Well, for the past three weeks or so on this blog I've been running a poll asking readers which upcoming book-to-film adaptation they are most looking forward to.The results have been interesting - largely as I expected with the English-subtitled adaptation of Stieg Larsson's THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO leading the way with 52% of the vote. Perhaps surprisingly, Dennis Lehane's SHUTTER ISLAND (admittedly directed by Martin Scorcese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio) scraped in for 2nd, with 4 votes.
The film adaptation of Larsson's masterpiece stars Michael Nyquist as Blomkvist and Noomi Rapace as the irrepressible Salander, and has already grossed over $100 million at the box office in Europe. It is the most successful local film of all time at the Nordic box office. You can watch the English-subtitled trailer HERE.
I am actually going to be watching this myself on Monday night, at a function held by Allen & Unwin publishers (who distribute the Larsson books in New Zealand). I'm really looking forward to it - though I will also be looking to watch some of the other three as well, after Xmas.
The results of the poll are set out below:
Thanks for participating. I really appreciate all the votes, and the comments people have made.
Thanks for sharing the poll results, Craig. I can't say I'm surprised at the outcome, but it is interesting to actually see.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Margot. Thanks for letting us know the results. I'm not surprised at the results, but I didn't think that Larsson's novel would get over half the votes.
ReplyDeleteHi Craig,
ReplyDeleteI had the pleasure of seeing GWTDT in Paris during the summer. Posters for it were plastered all over the metro, and I couldn't resist. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Begs a question though, doesn't it? With the popularity of the book, isn't it likely that somebody is going to come along and do a remake in English.
My concern is that they might ruin it. There's something about seeing it in Swedish - makes is "realer" somehow.