011/366 The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; written by Steven Zaillian (based on novel by Stieg Larsson Stieg Larsson) and directed by David Fincher; 2011 Ahm… I seemed to have this blind faith in the fact that… Fincher could make this story more interesting and I had been assuring people that this remake would be good because Fincher is very meticulous director and he makes sure his films are flawless. But then I saw it. And I really do believe this is Fincher’s worst and I was really shocked, actually. I’m not a big enthusiast of Fincher, but I do like some of his work and I do believe when he does things he does them right, and I do believe he works exhaustively to get the best out of every single human being working on each project. I am no fan of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, for instance, and while I found the film immensely boring I still found it to be really well made. But this didn’t happen here. I suppose there are major content problems in the novel in itself, but it was precisely… Fincher’s work to repair them in his vision of it. Anyway, I see no point in this being made. I don’t think it brought anything new to the Swedish film, I do not believe the story in itself is interesting, intriguing or new enough to be adapted into the screen various times and with such necessity, I really did not find Rooney Mara’s performance to have any more depth than what a very radically different appearance creates on a person (and yes, taking on this role must take a lot of courage, no doubt, but that does not make her performance extraordinary, I have read about all of the things she has gone through for this role, and I am sorry, but she did not seem to me to be as fearless as someone playing such a character should). I think the only thing I liked was actually Daniel Craig. Which is a first. And last but not least, can we please agree to stop branding Lisbeth Salander as an empowering, strong character? Can we please acknowledge she is some sort of fantasy for Stieg Larsson? A fantasy that is attempted to be validated by her reactions? So she is constantly abused and humiliated, but it is made okay because she takes revenge! SEE? It’s okay to abuse and humiliate her repeatedly on screen over and over ad nauseum! Because then she catches a woman killer! It’s okaaaay! Only that it’s not. And I would have really loved if this version did something about it, but instead the whole idea was reinforced. And I know that it might sound like useless propaganda, but whatever: let’s take a look at the amount of times she is seen naked on screen, and then let’s take a look at how many times do we see a man naked. And my point will be made.
#american
#daniel craig
#david fincher
#january
#rooney mara
#suspense
#the girl with the dragon tattoo
#2011
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