Quite a long film but it didn't dragon

Rating: 7/10 (27 June 2020)

This Hollywood take on the Swedish book with the same name is entertaining if not a little predictable. I hadn't read the book and I've seen that some people have said that it has somewhat bastardised this by its hollywoodisation of the source material. However watching the film I managed to figure out "who done it" and that the girl that had died hadn't actually died within the first 30 minutes which I certainly wasn't intended to. This may because I watch far too many films like I this but I think it also may be due to the way the script was rewritten and edited so as it gave a little more away than it should have.
Having said this I still enjoyed the film and found it interesting from start to finish and it certainly didn't wait to hold your hand at times as Fincher blasted us with information relevant to the care both verbally and visually constantly meaning you couldn't take your eyes away for a moment without being totally lost. Certainly not his best film but he can add it to his portfolio without it diluting the strength of his stronger pieces.
Daniel Craig and Roma were both great in their own way however she was particularly captivating as the strong willed bisexual, straight taking, rapist torturing, motorcycle riding, investigating, titular character. Having said this both the actors relationship did seem a little off and I'm not sure their best scenes were actually spent with each other.
I fun film with plenty of good scenes, it certainly wasn't a load of hot hair but it never quite breathed fire. 7.4