Directed by: David Fincher
Run time: 158 min
Did you grind your teeth in anger as you heard the news that David Fincher is about to make the English language adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo? I grind my teeth as I read the news. Does Americans lazy enough to read the subtitles of the Swedish version so they need to make the English language version? Besides, I hate Hollywood remakes of successful non Hollywood movies, except for Let Me In, the remake of Let the Right One In.
However this is Fincher who made Se7en and Zodiac, not Bay, so I still have some faith. Lowering my expectation as low as possible this one manages to surprise me. The Fincher version is better than the Swedish one. Thanks to bigger budget and better score from Trent Reznor which will remind you of The Social Network.
Opened with a brief prologue and weird opening credits that remind you of James Bond movies (Daniel Craig is even the leading actor here) with the cover of Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song, Fincher take us into the feel bad ride of the year.
Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) is scorned, he lost a case against a millionnaire. Blomkvist is called by Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer), a wealthy man, to investigate the disappearance of his niece, Harriet, almost 40 years ago. He assumes that Harriet has been murdered. Telling to Blomkvist that he will work under the guise of writing a biography for him, Blomkvist must stay at the private island of Vanger family to investigate further.
Then Blomkvist get some help from Lisbeth Salander (Ronney Mara), a gothic punk girl with haunting look who can hack into the internet. In fact she manages to hack into Blomkvsit computer previously. Together they are the dynamic duo, dwelving into the dark and shocking secrets of the Vanger family.
As expected, it is a harsh, gritty, murky and rough. Not suitable even for teenagers. The pacing and the acting is good however what comes as my disappointment is how they all speak English in Sweden with 'forced' Swedish accent. It is not necessary and feel awkward. How would you feel if Michael Mann's Heat made in Germany in German language but with 'forced'E nglish accent?
You don't have to read the book or the Swedish version to understand this one, since this time Fincher proves that not all remakes (or re adaptation in this case) have to be bad.
Run time: 158 min
Did you grind your teeth in anger as you heard the news that David Fincher is about to make the English language adaptation of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo? I grind my teeth as I read the news. Does Americans lazy enough to read the subtitles of the Swedish version so they need to make the English language version? Besides, I hate Hollywood remakes of successful non Hollywood movies, except for Let Me In, the remake of Let the Right One In.
However this is Fincher who made Se7en and Zodiac, not Bay, so I still have some faith. Lowering my expectation as low as possible this one manages to surprise me. The Fincher version is better than the Swedish one. Thanks to bigger budget and better score from Trent Reznor which will remind you of The Social Network.
Opened with a brief prologue and weird opening credits that remind you of James Bond movies (Daniel Craig is even the leading actor here) with the cover of Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song, Fincher take us into the feel bad ride of the year.
Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) is scorned, he lost a case against a millionnaire. Blomkvist is called by Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer), a wealthy man, to investigate the disappearance of his niece, Harriet, almost 40 years ago. He assumes that Harriet has been murdered. Telling to Blomkvist that he will work under the guise of writing a biography for him, Blomkvist must stay at the private island of Vanger family to investigate further.
Then Blomkvist get some help from Lisbeth Salander (Ronney Mara), a gothic punk girl with haunting look who can hack into the internet. In fact she manages to hack into Blomkvsit computer previously. Together they are the dynamic duo, dwelving into the dark and shocking secrets of the Vanger family.
As expected, it is a harsh, gritty, murky and rough. Not suitable even for teenagers. The pacing and the acting is good however what comes as my disappointment is how they all speak English in Sweden with 'forced' Swedish accent. It is not necessary and feel awkward. How would you feel if Michael Mann's Heat made in Germany in German language but with 'forced'E nglish accent?
You don't have to read the book or the Swedish version to understand this one, since this time Fincher proves that not all remakes (or re adaptation in this case) have to be bad.
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