Went to see the Hollywood version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo last night. I saw the original Swedish version a year or so back, and I think I prefer this new one - it's better paced and better filmed (though there are a number of scenes which might as well be shot-for-shot remakes of scenes in the Swedish version) and the fact that it's in English, so has no need for the painfully badly-written subtitles, helps. I don't think it's quite as graphic as the Swedish version, though.
Whether you've read the books or not, or if you've seen the Swedish film, I'd recommend this to anyone.
Ah, the well known mid-90s educational video in which Indy "Indices" Jones, the famed Mathematician/Explorer, must venture into the depths of the jungle to discover the secrets of geometry in the hope it will help him against the Nazis! One of my favourites.
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I watched Contagion a few days ago. It wasn't particularly spectacular, but I think the way it depicted the spread of a nasty virus, right from the very first person, was good, and Jude Law's use of social media to which a wide audience as a snake oil merchant was done well.
Point taken, though - I'll have a lookee for the original.
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