An OK movie at best

Rating: 5/10 (25 March 2012)

Why such high praises for this movie, I am not exactly sure. The acting was good, not superb, but well enough for the actors in comparison to their other works.
--Start Spoiler-- The story was good, but predictable. From the first moment they introduced the brother I even said out loud, "I hope it is not the brother." Never read the book, but it does not compel me when it is the torturous childhood brother who appears so normal on the outside only to be a festering incestuous devil; horrid, but not inspired.
And for such a dark movie, what happy endings. The tattooed girl finds her freedom from the state, becomes über-rich (why didn't she hack to riches years ago?), Bloomkuist is vindicated and his enemy is vanquished. For a dark movie, take away the snow, and this was a Disney piece.
-- End Spoiler My theory as to why so many people like this movie is the double bang for the ticket. Two stories: one about a missing girl, and one about a bank heist. Really, the Bourne Supremacy had much more punch.