Comments on: 8 Minute Preview Of ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ Shows David Fincher Is Right At Home

By: andres

andres — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:50:19 +0000

where can i watch this trailer on the internet?

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:50:19 +0000

I love how Fincher fanboys love to trash the original Swedish film (calling it T.V. quality) and trash Noomi Rapace. Fact of the matter is if the original hadn\’t done a good job of getting Americans excited about the character (and buying more books), Sony and Fincher wouldn\’t be making THEIR version either. Without people enjoying the original, this remake would never have happened.

That said, I\’m sure Fincher and Rooney Mara\’s take on it will be interesting even though familiar.

By: Suzanne B

Suzanne B — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:50:19 +0000

umm.. it IS the same story. I liked the swiss version.. i hope to love the american version. I was a bit surprised they cast daniel craig because of the bond connection… i wish they had cast an unknown. we shall see…

By: Noitsaremake

Noitsaremake — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:50:19 +0000

I\’m not seeing this movie until Daniel Craig gives me back the $12.00 for Cowboys and Aliens.

By: Jessica Kiang

Jessica Kiang — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:50:19 +0000

@L We had actually edited that to \”bisexuality\” before reading your comment, but, yes, Lisbeth\’s sexuality is a thorny issue. Didn\’t want to use \”sexuality\” as I think the writer\’s intention is to tell us that this is one of two girl-on-girl encounters the trailer alludes to, something you might not get from \”sexuality. \”Biisexuality\” is also imprecise in its inferences, but it more accurately represents what we know of the character, so I guess that\’s why we made the change?

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:50:19 +0000

\”a little rougher to watch than it is in the original\”
Yeesh. That\’s saying a lot; the scene in the original made me want to avert my eyes, and I haven\’t done that in a movie since \”Syriana\”.

By: L

Fri, 13 May 2016 13:50:19 +0000

Can\’t wait to see it – when and, of course, if this appears online at any point.

A little sidenote – I guess it\’s nitpicking, but Lisbeth is not really homosexual. In the book and in the Swedish film as well she (a bit of a spoiler, I guess) sleeps with Blomkvist and other encounters with men are also mentioned. If I remember correctly, one of the characters referred to her not even as bisexual, but simply as sexual – she likes having sex, doesn\’t really matter if it\’s with a woman or a man.

Anyway, I strongly disagree with the opinion about the necessity of Fincher\’s version – the Swedish films, in my opinion, did not do the books any justice, Rapace was ok, but it was definitely not the Lisbeth that Larson described. The rest of it – not even worth mentioning.

By: Travis Hopson

Travis Hopson — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:50:19 +0000

Yeah, we had this before our Straw Dogs screening as well. I definitely dug it. You could tell it was a Fincher film. It had that dark, kinda ominous tone he\’s so good at establishing. But it did look an awful lot like the Swedish ones, and something about Rooney Mara still isn\’t clicking with me.

By: Plantagenet

Plantagenet — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:50:19 +0000

Fincher Fanboy reaction:
Any other director:Why remake the original, how dare they.
Fincher is directing: The original sucked, it was a TV movie it will be better than the original.
And is Craig just playing Bond again?

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:50:19 +0000

Call it a remake, a reboot, a semi-simulataeous/partially concurrent reimagining of the source novel or whatever you want, there is no way that this won\’t far exceed the quality (or lack thereof) of the original films which largely played like Lifetime on TV-MA night. As for the similarity in terrain and look, at least they didn\’t relocate it…can you imagine the purist backlash then?

By: The Playlist

The Playlist — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:50:19 +0000

You\’re right, you CAN\’T POSSIBLY have any problems with this. SHUT DOWN THE WEBSITE, guyz. Eyeroll.

By: Talie

Talie — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:50:19 +0000

\”The bad news is, the footage seems so similar to the original that, beyond dopey commercial reasons (“OMG SUBTITLEZ” says a nation of xenophobes), it doesn’t yet feel like it has a reason to exist.\”

Well, then, make sure you pass on reviewing it professionally because you clearly have a bias.

By: The Playlist

The Playlist — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:50:19 +0000

Who says we mind? And if you consider this flak, I hate to see what you think criticism is. This is a very fair observation. Does it look impressive? Yes. Does it look (so far) exactly like the original with the exact same story. Yes, so far. If anyone sees this footage and doesn\’t think that\’s a fair observation, well they either need their eyes checked or I assume they run or work for a Fincher fansite.

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:50:19 +0000

I don\’t mind the fact that they are remaking it. If I remember correctly Let Me In (Let the Right One In) received a lot of the same flak you\’re giving Tattoo, only to be embraced by fans of the original after it came out. I think the same will happen here.

By: JP

JP — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:50:19 +0000

I\’m curious about the accents, but you don\’t mention them. I\’m assuming they\’re not a problem then?

By: TimParker

TimParker — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:50:19 +0000

I\’ve made this comment earlier but it bears repeating: To those who keep comparing this with the Swedish version, it is understandable to make comparisons obviously because they\’re both film versions of the same novel, but that\’s exactly what they are–two separate filmmaking teams taking on the same novel. It\’s not a \”remake\” and not an attempt to simply Anglicize the Swedish film (I know no one in this post made that comment, but that sentiment has gone around a lot and it\’s crazy non-sense)