Tattoo is actually available on netflix instant. I may watch it tonight.
Haven't read the books yet, and feeling weirdly torn about watching the movie first...
My wife is reading those books, is really loving them, and insistent on me reading them (and watching the movies too). I am torn on whether I should watch the movies first or not, as my TBR pile is already pretty intimidating...
The first film is good enough that you can watch it without having read the book. The first book is very hard to get into for the first 150 pages or so, and then suddenly you're ripping through it and it's 3am.
The second film is a decent adaptation, instead of being a sequel to the first film*. However, the second book is better than the second film (after you get past the part in Grenada, which basically sets up one plot point in the third book but doesn't have much other to recommend it, besides reminding you that Lisbeth hates men who use/abuse women).
I haven't seen the third film yet. Waiting for a subtitled version.
I hear Daniel Craig is playing Blomkvist in the American/British remake of "Tattoo". I'm sorry, but Blomkvist isn't supposed to be THAT good-looking. Just somewhat-above-average, if I'm reading the book correctly. I just fear that they'll get Kristen Stewart to play Lisbeth -- which, scarily, might work, given that Lisbeth is sometimes emotionless and Kristen Stewart... well, she's Kristen Stewart.
* Whereas HP6 the film was a sequel to HP5 the film, not an adaptation of HP6 the book.
