Just as Boring as the Swedish Version

Rating: 4/10 (26 January 2012)

I didn't like the original movie and I don't like this remake either. Except for the main titles, which were cool, I found the entire movie boring, EXTREMELY long and very badly written (the entire plot is pretty useless and doesn't really lead to the revealed truth - and that's a bad psychology thriller/mystery writing). I had to FORCE myself to watch the movie. At the end, after over 2 hours, I finally cracked and started to fast forward.
I came to like Daniel Craig since I (re-)watched his impressive performance in The Jacket. However, I wasn't impressed by any of the cast members in this movie. I don't remember the original movie, so I can't compare Rooney Mara's performance to that of Noomi Rapace. It seemed to me like she's playing a "simple" depressed Emo girl, nothing more. The violent scene was indeed impressive in its shock value, but I don't think that alone deserves an Oscar nomination.
Like Tarsem Singh, I appreciate Fincher's style (although I wasn't impressed with his direction of "The Social Network" and "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"), but I don't connect to most of his movies. It seems to me like his fans (especially since "The Social Network") would eat anything he makes, even if it stinks to high heavens. Not to mention that the movie is over 2.5 hours long! Was it really necessary? Yeah, the original movie was also that long, but it doesn't justify the length of either of them.
3.5/10 Avoid