It does help that it is fairly superficial as a story when you boil it down to its basics, but it is presented with a lot going on and a sense of danger and darkness that I enjoyed. Accordingly the story does flow well throughout the film with the mystery unfolding in a way that takes the viewer with it rather than pulling it out of the blue towards the end, or demanding the audience do too much work. I had been told that the film was hard to follow and I agreed with Blomkvist when he comments to Vanger that he will struggle with all the names, but the latter was correct when he says soon enough you'll know them. Fortunately after the impact of the credits the film does settle down somewhat and more of a story begins to be told. The opening credits of the US version threw me even more as I wasn't sure what these visceral figures were about or if they were indicative of the film to come. I never saw the original films even though I knew I should and, while I was aware that the story was some form of mystery with roots in history, I had more of a "Dan Brown" type story in my mind and I wasn't sure if I would like it. I'm probably one of the few people left who came to this film knowing nothing about it whatsoever.
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