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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 21, 2013
Pros: Great story, scenery, script, costumes, and acting
Cons: Gory violence and poor lighting
Summary: I first wanted to see Girl with the Dragon Tatoo in theaters after I read the book the year before. The book is the first in the late Stieg Larsson's Millenium Triology: The Girl who Played with Fire and The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. After ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 3, 2013
Pros: Craig & Mara, psychotic but incredibly sexy duo, wild sex scenes, landscapes, thrill, tension.
Cons: Swedish was definately better. Very long movie. Some brutal and disturbing scenes (rape and violence).
Summary: I saw this movie on dvd recently. I also saw the Swedish movies and read the books all before I saw this one. So I can make the comparison.The story is about the journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniël Craig) that investigates the cas of a girl ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 11, 2012
Pros: Excellent production values, superb acting, and Rooney Mara.
Cons: Requires sitzfliesch and some retention of details. And some scenes a strong stomach.
Summary: The 2011 English language version of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, the Hollywood remake of the 2009 Swedish movie of the popular novel, is a highly polished but convoluted mystery. If you are into intricate mysteries, this is a stunner. If ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
May 12, 2012
Pros: Plot, acting, actors, atmosphere
Cons: Some scenes are pretty intense
Summary: As a regular movie theatre visitor, me and my buddy, we watch a movie in the movie theatre every week, had one of those weeks in where we already watched every movie that was playing. That we considered "watchable" and we heard some rumors about TGWTDT ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 17, 2012
Pros: Craig, Mara, Plummer, Skarsgard, engrossing story, directing
Cons: Some parts will be disturbing
Summary: An unlikely partnership is formed between a disgraced journalist and a young, efficient investigator in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Daniel Craig stars as Mikael Blomkvist, a Millennium magazine writer and co-owner who loses most of his life's ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 25, 2012
Pros: The female lead
Cons: Killing a cat!
Summary: This is dark film takes place in wintery Sweden, and what are darker than the subdued color scheme are the crimes involved: molestation, rape, incest, murder, to name a few. This is not your feel-good holiday film, but this is not the most horrifying ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 9, 2012
Pros: -Rooney Mara's performance
-Haunting score
-Very faithful adaptation
-Altered ending
Cons: -May be too dark for some
-Lenth
-Daniel Craig's performance
-Speaking English in Sweden
-Altered ending
Summary: There has been some contention whether or not David Fincher's version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is relevant considering that a film was already made in Sweden. To those wondering about that themselves, I can confidently ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 2, 2012
Pros: Extremely well done. Best of the books preserved.
Cons: Opening credits - I'm not kidding.
Summary: This movie had a lot to live up to. ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ books are now such a world-recognizable phenom that I was able to tell exactly what film was being advertised just from the montage that was the theatrical trailer ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 25, 2011
Pros: Performances, concept, direction, intriguing plot
Cons: Music to an extent, length, people will be turned off by violence
Summary: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the first book in the Millenium trilogy published posthumously by Stieg Larsson (his wife actually published ‘em), which followed with The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 24, 2011
Pros: Great acting, directing and writing
Cons: Very violent
Summary: When I first heard that this film was being made, I was both confused and worried. "Confused" because my son had told me that he saw a movie with the same title two years ago. Turns out that was the Swedish version based on the book by Steig ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 24, 2011
Pros: Surprising ans suspenseful.
Cons: Very rough and dark; may be too much for some. Long.
Summary: Wow. Rarely have I seen such passion in the heart of a person intent on settling a score. That is the passion which Rooney Mara brings to the screen as Lizbeth Salander, a shy goth-girl computer hacker who is transformed into a fire-breathing avenging ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 22, 2011
Pros: Mostly faithful presentation of the book; overall sensibility
Cons: One gratuitous rape scene
Summary: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is the story of two people investigating one case. Actually the case for which Mikael Blomquist (Daniel Craig) has been hired is unknown to Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara) at first; she was hired to investigate him, ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 21, 2011
Pros: Great cast and direction. Amazing visuals and dark story.
Cons: Brutal and new ending.
Summary: Following the very successful adaptation of Stieg Larssons millennium trilogy into three very successful Swedish language films, it came as no surprise when Hollywood announced that it would be making an English-language version of the series. Director ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 20, 2011
Pros: Very strong acting performances, great direction and soundtrack
Cons: Brutal attack scene is hard to watch, movie is longer than needs to be
Summary: I, unlike many I am assuming, had both the benefit and the curse of knowing little to nothing about the film I was walking into tonight when I sat down to see David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I have to be one of the few ... read more
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jun 25, 2012
Pros: Raw and Real, Not fake and glamourized, amazing performances, rooney mara
Cons: having to wait for a sequal
Summary: David Fincher does a great job in recreating The Girl with the Dragin Tattoo. I went into the theater wanting something raw and dark, and I got that and more. Rooney Mara plays Lisbeth aka "The girl with the dragon tattoo. She is a 23 year old hacker,
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jun 23, 2012
Pros: Characters stand out fully alive and magnetic.
Cons: In the American version, music was used to make up for lack of suspense-Violent scenes
Summary: Well,I'd have to say that this is so confusing as there are two versions of the movie ; the original Swedish and the American film.Not so sure how Fincher's and Mara's interpretation of this amazing character can satisfy anyone who read and loved
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jun 5, 2012
Pros: Engaging and raw. Timeless in its execution. True to the author's story.
Cons: Falshbacks perhaps overused?
Summary: Injustice has consequences! Gritty and real. Reminds me of Orwell's 1984 gone bad. Prepare to engage in raw emotions. For instance, you'll feel the victim and the victor; the lover and the loveless. I wanted to shower post
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Rated Show by the Epinions community Jan 2, 2012
Pros: its a long movie
suspense every turn
mystery and love make it all the better
Cons: not many cons except you have to wait for the next two to come out.
Summary: Ive been waiting for this movie forever. i watched the first ones ever made that were subtitled and ever sense the book have came out i new this was going to come out it is a great movie. cant wait untill the next
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