One of the top three movies in 2011

Rating: 9/10 (28 January 2012)

I have to say that like most people I hadn't heard of the Millennium series or Stieg Larsson before his death. Upon hearing all the fuss about the books I wanted to see for myself if this was one of those posthumous things. Well as many of you know it wasn't and the three books are some of the very best in their kind. Now I have read them and have recommended them almost to anyone I know and asks me about a good book.
That said about the books before watching the American version (and having watched the Swedish versions) I have to admit I was expecting to be disappointed in that I didn't expect it to be better or even the same as its Swedish counterpart. Well it was one of the best movies I saw in 2011 along with Drive.
Some people say that it does not smell of Sweden. Well the movie is a Hollywood film, and you can't expect from someone not of Swedish culture to depict aspects of Sweden as they truly are (they even forgot that Sweden uses Celcius and not Fahrenheit). If you judge the movie objectively and without having in mind the books and how much stuff from the books are missing as I hear a lot (which is true but also shouldn't matter) you will see that this movie as what it truly is, a thriller that won't let you stop watching even for a minute.
I also heard a lot that the movie has a lot of sex scenes and more nudity than it should. Well to those people I say that you are going to watch a thriller describing some of the darkest aspects of the human soul and mind so you can't expect unicorns and fairies except if they were carrying shotguns. I won't go as far to say that nudism is a form of art, I leave that to history to judge, but I truly didn't mind about the sex and nude scenes in this movie.
Enough of review other people's thoughts about the movie though. Rooney Mara is exceptional playing as Lisbeth Salander dark and showing that feeling of ambivalence we all have for her actions and truly deserves her nomination. Daniel Craig showed that he in not only good as James Bond but is capable of great emotion as well. All the cast performed very well and David Fincher used their assets to make an excellent film.
All in all I highly recommend this movie to anyone who has read the books or has seen the Swedish adaptations of the books and wants to compare, or anyone who wants to see a good thriller and an excellent movie.