Made it to a movie theater for the first time since June to see
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It's a faithful adaptation of the book, and at least as good (if not a little better) than the original Swedish version with Noomi Rapace in the title role. This English-language version actually seems to be more faithful to the original novel in some ways -- though I could be wrong, since I read the book a while ago. I really enjoyed Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander and Daniel Craig was good (if very, very British) as Mikael Blomkvist. I actually had trouble looking away from Mara whenever she was on the screen, which is saying something when she's acting opposite
Daniel Craig.
Perhaps the best thing to come out of this adaptation, though, is the Trent Reznor-Karen O cover of "Immigrant Song" that ran over the teaser trailer and plays during the title sequence:
Speaking of the title sequence, it reminded me very strongly of the titles for Quantum of Solace, which might be why the whole movie sort of seemed like it could be an alternate-universe James Bond flick. Also, Daniel Craig.
All told, Dragon Tattoo gets a thumbs-up from me, and I'd highly recommend it (to those old enough to see R-rated films, of course).
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