We don’t see many movies in the theater, but, when the film of Stieg Larsson’s Girl with the Dragon Tattoo came to town, Ken and I were there in the first week. We were impressed with the screenwriter’s ability to reduce the epic details of the story down to a strong central thread, and to create suspense in a story that, on paper, was a lot of exposition. The character of Lisbeth plays a larger role in the film than in the book, perhaps because her storyline has much of the action in it. Be forewarned: When reading, you might not fully visualize the violent scenes, but there’s no escaping them on the screen.
While we, of course, knew the story, we both thought that someone without that knowledge would still have followed and been satisfied by the plot.
