Comments on: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011) Trailer http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Mon, 20 May 2013 03:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1130502 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1130502 interested to know how people make such major interpretations based on 30 seconds of teaser. can't be bothered reading all the comments but the original version was not a movie - it was a 6 part tv series that suffered visually because of it. the remake has got a great director and a great guy doing the soundtrack. yer all being totall anti on the basis that its a remake as opposed to actually SEEING it - which is pretty pathetic really. interested to know how people make such major interpretations based on 30 seconds of teaser. can’t be bothered reading all the comments but the original version was not a movie – it was a 6 part tv series that suffered visually because of it.

the remake has got a great director and a great guy doing the soundtrack. yer all being totall anti on the basis that its a remake as opposed to actually SEEING it – which is pretty pathetic really.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1127952 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1127952 How sad is that??? Why did Hollywood copy a perfectly made movie? Watch the original trailer of the first version of Stieg Larssons Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with the way better actress Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL8LI-h2WFc How sad is that??? Why did Hollywood copy a perfectly made movie?

Watch the original trailer of the first version of Stieg Larssons Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with the way better actress Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL8LI-h2WFc

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126673 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126673 So much pointless crying! The Swedish series is lame and has TV quality production. The American version has Daniel Craig and Stellen Skargaard. It's directed by Fincher and has Trent Reznor musically involved. Spare me the whole "there's English dialog on the DVD", the originals are just no good and don't do the source material justice. Fincher will knock it out of the park - nuff said. Too much belly aching...remember what happened when Reeves remade Let the Right One In? It was enterprisingly good (not better). So much pointless crying! The Swedish series is lame and has TV quality production. The American version has Daniel Craig and Stellen Skargaard. It’s directed by Fincher and has Trent Reznor musically involved. Spare me the whole “there’s English dialog on the DVD”, the originals are just no good and don’t do the source material justice.

Fincher will knock it out of the park – nuff said. Too much belly aching…remember what happened when Reeves remade Let the Right One In? It was enterprisingly good (not better).

]]> By: JoshP http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1127191 JoshP Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1127191 yeah, btw, anyone that can get me noomi rapace phone number, will pay in bitcoins. why did they remake this movie... sigh. yeah, btw, anyone that can get me noomi rapace phone number, will pay in bitcoins. why did they remake this movie… sigh.

]]> By: Koyote http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126685 Koyote Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126685 I was v. sceptical about this remake. I love the books, even though they may be in need of a good edit, and enjoyed the original Swedish version. I don't really understand why everyone is so precious about the original. Yes, people can read subtitles, yes they can switch on the English audio... but why can't the Swedish and the remake co-exist? Those books take up a sizable chunk of my shelves. There's enough material in them to make two completely different versions. Probably more. The trailer somehow manages to allay any of my fears over the remake - I feel a lot more positive about it. I was v. sceptical about this remake. I love the books, even though they may be in need of a good edit, and enjoyed the original Swedish version.

I don’t really understand why everyone is so precious about the original. Yes, people can read subtitles, yes they can switch on the English audio… but why can’t the Swedish and the remake co-exist? Those books take up a sizable chunk of my shelves. There’s enough material in them to make two completely different versions. Probably more.

The trailer somehow manages to allay any of my fears over the remake – I feel a lot more positive about it.

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126430 Rob Beschizza Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126430 Yes, that is Julian Sands at 24s. Yes, that is Julian Sands at 24s.

]]> By: Duffong http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126438 Duffong Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126438 Ya know, I loathe previews like this; no context, no plot allusion, no many other things that just go on and on... just short bursts of random clips. Throw in a rockin' track remade from something was truly good, and it's supposed to be awesome? You could have given it to a 12 year old and the child could have possibly done better. [/hatersgonnahate] Ya know, I loathe previews like this; no context, no plot allusion, no many other things that just go on and on… just short bursts of random clips. Throw in a rockin’ track remade from something was truly good, and it’s supposed to be awesome? You could have given it to a 12 year old and the child could have possibly done better.

[/hatersgonnahate]

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126699 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126699 It's like people don't understand the concept of a "teaser" trailer as being something different from the full length trailer (longer, more plot, more what the movie experience will be, closer to release of the actual film). This is supposed to tease you. To get excited. And if some quick cutting puts you off more than David Fincher in his wheelhouse and Karen O / Trent Reznor unnecessarily covering Led Zeppelin to great effect... well, just remember, Let Me In was unnecessary, too, but still freakin' awesome. It’s like people don’t understand the concept of a “teaser” trailer as being something different from the full length trailer (longer, more plot, more what the movie experience will be, closer to release of the actual film).

This is supposed to tease you. To get excited. And if some quick cutting puts you off more than David Fincher in his wheelhouse and Karen O / Trent Reznor unnecessarily covering Led Zeppelin to great effect… well, just remember, Let Me In was unnecessary, too, but still freakin’ awesome.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126444 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126444 But fast edits equals action and excitement! Every post-MTV era person knows that. But fast edits equals action and excitement! Every post-MTV era person knows that.

]]> By: Stooge http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126449 Stooge Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126449 This is the birth of antisweding. This is the birth of antisweding.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126451 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126451 I like the visuals in the preview; it doesn't linger long on anything so leaves you wanting a deeper look. Given that everyone and their brother has read the trilogy already and/or seen the original movie, I imagine most people have enough context. I like the visuals in the preview; it doesn’t linger long on anything so leaves you wanting a deeper look. Given that everyone and their brother has read the trilogy already and/or seen the original movie, I imagine most people have enough context.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126707 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126707 I'll pass! I’ll pass!

]]> By: tomrigid http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126709 tomrigid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126709 I enjoyed the book, and the Swedish film, and if you told me that some random director was making a Hollywood version I'd expect it to be pretty bad. I'm an American--that's how we roll. But this is David Fincher. He made Fight Club, Zodiac, and The Social Network. Also: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. So it's not a slam dunk. But this is dark, fun material, and should be just right for him. I have high expectations for this movie. I enjoyed the book, and the Swedish film, and if you told me that some random director was making a Hollywood version I’d expect it to be pretty bad. I’m an American–that’s how we roll.

But this is David Fincher. He made Fight Club, Zodiac, and The Social Network. Also: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. So it’s not a slam dunk. But this is dark, fun material, and should be just right for him. I have high expectations for this movie.

]]> By: James http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126454 James Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126454 Because reading subtitles is **so** difficult... Because reading subtitles is **so** difficult…

]]> By: nnguyen http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126457 nnguyen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126457 This is going to be horrible. The Swedish movies were great. And they didn't need that ugly remake of a good song. Rooney Mara got nothing on Noomi Rapace. Aside from all that, this is a terrible trailer. All those quick cuts made me nauseous. This is going to be horrible. The Swedish movies were great. And they didn’t need that ugly remake of a good song.

Rooney Mara got nothing on Noomi Rapace.

Aside from all that, this is a terrible trailer. All those quick cuts made me nauseous.

]]> By: robulus http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1127225 robulus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1127225 That cover of immigrant song is killer. That cover of immigrant song is killer.

]]> By: mack http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126970 mack Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126970 Anybody here remember Bridget Fonda in "La Femme Nikita?" Me neither. Anybody here remember Bridget Fonda in “La Femme Nikita?”

Me neither.

]]> By: Mark5four0 http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126459 Mark5four0 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126459 It could be better, but they swung me with the "Feel Bad Movie of Christmas" titles. It could be better, but they swung me with the “Feel Bad Movie of Christmas” titles.

]]> By: Thorzdad http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126460 Thorzdad Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126460 Well, based on that trailer, I'd say one will be far, far better off watching the 2009 Niels Arden Oplev film. If you're actually interested in things like story and character, of course. A trailer should provide one with *some* insight into the experience one will have with the film. This trailer scares me away from the film. This trailer tells me I'm in for yet another non-stop Hollywood action-fest with a louder-than-the-apocalypse soundtrack. Well, based on that trailer, I’d say one will be far, far better off watching the 2009 Niels Arden Oplev film. If you’re actually interested in things like story and character, of course.

A trailer should provide one with *some* insight into the experience one will have with the film. This trailer scares me away from the film. This trailer tells me I’m in for yet another non-stop Hollywood action-fest with a louder-than-the-apocalypse soundtrack.

]]> By: DefMech http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126461 DefMech Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126461 Americans will read the books, full of words, but subtitles are just too much. There was absolutely no reason to remake this movie. They made it right the first time. Americans will read the books, full of words, but subtitles are just too much. There was absolutely no reason to remake this movie. They made it right the first time.

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126463 Rob Beschizza Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126463 The first Swedish-language movie was pretty good, but the others were plodding and all three had the workaday production values of TV movies. So I'm going to be quietly hopeful about Fincher's one. The first Swedish-language movie was pretty good, but the others were plodding and all three had the workaday production values of TV movies. So I’m going to be quietly hopeful about Fincher’s one.

]]> By: Alvis http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126464 Alvis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126464 I dunno - I think this looks like it could be much better than the original film. I really think it failed at retelling the novel's story. This seems to leave less out, from the scenes I can recognize. Also, I hated the Noomi Rapace casting. Ech. I dunno – I think this looks like it could be much better than the original film. I really think it failed at retelling the novel’s story. This seems to leave less out, from the scenes I can recognize.

Also, I hated the Noomi Rapace casting. Ech.

]]> By: noen http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126466 noen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126466 Rooney Mara /= Noomi Rapace plus there is no way they'll be as explicit as the original. Hollywood can't handle a lesbian protagonist who carves a message into her rapist's flesh. I'll still go see it though. Rooney Mara /= Noomi Rapace plus there is no way they’ll be as explicit as the original. Hollywood can’t handle a lesbian protagonist who carves a message into her rapist’s flesh. I’ll still go see it though.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126467 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126467 From what I'd been told she is a bi-sexual protagonist From what I’d been told she is a bi-sexual protagonist

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1127235 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1127235 Its insulting. Is reading subtitles so hard? Its insulting. Is reading subtitles so hard?

]]> By: Joelorama http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126468 Joelorama Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126468 Trailers are not cut by the film's editors nor the director, but by specialized trailer editors for the distribution company. What you see here as a cut will bear little resemblance to what the director will deliver. It would be foolish to look at director, David Fincher's track record and think he's going to give to a dumbed-down, Hollywood version of anything. It may be slick, much in the way that Seven and Fight Club were slick. Dumb, I don't think so. You won't find a more accomplished, current American filmmaker working in in the studio system right now, so I'd hold off on the hate for now. And Trent Reznor and Karen O updating "Immigrant Song" is hot. Trailers are not cut by the film’s editors nor the director, but by specialized trailer editors for the distribution company. What you see here as a cut will bear little resemblance to what the director will deliver. It would be foolish to look at director, David Fincher’s track record and think he’s going to give to a dumbed-down, Hollywood version of anything. It may be slick, much in the way that Seven and Fight Club were slick. Dumb, I don’t think so. You won’t find a more accomplished, current American filmmaker working in in the studio system right now, so I’d hold off on the hate for now.

And Trent Reznor and Karen O updating “Immigrant Song” is hot.

]]> By: Scatterfingers http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126469 Scatterfingers Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126469 I watch trailers to judge their merits as an artform. It's something of a hobby. The best trailers are short films unto themselves. Abridged and mysterious versions of otherwise blasé films. And then there's this. This trailer? Trash. Awful. I would never watch a film based on having seen this garbage. I watch trailers to judge their merits as an artform. It’s something of a hobby.

The best trailers are short films unto themselves. Abridged and mysterious versions of otherwise blasé films.

And then there’s this. This trailer? Trash.

Awful. I would never watch a film based on having seen this garbage.

]]> By: 0xdeadbeef http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126472 0xdeadbeef Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126472 Wow, comic book guys are everywhere. Here, whine about the English trailer for the original, it isn't so different: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL8LI-h2WFc Wow, comic book guys are everywhere.

Here, whine about the English trailer for the original, it isn’t so different: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RL8LI-h2WFc

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126474 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126474 SPOILER! Will the American film allow Lisbeth to handle her rapist? The Swedish film was brutal with both the rape and the subsequent Lisbeth style payback. If this American remake keeps that aspect of the book and Swedish film, I'll be fine with whatever else they do. Somehow I think the American remake will find a way to send Mikael to the rescue... ho hum. SPOILER!

Will the American film allow Lisbeth to handle her rapist? The Swedish film was brutal with both the rape and the subsequent Lisbeth style payback. If this American remake keeps that aspect of the book and Swedish film, I’ll be fine with whatever else they do. Somehow I think the American remake will find a way to send Mikael to the rescue… ho hum.

]]> By: The Thompson Five http://boingboing.net/2011/06/01/the-girl-with-the-dr.html#comment-1126476 The Thompson Five Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1126476 I was horrified when I heard there would be an American remake of Let the Right One In, but was very pleasantly surprised with the result, so I'm not going to dismiss this film out of hand, without seeing it first. Also, as big a fan as I am of the original Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, the second film was meh, and the third film was flat out garbage. And maybe they were just a victim of bad translation, but I gave up on the books before I made it to page 100 of the first one. It was about as captivating as reading the police blotter section of a newspaper. I was horrified when I heard there would be an American remake of Let the Right One In, but was very pleasantly surprised with the result, so I’m not going to dismiss this film out of hand, without seeing it first.

Also, as big a fan as I am of the original Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, the second film was meh, and the third film was flat out garbage. And maybe they were just a victim of bad translation, but I gave up on the books before I made it to page 100 of the first one. It was about as captivating as reading the police blotter section of a newspaper.

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