Finally Tweeting and Pinning

Friday night, Baby Girl and I watched The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. All I can say is "YIKES"! I haven't read the book, so I had no idea what I was in for. Was the book that graphic? I did love it when Rooney Mara got her insane revenge.

I also joined the ranks of social media users this weekend. You know, the two and three year-olds that are Tweeting on their iPads as we speak. Yeah them. I joined them.

It all started when I requested an invite to join Pinterest. After so kindly inviting me to join, they requested my Facebook or Twitter information. Wouldn't have been a big deal for most people, but I didn't have either! I opted for the Twitter account figuring I would get sucked in LESS than Facebook, we'll see. Speaking of getting sucked in and addicting, Pinterest is awesome! Embarrassingly, I only know that after watching a tutorial on YouTube on how to use it. I haven't fiddled with my own page too much yet. But, holy crap, can I spend loads of time looking at other people's pins.

So you can find me on Twitter here and on Pinterest here.

Saturday Baby Girl was playing in the district Solo and Ensemble contest. It was fantastic, and the orchestra is going to the State competition. I'm so darn proud of her.

Thanks so much for stopping by.
Talk to you soon,
Angela
 
 
 
 

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Book to Film

As 2011 comes to a close, we can catch another adaptation of a book for the big screen. The American adaptation of Stieg Larsson's first book in his Millennium trilogy, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, is in theaters now.

Here's the synopsis:

A spellbinding amalgam of murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial
intrigue.

It’s about the disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden . . . and about her octogenarian uncle, determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder.

It’s about Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently at the wrong end of a libel case, hired to get to the bottom of Harriet’s disappearance . . . and about Lisbeth Salander, a twenty-four-year-old pierced and tattooed genius hacker possessed of the hard-earned wisdom of someone twice her age—and a terrifying capacity for ruthlessness to go with it—who assists Blomkvist with the investigation. This unlikely team discovers a vein of nearly unfathomable iniquity running through the Vanger family, astonishing corruption in the highest echelons of Swedish industrialism—and an unexpected connection between themselves.

It’s a contagiously exciting, stunningly intelligent novel about society at its most hidden, and about the intimate lives of a brilliantly realized cast of characters, all of them forced to face the darker aspects of their world and of their own lives.

The American version is directed by David Fincher and stars Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander. This role is a big deal for Rooney. She had a couple of scenes in The Social Network, and has had other smaller roles, but this is her big break.

I was listening to an interview she did for NPR's All Things Considered in which she said she hadn't even read the books before auditioning for the part. But she goes on to say that she became obsessed with the character after reading the trilogy. She really had to put herself out there for this role. Included were the piercings and learning to ride a monster of a motorcycle. You can listen to the interview here.

Here's the movie trailer, in case you haven't seen it:

via dragontattoofilm

I haven't seen it yet, have you? How did it compare to the book? I'd love to hear your comments.

Talk to you soon,
Angela