A good film but worse than the original in every single way

Rating: 8/10 (24 January 2012)

Let me first of all begin by saying that I was very excited when I found out Fincher was directing the remake of an already great film. I was even more excited when I saw Craig was portraying Blomkvist. All that started changing when I saw the first poster which had to be a tiny bit provocative in order to promote the film. Then I watched the first trailer and I wasn't very impressed. I wouldn't watch the film but I kept hearing everyone saying it was great and I saw the IMDb rating so I started believing it was even better than the original one. But it isn't. I didn't like some changes they made (like for example the sweater) and I didn't like the acting. I didn't mind so much about Craig but in my opinion Mara didn't impress. Noomi Rapace's acting was a lot better. The same goes for the rest of the characters. The original Henrik was much more emotional and seemed more concerned and the original young Harriet was so much more better. She had such distinctive eyes that you just couldn't shake them for the whole film. Finally, I also preferred the original ending as well.
To conclude, if someone has watched the original first I don't think he/she would be very impressed with the remake. It's a good film because the story is amazing but it just isn't as good as the first one. I gave it an 8 for that exact reason. The original one got a 10.