Too much, too fast

Rating: 4/10 (4 January 2012)

I read the book, all three in fact, and saw all three foreign made movies. First, I was bored to tears with the American version of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo". Daniel Craig was the worst pick to play Mikael Blomkvist(Russell Crowe would have been the best) with Rooney Mara doing a fair impersonation of Noomi Rapace's performance in the foreign made film. Second, the flash bang aspects of the film overrode the more subtle aspects of the story and if I had not read the book, I would not have recognized the plot at all. Third, too many changes from the original storyline were made. Why? To satisfy the director's time constraints, literary license, or both? In summary, I was disappointed with the film and I will wait to see any sequels on DVD rather than pay top dollar to see them in the theater.