Disclaimer: I haven’t read the book “The Girl With The
Dragon Tattoo” by Steig Larsson so the following review of the movie will be
purely covering the technical and the entertainment aspects.
David Fincher, the man who weaved classics like Fight Club, Se7en,
The Social Network and the creative – The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is
back with something similar (read. almost a classic). The Girl With The Dragon
Tattoo which is an adaptation of a novel of the same name, entertains and grips
the viewer’s brain.
Every masterpiece needs good finishing and this has Trent
Raznor’s music to support it. There are places where silence is the best
background score and there are places where music is needed to feel the
emotions, the music composer has got it right and his scores score.
The film has been nominated for the Academy Awards in the
Best Cinematography criteria and no wonder why, Jeff Cronenweth has done a
fantabulous job in capturing the best and worst of Sweden and other places.
The title role is played by Rooney Mara who characters the
role of a computer hacker who shows us the features of a Macbook Pro and who
uses SQL queries to get the required data. She is supposed to have photographic
memory. I don’t know what David Fincher saw in her but she is definitely not
the person that anyone would want to see cloth less. Nevertheless, the steamy
scenes are crude (Spoiler!) and still nothing goes up.
Daniel Craig plays a journalist who is married and has a
cute daughter but still has “fun” with the hacker.
The movie runs a bit over 2 and a half hours. Frankly, you
don’t get bored but just as the magic of the brilliant premise captivates your
thoughts, the storyline thins a bit and ends in a bizzare way. Maybe it is the
book’s fault.
Christopher Plummer and Stellan Skarsgard come up with
awesome performances as usual and show us why they are called legends.
I got a bit perplexed when I saw the timeline in my media
player but then I was in for what was overall a very good cinema. Watch it and
enjoy the suspense drama unfold.
Rating: 3/5
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo: Over stretched suspense
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