We have a unique situation here for our pick this week. Usually when a remake of a movie is done, it rarely is better than the original. This time the remake is comparable to the original and is basically just as good. The movie in question, and therefor our pick is: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo."
Based on the Swedish novel of the same title by author Stieg Larsson. The Vangers, a well to do family with a substantial fortune, has an unsolved murder of a young girl named Harriet, who is a member of the Vanger family, that occurred forty years prior. Without any real leads only suspicions of what happened to her, one member of the family has not been able to let it go since the crime happened. Enlisting the help of banished journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig), who is convicted of libel in a story he published earlier and about to serve a jail sentence. Mikael is hired to uncover and solve, if possible, the mystery behind what happened, and who killed Harriet. Brought in for help to uncover the clues, is a girl that is not the run of the mill investigator, Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara), a girl that is known as a problem child but has a talent that makes her the perfect person for the job.
An Oscar nominated performance by Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander in the remake film by director David Fincher, as well as an Oscar win for film editing, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" is an exhilarating thriller that was equally as good as the book.
The original is a Swedish film in English subtitles. If you don't mind watching a movie with subtitles, watch this one. In the event of a tie, the original might have a slight edge over the American version.
Either film is worthy of watching, so we are taking the easier way out and recommending both. Until next time happy viewing.
by
Joe Talmage
webmoviepick@gmail.com
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" trailer
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