Why?

Rating: 8/10 (15 December 2011)

While still a great movie (of course, it comes from a great novel) I just don't get it...why was it necessary to make this movie??? They can say they didn't copy the original movie, only the book, but there is no way - the two are pretty much identical! (apart from the ending, but then - why change only that?)
It annoys me that there seems to be so many people out there who didn't see the Swedish films, because they aren't "pretty" American movies that they had to make a whole other movie...
The original is gritty and disturbing and dark, as the books are, and thats exactly perfect! I would recommend to read the books first at the very least, don't only see the Hollywood version.
This is an 8, but the original is a full 10!