Remake, remake, remake.....

Rating: 5/10 (20 December 2011)

It can be put short: If you have seen the original Swedish version don't waste your time watching this one.
Forget all the talk about "this is not a remake - this is a new adaptation". If you hear or read somebody state that, they only prove they have not seen Arcel & Oplev's version because this American try out is most of all a scene by scene remake - even many of the locations are the same! The pro of Finchers version is the performance of Rooney Mara. It is very close to match Rapaces international breakthrough.
The no. 1 con is Finchers total lack of adding anything new or original to this remake. The only major contributions Fincher brings to the table is a fat and slick visual style, and a rude Hollywood simplification of the storyline presented in both the novel and the original movie adaptation.
I rate 5/10 - a simplified copy cat of a (only) two years old movie... what a waste!