There's a LOT of books

written every year, but not many become #1 best sellers in Europe and the US. 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo', was one that did, as well as the two following books by Stieg Larsson, who died way too young. Really enjoyed the books, so we went to the movie today, which wasn't an easy choice with all the good flicks out there, now, after a long drought of good movies. With Daniel Craig, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skaarsgard and the UNbelievable Rooney Mara, filmed in Sweden, it was 'off the chart'. Hate using superlatives like 'best', but I can't remember a movie that was SO well done and intense. Was kinda long, but not a wasted or boring minute in it. So many 'Oh WOW' moments that we were able to spend our entire dinner date talking about it afterwards. Maybe a little too much sex to really catch on with the general PG-rated public, but it was necessary to the plot. I guarantee we are gonna hear a lot about this movie as 'word of mouth' gets out there. I really think the last movie that I walked away from the theater with this many 'WOWS' was 'Dances with Wolves', and that's saying a LOT. An absolutely amazing movie, in SO many ways....

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Anonymous said…
http://www.imdb.com/list/sSl5g-rE6bU/
A list on IMDB of the best movies of 2011, has Hugo 1st and Girl w/Dragon Tattoo at #2. I'd reverse the order, although Hugo is very good.
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