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Today In Mesmerization: The 8 Minute Preview Of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

By Rob Payne | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (28)

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Having only read the first few chapters of Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo before getting bored with the author’s style (it’s my own fault for being a Lit. major), and avoided the movies starring Noomi Rapace because I wanted to see David Fincher’s adaptation with fresh eyes, I was a bit reticent to watch the new trailer that actually goes past the eight-minute mark. Surprisingly, the preview merely embellishes on the previous full-length trailer without really giving anything else away. Basically, it hews closely to those first few chapters from the original novel, setting the story, establishing the main players, and then leaving an enticing mystery just desperately wanting to be solved. I think it may even be less “spoilery” than the first Nine Inch Nails/Karen O themed teaser.

Point being, whether you know the story or not, I think it’s safe to say you’ll be hard-pressed not to look away during the course of this brand new trailer. Rooney Mara is especially spellbinding, though in every way this also looks like it could be Fincher’s masterpiece. Basically, it’s a feat of advertising that could only exist and succeed on the Internet, because eight minutes would never play on TV or in a movie theater before the main attraction. So, watch and enjoy it below, and thank yourself for taking the time to do so when you’re done. Perhaps with an adult beverage (make mine Shiner!), but that’s your decision.







Rob Payne also writes the indie comic The Unstoppable Force, tweets on the Twitter @RobOfWar, and some of his wares can be purchased here. He’s tempted to watch the Rapace Girl movies now, but he’s strong enough to hold out a couple more weeks. He thinks. He… hopes.









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Comments

While I agree the Larsson's writing was pretty boring, that you didn't like TGWTDT because "(it’s my own fault for being a Lit. major)" is one of the most arrogant lines I've ever read on Pajiba. I'm laughing at you right now.

Posted by: MonkeyHateClean at December 5, 2011 12:49 PM

I'm no lit major... and I was bored after page 3. ugh.

Posted by: layla at December 5, 2011 12:53 PM

Being a lit major myself, I immediately translated it as "it's my own fault for being a pretentious douche".

Posted by: Shawn at December 5, 2011 12:53 PM

Douchiness is also reserved for anyone who abbreviates the word 'Literature', so all three of you can share that honor.

Posted by: special snowflake at December 5, 2011 1:18 PM

I'm kind of a pretentious douche lit. major, but I enjoyed the hell out of listening to The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo audiobooks while gardening. You can zone out during the excessive backstorying and tune in for some of the best literary characters we've had in decades. But that's my taste, not everyone's.

Posted by: coveredinbees at December 5, 2011 1:18 PM

I'm struggling through TGWTDT right now because it got such praise and I wanted to read it before I saw the movie. And boy do I mean struggling. I'm 150 pages in and nothing has happened. Nothing! It's all set-up that Robert B. Parker would have packed into 5 pages at best. I really don't need to know the entire history of every freaking building this guy walks past.

It's the Moby Dick of thrillers.

Posted by: The Mutt at December 5, 2011 1:22 PM

Bio. Chem. O. Chem. PoliSci. CS. . .

Are you at maximum douchepacity yet, special snowflake?

Posted by: coveredinbees at December 5, 2011 1:22 PM

Wow.

Okay, I know there are people out there who are huge fans of the books and huge fans of the Swedish version of the movie. This is going to totally blow that away. It looks like nothing has been left out and it is darker, like the book. Definitely the feel bad movie of Christmas. Awesome! Merry Xmas.

Posted by: MRod at December 5, 2011 1:31 PM

When I found out that Larsson had been a reporter for years, the book made a lot more sense. He writes like a reporter, with all the details and backstory about every. little. thing. and your eyes glaze over a bit and then some woman jumps Blomkvist and all is right with the world again.
It's the worst in the third book, but all three have it in spades.

I'm very much looking forward to the movie, which will presumably be less than 75% "Blomkvist reading things." Also, Rooney Mara looks dead fucking on what Lisbeth is supposed to look like.

Posted by: Intern Rusty at December 5, 2011 1:50 PM

I immediately translated it as "it's my own fault for being a pretentious douche". - Shawn


And we have a winner! I quit so many books before I get halfway through because I have absolutely stupid high standards for style and craft. I kind of hate that about myself.

Posted by: RobP at December 5, 2011 2:26 PM

"Blomkvist reading things."

And also, making coffee. And eating sandwiches.

Posted by: eloosie at December 5, 2011 2:27 PM

I got two minutes in and worried I was seeing too much! I'm going to wait...

Posted by: Tracey at December 5, 2011 2:31 PM

Hm...interesting. I've stayed away from this for the longest time. I didn't want to read the books, because I honestly thought it was another tween supernatural/fantasy thing, and I didn't care if it was good or not.

I'm not sure why I thought that, but I actually really want to watch this. I've got a million books that I haven't read yet, so I doubt I'll actually try reading it.

I like mystery/thriller type movies/books.

Posted by: Candee at December 5, 2011 2:36 PM

"stupid high standard for style and craft"

you quoted her calling you a douche only to get in something douchier

Posted by: jeaux schmeaux at December 5, 2011 2:43 PM

To be honest I thought the books were really overrated but I bet Fincher can do something great with the material.

Posted by: Alex at December 5, 2011 2:47 PM

You do realize that by writing that, with that phrasing, you're saying that the millions of people who enjoy the books have low-standards? You get that that's not self-deprecating but actually insulting, right?

Posted by: Ginger at December 5, 2011 2:48 PM

Most people DO have low standards.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at December 5, 2011 3:20 PM

"When I found out that Larsson had been a reporter for years, the book made a lot more sense. He writes like a reporter, with all the details and backstory about every. little. thing."

I loved reading the books. I now understand why. I love reading about all the tiny details. I'm omnivorous in my reading and think reading can be a lot of different things and take on a lot of different meanings to one and the same person. I go from high brow to low brow and I couldn't care a tiny baby rat's ass about what other people think about that. Reading is too personal for others to judge.

Posted by: Vladivostok at December 5, 2011 3:22 PM

It's insulting that people have different crieteria for what they like/don't like? Huh. No, I didn't realize that. Apologies if anyone was offended. Feel free to turn "high" into an adverb and swap its placement in the sentence with "stupid" if that makes you feel better.

Posted by: RobP at December 5, 2011 3:24 PM

It's insulting that people have different crieteria for what they like/don't like? Huh. No, I didn't realize that.

When you qualify it as "high" or "low" not "different" then yes. But you apologized nicely and we all get buggered by semantics sometimes. So. Bygones.

Posted by: Ginger at December 5, 2011 3:35 PM

Ooooh, cool! Douche Wars! Load the douchebags and lets get down to some serious douchbaggery!

Posted by: klingonfree at December 5, 2011 4:08 PM

I disliked the style of writing, and I wasn't a literature major. I felt that it was very clear the author was more of a journalist than a novelist, and then when I looked it up, he was. I have really felt alone in my dislike of The Millenium trilogy so I'm glad at least one other person feels that way.

Posted by: Reina at December 5, 2011 4:39 PM

BaJILLIONS of people love the Twilight crap, And 2 1/2 Men is one of the most watched shows on TV. The favorable opinion of the great unwashed masses is probably the biggest insult anything of quality can get.
Never apologize for having good taste. That is how the terrorists win. Plus it just encourages people to complain.

Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at December 5, 2011 4:43 PM

I just finished reading the book. It's kind of draggy in places, but it's above average, IMO, for the genre.

This clip, OTOH, looks motherfucking brilliant.

Posted by: , at December 5, 2011 7:59 PM

Once I FINALLY got to the part of the book where things start happening (and it took a long time), I was happy I stuck it out. But seriously, does everyone in Sweden drink as much coffee and eat as many sandwiches as this dude? Is it a cultural thing?

Posted by: chanohack at December 5, 2011 11:18 PM

I'm going to actively hate on this movie as much as possible just to piss off all the people drooling over it.

The books were terrible.

Posted by: Kell at December 6, 2011 8:46 AM

While I agree the Larsson's writing was pretty boring, that you didn't like TGWTDT because "(it’s my own fault for being a Lit. major)" is one of the most arrogant lines I've ever read on Pajiba. I'm laughing at you right now.

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Posted by: kengao at December 6, 2011 11:10 PM

I enjoyed the Swedish films, and I'm finding the lead-up advert campaign for the American versions over the top with an extra bit of try-too-hard. Not into it. Not everything has to be explosions and crap. And the new girl looks like she is trying way way way too hard. Poop. I'll probably go see it though.

Posted by: LBeees at December 7, 2011 2:27 PM