Hollywood's rendition by Fincher

Rating: Null/10 (12 January 2012)

Both the original Swedish version and Hollywood's rendition have followed the book so closely that the user review on the former probably covers 70% of the ground for the latter.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1132620/reviews-155
What remain to be done would be just a few notes on the subtle differences.
Under David Fincher's inimitable helmsman style, the stunning opening credits, both visual and audio, grab your full attention. Employing a fully Hollywood cast (resisting strong suggestion to retain English-fluent Noomi Rapace and counting Stellan SKarsgard as "fully Hollywood"), Fincher made a wise decision of shooting the authentic Scandinavian landscape. The story-telling is more fluent and some intimate and accessible, as expected of Hollywood. To compare the two as uncut and refined diamond may be taking the metaphor too far but not entirely inappropriate.
Reportedly with fiendish hard work under relentless demands of the auteur, Rooney Mara has done a marvelous job in the almost unbelievable transformation from the pretty, smart but otherwise unimpressive Harvard girl in "The social network" to the iconic "Dragon Tattoo" girl. Daniel Craig has brought more personality to the character of Mikael than unassuming Michael Nyqvist but this is neither compliment nor criticism to either. This may be as simple as Craig's firmly ingrained James Bond persona. Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgard and Robin Wright have given performances that should satisfy their respective fans.