Comments on: Watch: Extended Trailer For David Fincher’s ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ Looks Pretty Damn Good

By: Kevin Jagernauth

Kevin Jagernauth — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:48:10 +0000

Oh, in that brief escalator scene does anyone know what those images are on the wall? That weirdo perfume ad? Real? Some background detail? It just really stood out…

By: Zack

Zack — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:48:10 +0000

It makes me really happy that they weren\’t averse to putting a non-household name like Mara\’s right next to Craig\’s at the end.
Still not sure how I feel about Craig\’s accent, though, if only because it sounds kind of like his Sooth Effrican accent from \”Munich\”.

By: Moe

Moe — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:48:10 +0000

If the accent issue bother you, watch this clip. I think he\’s onto something.

Daniel Craig – \”The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo\”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAgam3fSM6U

By: Kevin Jagernauth

Kevin Jagernauth — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:48:10 +0000

I haven\’t seen the Swedish versions…did they have the same blackly funny tone? The bits of humor are a pleasant surprise.

Oh, and the accent issue doesn\’t really bother me as the pervasive bleak tone seems to be front and center.

By: Ryan Sartor

Ryan Sartor — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:48:10 +0000

\”Girl With The Dragon Tattoo\” purists are almost as bad as \”Lost\” fanatics.

By: Ray H

Ray H — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:48:10 +0000

A bit surprising Craig didn\’t put on an accent, especially since he\’s been pretty good at it in the past.

By: Radar

Radar — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:48:10 +0000

Awesome! Finally, a movie that looks dense AND exciting. It looks like it\’s left of Se7en, but right of Zodiac. Very nice.

About Daniel Craig\’s accent… he brought up a really good point that I noticed when I worked in Stockholm for 6 months – there are people who have lived there all of their lives, but they speak the Queen\’s English. They\’re obvious Swedes by their look and mannerisms, but British culture is so pervasive there, that it\’s not weird at all to interact with someone with that accent at a bar or ANYWHERE there.

It\’s one of those deep-cut details that seems absurd to people who haven\’t visited (or noticed it during their visit), but has some truth to it. Even though that wasn\’t the original motivation for Daniel Craig keeping his accent…

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:48:10 +0000

Wohooo!! The Swedish invasion of Hollywood continues! Hahah.. freakin’ fantastic, can’t wait! Heading to a party in Stockholm tonight wearing my new hot dress for a beer in the sun! 🙂

By: SoundOfMyVoice

SoundOfMyVoice — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:48:10 +0000

It must be said, being an accent hawk is a bit silly.

I have a Swedish acquaintance, born and raised in Sweden (she spent a few years in Australia) but she had an Australian accent when we firs met and over the years as she spent time away from home and Australia, her accent as mellowed into something more British.

My mother in-law is also Scandinavian born and raised, shes lived in Africa, Denmark, London, the states, and Finland, and she has a very British accent. My wife because she\’s moved around so much doesn\’t have a discernible accent. I\’m not originally from the US but most people can\’t tell by listening to me speak.

the notion that people in the 21st century wouldn\’t speak in the tongue of their mother country is not a stretch by any measure. The world is small people, deal with it.

By: Alix

Alix — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:48:10 +0000

Don\’t like Mara as Lisbeth at all. And the accents are kind of distracting, other than that it seems ok, nothing extraordinary as some people make it to be.

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:48:10 +0000

I\’m Swedish and I really feel Mara sounds way more Russian than Swedish, and most of the others, even the Swedes, sound quite British. It still looks amazing, even though it \’s long.

By: rotch

rotch — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:48:10 +0000

While the trailer does in fact look great, with Fincher outdoing the Swedish version in every single aspect, I can\’t ignore that the novel isn\’t really good. It\’s quite bad actually. And this still seems like a verbatim adaptation.

I\’m betting the Fincher pattern (great movie followed by not so great movie) will continue with Girl. What really worries me is, if this is a huge success, Fincher will probably commit to the next two novels, which are really, really bad.

By: O.K.

O.K. — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:48:10 +0000

Except for Mara,
Most everyone else sounds British. It\’s kind of distracting. Why not all use the same accent? Apart from that looks like a good murder mystery type of film but nothing extraordinary. Bloggers were making it sound like the second coming of Christ or something. Too much unearned hype will kill a movie.

By: zatopek

zatopek — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:48:10 +0000

Looks pretty much like the original, which you said you hated, but now this looks \”pretty damn good\”? Fincher fanboys.