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The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Master Review Over the course of a week I read just about all of the book and watched both versions of the film.  - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Book, Stieg Larsson, 2005) As per the nature of books vs film, the books offer a lot more detail and a look into the minds of the characters that the films cannot. That is why the books are usually better then it’s adaption. I would have to say that is the case with Larsson’s Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. It is an intriguing tale of a young girl that was murdered and the two individuals that are trying to solve her murder 40 years later. The book is tight and well written with the exception of a few out of place passages or old thoughts, it’s not enough to really hurt the flow of the book. Lisbeth really merges as a character for the history book. She is basically the punk rock Sherlock or Batman character.  5/5 - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Swedish Film, Neils Arden Oplev, 2009) I really should have watched this before the American version but I didn’t get to. This is a better adaption of the book and leaves in a lot of material that the 2011 film decided to leave out. I didn’t like Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander. Maybe it was cause I saw Sherlock Holmes 2 right before this and she just doesn’t seem to fit.  3/5 - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (American Film, David Fincher, 2011) David Fincher is my favorite director hands down. With his amazing films, Fight Club, Seven, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, and The Social Network, I was really excited for this one. It didn’t disappoint. It did have that rush feeling that you feel when you have read the books before the movie that I also got with the Harry Potter movies and Scott Pilgrim Vs The World. But it kept in all the important scenes and details. The filming was amazing and my god the score. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross once again teamed with Fincher after The Social Network to make a score even better and it was better suited for this movie. Daniel Craig did a great job as Mikael, but it was Rooney Mara that shined as Lisbeth Salander. She really bought the character to life.  5/5 Zoom Image

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Master Review

Over the course of a week I read just about all of the book and watched both versions of the film. 

- The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Book, Stieg Larsson, 2005)

As per the nature of books vs film, the books offer a lot more detail and a look into the minds of the characters that the films cannot. That is why the books are usually better then it’s adaption. I would have to say that is the case with Larsson’s Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. It is an intriguing tale of a young girl that was murdered and the two individuals that are trying to solve her murder 40 years later. The book is tight and well written with the exception of a few out of place passages or old thoughts, it’s not enough to really hurt the flow of the book. Lisbeth really merges as a character for the history book. She is basically the punk rock Sherlock or Batman character. 

5/5

- The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Swedish Film, Neils Arden Oplev, 2009)

I really should have watched this before the American version but I didn’t get to. This is a better adaption of the book and leaves in a lot of material that the 2011 film decided to leave out. I didn’t like Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander. Maybe it was cause I saw Sherlock Holmes 2 right before this and she just doesn’t seem to fit. 

3/5

- The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (American Film, David Fincher, 2011)

David Fincher is my favorite director hands down. With his amazing films, Fight Club, Seven, The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, and The Social Network, I was really excited for this one. It didn’t disappoint. It did have that rush feeling that you feel when you have read the books before the movie that I also got with the Harry Potter movies and Scott Pilgrim Vs The World. But it kept in all the important scenes and details. The filming was amazing and my god the score. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross once again teamed with Fincher after The Social Network to make a score even better and it was better suited for this movie. Daniel Craig did a great job as Mikael, but it was Rooney Mara that shined as Lisbeth Salander. She really bought the character to life. 

5/5