Part of the plots were pointless but overall good movie

Rating: 6/10 (8 August 2010)

Overall: I think the movie suffered a little in terms of the plot. Maybe its the director's intention to stay canon to the book but I personally felt that really messed up the entire storyline for me. The movie however is a great thriller with an extremely well thought out murder case.
The good:
Extremely well thought out storyline in terms of the murder case. I like how it drew with realities such as Nazism and male supremacy. The numerical references in the story really keep people guessing what's behind all this.
The bad: Parts of the movie such as Lisbeth's sexual abuse by her parole officer could have been left out as they had nothing to do with the main plot what so ever. These I felt were distractions to the main plot (i.e the investigation of Harriet Vanger's murder)
Another plot line I felt was pointless was Mikael Blomkvist's charges. Its very anti-climatic that you begin a plot line that does not have anything to do with the main storyline. I thought this was a becoming an investigation into Wennerström's life.(I have to admit that I never heard of Stieg Larsson before and I have not read any of his books)
The ending of the film felt draggy because once the "murder" of Harriet Vanger was resolved there was little plot to develop anymore. The director could have summed up the movie there but vague and useless plot lines such as Lisbeth stealing from a bank were generated. That really made me feel like the director was trying to make this a longer movie.