The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Series

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Here's a terrific story detailing the enormous craft which went into just the two and a half minute title/nightmare sequence which opens the film.

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Jan 5, 2012 16:33:06 GMT -4 @bstewart said:

Here's a terrific story detailing the enormous craft which went into just the two and a half minute title/nightmare sequence which opens the film.

Oh for the love of God...

Okay I'll grant it is impressive but talk about overkill. Though the writer's gushing is hilarious.

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I actually like Fincher (for the most part), but I could not make it through that article. In the past year, the fawning over Fincher in the media has become annoying, especially all the hyperbole about 'The Social Network.'

Fincher ain't Tarkovsky.

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I really wish I could remember the name of the Tarkovsky film I watched in my foreign cinema class. The Mirror, maybe? It was right after an all-nighter for another class, so I remember being dazed/slightly dozing off and waking up to insanely gorgeous, hallucinogenic imagery. He's on my list to explore further, for sure.

As of today, it's made back its production budget worldwide.

That said, fawning over anyone is annoying. I like Sorkin in some cases but could not take it by the end of last awards season. That said, now that the hype has died down, I find myself rewatching Fincher's films more often than most contemporary films. Which is often due to the performances.

Some dissection of the Harriet disappears flashback by critic Jim Emerson, drawing from a NY Times Slideshow.

I can't, off the top of my head, think of a bad performance in this film, and that's rare. Rooney, especially, is so impressive that it really is the epitome of a star-making performance.

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Jan 6, 2012 6:02:09 GMT -4 @lena said:

I actually like Fincher (for the most part), but I could not make it through that article. In the past year, the fawning over Fincher in the media has become annoying, especially all the hyperbole about 'The Social Network.'

Fincher ain't Tarkovsky.

I'll totally cop to being a Fincher FanBoy. But not out of blind adoration, though. In fact, usually the first time I see one of his films I think they're good but not really droolworthy. And then I watch the DVD/BluRay extras and listen to the commentaries and a whole world of top-notch filmmaking craft is revealed. I'm hesitant to label him an artiste as much as an expert craftsman. I don't know that there's a great deal of art to The Social Network, so I totally agree with your distaste for the fawning regarding that film, lena. And while I thought The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was the best possible film version which could be made from the source material, I'd still bar it from the High Art VIP Area because the source material was simply not worthy.

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Finally got to see it today and really liked it. Mara sold me on Lisbeth; she's pretty much what I pictured in my mind. I actually thought her guardian was what Mikal should've looked more like, or somewhere in between him and Craig; no way should he have been as good looking as DC. I read the book ages ago so I forget the original ending; hey, I forgot he had a daughter (I don't think that spoils anything). I've always enjoyed Fincher's films (with the exception of Social Network), so it seems I'm back on track with him. I'm sure he's waiting by the phone, to hear how I enjoyed it.

ETA: I don't get what's wrong with talking about the title credits. He's asking a creative person about his work, which was unusual from what we see every day on the screen. Are people not allowed to be enthusiastic anymore?

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Advance warning: expect bstewart and I to get totally fanboy up in here come Tuesday, with the Blu-Ray release. Seriously, though, Fincher gives some of the best commentary/special features in the business. Like, filmschool in a box and I'm saying that as someone who went to filmschool.

If nothing else, I feel like the editing win was INCREDIBLY deserved so those features should be interesting.

I'm really torn - I have no connection to the source material or the Swedish films - I hardcore adored Rooney as Lisbeth but if this behind-the-scenes team is out for the rest of the franchise (which, seriously, Sony, can you announce who is directing them yet?!), I think the quality will really drop. It seems like Fincher himself has other projects he is more interested in but given his insane devotion to his actors, I can't imagine him leaving Rooney in the lurch.

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Fanboy here. The BluRay package just arrived today and it's OUTSTANDING. The care and detail in which everyone involved in the project strove to get it not just right but *perfect* is staggering. It really is the best possible movie of the source material.

It's a treat not hearing "fuck" bleeped at every utterance, as it was in the "Social Network" extras. Because Fincher.

PS: The featurette on the rape/revenge scenes is handled with the utmost seriousness and delicacy, and pretty-much blows the New York Times' review's accusations of titillation away as specious and ludicrous.

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Mar 26, 2012 17:05:12 GMT -4 @bstewart said:

Fanboy here. The BluRay package just arrived today and it's OUTSTANDING. The care and detail in which everyone involved in the project strove to get it not just right but *perfect* is staggering. It really is the best possible movie of the source material.

Did you not see the Swedish version? Noomi Rapace, to me, was a waaaaaaaaaaay better Lisbeth. Now if Fincher had directed Noomi? That would have been something to see. I did prefer Daniel Craig as well as Trent Reznor's score in the english version. I rewatched the movie and I still really hate that they changed the ending so that Lisbeth was the one that wanted more instead of Mikael. Did the extras shed any light onto why they made that change?

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But isn't that how it is in the book? Lisbeth saw Mikael and Erika together at the end and did not care for it at all.