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[DrReality]

Anyone seen this movie yet.  One of the ways I judge a movie is how long it seems I've been in the theater. Even though this is a long movie it didn't seem like it.  A few really intense scenes but it was a very good movie.

[bird_dirt]

i saw a screening of it and thought it was really good.  haven't read the books, but my wife and i saw the three original swedish movies and loved all of them.  i'm not usually a fan of american remakes of forgein films, but this one was easily as good, if not better, than the original.  daniel craig was better than the original swedish actor imo.  even with all things being equal between the original and remake, this version ends up on top since you don't have to read the subtitles and can pay more attention to the action.

[DrReality]

Spoiler

It was very wild when she tattooed the chest of the guy that raped her.

Edited by Dolfan23, 31 December 2011 - 12:38 AM.
Added the handy dandy spoiler tag just in case someone reads this thread who hasn't yet seen the movie

[Dolfan23]

I'd say this was my favorite movie of the year and one of the best drama-suspense-thriller-etc types of movies that I've seen in quite a while.  The lead actress was terrific and incredibly HOT and Daniel Craig was his usual awesome self plus they had a very good supporting cast as well.

I wouldn't recommend seeing this movie with someone who you might feel uncomfortable around during intense sexually oriented scenes though!

[ATLJA316]

I hate to take away from what might have been a good movie, but the characters just didn't fit the mental picture I had of them after reading the books.

Other than that, the best way to describe it is 'Intense'...

And Dolfan, you are very correct with this one:

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I wouldn't recommend seeing this movie with someone who you might feel uncomfortable around during intense sexually oriented scenes though!

Edited by ATLJA316, 31 December 2011 - 12:49 AM.

[Dolfan23]

ATLJA316, on 31 December 2011 - 12:49 AM, said:

I hate to take away from what might have been a good movie, but the characters just didn't fit the mental picture I had of them after reading the books.

Other than that, the best way to describe it is 'Intense'...

And Dolfan, you are very correct with this one:

I hate when that happens! Luckily for me I'm a combination of too busy and too lazy to read many books for pleasure these days so I hadn't read this and was able to go into it with a blank canvas for my mental picture.  Which quickly became filled with the image of a pixie haircut wearing tatted and pierced badass woman! Oh and some other people LOL

[capstone21]

The books were excellent and the sweedish movies were really good.  If they do not make the sequels, I recommend watching them.  They are streaming on Netflix

[Bahamut]

I saw all three Swedish films, but I haven't seen the American remakes yet.  Suffice it to say, the originals were dark and raunchy as hell, but that seems to be a trend in Swedish film.  Another Swedish film that was remade recently was Let The Right One In.  Some viewers think it's the best vampire film ever made, but I'll leave that to you.  I enjoyed the American remake, Let Me In, more than the original because the camera work was pretty damn impressive.