Movie: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Genre: thriller
Synopsis: This is the American movie version of the first of the three Stieg Larsson books. Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) is an investigative journalist who has just been convicted of libel. A wealthy industrialist (Christopher Plummer) approaches Mikael with a job proposition. He wants Mikael to investigate the disappearance of his grand-niece 40 years ago. Mikael takes the job and hires Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara) as an assistant. Lisbeth is almost totally lacking in social skills (for good reason) but is an amazing investigator – especially when computers are involved. Together they try to solve the 40-year old mystery.
My two cents: As much as I liked the original Swedish movie version of the book – I think I liked this American version even better. I think Robin Wright was better as Mikael’s partner and sometimes-lover. The only thing that really disappointed me was the ending. It was significantly different than the book and whte Swedish film version – and I cannot figure out what was gained by changing it, other than saving a few minutes of movie time. In any case – sign me up for the next two movies in this series.
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