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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Go see the original
A strong cast, all apart from Daniel Craig, who can only play one type, movie after movie (that of a wooden sideboard)
The first movie is far more edgy, exciting and authentic. This revised version is typical Hollywood; over produced, over simplified and over hyped. You can tell its been through a 1000 different hands, and that for all the money spent what they ended up with just does not capture the feel of the book (and doesn't follow it at all well either!)
Stellan Skarsgård, Rooney Mara & Grandfather Plummer do produce excellent performances (with Grandpa doing a great Swedish accent. speaking of which why was Daniel Craig unable to handle the accent? Oh yes, he can't act I forgot!
Queenie in Love (2001)
A joy to watch
I stumbled across this film in a hotel room whilst working in France, and was mediately drawn in by it. THe acting of the two lead characters is just great. I believed in them as characters. It was witty, but no comic or showy, it was real but not crude, it was honest but not indulgent.
The New York backdrop gave a real glimpse of what NY life is like, and you felt very much part of the action there.
A great little movie of clashing cultures, double lives and the power of relationships to transform a life.
See it in a hotel near you!