Ill-fitting

Rating: 6/10 (26 June 2017)

I've nearly watched this several times, and when I actually did watch it last night, the intro really made me think I wasn't going to like it... Visually, the intro reminded me of (the awesome) Daredevil intro., but sadly only because of the slick graphics and 'flowing liquid'.. Musically it made me expect some kind of fast-paced dark, violent action thriller. It's like a frenetic, dark Bond intro. The film is more moody, and apart from a few scenes, generally much less frantic.
They got a good, 'meaty' story going with Lisbeth I thought, but then spoiled it by almost forgetting about it. There was a particularly awful scene involving her, which I thought they'd play out more, but she dealt with it in her own way, then there was only a brief return to it later on.. I don't see the point. It wasn't part of her history: it just happened.. and it didn't seem to affect her much: her relationship with Mikael could've been much more interesting if they'd weaved that into her character. As it was, I wish I hadn't seen it. There could have been more to Mikael's character too. I believe that it would have worked better if their relationship was platonic: he could have been the guardian that she never appeared to have had.
I dislike unnecessary violence, etc. in films. It often seems to be added in to please certain audiences, and I feel like that about some of the scenes in this. Overall, it was okay, but why do this remake? Apparently the Swedish version is pretty good. This version even had most of the actors doing Swedish accents.. except 'Bond' who didn't bother.. I got a little lost with all the similar names. The ending I found sad, but overall a bit disappointing. I just found several elements ill-fitting.
I intend to watch the Swedish one at some point.