I finally managed to get to the cinema, after not having been for several months and although I really wanted to see Hugo, times dictated that it was going to have to be The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo that I saw (that is the new US version, not the original...which coincidentally I saw two days ago on DVD). One of the prime reason for wanting to see the film is that I am a massive, massive fan of David Fincher, Se7en and Fight Club being two of my favourite films of all time. Plus I am a big fan of his collaborations with my other hero Trent Reznor, so there is probably some bias in my reviewSo here's what I thought!Firstly, the title sequence was fantastic, loved the cover of Led Zeppelin's immigrant song, the lyrics brought a smile to my face ("I come from the land of the ice and snow"). David Fincher does direct/produce some of the best intro sequences of any film out there, and this would have even made a fantastic music video (perhaps for Nine Inch Nails!), it even had some similarities to the NIN video for Only which he also directed! (I thought the fact that Plauge was wearing a NIN teeshirt a lovely little in joke! )The soundtrack by Trent Reznor and Aticus Ross was fantastic and totally suited the mood of the film. One wonders if this is the beginning of a new direction for some hollywood films, stepping away from the over the top orchestral works of Zimmer and Newton Howard et al. It seems that a NIN or Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross soundtrack is the perfect accompaniment for Fincher's visual style. I love the use of NIN in Seven (but have to say that Howard Shore's score is also perfect for that film!). The sound design was fantastic too, I think Ren Klyce, did a great job and in particular the bit where Martin goes to close 'a door' early on in the film which represents something more sinsister later on (I won't give it away)The direction was great and I thought Daniel Craig really represented at least what I had imagined Michkel to be from the book. I thought that Christopher Plummer suited the role better than the actor who had the role in the original version, at least he was old and frail! Having seen both versions and read the book, I would say that this is certainly the most 'filmic' of the two, it feels like a real film, it looks fantastic and that it is a better adaptation of the book I think. Having said that it does beg the question, why? It wasn't too different from the existing film, so why did we need it? It did add a bit more from the book at the end which was important to the story, it also managed to keep in all of the important plot points which the original did miss on occasion. But I left thinking that it wasn't that much different and it wasn't really that amazing when compared to Fincher's previous works. I was hoping to be blown away as I was with Se7en and Fight Club, but..more of a meh.Also the other main thing which was on my mine was, Rooney Mira's performance as Lisbeth Salander, was it that much different than Noomi Raplace? Could it have been? Should it have been? I actually though Noomi was perhaps better in the role, or perhaps the fact that she had already made the role hers?Anyway, not that bad, the scenery was fantastic and most importantly I don't think I can ever listen to Enya in the same way again!!7/10PeaceNeil