I Hope "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" Movie is Better Than the Book

After hearing that David Fincher (The Social Network, Fight Club, Seven) aka Mr. I'm-yet-to-make-a-bad film was directing the US remake of The Girl in the Dragon Tattoo (there's been a Swedish version made already) and Steve Zailian (Schindler's List, Awakenings, Gangs of New York) was writing the screenplay, I decided to take a look at the book everyone was talking about.

I heard great things from everyone about Steig Larsson's Millennium Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest) and  after reading a sample chapter for the first book, I decided to go all out and buy the trilogy.

Now, a month and a half later and two of the three books read, all I can say is that I am yet to figure out what the big deal is. Don't get me wrong, they are decent books and Larsson had the ability to make his books page-turners, even if they included obnouxious descriptions and dialogue like the ones down below.

"Blomkvist made two more espressos. He apologized when he lit a cigarette. Paolo Roberto shrugged."

or

"The refrigerator contained an open milk carton, some cheese, butter, caviar, and a half-empty jar of pickled gherkins." 

or, this brilliant piece of dialogue.

"Blomkvist, I'm on skrrritch skrrritch a van with Miriam"

The only good thing that kept me reading these books (I'm still hesitant about picking up Hornets Nest) is Lisbeth Salander. She is hands-down one of the best female characters in fiction. If you haven't read any of the books, then the only reason I would recommend them is to know how Salander's story unfolds.

After seeing the first trailer of the film released months ago, I was somewhat dissapointed that it was more like a teaser trailer, but if you have a good eye, you'll be able to recognize some of the scenes from the book.


Yesterday, Productions stills were released of Rooney Mara (The Social Network) as Lisbeth Salander and by the looks of the picture, she looks exactly how Salander is described in the book.....

.....Freaky

So far so good, I guess. I hope this reportedly $100 Million dollar production is better than the mediocre book it's based on and if it does good in the box office, expect to see the other two books turned adapted into films (I honestly don't know how they can make a movie out of The Girl who Played with Fire).

Now I'm waiting for a full trailer to come up soon.