Really enjoyed it, have also read the book.

Rating: 9/10 (28 August 2012)

I had read the book by Steig Larsson a few weeks before I watched the film and I really enjoyed it. I always have doubts that a film will live up to the book but in this case, it did the book justice. I can't say that it stuck to book extremely well, but if it had, it would have been a very long film. The film followed the book's story line very well, while keeping the film a sensible length of time. There was nothing that was left out that I thought definitely should have been in the film, and if it was left out, they found a clever way to work it back in. All the environments described in the book were reflected well in the film, I thought Hedeby Island was a very well presented environment in the film, it really gave a life to the book if read again as it gave you a great mental image to use for Hedeby Island. Daniel Craig played the role of 'Mikael Blomkvist' very well. His accent wasn't the best, but we can't blame him as the accent is pretty hard to maintain through out the whole movie. Rooney Mara was a brilliant actress to play 'Lisbeth Salander', she looked exactly like how I pictured Lisbeth while reading the book. She executed Lisbeth's attitude extremely well and acted the rest of her personality very well also. I really hope the next film, if there is one, is as well directed as this one so the story line is followed and the characters are well portrayed. Overall is was a brilliant watch and it doesn't matter if you have read the book first, or have decided to read it after, it will still be a great read and watch.