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Horrible mood this morning. People downstairs can't seem to figure out how to regulate the heat, so they blasted the radiators at 1am-3am, then again at 5am-7am. I had to open a window and turn on the air conditioning. (It was 82 degrees inside and 38 degrees outside). Went downstairs at 1am to get the email address, but wrote it down wrong. Knocked on their door this morning...and they said that the heat was off now. I said it's still radiating in my apartment. They explained how difficult and impossible it is to regulate. I explained, well up until now, it usually was too cold. Me: Call the landlord and ask.
I'll give them two more nights, then I'm emailing the landlord. I can't afford to get sick. I need sleep. Feel guilty about whining over this - since so many people don't have any heat and are freezing. I wish I could give them my heat at night.
Saw David Fincher's version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo last night. Prior to watching this film, I'd seen the Swedish adaptation/version, and read the book. The best of the three? The David Fincher version - no contest. I actually enjoyed the story and found it interesting and compelling for the first time.
Now before you say, oh, she's an American, of course she liked the American version better - I've watched a lot of foreign films, and generally speaking I actually prefer the foreign versions. I expected to like the Swedish version more. I didn't see this in movie theater in part because I dislike American remakes of Foreign tv shows and films. The Vanishing, The Kingdom Hospital, La Femme Nikita, and Let the Right One In are just a few examples of foreign films that were better than American adaptations.
But whomever directed the Swedish version/adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo isn't very good, and directed that film and adapted it much the way you might do a television film. I actually have a review of the Swedish version somewhere in my livejournal, which I can't find at the moment.
And film, like it or not, is in many respects about direction. Theater is the actors playground, television is the writer's, and film is the director's. David Fincher is an A list director, well-known for Oscar nominated fair such as Seven, Fight Club, Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Social Network. He is hands on - directly involved in casting, writing, and production.
Fincher's take on Girl is in some respects better than the original book. He changes the right things, emphasizes the right things, and casts it beautifully.
For the first time, I was actually curious to know what happened after the end.
Unlike the Swedish adaptation, Fincher keeps the following things:
( vague spoilers for book and all three films )
At any rate, if you haven't read the book or seen either film? Skip the Swedish versions and watch Fincher's. You can thank me or not, later.
Overall rating? A
I'll give them two more nights, then I'm emailing the landlord. I can't afford to get sick. I need sleep. Feel guilty about whining over this - since so many people don't have any heat and are freezing. I wish I could give them my heat at night.
Saw David Fincher's version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo last night. Prior to watching this film, I'd seen the Swedish adaptation/version, and read the book. The best of the three? The David Fincher version - no contest. I actually enjoyed the story and found it interesting and compelling for the first time.
Now before you say, oh, she's an American, of course she liked the American version better - I've watched a lot of foreign films, and generally speaking I actually prefer the foreign versions. I expected to like the Swedish version more. I didn't see this in movie theater in part because I dislike American remakes of Foreign tv shows and films. The Vanishing, The Kingdom Hospital, La Femme Nikita, and Let the Right One In are just a few examples of foreign films that were better than American adaptations.
But whomever directed the Swedish version/adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo isn't very good, and directed that film and adapted it much the way you might do a television film. I actually have a review of the Swedish version somewhere in my livejournal, which I can't find at the moment.
And film, like it or not, is in many respects about direction. Theater is the actors playground, television is the writer's, and film is the director's. David Fincher is an A list director, well-known for Oscar nominated fair such as Seven, Fight Club, Curious Case of Benjamin Button and The Social Network. He is hands on - directly involved in casting, writing, and production.
Fincher's take on Girl is in some respects better than the original book. He changes the right things, emphasizes the right things, and casts it beautifully.
For the first time, I was actually curious to know what happened after the end.
Unlike the Swedish adaptation, Fincher keeps the following things:
( vague spoilers for book and all three films )
At any rate, if you haven't read the book or seen either film? Skip the Swedish versions and watch Fincher's. You can thank me or not, later.
Overall rating? A