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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a 2011 Swedish-American mystery thriller film based on the novel of the same name by Stieg Larsson. This film adaptation was directed by David Fincher and written by Steven Zaillian. Starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara.

Mikael Blomkvist is a financial journalist who has been convicted of libel after writing and publishing an article about billionaire financier Hans-Erik Wennerström, that was proved in court to have faulty evidence. After Blomkvist resigns from his position at Millennium Magazine, he is approached by Henrik Vanger for his assistance. Vanger asks him to officially write his memoirs, but to unofficially investigate the dissaperance of his niece, Harriet Vanger, that occurred over 40 years ago. Salander is a ward of the state due to a declaration of incompetence. As Blomkvist begins to investigate the massive Vanger family he realizes he has need for assistance, thus prompting Henrik Vanger to hire Salandar. As the two investigate deeper and deeper into the history of the Vanger family they discover secrets about more than they ever expected.

I liked this movie. The direction by David Fincher was very executed, there were times where I thought that the movie was a little slow or boring but it is David Fincher directing this. The script sticks a little more closer to the original source material that was written by the author Steig Larsson, but the screenplay is written by Steve Zaillian.

The musical score is composed by Trent Renzor and Atticus Ross, who won an Oscar for the 2010 film, "The Social Network", also starred Mara and directed by David Fincher, who also directed another one of my crime thriller favorites, "Seven", starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman and the opening title sequence just blew me away, I could not believe that the title sequence alone told me what kind of film this was going to be and looking at the trailer itself, I remembered what kind of film this was.

The acting is superb. Daniel Craig plays Mikael Blomkvist and he does a good job with the role, but he feels like he's acting like James Bond in a few scenes. Stellan Skarsgaard and Yorick van Wagnengian as the antagonists of the two main characters are just creepy. Robin Wright Penn was really good as Erika Berger. I liked the rest of the cast too, especially Joely Richardson and Christopher Plummer.

Now, let me talk about Rooney Mara, who plays the girl with the dragon tattoo herself, Lisbeth Salander. I like Rooney Mara and her sister Kate as actresses and I have not seen Rooney Mara in "The Social Network", but I will say that she was kind of bad in the Freddy Krueger remake as Nancy, but I will defend her and say that she tried. Mara, as Lisbeth, is really good and she's better than Noomi Rapace, who played Lisbeth in the original trilogy, but Rooney Mara, she poured everything into this role, from getting piercings, getting the tattoos put on her, and even kissing James Bond himself, Daniel Craig. She deserved to win that Oscar and I am so upset that she didn't get it.

I would definitely be interested in seeing the other two novels be directed by Fincher and starred Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig as the two main characters, but I still have to read the other two books in the series.

Overall, I'm giving The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo a perfect score of 10 out of 10, it does have some things I hated, but I still think this was a really good interesting and entertaining film. This is the definition of an excellent movie adaptation of a very good book directed by one of the greatest directors of all time, David Fincher with an awesome screenplay, musical score and superb acting from everyone including the two powerhouse performances from Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara.

HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (released in some territories with the alternative subtitle THE SORCERER'S STONE) is the first film in the HARRY POTTER film series and it is based on the novel of the same name.

The story follows Harry Potter's first year at Hogwarts as he discovers that he is a famous wizard and begins his magical education.

It is a really good film and this was the film that started a beloved franchise.

The story, you already know, having read the books and seen the films it follows Harry Potter at Hogwarts and the story is really great.

This film is completely flawless.

The action is amazing and not crazy. The humor in this film is just really cool and I don't think I could not crack up with any kind of joke in this film.

The acting is superb. The entire cast is amazing, with Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright and Emma Watson are really amazing in this film and they do good. The cast is not Oscar-worthy, but I can still get a kick out of the performances.

The visual effects in this film are impressive. The sound design and creature design looks amazing and I thought this movie should have won an Oscar. The music is really great and just cool as hell. John Williams did an amazing job and I like his style of music, especially the Superman, Indiana Jones, E.T., Jaws, Jurassic Park, Harry Potter and most of all, the Star Wars musical themes.

And to this day, ET and Jurassic Park remains as my favorite Steven Spielberg films of all time because they are both classic. The visuals and the iconic shot of Elliot and ET riding their bicycle up in the air is amazing and fantastic to see. It still blows me away, what movie directed by Steven Spielberg does not blow you away. The iconic theme in Jurassic Park and the dinosaurs in that film look impressive and that film is what lead George Lucas to do the STAR WARS prequel trilogy.

Overall, HARRY POTTER and the SORCERER'S STONE is a little bit flawed, but it is a great start to a film franchise and it is also a great movie of a generation.

10/10 - an ABSOLUTE SMASH HIT!