The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - American version by David Fincher

[Sweet Rabbit]

damn numbers are in the way

 

[TOE]

I'm not either. In fact I can't think of a single American remake I prefer (including The Departed). The only reason I'm excited is Fincher. From what I've read they've completely changed the ending from the book though, so I'd expect some outrage if it doesn't work.

that's because American film industry is afraid to show things to the "next level", because they want to target as many audience as they can.

 

[Jair]

Really? I thought the swedish versions were mediocre at best. Noomi was the only saving grace, as she had the part down, but Michael was just awful, nothing like the character in the book.

And of course, this isn't a remake of those films anyway, since there's a book that the material comes from.

Hrmm I thought the first movie was very we'll done,most of the characters were very well cast, the last two movies were ok, but honestly the last two books were not as good as the first. I always thought he could have easily combined the last two books into one book.

Tell you the truth, other than the first book, I wasn't too impressed with Larsson but I've also read a lot of Scandanvian procedurals so I have something to base my opinion on.

Evan

 

[hunnipot85]

I really wanna see this movie. Looks so good. Plus Daniel Craig is awesome..

 

[Lookin4Precious]

I agree with Michael Crawford.... the Swedish films were mediocre at best. And what I mean by that is - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo was the best of them, and it was mediocre. The second one was just terrible and I have yet to watch the third one despite the fact that I own it (bought the Trilogy on Blu-Ray the day after I finished the books). To be fair, if I hadn't read the books at all, I would probably have enjoyed TGWTDT a lot more, but all I could see was everything that was missing. Every rushed scene. Every diluted plot detail. And yes, Noomi was really good, but, she was not the Lisbeth Salander from the books. On a purely physical level, Rooney Mara already wins. I hope (and believe) her performance lives up to the rest of how good this movie is.

And yes, it is often true that a movie version never lives up to the book version because so much is lost... but I don't believe that to be true. It just takes a true artist to tell a good story using the medium of film, and Fincher is unquestionably a true artist and his command of film is top notch. I"m expecting this to be AMAZING.

 

[Matt S]

Books will always be better than the filmed medium. I thought Noomi was awesome, and enjoyed all three movies. Rooney Mara does look the part in this, but I'll wait to see if she can truly handle the character. Let's hope

 

[morphosis]

I agree with Michael Crawford.... the Swedish films were mediocre at best. And what I mean by that is - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo was the best of them, and it was mediocre. The second one was just terrible and I have yet to watch the third one despite the fact that I own it (bought the Trilogy on Blu-Ray the day after I finished the books). To be fair, if I hadn't read the books at all, I would probably have enjoyed TGWTDT a lot more, but all I could see was everything that was missing. Every rushed scene. Every diluted plot detail. And yes, Noomi was really good, but, she was not the Lisbeth Salander from the books. On a purely physical level, Rooney Mara already wins. I hope (and believe) her performance lives up to the rest of how good this movie is.

And yes, it is often true that a movie version never lives up to the book version because so much is lost... but I don't believe that to be true. It just takes a true artist to tell a good story using the medium of film, and Fincher is unquestionably a true artist and his command of film is top notch. I"m expecting this to be AMAZING.

Cool, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo thread!! I'm a huge fan of the Books and the Swedish films. I read the books first and I have to say Noomi was a great Lisbeth Salander. She to me was the Lisbeth Salander from the books. She was small, she could be extremely attractive and sexy or she could be very tomboyish which Larsson's Lisbeth was. Larsson's Lisbeth also had a unique muscular build since she did some boxing training and Noomi had that physique as well. Rooney Mara is beautiful girl, but some of the pics they show of her she almost looks like Marylin Manson which I can't believe Bloomqvist would be attracted to. I feel Noomi's Salander would be someone Bloomqvist could of been attracted to. But i have to see Rooney more and see how she acts as Lisbeth really before I can make that true judgement. Promo photos are just promo photos, and the trailer you really can't get a sense of who she truly is.

I thought all 3 films were fantastic! they worked great as a 3 part trilogy. And they were really loyal to the books except the 3rd movie left out some key parts of the 3rd book that i thought were pretty important. But theres only so much you can do in the timeframe of the movie.

I think Fincher is a great one to take on Dragon Tattoo so I'm really looking forward to his version. Im not upset they re-did them as I am such a huge fan of the stories. Plus Trent Reznor is doing the score. Can't get much better than that!!!! Im looking forward to the music just as much as the film

 

[BadMoon]

Books will always be better than the filmed medium. I thought Noomi was awesome, and enjoyed all three movies. Rooney Mara does look the part in this, but I'll wait to see if she can truly handle the character. Let's hope

I know my opinion will be unpopular. However saying that books are always better is such a cliche and an opinion. For me I'm a very visual person. Books can't give me that stimulation and tend to bore the shat out of me to be honest.

 

[Guinnessfan]

I read and enjoyed all 3 books. Personally TGWTDT was, to me at least, the weakest in the series. I really enjoyed the 2nd and 3rd books much much more. When I saw that Netflix had the Swedish versions up to stream I decided to check it out. I enjoyed the first film up to a point...I felt the casting, aside from Noomie, was extremely off which in turn made me like the film less.

I'm a huge Fincher fan so I really hope he can do this justice, so far the casting looks great to me as well.

 

[Ven]

never understood the reason for america remakes? just read the subtitles? and on top of it they are going to have swedish accents?

 

[Ven]

Sorry Aaron. The Departed isn't bad (I like it), it's just not as good as Infernal Affairs.

All i can remember from that film was the worlds "f@ck" and "qu**rs" or "f@cking Qu**rs"

 

[BlitzOUT]

The Departed was absolutely brilliant. The acting in that movie was amazing as well as Scorsese's directing.

 

[PsychoCenobite]

Has anyone seen the Extended Editions of the Swedish films? I was wondering if they included some of the important parts from the books that were left out of the original cuts.

I watched all three of the Swedish films back-to-back on a flight from New Zealand to the UK.

PsychoCenobite

 

[Sweet Rabbit]

I watched the original movies, I liked 1 & 2, but the girl who kicked the hornet's nest was boring

 

[**16k**]

Has anyone seen the Extended Editions of the Swedish films? I was wondering if they included some of the important parts from the books that were left out of the original cuts.

I watched all three of the Swedish films back-to-back on a flight from New Zealand to the UK.

PsychoCenobite

Watched them on French TV as they were released about one and a half year ago as a TV series. They really add a lot and make the story more consistant.

I watched the original movies after I'd read the books, so it was all right but I've always wondered whether someone watching the movies without having read the book could understand everything...

 

[meth head]

Last night’s advanced screening of Straw Dogs opened with a surprise trailer: eight minutes of David Fincher’s adaptation of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. I still maintain the Dragon teaser trailer (viewable here) to be the best of it’s kind in a good long while – well, maybe, since the teaser for that other Fincher flick last year. The eight minute extended trailer does little to dampen my enthusiasm. It’s an exceptionally cut bit of marketing – laying out all the beats for the film’s first act and teasing the rest to Trent Reznor’s bombastic score. For a breakdown of the eight-minute trailer.

The trailer opens to a pan of an icy cold landscape. This chilly distanced tone extends throughout the trailer. Much of the footage seems filtered through a dark tinted green like an aged photograph. From here, we meet Rooney Mara’s Lisbeth as she defends her background check of a disgraced publisher (Daniel Craig) to a room full of suits. It seems the suits want to use Craig as a pseudo-detective masquerading as a disgraced journalist. His mission: to uncover the truth about the disappearance of a young girl years prior. Craig appears to be in good form in the trailer, justifiably pensive and bewildered as he interviews a who’s-who of character actors (Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgard, Steven Berkoff, Joely Richardson) about the young gal’s vanishing.

But the trailer’s not about Craig; it’s single purpose seems to be to convince you, dear readers, that Rooney Mara’s one to watch and perfectly suited for the admittedly iconic role of Lisbeth. Watch Mara as she coolly quips one liners, coolly drives her rad motorcycle, coolly picks up a girl in a bar, not so coolly fends off the advances of an overweight man… It’s impossible to judge a performance or a film’s merit purely on a trailer – but Mara does seem, well, suitably cool and frothy in the clips shown.

I’m not a fan of either the book or the first film adaptation, so it’s a testament to just how good this extended trailer is that I’m excited for Fincher’s take on the material. Hopefully the eight-minute clip/trailer will be released for all in the not too distant future.

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo opens December 21st.

 

[hairlesswookiee]

Very cool as I'm excited to see these movies. I still haven't seen the originals though.

 

[meth head]

I got to say this looks amazing! Rooney Mara looks exceptional as Lisbeth!!! Craig looks like he has turned in a stellar performance also, I didn't see trout pout once!

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[CyberVillain]

Looks really good, but why do they have to speak swenglish? :/

Either use swedish actors speaking swedish or use american actors speaking american english...

 

[Project_A]

Awesome!!! I cannot wait for this movie.