subject: Girl Played with Fire - Lisbeth and Mikael Strike Back [print this page] Regardless of the amount of time that had passed, Pixar still killed the competition at the box office. Studios are always trying to get sequels out quickly, and they hate keeping the audiences in limbo. Me? I have developed a strong sense of patience throughout the years to where if a filmmaker says that it's going to take some time to get things right on a sequel, than I should be able to handle the wait. That's a much better prospect than having it rushed into production without a finished script!
Now we have "The Girl Who Played With Fire" which comes to America just mere months after its brilliant predecessor, "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo," hit the silver screen. For once, we don't have to wait an infinite amount of time for a sequel! Of course, this may have to do with the fact that parts 2 and 3 were already filmed and completed by the time the first one even made it to the United States. Noomi Rapace returns as Stieg Larsson's female antihero and brilliant computer hacker Lisbeth Salander. From the moment she walks onto the screen to when the credits roll, Rapace owns this movie without question. Also returning is Michael Nyqvist as Millennium Magazine investigative reporter Mikael Blomkvist, and it's great to see him back as well.
Having witnessed the events of "Dragon Tattoo," we now have a better understanding of Lisbeth and the dark places she is coming from. But throughout "Fire," we get to dig even deeper into her character along with Mikael as he uncovers more secrets involving her deeply troubled childhood which was filled with endless abuse. It is amazing that she didn't turn into a full blown sociopath as a result of experiences she should never have had to endure. Any kindness she tries to give is typically rebuked as those who know her don't even try to hide the fact that she can give off an endlessly cold vibe. As a result, she is a little too late to make amends with a lot of people.
Seeing Noomi Rapace being as fantastic as she is here, it makes the upcoming American remake even more worrisome. Can David Fincher possibly find an actress who is as good as Noomi to take on one of the most popular female literary characters in fiction today? Sure doesn't seem like it, but even if he does, that actress will always been in the shadows of Rapace. That cannot be an enviable position to be in.
Rapace does amazing work in bringing to life all the different dimensions of Lisbeth, and she makes us endlessly sympathize and root for her in the face of increasing adversity. She never makes the character easily likable, and heroines rarely get more punk or tougher than she does these days. Noomi takes the time to make clear how tough of a front she puts up to survive in this world, and yet she still allows Lisbeth to exhibit a vulnerability that does lie beneath her rough exterior. When giving her apartment keys to a friend so she can live there for a year rent free (the dream of any Los Angeles musician who has broken up with their girlfriend), it becomes more about business than friendship. But the moments she shares with her former guardian who has survived his stroke are count for a lot in that he is one of the very few people on this earth she can easily trust and who knows what kind of person she is and what she has gone through.
Girl Played with Fire - Lisbeth and Mikael Strike Back
By: zhang jun
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