I didn't think Rooney Mara looked that awful, but I did spend a lot of time sort of really wishing that Kristen Bell could have been up for the role ...
my overwhelming impression was that everything this movie did well, the original Swedish version did better, and without being OH MY FUCKING GOD SO RIDICULOUSLY LONG
Agreed, lol. Overall, even though the movie wasn't awful, it was such a huge disappointment to me. Like I think I told you before, I left sorta disturbed at the filmmaking, lol. Changes the English version made (off the top of my head, but I don't think I'm mixing anything up):
- Mikael got more stuff (more gf, daughter, etc) -- and when Lisbeth got a tiny bit more stuff she was shown mostly making out with another woman (club) and/or in her underwear (the end portion) - Lisbeth wasn't shown to be as interested in the truth/justice RE: Mikael like was she was in the Sweedish film, where even after the initial paid research she stalked his comp and tried to figure out what was really up with Mikael's scandal to the point where he caught her snooping and that's why he sought her out (right?) - a lot the the discoveries/smart shit that Lisbeth figured out were this time figured out by Mikael or with random help of Mikael's random daughter (Bible codes) - Lisbeth goes alone to check out the murders, instead of that whole trip being the foundation of her relationship with Mikael and basically a lot of how we get to know her more - "Can I kill him?" - in the end, Lisbeth seems really into Mikael while he is not into her in the English, while it feels very much vice versa in the Sweedish
So I take in this stuff all together ... and I'm like. So they wanted her to have a diminished and more sorta traditionally "female" role in the plot of the film? AKA the opposite of what I hoped for from David Fincher? Thanks, USA. ANYWAY. Sorry to spew all over your LJ. You're the first person on my flist to talk about it so you have become my victim, lol.
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my overwhelming impression was that everything this movie did well, the original Swedish version did better, and without being OH MY FUCKING GOD SO RIDICULOUSLY LONG
Agreed, lol. Overall, even though the movie wasn't awful, it was such a huge disappointment to me. Like I think I told you before, I left sorta disturbed at the filmmaking, lol. Changes the English version made (off the top of my head, but I don't think I'm mixing anything up):
- Mikael got more stuff (more gf, daughter, etc) -- and when Lisbeth got a tiny bit more stuff she was shown mostly making out with another woman (club) and/or in her underwear (the end portion)
- Lisbeth wasn't shown to be as interested in the truth/justice RE: Mikael like was she was in the Sweedish film, where even after the initial paid research she stalked his comp and tried to figure out what was really up with Mikael's scandal to the point where he caught her snooping and that's why he sought her out (right?)
- a lot the the discoveries/smart shit that Lisbeth figured out were this time figured out by Mikael or with random help of Mikael's random daughter (Bible codes)
- Lisbeth goes alone to check out the murders, instead of that whole trip being the foundation of her relationship with Mikael and basically a lot of how we get to know her more
- "Can I kill him?"
- in the end, Lisbeth seems really into Mikael while he is not into her in the English, while it feels very much vice versa in the Sweedish
So I take in this stuff all together ... and I'm like. So they wanted her to have a diminished and more sorta traditionally "female" role in the plot of the film? AKA the opposite of what I hoped for from David Fincher? Thanks, USA. ANYWAY. Sorry to spew all over your LJ. You're the first person on my flist to talk about it so you have become my victim, lol.