Five Favorite Films with Noomi Rapace

Andrew StClair

I do like the only one that mattered. You know? That one that did justice to the book and actually had a Lisbeth Salander that was like how Lisbeth Salander was supposed to be like... Not the ones with Noomi Rapace who butchered what the character of Lisbeth Salander was supposed to be about.

Mar 6 - 01:54 PM

Andrew StClair

And seeing as you're too scared to say more than "you're credibility is gone because I said so," I can now confirm that you're credibility is gone in absolutely every area of life.

Mar 6 - 01:55 PM

Bram Lalmn

@Andrew StClair
Umm Noomi's was FAR more accurate. You obviously have never watched the extended versions. The other version was a Hollywood ripoff stealing shot by shot, and the other Lisbeth doesn't even speak Swedish, so it can never be more accurate.
The only thing "butchered" is your brain

Mar 6 - 02:57 PM

John Serrano

"the other Lisbeth doesn't even speak Swedish..."

"stealing shot by shot"

Man, you're messing with David Fincher. David Motherfucking Fincher. I don't know about credibility or shit, I haven't seen the original trilogy yet, but the Fincher take is simply amazing. The rape scenes, the tension, the locations, the soundtrack by Trent himself, everything was just perfect, pure Fincher. Go watch Se7en and Fight Club, mate.

Mar 6 - 03:30 PM

Bram Lalmn

Please. David Fincher did a Remake.
If you haven't seen the original why comment? Everything I'm saying is true...see the extended editions and you'll know he just did it shot by shot. For a paycheck. All of that you mention was in the original.
also Neils Arden Oplev + David Groth >>>>>> David Fincher + Trent
not pure fincher. pure copy
go watch the originals, mate. :)

Mar 6 - 05:15 PM

bassbait the monkey

Bram - David Fincher did a remake... of an adaptation...

Ball's in your court now... how is the original "original" and the remake a rip-off, if they're both just adaptations of a book?

Keep in mind I haven't seen either. I don't like David Fincher and I HATE Trent Reznor. Unless you're going to change the book as much as Kubrick did to something like The Shining or A Clockwork Orange, you might as well just get over the argument of which "Dragon Tattoo" movie is better. Or better yet? ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYS.

On an unrelated note, really looking forward to Shane Carruth's new movie Upstream Color.

Mar 6 - 11:32 PM

Bram Lalmn

I'm saying that he copied the original shot by shot. ;)
You need to watch the original trilogy man. Make sure it's the extended versions. :)

Mar 6 - 11:46 PM

Andrew StClair

No. Rooney's was more accurate. Not just in the way that she played the character, but in her appearance as well. I don't know when Noomi red the part where it said Lisbeth was a big, muscular chick (I guess skinny and anorexic in Swedish translates to body builder). One of the crew of the Fincher filmed got it right when they mentioned how off Noomi's Lisbeth was. Saying that Noomi's Lisbeth was loud and explosive, almost trying to draw attention to herself, and stare people down. Quite the opposite of what Lisbeth is supposed to be. Rooney got it spot on, and all you have to say in Noomi's defense is, "Oh, well... she played it first, so therefore, she's more accurate." Rooney > Noomi. She not only played the character better, but the entire film was both better as a film, and better as an adaptation.

Mar 8 - 12:15 PM

Andrew StClair

And then you make the stupid comment about speaking Swedish. So, if all Noomi's Lisbeth ever said was, "I want to shit on Bram Lalmn's face," in Swedish for the entire movie, she would be more accurate to the novel character because she says it in Swedish?

Mar 8 - 12:18 PM

Bram Lalmn

No. Noomi's was more accurate. Rooney played an english speaking girl with a silly accent. Her scenes of tension were laughable complete with over edited Hollywood over sexualizing. Noomi is the true Lisbeth

Mar 9 - 12:06 PM

Bram Lalmn

But she didn't say that, did she, Andrew StClair.
We all know you don't like to read subs. Just admit it.

Mar 9 - 12:06 PM

Andrew StClair

Nope. Rooney's is more accurate, and I don't need to make a comment about an accent to say so. She not only looks more like the character from the novel (Noomi Rapace's image of Lisbeth directly contradicts the image of the character from the novel in an interview. To qoute Noomi, "I thought Lisbeth should be very muscular." I don't know where in the novel it stated that Noomi was a built up, muscular woman. I'm pretty sure she's oftened described as being small, and vulnerable), but she plays her more like the character from the novel. Noomi was a loud, explosive character who looked like she'd be quick to get into your face for absolutely no reason. Something Lisbeth is not about.

And now, the only argument you have presented for Noomi's Lisbeth is that she speaks Swedish. Well, once again. If all she was saying in Swedish was, "I want to shit on Bram Lalmn's face," by your logic, she's closer to the novel because she's saying it in Swedish.

And no, I don't mind subtitles. I actually saw the Swedish film first, before ever reading the book, or the seeing the American film. My initial image of Lisbeth was Noomi Rapace because that's my first encounter with the character. Unlike most people, I actually read the book, and discovered what the character was supposed to be about, and not what Noomi Rapace pretended she was about.

And besides, the only reason the Swedish film was ever made was because Swedish people don't want to read books. Good logic, right?

Mar 9 - 05:17 PM

Bram Lalmn

You're incorrect. If you read the book you would understand that Noomi acts like Lisbeth while the other does not. And language is a huge part, even more then physicality. Although Noomi looks more like you'd imagine the character in the book. You act as if she is some body builder... um no. She's just toned and actually able to do her own stunts while Rooney uses a double.

And the movie was popular because the book was popular in Sweden. Every comment you get dumber.

If we are ranking films the Swedish gets 10/10 and the American a 4/10. Not even an authentic portrayal of Sweden. You are blinded by the overdone bloaded Hollywood budget that focused its marketing on sexualizing Lisbeth to make her look like a hooker. Her "rape"scene was laughable btw, while the scene in the Swedish was scary and unsettling.
The elevator scene in the american is just laughable too with that wonky accent

Mar 9 - 06:41 PM

Andrew StClair

Then disregarding a performance for simply not playing it the same way some stupid actress did it in a movie from before isn't really fair either.

Mar 9 - 06:22 PM

Bram Lalmn

Stupid actress? You mean one with actual class?
Typical American...you are nothing to see here

Mar 9 - 06:43 PM

Linda Burke

Read more carefully. I didn't even mention Mara, much less disregard her performance. I'm simply arguing the value of Noomi's perspective. Nothing more.

Mar 9 - 11:28 PM

Dave Mart

Great points, Linda. I'm very fond of both versions of ''The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo''. However, I must confess I related to Rooney Mara much more not because she was more like the character's description in the novels, but also because she evokes the feel with a more realistic strenght. Not that Rapace's performance is not good, I just felt Mara fit more into the noir atmosphere of the thriller. Rapace is quite older than the character as well, I'd say. Nonetheless, she has some strong acting moments in the films Mara has yet to give.

Mar 11 - 06:44 PM

Bram Lalmn

Noomi's portrayal is more accurate. Mara doesn't even speak Swedish.

Mar 16 - 06:02 PM