THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO: +, DRA: HAVING SEEN BOTH THE ENGLISH (2 TIMES) AND THE SWEDISH VERSIONS (3 TIMES), I WILL SAY THAT THERE AREN'T ENOUGH DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE TWO THAT STYLISTIC ELEMENTS AND THE ACTORS/ ACTRESSES THEMSELVES AREN'T ENOUGH FOR ME TO LIKE ONE MORE THAN THE OTHER.
I HAPPEN TO LIKE THE ACTRESS IN THIS MOVIE A LOT. ALTHOUGH SHE CAN SEEM UNEMOTIONAL AT TIMES, THIS WORKS IN THIS ROLE BECAUSE WHEN SHE DOES ERUPT, IT'S USUALLY PRETTY DRAMATIC (I FELT THAT THE SCENE WHERE SHE INKS HER PERVERT 'GUARDIAN' WAS MORE VISCERAL IN THIS VERSION.
I LIKED ROONEY MARA IN THE NEW NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, YES I DID SEE THAT, AND I'M REALLY STARTING TO LIKE HER MORE AND MORE. I WANT TO SEE HER IN MORE FILMS. GRANTED, THIS MOVIE HAD THE ADVANTAGE OF BEING DOING AFTER THE SWEDISH VERSIONS, BUT THAT SHOULDN'T REALLY MATTER.
BEFORE THIS MOVIE, I HADN'T HEARD OF HER, BUT HERE SHE IS, TAKING ON THE ROLE OF THE HEROINE THOUGHT UP BY STEIG LARSSON AS LISBETH. NOT ONLY IS THIS A CHALLENGING ROLE, BUT SHE HAS TO LIVE UP TO THE EXPECTATIONS OF EVERYONE WHO HAS READ THE BOOK AND/OR WATCHED THE SWEDISH VERSIONS. CHANCES ARE YOU HAVE SEEN THE MOVIE AND READ THE BOOK, SO I'M PUTTING A DIFFERENT SPIN HERE.
90% OF THE PEOPLE ASKED WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS VERSION DOESN'T HOLD A CANDLE TO THE ORIGINAL, BUT I DISAGREE. DANIEL CRAIG IS JUST AS CAPABLE AS THE EMBATTLED MAGAZINE EDITOR BLOMVQUIST. THE MUSIC HAS JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF NIN TO BE DARK.
I REALLY FEEL MARA PULLED OFF THE ROLE BETTER. SHE HAD MORE CHARISMA AND IT JUST WORKED FOR ME (I LIKED THE SCENE IN THE CLUB BETTER. SHE HAS A MORE FEMININE QUALITY WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT TO NAIL DOWN THE WHOLE SEXY/ TOUGH GIRL ROLE. I ALSO FELT THE CHEMISTRY BETWEEN SHE AND CRAIG WAS MUCH BETTER. WATCH THEM BOTH AGAIN SIDE BY SIDE AND SEE IF YOU DISAGREE THAT THE FINCHER VERSION IS AS GOOD OR BETTER.
STAND OUT SCENES ARE THE SCENES FOR ME ARE ANY WITH MARA IN THEM. SORRY, I'M BEING FAN BOY HERE:::91%
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