"Hold still. I've never done this before, and there will be blood!"
What is it that always draws me into the darkness? Such questions as this are what keeps me up on nights like these.
I just saw this new movie. I have not read any of the novels, nor have I seen the Swedish version of this film. But ever since I saw the trailer for this version, I knew that resistance would be futile. I must go down this road.
The film as a whole is not as unusual as I thought. I found the solution to the central mystery entirely predictable, and I've seen films that were far more noir than this one. However, the thing that sets the film apart, and has ensnared my mind in unusual layers of dark and morbid fantasy is the character of Lisbeth Salander, as played by Rooney Mara. She is a force that can not be contained, even by this film. It seems she must have a life all her own that reaches far beyond this, and I must know all about it. It took only a few minutes of this movie and I knew that I needed to get to know her better, and then maybe kill some people with her.
Terrible things happen to her in this film, but then she comes back with some terrible things of her own. But when she does the terrible things, we understand why. We revel in it. I haven't felt such savage rage and uncontrollable blood-lust since....hell, I don't even know that I ever have.
I better go take a cold shower right now and sing some hymns.
