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BY ALLEX CONLEY
ANCHOR LOGAN TITTLE
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Another American adaptation of a foreign film will be thrust upon us on December 21st, smack bang in the middle of the holiday season.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo was the highest grossing Swedish film in history. It’s a twisted thriller with characters unlike any other. No wonder American Director David Fincher was itching to pick up the production.
With such an impressive impact, how will the American version compare to its Swedish predecessor?
“It’s Mikael Blomkvist, may I come in? We need to talk”
“Hey, hey, who do you think you are?”
“Can I call you Lisbeth? I want you to help me catch a killer of women.” (Metro Goldwyn Mayer)
Swedish actress Noomi Rapace gave a haunting performance as protagonist Lisbeth Salander. So it might be a ballsy move for anyone trying to fill her Gothic shoes. Time Magazine warned...
“I'd be shaking in my boots... this Lisbeth could scare Jason Bourne.”
American actress Rooney Mara will be the terrifyingly feisty and unusually sexy Salander. And man does she look different from her character, Erica Albright, in The Social Network.
But will it be enough to live up to the menace of Rapace? New York Daily News doesn’t think so.
“...the U.S. version of Lisbeth Salander appears as haute couture's answer to a punk-rock hacker with virtually none of the grit of Swedish cinema's feminist take on the heroine from Stieg Larsson's best-selling novel.”
W Magazine tells us Director David Fincher has totally changed the ending. Fans hope it stays true to Stieg Larsson’s tale of murder, sadomasochism and rape. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo deserves more than a Hollywood ending.
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