The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the first film in Columbia Pictures' three-picture adaptation of Stieg Larsson's literary blockbuster "The Millennium Trilogy." Directed by David Fincher and starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, the film is based on the first novel in the trilogy, which altogether have sold 50 million copies in 46 countries and become a worldwide phenomenon.
This was one of the movies I was looking forward to more than any other this year. I read all three books and loved them. As if that wasn't exciting enough - David Fincher was directing it. Him and Christopher Nolan's are pretty much the two golden Gods of filmmaking right now. This movie did not disappoint. Fincher did a great job of translating the movie to the screen. He managed to play out the investigative part of the movie in an intriguing fashion while still putting maximum effort in to developing one of the most tortured characters I've ever read or seen in film. Lisbeth Salander is one of my favorite characters ever. She is such a dysfunctional badass and it was just as painful watching her plight as it was reading it. You can't help but root for her even though she is not the type of person that you would be rooting for on sight. The story ultimately becomes all about her and this movie was tough at many points to watch because Fincher really didn't hold back too much.
I loved this movie and would fully recommend it to everyone. I also very much so recommend the books. You don't have to read the books to be able to enjoy the movie because Fincher is amazing at what he does, but it definitely makes it more enjoyable. Side note - this movie is a super strong R movie. There are 3-4 scenes of intense uncomfortability. Ye have been warned.
