We saw the 2009 film version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo yesterday at Guild Cinema. The film is in Swedish with English subtitles; the title in Swedish (as with the book) is Män som hatar kvinnor or Men Who Hate Women.
It’s a fast-paced but not frenetic 2-1/2 hour adaption, faithful to the book in the essentials. There’s something to be said for seeing the movie first (surprise element) and something to be said for reading the book first, as I did (having a clue what is going on).
All of the acting is remarkable; Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander is simply all you could ask. It’s hard to imagine another actress in the part after this; how’s her English?
A Bourne-type film without being manic. We liked it a lot.