgreen two times: the first one with a very pronounced handicap, the second almost healthy, just a few days after...), how did Lisbeth find Bjurman's vacation home?, what about the moto-club?, why is Lisbeth remotely deactivating the apartment alarm and not Bloomqvist with the WASP-on-phone-keyboard trick?, etc. etc. etc.
When compared to the previous cinema transposition (and generally spoken to the original book), tons of details and information creating and enriching the Larsson's world have been removed, resulting into a flesh off sub-version movie adaptation of what originally was an interesting novel, now reduced into a mediocre detective film.
The second chapter of Larsson's trilogy is almost a single continuous story split into two parts (tome II and III), while the first episode is more stand-alone (and IMHO the best one, both on paper and celluloid).
Unfortunately, most of the thrilling elements of the first episode disappear: there's less drama, less time to develop characters (and some are missing), the narration is sometimes incomplete (mainly if you read the book).
A few examples: the initial episode with Lisbeth in holiday is completely skipped (only a very short cut-scene survives), Lisbeth financial help to improve her old tutor Palmgreen's health is missing (and you see Palmgreen two times: the first one with a very pronounced handicap, the second almost healthy, just a few days after...), how did Lisbeth find Bjurman's vacation home?, what about the moto-club?, why is Lisbeth remotely deactivating the apartment alarm and not Bloomqvist with the WASP-on-phone-keyboard trick?, etc. etc. etc.
When compared to the previous cinema transposition (and generally spoken to the original book), tons of details and information creating and enriching the Larsson's world have been removed, resulting into a flesh off sub-version movie adaptation of what originally was an interesting novel, now reduced into a mediocre detective film.