Based on the book of the same name and the Swedish film adaptions, David Fincher hits audiences hard with his adaption of the dark and stylish crime thriller. Mikael Blomkvist is an established journalist and co-editor of the newspaper Millenium who after printing an issue on the illustrious Wennerstrom group he finds himself prosecuted at the wrong end of a law suit, his name and reputation badly damaged he decides to bow out of his publication and fade from the public eye. Lisbeth Salander is the top and low key researcher for Milton security who has to deal with her own fragile existence from a mysterious and dark childhood and who is asked to produce a report on the infamous journalist Mikael Blomkvist. Salander doesn't realize the mystery the report involves her in and the chilling case it leads her to. Henrik Vagner, an old business tycoon looks to the journalist to find the answer to an unsolvable crime that happened years before offering him a way out of his current predicaments, Blomkvist mystified agrees to give his insight and begins to search for something that know one else has ever seen or managed to solve with the help of Salander, neither truly knowing the affair they're blindly stumbling into.
Rooney Mara steals the show as the talented and abstract hacker Lisbeth Salander, everything about her performance fits with the character to a tee beyond perfection she makes the role completely her own despite the previous brillance of Noomi Rapace in the Swedish version. Pairing of with such talent is Daniel Craig as the intrepid journalist Mikael Blomkvist, taking a less full on action orientated role to which he's accustomed to Craig takes to the journalist with ease and playing the part with as much success as his co-star though slightly shadowed by her he still makes the role his by giving the character a more laid back approach as an ordinary man thrust into the cusp of danger. Usually a cast with just two stand out figures would seem bizarre but the fact that the film focuses on these two characters as if through a magnifying glass shows just how well developed Fincher makes and portrays them in his adaption. Special mention to Stellan Skarsgard who also plays his role amazingly and is frighteningly memorable in his display which is actually a great thing despite how it sounds.
This film is brilliant, it's a crime thriller that has style, edge and performances that all add up to a perfect score for any film let alone that of it's genre. It's dark, it's gritty and it's almost painfully realistic which means that this film is in no way a feel good family film, it's a truly terrific film though some may find fault with its graphic realism as most people tend to dislike anything on the big screen that could offend people in the slightest. However, that is definitely a small margin of people who should avoid it while to any one else who has a free thinking and open mind, who's not afraid to see a bit of gritty realism should see this film without hesitation. Whether you like Fincher's previous works, the genre or read the books/watched the originals this film is to any film goer a must see. One flaw and it may be the only flaw the film has is that while Fincher does a truly spectacular job in his version, it does in a way feel like watching a repeat of something you thought was brilliant and taking another look, that said this is still truly worth seeing just to see how even a Hollywood remake can make a big impact with it's own brilliance.
10 / 10
FIN.
Rooney Mara steals the show as the talented and abstract hacker Lisbeth Salander, everything about her performance fits with the character to a tee beyond perfection she makes the role completely her own despite the previous brillance of Noomi Rapace in the Swedish version. Pairing of with such talent is Daniel Craig as the intrepid journalist Mikael Blomkvist, taking a less full on action orientated role to which he's accustomed to Craig takes to the journalist with ease and playing the part with as much success as his co-star though slightly shadowed by her he still makes the role his by giving the character a more laid back approach as an ordinary man thrust into the cusp of danger. Usually a cast with just two stand out figures would seem bizarre but the fact that the film focuses on these two characters as if through a magnifying glass shows just how well developed Fincher makes and portrays them in his adaption. Special mention to Stellan Skarsgard who also plays his role amazingly and is frighteningly memorable in his display which is actually a great thing despite how it sounds.
This film is brilliant, it's a crime thriller that has style, edge and performances that all add up to a perfect score for any film let alone that of it's genre. It's dark, it's gritty and it's almost painfully realistic which means that this film is in no way a feel good family film, it's a truly terrific film though some may find fault with its graphic realism as most people tend to dislike anything on the big screen that could offend people in the slightest. However, that is definitely a small margin of people who should avoid it while to any one else who has a free thinking and open mind, who's not afraid to see a bit of gritty realism should see this film without hesitation. Whether you like Fincher's previous works, the genre or read the books/watched the originals this film is to any film goer a must see. One flaw and it may be the only flaw the film has is that while Fincher does a truly spectacular job in his version, it does in a way feel like watching a repeat of something you thought was brilliant and taking another look, that said this is still truly worth seeing just to see how even a Hollywood remake can make a big impact with it's own brilliance.
10 / 10
FIN.
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