History Film / TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo2011

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* GambitPileup: the ultimate result of the case. Herr Vanger presents it as a LockedRoomMystery: his grand-niece Harriet disappeared on 24 September 1966, and because an AbsenceOfEvidence (namely, her corpse) rules out any other option, he has concluded that someone ''in'' the locked room murdered her and hid her body. The result is much more complicated: [[spoiler:Harriet was the victim of sexual assault by her father Gottfried. She solved this by taking advantage of his alcoholic nature to MakeItLookLikeAnAccident... only to jump from the frying pan and into the fire of BrotherSisterIncest from her brother Martin. Upon realizing ''he'' still had power over her, she simply escaped. When Henrik investigated her disappearance, he ruled out the idea of a DeathFakedForYou because, to his knowledge, she had no friends who could help her do so. He was wrong. 36 years later, in sails Mikael Blomkvist, who starts on one mystery (Harriet's disappearance), gets sidetracked by the other (the fact that Gottfried, in addition to raping his daughter, was a SerialKiller) and is thrown off by even more complications (Gottfried died in 1946 but his son Martin became a LegacyCharacter continuing the tradition), not returning to the original until the second has been resolved.]]

* DidNotGetTheGuy: [[spoiler:Just when it seems the movie [[HopeSpot will end on an unambiguously optimistic note]], Lisbeth discovers that Mikael has rekindled his relationship with his wife. She throws away the gift she bought for him and drives off on her bike, alone. [[TearJerk Roll credits]].]]
* DistressedDude: [[spoiler:Mikael Blomkvist is captured by the mass murderer, locked in an underground torture room, chained, stripped naked, humiliated and explicitly threatened with rape, when Salander breaks in to save him, chase and destroy the villain.]] A precise gender mirror image of the classic DistressedDamsel tropes.

* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler: That poor kitty. . .]]

* RapeAsDrama: It happens to both [[spoiler: Harriet Vanger and Lisbeth]].

* SymbolicGlassHouse: Martin Vanger's mansion is a notable exception from the rest of his family's properties for being white, very minimalist, and modern in contrast to their old houses. The irony is that [[spoiler:Martin is the person with the most secrets, being a serial rapist and murderer who has a TortureCellar in his house and has been operating in secret for decades.]]

''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'' is a 2011 MysteryFiction {{thriller}} film directed by Creator/DavidFincher, based on [[Literature/MillenniumSeries the novel of the same name]] by Stieg Larsson. An English-language adaptation of the book, it follows an earlier trilogy of Swedish films (based on ''Millennium'' series) that were released throughout 2009. Steven Zallan wrote the screenplay, Creator/TimMiller designed the opening credits and [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] and Atticus Ross, [[Film/TheSocialNetwork returning Fincher collaborators]], [[AssociatedComposer handled the music]].

While the film was a critical hit and received five [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]] nominations (including a Best Actress nod for Mara and a win for Best Film Editing), it only barely made back its budget. This left the hypothetical continuation of the series with more ''Millennium'' installments a StillbornFranchise, and the inevitable sequel, ''Film/TheGirlInTheSpidersWeb'', skipped straight to the fourth book in the series, releasing in 2018 as a {{soft reboot}}, [[BTeamSequel featuring none of the original cast or creative personnel]] though remaining in the same continuity.

** In both other mediums, Lisbeth leaves Mikael and Sweden on good terms, only after realising that she is in love with Mikael (and, in at least one example, because he's in prison). In this film, she is about to give him an elaborate Christmas present when she sees him with Erika, which leads to her believing he devalued their relationship and doesn't care about her. She takes off devastated.

* AgeCut: used to transition from scenes of Inspector Morell in TheSixties (David Dencik) to Inspector Morell in the present day (Creator/DonaldSumpter). Also includes a MatchCut: the younger Morell lights a cigarette; the older one takes a drag from it.

* AloneWithThePsycho: The American movie plays the scene almost exactly as in the book, then making it even worse when Mikael actually manages to get out of the house, then comes back in [[spoiler: when Martin offers him a drink. Martin himself points out Mikael's foolishness.]]

* DeadAnimalWarning: Mikael Blomquist bonds with a cat while staying at the Vanger estate. He wakes up one morning to find the villain has killed the cat and left its mutilated remains on his doorstep.

* DistressedDude: Mikael Blomkvist is captured by the mass murderer, locked in an underground torture room, chained, stripped naked, humiliated and explicitly threatened with rape, when Salander breaks in to save him, chase and destroy the villain. A precise gender mirror image of the classic DistressedDamsel tropes.

* FriendlyEnemies: Like every good murder-mystery villain, the BigBad comes across as affable by helping Mikael hunt down Harriet's killer. This is because, though the character ''is'' the BigBad, they didn't kill ''Harriet'', and are genuinely hoping Blomkvist can figure out what happened to her. Only when it becomes clear that Mikael has 1) not cracked her murder and 2) ''has'' cracked the ''villain''[='s=] murders does the villain decide to off our hero.

''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'' is a 2011 {{mystery}} {{thriller}} film directed by Creator/DavidFincher, based on [[Literature/MillenniumSeries the novel of the same name]] by Stieg Larsson. An English-language adaptation of the book, it follows an earlier trilogy of Swedish films (based on ''Millennium'' series) that were released throughout 2009. Steven Zallan wrote the screenplay, Creator/TimMiller designed the opening credits and [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] and Atticus Ross, [[Film/TheSocialNetwork returning Fincher collaborators]], [[AssociatedComposer handled the music]].

''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'' is a 2011 {{mystery}} {{thriller}} directed by Creator/DavidFincher, based on [[Literature/MillenniumSeries the novel of the same name]] by Stieg Larsson. An English-language adaptation of the book, it follows an earlier trilogy of Swedish films (based on ''Millennium'' series) that were released throughout 2009. Steven Zallan wrote the screenplay, Creator/TimMiller designed the opening credits and [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] and Atticus Ross, [[Film/TheSocialNetwork returning Fincher collaborators]], handled the music.

While the film was a critical hit and received five [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]] nominations (including a Best Actress nod for Mara and a win for Best Film Editing), it stalled at the international box office, only barely making back its $90 million dollar budget. This left the film a StillbornFranchise, and the inevitable sequel, ''Film/TheGirlInTheSpidersWeb'', skipped straight to the fourth book in the ''Millennium'' series, releasing in 2018 as a {{soft reboot}}, [[BTeamSequel featuring none of the original cast or creative personnel]] though remaining in the same continuity.

* GlassesPull: Mikael does a pretty good one in the American version of the film, when looking at the parade photos and realizing that Harriet saw something that frightened her.

* PrecisionFStrike: Mikael in the 2011 film does one when he goes outside for a cigarette [[spoiler:and sees the dead cat on the doorstep, it broken limbs shaped like a swastika. A later shot shows him trying not to be sick.]]
* PretendingToBeOnesOwnRelative: ''Film/TheGirlWithTheDragonTattoo2011'' reveals that Anita Vanger is [[spoiler:actually Harriet Vanger, who ran away from home with her cousin Anita's help forty years ago. While Anita went under her married name, Harriet used Anita's maiden name to start a new life.]] When Mikael came looking for her to help her find Harriet, [[spoiler:real Harriet pretended to be the only Anita.]]

** The film features the characters' [[UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh MacBooks]] quite prominently -- though really it would feature whichever brand of computer they used prominently given the nature of the story.
*** All versions, including the novels, are [[EveryoneOwnsAMac very specific about Macs]] anyway.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrFgnizJ7qY second trailer]] is a loose summary of the ''entire story'' with the exception of the two ''really'' big plot twists ([[spoiler: Martin]] and [[spoiler: Harriet.]])
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: as with the source material, the main characters don't even team up until (in this case) 75 minutes of a 160-minute movie have passed.

* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: Averted. That poor kitty. . .]]

While the film was a critical hit and received five [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscar]] nominations (including a Best Actress nod for Mara and a win for Best Film Editing), it stalled at the international box office, only barely making back its $90 million dollar budget. This left the film a StillbornFranchise; and the inevitable sequel, ''Film/TheGirlInTheSpidersWeb'', skipped straight to the fourth book in the ''Millennium'' series, releasing in 2018 as a {{soft reboot}}, [[BTeamSequel featuring none of the original cast or creative personnel]] though remaining in the same continuity.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Blomkvist visits Inspector Morell with Harriet's journal to ask about the five-digit numbers in the back, each associated with a woman's name. Inspector Morell dismisses them as old Swedish telephone numbers. Literally two lines later, he segues into his "[[TheMourningAfter Rebecka Case]]," jargon for a particularly brutal [[TheUnsolvedMystery Unsolved Mystery]] (the woman was decapitated, had her arms chopped off, and was badly burned) that continues to haunt the officer to this day. [[spoiler:Rebecka Jacobsson is "R.J.," one of the numbers Morell had dismissed not 15 seconds earlier, and the 5-digit code turns out to be a cipher for a Bible book, chapter and verse: 30114 meaning [[https://biblehub.com/context/leviticus/1-14.htm the Book of Leviticus (the 3rd book), chapter 01, verse 14]].]] Downplayed in that Blomkvist isn't able to make sense of the evidence for another half-hour of run-time.

* ContrivedCoincidence: Blomkvist visits Inspector Morell with Harriet's journal to ask about the five-digit numbers in the back, each associated with a woman's name. Inspector Morell dismisses them as old Swedish telephone numbers. Literally two lines later, he segues into his "[[TheMourningAfter Rebecka Case]]," jargon for a particularly brutal unsolved murder (the woman was decapitated, had her arms chopped off, and badly burned) that continues to haunt the officer to this day. [[spoiler:Rebecka Jacobsson is "R.J.," one of the numbers Morell had dismissed not 15 seconds earlier, and the 5-digit code turns out to be a cipher for a Bible book, chapter and verse: 30114 meaning [[https://biblehub.com/context/leviticus/1-14.htm the Book of Leviticus (the 3rd book), chapter 01, verse 14]].]] Downplayed in that Blomkvist isn't able to make sense of the evidence for another half-hour of run-time.

* GambitPileup: the ultimate result of the case. Herr Vanger presents it as a LockedRoomMystery: his grand-niece Harriet disappeared on 24 September 1966, and because an AbsenceOfEvidence (namely, her corpse) rules out any other option, he has concluded that someone ''in'' the locked room murdered her and hid her body. The result is much more complicated: [[spoiler:Harriet was the victim of sexual assault by her father Gottfried. She solved this by taking advantage of his alcoholic nature to MakeItLookLikeAnAccident... only to jump from the frying pan and into the fire of BrotherSisterIncest from her brother Martin. Upon realizing ''he'' still had power over her, she simply escaped. When Henrik investigated her disappearance, he ruled out the idea of a DeathFakedForYou because, to his knowledge, she had no friends who could help her do so. He was wrong. 36 years later, in sails Mikael Blomkvist, who starts on one mystery -- Harriet's disappearance -- gets sidetracked by the other -- the fact that Martin has graduated into a full-blown SerialKiller -- and doesn't return to the original until the second has been resolved.]]

* GambitPileup: the ultimate result of the case. Herr Vanger presents it as a LockedRoomMystery: his grand-niece Harriet disappeared on 24 September 1966, and because an AbsenceOfEvidence (namely, her corpse) rules out any other option, he has concluded that someone ''in'' the locked room murdered her and hid her body. The result is much more complicated: [[spoiler:Harriet was the victim of sexual assault by her father Gottfried. She solved this by taking advantage of his alcoholic nature to MakeItLookLikeAnAccident... only to jump from the frying pan and into the fire of BrotherSisterIncest from her brother Martin. Upon realizing ''he'' still had power over her, she simply escaped. When Henrik investigated her disappearance, he ruled out the idea of a DeathFakedForYou because, to his knowledge, she had no friends who could help her do so. He was wrong.]]

* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: Lisbeth's hostility towards [[spoiler:Harriet]] is not explained in this film, nor is her motivation for setting her father on fire. That was probably a SequelHook for ''The Girl who Played With Fire'', which didn't happen.

* AdaptationExplanationExtrication: a key piece of evidence in the story is a code referring to TheBible: the Book of Leviticus, Chapter 1, verse 14. The problem is, the actual passage being referred to is verses 14 ''and'' 15; a fake Bible had to be printed which combines the two sentences into one. (The source material refers instead to the 12th verse, which is self-contained but is less picturesque.)