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Rating: I don't like duplicates, I don't like coming in second, I don't like seeing a work criticized a priori sometimes without even being seen.
I may be biased, but not to the point of not recognizing a good job: I wrote a good job, not a masterpiece.
Fincher has not only made "The Social Network," but great noirs like "Seven" and "Zodiac": why shouldn't he or couldn't he shoot a remake, at risk of backlash because it's too recent, of a series so well-known and widely sold worldwide?
Well, for me, he is the right man at the right time! He managed to give a story, perhaps predictable (depraved rich, violent men, and women in decidedly more masculine than feminine roles), a dimension of gloomy pathology, I admit the unusual closeness of the two terms, immersing us in stories of murders and wicked secrets, with a fast-paced rhythm while at the same time simplifying some passages of the book that might be a bit obscure.
It's the Fincher who has the ability to glimpse the dark side of people and things, who informs you but without boring you...
The quality of the images is remarkable; the female lead Rooney Mara is excellent, who does not overshadow Noomi Rapace, but gives a very personal touch to the hacker Lisbeth. Daniel Craig is finally an investigative journalist as you would expect from reading.
I'm not trying to convince you of the goodness of the film, but it at least deserved an alternative shot.
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By Fairy Feller
For those like me who have neither flipped half a page of the book nor watched the previous film, you can still steer clear of this one without too much regret.
David Fincher... continues to rest on his laurels.
