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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

I saw the US version last week and re-watched the Swedish version last night. Very much surprised to realize the US version was darker, more complex, more engaging, and my favorite of the two. Btw, the Swedish trilogy's dialogue is in Swedish and the only versions I've seen over here feature English subtitles or a painful English overdub (serious Godzilla lip-synch going on!) that hurts to watch.

I've never seen the audience reaction I witnessed last week when the movie ended. As the credits began, everyone in the theater stood and filed silently out. Not a peep or a cough or anything. That was some dark stuff.
 
Saw it Friday night. Read all three books. I think that if you hadn't read at least the 1st book, some of the computer screen reveals may have gone by too fast to really get their relevance.

Will be seeking out the Swedish version of all three books / movies.
 
i_got_a_mohawk said:
Not seen it yet.

I just wonder if a film that came out only 2 years ago was really needing remade already.

It seems to be doing pretty well at the box office, I have no reason to doubt they'd be continuing and do the entire trilogy.

And it was brilliant. I'm boycotting the remake.