An astonishing film

Rating: 9/10 (10 March 2012)

What an awesome film! I can't think of anything else to start with when I tell a person about this film. What an awesome film! The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a thriller film directed by Academy Award nominee David Fincher and written by Academy Award winner Steven Zaillian.
The thing I loved most about this film was the pacing. In this 2 and a half hour long film, you never get bored. Not one single time! I really admire when a film makes me stay with it 100%. I remember There Will Be Blood doing that to me in a similar way. Rooney Mara was stunning in her performance as Lisbeth Salander. Daniel Craig didn't give his best performance ever, but he was OK, and the chemistry he had with Mara was very good. In terms of acting, Christopher Plummer was amazing as Henrik Vanger and I hope he will never retire from acting, although he is already 82 years old. The original score of the film was great and I am surprised it did not get nominated for an Academy Award. David Fincher also did a nice job. Not as good as in other films like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button or The Social Network, but still, satisfactory work and in concordance with the rest of the film.
The movie was so good, that I was expecting something spectacular from the ending. Well, I didn't get that. Don't get me wrong, I thought it was a smart and logical ending, I simply didn't like it. Maybe it's because I didn't want the movie to end at all.
All in all this is a great film with great acting, great music and I could go on. Almost everything in it is great and I sincerely do not know why I am not giving this a 10.