Review - The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - David Fincher 2011
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is an American re-telling of the original bestselling novel directed by David Fincher. The film stars Rooney Mara as the troubled computer hacker Lisbeth Salander, Daniel Craig as Mikael Blomkvist the somewhat suave, sophisticated co-owner of Millennium magazine.
The Plot: Mikael Blomkvist (Craig) has just lost a libel case brought upon him by a corrupt businessmen, at the same time he is asked by Henrik Vanger (Christopher Plummer) to investigate the murder of Henrik's grandniece in which took place 40 years ago, but to this day, has never been solved. With the help of Lisbeth Salander (Mara) they must work together to solve the mystery.
The Performances: Daniel Craig is suave as per usual, delivering yet another astounding performance, he's shaping up to be one of the best actors of today. Rooney Mara is who I really want to talk about, she is perfect in her role, absolutely faultless. Right down to the way she moves is perfect, she's mesmerizing to watch. I can't speak for how good her portrayal of Lisbeth was compared to the book, but I can tell you this, she is the definitive Lisbeth Salander compared to Noomi Rapace in the Swedish adaptation back in 2009. Every line Rooney delivers struck a spark that fires the screen with excitement. She's one of the best actresses today based solely on this role. How I adore when she comes in the room with the golf club.
The Technical Aspects: The Cinematography is hands down some of the best I've seen, every scene is made with such precision with the camera angles and lighting, it's truly breathtaking, certain scenes stay with me to this moment and always will. Same goes for the editing.
The Writing: Brilliant script is brilliant, especially Rooney's lines, she has some of the best "I have a high metabolism I can't put on weight" is one of my personal favorites, I know it seems like nothing but the way she presents herself as saying it in the film and the way she say's it is just class.
Re-watch-ability: Endlessly re-watchable for me.
The Verdict: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo 2011 is a masterpiece, a perfect film, it's a 10/10 from me, one of those faultless gems. I'm literally obsessed with it. Thank you for reading my review!
No comments:
Post a Comment