![]() ![]() Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig bring this in their great performances. The amount of gruesome detail in the story requires a believable, human edge – some light as well as shade. Old though he is, at least compared to the 23-year-old Lisbeth, we can understand why a strange kind of attraction should exist between them. Craig, meanwhile, is far more relatable – funny, even – as Mikael. There’s a vulnerability beneath Lisbeth’s spiky exterior in Fincher’s film. The dynamics that Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig bring to their roles changes this. How would these mutual exclusives ever end up in bed together? Not everyone will agree, but I never quite bought the relationship between Mikael and Lisbeth in the Swedish version. Its characters are better drawn and more likeable. Not simply because it’s got a bigger budget ($100m versus the first’s $13m) or because it looks and sounds better, but because, beneath its aggressive styling, it’s a more human film. Well directed and acted though the Swedish Dragon Tattoo is (and there’s no denying the power of Noomi Rapace’s career-making performance), I’d argue that Fincher’s movie is the better adaptation. ![]()
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