Disappointing

Rating: 6/10 (19 March 2009)

The hype around this book - and hence the movie - is quite huge, especially in the Nordic countries. Personally I have not read the book, but I must admit that I had quite the high expectations for this picture.
It really manages to keep the interest level up all through the movie, but although it fails to bore me I cannot help but feeling that it could have been made better. First of all, I think that it really is easy to predict the storyline while seeing. For the observant viewer this may turn out as a moment of irritation; especially when the dialogue seems to reveal the progression before the viewer gets to independently think or even make up his/her mind. In other words, I think the creators underestimates the viewer (or perhaps are targeting a larger amount of viewers).
Second, I really don't see what the big fuzz around the story is! Well, as I told, I haven't read the book, but the story presented in the picture is not that original and interesting that I thought. But that's my opinion, because I think the extremes aren't shocking enough compared to what is needed in todays media world.
Thirdly, I also think there are too many clichés and shortcuts in the plot.
On the positive record, there are some very good scenes, and the main actors are doing a good performance. Not extraordinary, but surely good acting. This, accompanied with the tensity the movie maintains throughout I'll give this a rating of 6,5 of 10.