I saw the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo movie the other weekend. It was phenomenal, much, much better than I had anticipated. (SPOILER ALERT: If you haven’t seen the movie yet but want to, you should probably stop reading here. Ditto if you haven’t read the book, although I think there are enough differences that it won’t matter so much).
Incidentally, I happen to think that this is one of the few (perhaps the only) movies based on a book where you are expected to walk into the theatre with a working knowledge of the characters and the plot. Otherwise, it seems that the viewer would get lost in the tangle of relationships and plotlines. If you saw it and hadn’t read the books first, I’d love to know what you thought.