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This is the filmed sequence accompanying the opening credits of the film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - the Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara version. It's a dark, sci-fi horror style video that more than compensates for a movie which, as often happens, doesn't do justice to the novel.
Confession first. I only saw the movie "Night of the Living Dead" a few days before reading the book of the story behind it. I wasn't particularly impressed by this 1968 film as it appeared
dated (not because it's in B&W) and by today's horror standards, it's a rather tame affair. However, author Joe Kane, a self-confessed Deadhead, explains why this movie was groundbreaking for its time. I made nothing of the lead character being black or the scene where he shoots an arrogant white bloke who was threatening their survival in the face of a zombie onslaught. However, backtrack to America in the 60s and the racial tension that manifested itself in the murder of Martin Luther King and this scene now has a significance which is lost on us today.
The author talks about other zombie movies which are somehow connected to George Romero, the director of Night of the Living Dead. Since I'm not a zombie fan, I find the information extraneous and the slang occasionally off-putting.
Hence, my 5/10.
The past few days I decided to re-view two movies which I rated highly when I had seen them for the first time: The Matrix and The Bourne Identity. Both of these are the first part of their respective trilogy.
In my eyes, these are modern-day classics. Either because of the special effects, the action or the soundtrack, I thoroughly enjoyed riding the thrills they generate. Even while slouched in the sofa, I could feel a rush of adrenaline course through my veins.
I was particularly pleased to recognize one of the tracks from Bourne Identity, Paul Oakenfold's, Ready Steady Go. I knew this music from another film, Collateral, with Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx and Mark Ruffalo. Now that's a CD I recommend.
Back to the The Matrix and The Bourne Identity. I give them an equal score of 10/10.