I remember when I found Se7en to be the most disturbing movie I've ever seen

Rating: 9/10 (23 December 2011)

I went into this not having read the books (I actually own the trilogy though) or seen the Swedish films. This was me going as a HUGE fan of David Fincher, Daniel Craig, and as much as it pains me to say this, the scoring of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (which, by the way, there's a dude wearing a Nine Inch Nails shirt in the film. And we keep thinking Marilyn Manson's the one who sucks his own dick.) But I digress. Fincher is one of the people who made me want to get into film and pursue a career in it, which is still a work in progress. Fight Club is one of my three all-time favorites, and I'm also a huge fan of Se7en, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and The Social Network.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is none of those films.
The film follows the intertwining fates of a journalist (Craig) and a social outcast (The Social Network's Rooney Mara) as they investigate a wealthy family's history in order to discover the whereabouts of a girl who went missing forty years prior. They soon discover they're in over their heads as their investigation brings them into a long history of violence against women.
The film has all of the Fincher-film motifs: great dialogue, BEAUTIFUL cinematography (if not a bit creepy at times), and fantastic acting. Within the latter particularly, I found myself extremely impressed with Rooney Mara's performance, having only seen her in The Social Network and a VERY bland performance in the Nightmare on Elm Street remake. However in this, she pretty much stole the show in whichever scene she was in.
But that is not what made the film for me. As I said earlier, I love the movie. But this film has possibly done something to me that no other film has: I feel very disgusting for loving it. I have never felt so uncomfortable during a film. Disturbed, yes. Quite often in fact. But this movie made me uncomfortable for watching, as if I was actually watching a rape being committed in front of me, with a group of people, and no one was calling the cops, as we were all dumfounded by the events transpiring in front of us.
And make no mistake, this film is not for the faint of heart. SPOILER ALERT: The film depicts perhaps the most graphic and disturbing rape scene I have ever seen in a film, which makes me respect Mara even more for having been a part of it. Later in the film, while not as disturbing, there's also an extremely suspenseful scene edited back and forth between where Mara's character is to Craig's. I had to remind myself several times that this was not a horror film, even though many of the moments throughout suggested otherwise.
So overall, I say I love the film, and if it was not for Fight Club, it would be my favorite Fincher film, including Se7en. But I cannot stress this enough, this movie is NOT for the faint of heart. I strongly recommend trying Se7en as well as any movie with a rape scene if you feel you might not be up to it, to at least test it out.