OK - could have been better

Rating: 7/10 (17 February 2012)

If I had a wish, it would be that I had seen this version before the Swedish version. That isn't the case however. After having seen the Swedish one, I have to admit I wasn't hooked for the first hour. And we rarely say that of a Fincher flick. I liked the second half of the movie a lot though. It was fast-paced, gripping and played out well. Rooney Mara was very good in my opinion, and Oscar-worthy too; I found more than a handful of reviews that said she was 'boring' but that isn't the case, it takes a lot of boldness to shoot those more-than-usual explicit scenes and she did them with almost a Lisbeth-like quality. But Daniel Craig was quite disappointing. He didn't seem involved enough. Seriously I don't know why Fincher wanted him or the role so badly - I was against it from the very beginning. Good but I expect more from the sequel(s). 7/10