The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) - Blu-ray 23rd/April/2012 pre-order

[KingSimba]

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Blu-ray


Release Date: 23rd/April/2012
Distributor: Sony

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo HD Trailer - David Fincher Version - YouTube

[Buddy Ackerman]

Excellent. A brilliant adaptation and a great film in its own right. And Fincher's films are never anything less than beautiful to look at, despite the ugliness of the human condition they sometimes explore.

[NHassell18]

Pre-order for me. Hope we get some sort of exclusive.

[Buddy Ackerman]

I hope this means Panic Room is coming soon. It was assumed they were holding it off to be released alongside this.

[JLM]

Cool.

[johnchatzo]

Awesome film...Day 1 for me

[Foggy]

Going to be picking this one up, maybe a HMV exclusive similar to The Social Network and Priest?

[hobgoblin]

Want to see the film, and will probably end up being a blind-buy but a bit disappointed at the (supposed) lack of extras ie just a commentary from Fincher, especially since The Social Network (another Sony/ Fincher collaboration) had a decent selection of extras on it.

Here's hoping that more special features get announced.

[alien2010]

Logged on to HMV and its still not up for pre-order.

[Frasr]

I will blind buy this if it gets a steelbook.

I'll need to watch the original trilogy first though

[alien2010]

A blind buy you won't be dissapointed with. One of my favourite films of 2011, a brilliant and very effective adaptation.

[tcs]

I'll look forward to this. I have seen the original which in my view stands up better on it's own then as a trilogy. Hope for a nice release like the social network digi-pack

[aequalszero]

Originally Posted by alien2010

A blind buy you won't be dissapointed with. One of my favourite films of 2011, a brilliant and very effective adaptation.

Out of interest, did you see the original Swedish version beforehand?

[Buddy Ackerman]

I saw the original Swedish adaptation and, as great as that was, I thought this was a better adaptation that made me care a lot more about the characters and storyline. And Rooney Mara was just as strong as Noomi Rapace.

[Zelos]

I haven't seen the Swedish version, but people that did have been telling me it's better story-wise. I honestly thought the story was poorly explained in Fincher's version, which made me unnecessarily confused. The last 20 minutues of the movie also seemed very 'forced'; it would have been better if they had left that part out.

Besides that, I loved the visuals and especially the music. Great stuff there, but Trent Reznor rarely disappoints.

[HotRats]

I'll pick it up when its reduced but I wasn't keen for one simple reason - the accents. From none at all for Daniel Craig to some sort of Scottish Russian for Rooney Mara to variations on Swedish Chef for most of the supporting cast. Original language or don't bother with accents at all is my preference but leaving it to the choice of the actors is bit daft. Makes for an interesting comparison with the Noomi Rapace films but I know which I prefer

[aequalszero]

Originally Posted by Buddy Ackerman

I saw the original Swedish adaptation and, as great as that was, I thought this was a better adaptation that made me care a lot more about the characters and storyline. And Rooney Mara was just as strong as Noomi Rapace.

Originally Posted by Zelos

I haven't seen the Swedish version, but people that did have been telling me it's better story-wise. I honestly thought the story was poorly explained in Fincher's version, which made me unnecessarily confused. The last 20 minutues of the movie also seemed very 'forced'; it would have been better if they had left that part out.

Thanks for those opinions. The reason I asked is I found this new version very similar to the Swedish adaptation but I know I'd probably have enjoyed it more if I didn't know exactly what was going to happen. It took all the power out of the nasty scenes, and all the intregue out of the mystery.

I also thought that Fincher carried many of the problems over, not least the rather disjointed plot structure - one thing is happening to a guy, something else to a girl, when they come together all the eariler stuff gets forgotten, then just when you think it's over there's another 20 minutes of "stuff" to sit through. It's definately more cinematic, but both movies strike me as good-not-great, 3-out-of-5 contenders.

[johnchatzo]

The last 20 minutes set the sequels and i thought were great.Esp the last scene was heart breaking..just like the book.

[Zelos]

Originally Posted by aequalszero

I also thought that Fincher carried many of the problems over, not least the rather disjointed plot structure - one thing is happening to a guy, something else to a girl, when they come together all the eariler stuff gets forgotten, then just when you think it's over there's another 20 minutes of "stuff" to sit through.

This explains my train of thought perfectly.

Originally Posted by johnchatzo

The last 20 minutes set the sequels and i thought were great.Esp the last scene was heart breaking..just like the book.

I understand that the last 20 minutes were essential for the sequels, but that doesn't mean Fincher could not have done a better job in making it seem relevant and important imo.

[Deciazulado]

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Blu-ray