Thought the whole rape scene was really unneccsary. Kept wanting to see more about Elizabeths backstory not nude shots thrown into the mix.

http://www.stieglarsson.com/the-movies

Watch the original swedish movies, they are better.

Lisbeth (if that's her name) in the Swedish movies is a hot chick. I saw the trailer on tv the other day for the American remakes and they decided to have her role played by some retard looking girl?! Like wtf?!!! :S

unnecessary? It's an essential part of the character/story/series and the new version of the film portrayed it exactly how it was written.

For the record the newer version kills the Swedish version by a long shot. Steven Zaillian did a much better job on the screenplay and keeping with the original details of the book. David Fincher did an excellent job of recreating the visuals. I felt like the Swedish version lacked in both areas considerably. That's not to say the Swedish version was bad. I just don't think it did the book/author justice. It left out too many details that were integral to the flow of the story.

Unfortunately, I can't compare the dialog, because I had to read subtitles on the Swedish version. Enjoyed the majority of the cast in both versions though.

I've not seen the films or read the books BUT I am a hugeeee David Fincher fan & he has done some incredible films from books so I can imagine he's going to do a pretty great job on this film, he's pretty much my main reason for even wanting to see this film (:

The Fincher version was a much more accurate comparison to what I built up in my mind from reading the book. They did a good job on the actors in both versions, but I think the budget constraints on the Swedish version really showed in the final product.

I'm actually really looking forward to seeing it, I've loved him since Alien 3 & yes I'm aware I'm one of the very few who liked that movie lol I'm not big into Daniel Craig but from the trailers he looks alright lol (:

here, its not in theatres yet. But as i saw the trailer for the usa version, I hated that leading lady with a retarded face and expression. Will see about the movie in general, soon.

fits the role well.

SUCH .. an anti-climax!

I thought about that after I punched submit. It felt incomplete, but seriously didn't have much more to add.

Yea... ¹

Bacon

HA!

Mmmm Bacon...

> For the record the newer version kills the Swedish version
> by a long shot.

If you like americanised movies...

> If you like americanised movies...

That's irrelevant to me. It's just a better film and a clearer representation of the author's words.

In the book the leading lady looks like a retard and not a hot chick?

well I don't know about this scenario but its certainly the case in the twilight series :-P

what something so subjective has to do with it. Regardless though, I think both are hot.

http://womenandhollywood.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/rooney_mara2.jpg
http://www.inflatu.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Rooney-Mara.jpg
http://cdn.buzznet.com/media/jj1/2011/01/rooney-wmagazine/rooney-mara-w-magazine-february-2011-01.jpg
http://media.vogue.com/files/filecheck/2011/10/14/rooney-mara-cover-story-01_153245359716.jpg_article_singleimage.jpg

Although, I didn't picture her as either. I don't think in the book she was ever implied as being attractive. In fact, I think it was stated to the contrary, but I would have to skim back through the text to verify.