Despite liking the Swedish version and liking the novel quite a bit, I found myself completely enraptured with David Fincher's THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. Bound to be overlooked and under-appreciated is his direction, which is so apparent in every single scene, and, in the Swedish version, only carried a tone. Fincher's version is obsessive, like the book, and the character of Lisbeth Salander. Rooney Mara especially gives one of 2011's best performance as Salander, making me forget Noomi Rapace ever made me wince. This is a great film though, modern in its embrace of dirty, modern living consisting of cigarettes, cokes and ramen, but buried in what the cost of an obsession is, and what the end result is. A great film.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo: ★★★★
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