I seem to be missing something

Rating: 6/10 (13 March 2014)

I watched The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo last night for the first time and....well...what am I missing? Long, slow, boring really. Granted it was network TV so I'm guessing I watched a very edited version, but still, I can't see what all the fuss was about. Daniel Craig was his usual flat self (missing what all the fuss is about him too but I'll save that for another time.) Rooney Mara did an OK job as Lisbeth I suppose, but I thought I'd be watching a much more seething, angry, dangerous character. Disappointing is the only word I can think of to describe the film. Now I have to admit I did not read the book (yet- but I've got it right here) and did not see the original version (yet). But I have to guess the cut scenes must have added a lot of impact to the movie because what I watched was a fairly bland, not very interesting, overly long, disappointing effort.