Where we speak of bad movies.

[kandrathe]

Well.. It was AWFUL!

I haven't seen it. When one actor is bad, I blame the actor (e.g. Kevin Costner in most anything). When they all bite, then I blame the director. I've heard this film described as De Palma's Abyss. I think sometimes when artists are successful they take their success for granted, and forget that it was artistic vision and hard work that propelled them to fame.

This is a movie (one of many from the Hollywood machine) where they assemble all the right money, people and processes and still make a mountain of crap -- you have to blame De Palma and whomever was overseeing his work.

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The Girl With the Dragon Tatoo (US Version)
I hope the meager Box Office gross suggests that not every great foreign film needs to be redone in English. I prefer the original, same as with La Femme Nikkita. They were fairly authentic to the original story, but I found the original more suspenseful. I didn't find Patricia Rooney Mara's portrayal of Lisbeth as believably messed up as Noomi Rapace.