Dragon Tattoo (minor spoilers)

View · by **Drizzle** on Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:19 pm

Saw it this past weekend, decent movie, but I'd also seen the original Swedish version and read the books, so there weren't many surprises, except for what the filmmakers put in as changes or left out.

A neat little bit was a chase scene near the end, where Lisbeth is chasing a car on her motorbike. When the car crashes, she advances on the wreck with the intent to do the driver ill, and the means, which looked like a SIG 228. She cocks it (not racking the slide, just the hammer, having checked it earlier), but before she has a chance to use it, the car explodes. She's then shown holding the pistol, finger along the slide, and actually uses the decocker to lower the hammer, a bit of decent gunhandling.

The director, David Fincher, has done previous gun bits very well (see Seven), so I guess it shouldn't be a surprise he'd make sure his actors were properly trained.

View · by **danscrapbags** on Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:23 pm

I noticed the decocking too and was amazed that Hollywood got something right. I never read the book and hate subtitles so this movie was new and fresh for me. My wife and I loved it, it is very violent at times and graphic but it all flowed nicely and was important to help tell the story. DON"T BRING YOUR KIDS!!! This movie is not for young people.

View · by **Pat Cannon** on Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:42 pm

Enjoyed the book a lot, looking forward to the movie. I love the Lisbeth character, not your everyday damsel in distress but not (quite) the comic-book superheroine either.

View · by **Consummate** on Mon Jan 09, 2012 3:55 pm

Saw it yesterday. Was amazed at her understanding of the weapon as well.

Great movie!

View · by **rukwikenuf** on Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:29 pm

i watched all three in their original form. the Swedish ones (or Finnish, or whatever they were) and once you got used to the subtitles, holy hell! that was REALLY good. i'm not sure i like the "remake for English" idea, but i'll watch 'em on video. the books were even better than the movies. all of em

View · by **tman** on Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:38 pm

rukwikenuf wrote:i watched all three in their original form. the Swedish ones (or Finnish, or whatever they were) and once you got used to the subtitles, holy hell! that was REALLY good. i'm not sure i like the "remake for English" idea, but i'll watch 'em on video. the books were even better than the movies. all of em

I've read the first book, watched the Swedish movie and the Hoolywood remake.

The book is still the best story. Both movie versions had to leave stuff out.

The Hoolywood version is, IMO, BETTER than the Swedish version. Rooney Mara does a better Salander.

View · by **hornswaggle** on Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:42 pm

My wife and I saw it last weekend and I noticed the gun handling too. We both really liked the movie. She had read the books but I have not and there were some places that I needed her to give me a little more background on later that helped understand the story. I thought the acting was top notch and I hope they make the next in the series.

View · by **PRS** on Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:24 am

I haven't seen the English version yet but loved all three of the foreign films. Now that I hear people who have seen both liked it I will probably have to go see it! One of the best thrillers I've ever seen.

View · by **gyrfalcon** on Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:38 am

I was pretty much floored the movie wasn't rated NC-17... :shock:

I'm also trying to figure out why this movie/book has such a big audience.

View · by **aaron878** on Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:51 am

gyrfalcon wrote:I was pretty much floored the movie wasn't rated NC-17... I'm also trying to figure out why this movie/book has such a big audience.

Movie ratings have nothing to do with content, they only seem to care about nudity, so unless there were explicit scenes showing female anatomy, R rating is it.

View · by **gyrfalcon** on Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:34 am

aaron878 wrote:Movie ratings have nothing to do with content, they only seem to care about nudity, so unless there were explicit scenes showing female anatomy, R rating is it.

Maybe we were watching different movies...

View · by **danscrapbags** on Tue Jan 10, 2012 7:55 am

Definately should have been NC-17!

View · by **tman** on Tue Jan 10, 2012 10:59 am

gyrfalcon wrote:
aaron878 wrote:Movie ratings have nothing to do with content, they only seem to care about nudity, so unless there were explicit scenes showing female anatomy, R rating is it.

Maybe we were watching different movies...

Do TWO violent anal rape scenes count? How about a separate scene with a flash of full frontal female nudity?

All in this movie.

View · by **danscrapbags** on Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:27 am

tman wrote:
gyrfalcon wrote:
aaron878 wrote:Movie ratings have nothing to do with content, they only seem to care about nudity, so unless there were explicit scenes showing female anatomy, R rating is it.

Maybe we were watching different movies...

Do TWO violent anal rape scenes count? How about a separate scene with a flash of full frontal female nudity?

All in this movie.

I only saw one violent anal rape scene and one very awesome violent anal payback scene!

View · by **plblark** on Tue Jan 10, 2012 11:28 am

for some reason, I'm now expecting to hear SQUEAL LIKE A PIG in this movie.