Last year, I published a review of the original Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; I also published a defense of remakes. As my review of Män som hatar kvinnor made clear, I did not like the original film; as my discussion of remakes made clear, I have nothing against remakes in principle. My fear was that David Fincher’s remake would essentially be beneath his talent, which would make it pointless primarily in the sense that an already-odious story was bequeathed an unearned aura of respectability by an artist that should, by now, have developed the sense to do better things with his time. Since initially publishing those thoughts back in March 2011, another factor developed that I had not anticipated. Continue reading
