It looks EXACTLY how I pictured EVERYTHING.
What’s weird is that I saw the first Swedish film, after I read the first book, and I can barely remember it. But this version…I don’t know why, but it just seems to hit home perfectly for me.
I cannot wait. 
And I really hope they do all three. Such a compelling storyline.
Of course - it’s David fucking Fincher. Anything he does is virtually assured to be better than anything else, simply becasue he’s one of the best directors working today.
When I went to see an advance screening of Straw Dogs they showed an 8-minute version of the trailer. Not just in Chicago, but as far as I know in front of (or after) all the Straw Dogs screenings. I’ve read, and loved, the books and seen, and loved, the Swedish movies multiple times, and I’m very much looking forward to this. For itself, but also for this to get out of the way for the second film. The Girl Who Played With Fire is my favorite book. The Swedish movie, though I liked it, was like a Cliff Notes version of a Readers Digest version of the books. SO MUCH was left out! I learned to get past that, after all I knew what was before and after each scene, and accept the Swedish movie because it is so good, but still, I hope Fincher doesn’t worry about how long his movie is.
My only criticism, the Swedish accents are kinda silly. It couldn’t have been done any other way, because the story HAD to be set in Sweden, and it would be even sillier if all the actors spoke with American or British accents, but it’s still somewhat cringe-inducing. We’ll be able to hear the rollicking laughter from Sweden from here.
Ugh, bad accents can take me right out of the movie. I loved the books and the Swedish versions of the films and am anxiously awaiting this version. The female lead in the short trailer and Daniel Craig seemed like good casting choices.
Stupid question, but having never read the books nor seen the Swedish films, are each of these three books self-contained? I guess what I mean is, does each film/book leave you with a cliff hanger that only gets resolved at the end of the third film/book?
For instance, seeing only one of the LOTR films, and out of order, would probably not be such a grand idea, if you get what I mean.
The first one is self-contained and the main story is resolved. You probably wouldn’t want to read/watch them out of order though, since there are references in the second and third books to things that happened earlier.
Thanks - will make it better going to see the film knowing there is at least some resolution to the end.