A scene in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo that particularly stands out for its emotive effect happens about an hour and a half into the movie when Mikael and Lisbeth have already been introduced to each other. They have put a face to the name but by no means know each other at all. Due to their circumstances of working together on the case, they find themselves sleeping in the same small cottage on Henrik’s estate. 

            The scene starts with a shot of the sun rising over the cottage. Although the exact time is never shown, it can be concluded that it is early morning due to how low the sun is in the sky. The camera cuts to Lisbeth already up, smoking a cigarette, drinking a cup of coffee, and working on Mikael’s laptop. In the back ground of the shot, Mikael can be seen just waking up from his bed, showing the duality in work ethic of the two. Mikael walks over and immediately asks what she is doing. You can see he is surprised as to why she is on his computer, especially without asking permission, but regresses after she replies “working” without a missed step. You can tell he realized she already knows everything about him since she investigated him, and he realizes he doesn’t have anything on the computer that she doesn’t already know. The camera cuts to Mikael walking to the kitchen and saying, “we need to have a talk about what’s yours and what’s mine.” You can tell that he is trying to regain control of the situation but Lisbeth disregards what he says and replies with a compliment. Mikael answers with a surprised, “thank you” and walks over to see what she is talking about. 

            As Lisbeth points something out on the computer, Mikael walks over for a closer look and puts his arm around her to grab something and she is startled. She is briefly reminded of her past encounters with other men that did not end so well for her. Mikael does not realize and continues reaching for his glasses that are next to her. He is unaware of her paste, but the audience knows well what she has been through. Mikael puts on his glasses and squints, trying to focus on the computer. He begins pressing keys and moving the mouse to try and show her something, but his age and lack of technological skills show through as he mutters slurs to himself. In the back ground of this shot, you can see Lisbeth closing her eyes and shaking her head as Mikael struggles with the computer.             This scene is important because it shows the duality between these two characters. Lisbeth should in theory know everything about Mikael, but she doesn’t and it shows through in this scene. Mikael also knows nothing about Lisbeth and does not realize how uncomfortable he made her feel. The scene does a great job of showing that neither of these characters know each other, but yet they are tasked with solving a murder together.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was a LONG movie. This over two-and-a-half-hour film kept my attention for mostly the whole time. Mikael was introduced as a journalist and investigator who made a mistake on his most recent work and was facing the repercussions of it. I found the beginning of the move a bit confusing because it introduces Mikael as this reporter who is in financial trouble after a lost lawsuit, but then it doesn’t really go back to why he was in financial trouble until the very end of the movie. Instead, a wealthy Swedish man named Henrik gets in contact with Mikael because he wants Mikael to find out who killed his niece 40 years ago. I feel like the movie should have introduced Mikael as a very good investigator that was known for solving mysteries rather than this reporter who just made a huge mistake because why would a journalist be asked to solve a murder crime? 

Mikael agrees to work on the case because he will be paid well for it and continues to work on the case until the end when he solves it. Before Henrik hired Mikael as the investigator for his niece’s crime, he had him investigated by the girl with the dragon tattoo whose name is Lisbeth. Mikael eventually gets hold of the report that Lisbeth did on him and hires her as an assistant to help him solve the crime because he was impressed with how much she found out about him, which I understand. What I don’t understand is why didn’t Henrik just hire Lisbeth from the start if he knew she was also a good reporter from her work on investigating Mikael? None the less, Mikael and Lisbeth are an oddball duo that work well together when their backgrounds and looks say otherwise. The movie really picks up once this couple starts working together, and it was a surprise when they started showing feelings for each other since on the outside they are so different. 

The first hour of the movie when Mikael and Lisbeth are not working together, the movie pans back and forth between what is happening to each of them. Before Lisbeth works with Mikael, you don’t really know why they are showing so much about her. Lisbeth struggled throughout her life and you were able to see her hardships and how it has molded her. Once Mikael and Lisbeth work together, you finally understand why they gave so much background on her and it makes you appreciate the work they are doing to solve the murder of Henrik’s niece even more. 

This movie is not predictable at all. At times it can be slow and a bit confusing, but overall, the bulk of the movie and worth the watch. My biggest concerns with this movie are the beginning and end. In the last 10 minutes of the movie, Lisbeth helps Mikael write a new story on the man he wrote about in the beginning and she steals all the money from the man by herself in a vault heist movie type of way. The movie could have just ended with them finding the killer the Henrik’s niece. Overall, I give this movie a 7.5/10.

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So far, CBD has been gona through clinical trials for treating epilepsy disorders such as LGS, and will continue to go through trials to made regualated medicine to treat things such as anxiety, parkinsons, and inflammation

A heart murmur is an abnormal heart sound. Usually the heart makes a “Lub-dub” noise which is the sound of the valves slamming shut in the heart. If one of the valves is defected, the usual noise of the heart could sound different. The aortic valve thickens as a result of aging which could disrupt blood flow and cause a murmur. An aortic valve repair is used replace a failing aortic valve. You will be connected to a heart-lung bypass machine and one of many techniques can be used to repair the valve such as adding support to the roots of the vales.

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Companies usually print their logos very large on objects like blimps or buildings, but what about very small objects. Maybe on day a photoshop collage could be printed onto subatomic particles just because someone wanted to. As of now, paintings as small as pieces of hair are already being made, so in the future, objects and paintings could get smaller.

Technology to print very small paintings could be used to make the internet faster. Graphene is used to sketch the small images.

According to the article from huffpost, three of the Mona Lisa paintings cold fit on the width of a hair. So in theory, a person should be able to print a photoshop image onto a piece of hair if they wanted to.

The clear part around an unfertilized egg has been considered the healthiest part of the egg. Egg whites contain no cholesterol and are ver low in calories because they are almost pure protein.

Although egg whites are considered “healthy”, they contain high levels of avidin, a protein that binds to biotin. Biotin is important to maintain healthy skin, hair, and nails. Cooking the whites denatures the protein avidin to reduce its binding effect, but eating cooked whites still have a binding effect that could increase risk of hair loss and seizures. Egg whites are a good source of protein and can help for people with diabetes but they should not be considered as healthy as the whole egg because they do not provide the same nutritional benefits.

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Be skeptical about everything read on the internet!