It took me almost a year to finish the book. They almost doubled the number of characters but, although the names are barely mentioned here, even the most interesting become flat characters. Figuerola is nothing. The thrilling situation involving Erika Berger being stalked in her new job becomes a mere footnote. The passionate debate between Teleborian and Annika Giannini is short and tedious in the movie. Not to mention the Tom and Jerry like chase made out of the fight between Salander and Niederman... Daniel Alfredson and two screenwriters managed to turn a necessary sequel into something really hard to watch. It took me 3 nights to watch this movie. Good pick for insomniacs.

final part of series, it is a basket with answers after the first parts questions. in same measure, it is a good political movie, far to classic recipes but really convincing to discover the novel. it is almost unrealistic in many scenes but it has the rare gift to seduce and to have the force to give inspired skin to a remarkable story. Noomi Rapace use each possibility of her role and the crisis of Millennium team is presented in inspired manner. in same measure, it is a film about Sweden system and that makes the difference by American crime genre. because, far to be only an adaptation, it represents a portrait of a country. and this fact is real significant - the rules, the democratic lines and limits, the role of silence and the justice , the force of civil society. a beautiful series. and , maybe, the most inspired form to adapted a success book.

Sort of satisfying conclusion in THE MILLENNIUM TRILOGY offers less quality than the first installment and less ambition than the second installment, yet still ends up being a pretty decent movie. The story picks up right where the second film left off—the second film's cliffhanger was its main flaw—but pretty much finds itself devoted to wrapping things up rather than building its own story (like the first film did with the Vanger family), ultimately resorting to a theatrical courtroom showdown. The development of Hallin's character is a long overdue plus, as having her lingering in the background as Mikael's opinionated sister in the first two films was a little bothersome in hindsight. The ending seems to lack a sense of finality, but it works well in a bittersweet kind of way knowing that the novels' writer Larsson had much more up his sleeve for these characters.*** (out of four)

While this final act isn't really necessary in "The Girl..." Trilogy (aka The Millennium Trilogy), it brings all the loose ends together and makes everything all nice and taken care of. Frankly I found some of it hard to follow (a lot of 'who is this guy again?'), but it was nice to see elements from the first film finally come to fruition here. As with the previous installment in the series, the direction was fairly bland here, not really using any techniques to heighten the suspense (or really lack there of) or connect the audience with the characters. I can only remember seeing one dolly/zoom that attempted to emphasize the emotions of a character and accent an important detail. On top of that, there are many elements of the story that felt unnecessary. For example, Neidermann's character felt completely irrelevant in this film. The story here would have been tighter without that element because his plot isn't related at all to what is happening (and after the main story has been resolved, the movie goes on another 30 minutes just to take care of his character). But seeing this is trying to follow the book and wrap up all various elements, I guess it can't be left out. As it is, for fan's of the series, TGWKtHN is a mediocre addition to the saga of Lizabeth. For all others, this isn't a 'must see.'