What was the last Film you watched?

[Wooderson]

I kinda did watch a part of the American one. Though most people I've met say the original is much better. Guess its something I'll have to watch.

Aha interesting debate this...

I watched the Swedish original before the American remake. I loved the original, thought Noomi Rapace was perfect as Lisbeth and that the pace of the film was perfect. I didn't have great expectations for the remake.

When it came to the remake, I was very pleased they kept the setting of Sweden (I had a fear they would set it in America as they normally do for remakes). Daniel Craig was as good if not better than Michael Nyqvist (heard not many people thought Nyqvist was that great) and was very relieved to see that Rooney Mara had made her portrayal of Lisbeth her own.

My conclusion is that the original is very good, and I do think they tell the story and push the narrative of the murder mystery a lot better than the remake. However the remake has better character development and the relationship between Mikael and Lisbeth is more believable. You can clearly see David Fincher wanted to focus more on their relationship as the films narrative continues for almost 20 minutes after the mystery had been solved. What this allows though is a better follow up with The Girl Who Played With Fire. I thought the original was lacking.