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Film: Girl With A Dragon Tattoo

So many questions. First, why does Daniel Craig wear his glasses like an Abraham Lincoln beard for the entire movie? Is that an actual thing people do? Was this how Craig won the role? Did he walk into Fincher's office and say, look David, since all I'll be doing all movie is looking at old photographs and walking through snow, I better have something to do with my hands, so I'll just be wearing my glasses from my cheek to my neck and every time I need to read something, I'll have to move them to my eyes. Then, people will know I am acting.

Second question, what makes David Fincher make this film? Does the man just want to work? That can't possibly be it. He must have his choice of projects from now until 2020. He can't need money. He does not need a hit to remain relevant. Our arguably best working director selects this garbage material? I cannot fathom he was actually drawn to the book or the story. What was the point of this movie? The best explanation I can imagine is that he had a great idea for the title sequence.

Okay, so the first 1+ hours, all I could think about was how much better an episode of Law and Order SVU was at storytelling that this nonsense. Finally, maybe at the 1.5 hour mark, there is a like a 20 minute sequence that was tension filled. Then we get the scene with the bad guy explaining himself, which as far as bad guy explaining themselves scenes, was a good one, which is sort of like saying she was hot for a fat girl.

Then, we have the ridiculous 4th act of the movie that turns into the easiest embezzlement of 32 million dollars I've ever seen, followed by one actual human moment of empathy at the very end of the movie.

I knew I wasn't going to like this film. I knew it when I read the book. I knew it when I saw the preview. It is only my regard for Fincher that brought me to the theater, but this man is making a growing list of couldn't-pay-me-to-watch-again-movies.