Movie Review - The Girl in the Spider's Web
It's a sad fact: sometimes a good book can make a not so good movie. Such is the case of The Girl in the Spider's Web.
The pacing was frenetic, making the plot hard to follow. There were scenes that went by so quickly, I hardly had time to incorporate them into the movie in my brain. Most of these scenes were filled with gratuitous explosions or implausible car chases that hurt my brain.
I didn't feel there was any chemistry between the characters, and in my heart of hearts, I don't think the actors had fun in making this movie. I most certainly didn't have fun watching it.
TGitSW could have been shot in black and white, and it wouldn't have made a difference. There was very little color, except for a brilliantly red outfit worn by Camilla during a portion of the movie. And speaking of the red outfit: hats off to Sylvia Hoeks for running up a snow-covered hill while wearing six inch red stilettos. You go girl!
I'm assuming that the target audience are those who have read the book, which I have not. How well did the movie follow the book? Did the personalities of the book follow the personalities of the movie? I don't know, because I haven't read the book and probably never will.
I did find it interesting that the movie opened with a 'Me Too' moment, showing Lisbeth emasculating an abuser by hanging him from the ceiling, and tazing the creep 'til he literally peed his pants. The icing on the revenge cake was when Lisbeth mostly depleted his fortune by transferring funds into a private account for the wife. A lot of people would consider this scene worth the price of admission. I did! I believe that TGitSW would have been so much better if tazing psychotic husbands had been the plot of the movie.
My bottom line.......wait for the DVD.
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