Same movie, different hero

Rating: 7/10 (26 January 2012)

If you haven't seen the original this would be OK, definitely lighter. There are several things that make the original better. First of all, in the original Lisbeth kicks ass literally. She is not a victim, everything she does has a purpose and she doesn't hesitate. In this version (i don't know why) they take some of the puzzle solving from her making here more of a simple computer hacker and researcher. And they make her more human, more fragile, where in the original there's nothing of that. Another thing is that I thought that not knowing the cast was a good thing. When u see Nomi Rappace (Lisbeth in the original) u don't know what to expect until u see she kicking some guys ass on the subway. I give u that Rooney Mara is almost unrecognizable but the journalist shouldn't be 007. This guy is not a muscle hero, he's a hesitating journalist that in several moments of the movie is waiting to be rescued. I thought that this is a sugar coated version of the original with a fragile lead character lead to a male counterpart that doesn't quite convince. Again I tell u, this is a good flick, but I still prefer seen the one where Lisbeth steals the show.