So, I made my bi-annual trip to the movie theater this afternoon to see the American production of the Swedish publishing/cinema juggernaut The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. My interest in the American version of a remake of a film adapted from a book set in Sweden was twofold:
- Rooney Mara
- David Fincher
I’ve seen the Swedish films, though I’ve not read the book. As far as my interest in seeing them goes, it’s been a good 24-hours for Mara-related things in my life considering that a) The Giants won the Super Bowl and the Mara family owns the Giants and b) Rooney Mara is drop-dead sexy and, as was expected, doesn’t so much steal the film as dominate it. Fincher’s direction is good-not-great, in that it doesn’t feel like a Typical Fincher Film, though it does have the Mindfuck Fincher Opening Credits, which was good.
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