The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009) Film 27/50

Varför så allvarlig?

(Yes, that's Swedish for "Why so serious?")

At least, it is according to Google Translate.

While this make-up job was in actuality mentioned in Stieg Larsson's book (published in 2006), I still maintain it's an homage to Heath Ledger's Joker. And nothing will ever change my mind about that. Nothing.

So the movie...

The Girl Who Played with Fire Book 8/50

Although slightly longer than The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, this book was a much faster read. And while there certainly could have been some major edits to this installment of the series, I enjoyed reading this book.

One of the things I found most interesting about reading this book was how I imagined the characters differently throughout the story. Having seen both film versions of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (something I had not done prior to reading the first book), I found myself picturing Mikael Blomkvist as Daniel Craig at some times (in truth, the majority of the book) and as Michael Nyqvist at others (mainly when Blomkvist did something lame, like punch a fist into the air in celebration). Lisbeth Salander, on the other hand, was imagined as more of an amalgam of Noomi Rapace and Rooney Mara. Go figure.

But you probably want to hear about the story.