The Killing and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Essay Example

The differences could be due to culture. American culture is unabashed and outgoing. People are also accustomed to Chinese based action style of movies. Therefore, American movies or series without violence in graphic details do not perform well.  This has been the case since the 70s. Hollywood movie makers attempt to present a complex plot with various scenes that usually climax in violence or sex scene.

            The Danes, on their part, prefer more tame films that focus more on betrayal, love, greed, and such themes without expression of too much violence or explicit sex. These differences in preferences are notable in the two films when American and Danish versions are examined. The Danish people bulk at scenes of extreme violence even in films and prefer to follow through the themes such as people do in staged theatre.

            However, the two are similar in the sense that issues of love, greed, and other themes permeate the whole film. Such themes are tackled by American and Danish versions of the films. The two versions were, after all, based on the same novel.