It is possible that those who have not had the opportunity to see the original Swedish "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" trilogy might enjoy this film. As a stand alone action movie it might be okay. Both my wife and I had been looking forward to this release and came away disappointed. I am not sure why they think they can't get a large enough audience unless they make it high tech and with end to end action. This was not how the original books were written and it was not how the original Millennium series was filmed. Even the "English" version with Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara didn't seem to require the viewer to leave their brain at the door.
For those of you who don't know some of the back story the original author died after writing the initial trilogy and before they became global best sellers. There was a lot of fighting surrounding his estate and after the success of the Millennium Trilogy additional books were authorized and the one this movie was based on wasn't too bad. Unfortunately when taking that from book form to the big screen they decided to make some of the characters much younger and make it an action movie rather film noir.
For those of you who don't know some of the back story the original author died after writing the initial trilogy and before they became global best sellers. There was a lot of fighting surrounding his estate and after the success of the Millennium Trilogy additional books were authorized and the one this movie was based on wasn't too bad. Unfortunately when taking that from book form to the big screen they decided to make some of the characters much younger and make it an action movie rather film noir.
