The Millennium Series

[Jake_Taylor]

Ok, then I should consider myself schlubby too because I could be in better shape and I huff and puff after a jog a lot more than I used to. He's no super man, but not what I'd consider a schlub for a guy in his 50s.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

See the Swedish movies. The first one is pretty solid, the second one, not so much

Well, the first one was commissioned for theatrical release and had a bigger budget. The other two are made for TV movies. The last two also did not use the same director as the first.

I hated the last two the first time I watched them, but I recently watched them again and don't think they turned out too terrible. The books are definitely better though.

Also Noomi Rapace came prepared to do these movies. I don't buy all that bull**** that she was this more or less soft-core actress before this series. The film she did right before all of this (Daisy Diamond) was 10x more extreme than anything in the Millennium film series.

 

[Buck]

1. Schlub does not explicitly mean overweight. It means clumsy, stupid or unattractive. In the books, the Bomquist character is clearly not schlubby.

B. He's in his mid 40s, not his mid 50s.

III. It never indicates that he is fat, just that he thinks he could be in better shape. Even when he's in the fictional Hedestad in the first book and decides he should get into better shape, he runs for a few miles. It's not like he's huffing and puffing after 15 yards.

All of that said, his affect on women is laughable. It's a ridiculous element in the books.

 

[qtlaw]

The thing about Bloomqvist is that he's not an arrogant prick who expects the ladies to fawn over. He's comfortable in himself and he's got a good sex life. Its not like he's James Bond who beds everyone he comes in contact with. I think you're nit-picking. He gets a few of the ladies but most of them are over 40.

 

[Double Down]

The thing about Bloomqvist is that he's not an arrogant prick who expects the ladies to fawn over. He's comfortable in himself and he's got a good sex life. Its not like he's James Bond who beds everyone he comes in contact with. I think you're nit-picking. He gets a few of the ladies but most of them are over 40.

Justify it however you like. They're Larssen's personal detective porn.

 

[Buck]

In the first book, he's sleeping with Berger. The divorced niece of the guy he's working for throws herself at him, and later so does Salander.
I can't recall as much from the second novel.
In the third novel, the woman from the security police throws herself at him.

It's a little ridiculous because the character comes across as kind of bland.

My only point was there's no indication in the novels that he is a schlub or fat, and he is definitely not in his 50s.

 

[Dyno]

I'm 2/3 of the way through the first book and I don't hate it. There's still time, though.

 

[HejiraHenry]

My wife read he first one and suggested I might enjoy it. I breezed through all 3 and regret that we'll not get any more stories from this series.

(A fourth book was written – actually intended to be the fifth book in the series – but it'll probably never see the light of day for legal reasons.)

Thing is, Larssen was writing about the world he knew. I think that – and the Salander character, most of all - are what make the books such page-turners.

 

[Dyno]

I finished "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" and I didn't hate it! I didn't love it, but it was a page turner and would have been good beach reading if it were 50 degrees warmer out. I'm not sure why it became the big phenomenon it did, but at least I didn't throw it across the room like I did "The DaVinci Code." Thanks to everyone for the opinions/input. I'll be checking out some Lehane, per the suggestions on here.