The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Hollywood Style

Daniel Craig > Brad Pitt

Praise the heavens! Seriously everyone, do it! Ever since news have been circling around regarding the awesome movie that I'm sure this movie would be, some crazy casting nominees have surfaced on the internet. I was frustrated when it seemed like Brad Pitt would play the role of the great journalist, Blomkvist, but alas, that is not so! Daniel Craig, sexy sexy Daniel Craig, has signed on to play this role not only for the first movie, but for all three! And yes, this is awesome!

We can also breathe now that we know Kristen Stewart nor Anne Hathaway (or any of the early casting names that we have heard about), will be playing the great Lisbeth Salander. Rumours have it, K.Stew wont playing this role due to scheduling conflicts with Breaking Dawn. HA! For me, that's just downright ironic. No actress has been casted yet for this life-changing role, but I'm optimistic. They might just get it right, these Hollywood people.

CC Library: The Millenium Trilogy

Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist

I know I have been practically M.I.A for like, forever. Rest assured I have not been resting on my laurels! I've actually gotten a lot of reading done. The one that I want to feature on my blog is the Millenium Trilogy by the late Stieg Larsson. It consists of three separate novels; The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest.

I loved all three of them! They were all consistently good. If I had to choose my favourite out of three, I wouldn't be able to pick one. Each of them is special in their own way. I normally don't like books that touch on politics, but these three are an exception. I've got my hands on the Swedish movie of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo but I haven't had the chance to watch it. All three books have been made into movies and I heard that they were quite satisfactory. I've also recently heard that Hollywood will be re-making them. I don't mind, as long as they get the casting right. Please, not Brad Pitt for Blomkvist! And not Kristen Stewart or Anne Hathaway for Salander! I vote for Carey Mulligan, please!

Anyway, if you have the chance to read them, I think you should. They really were page-turners. I slept at like 5 am everyday reading them (during examination week too!). For my first foray into Crime fiction, I must say I'm impressed. You would be too.