<p>Saw the movie last night. Read all three books. Found the sexual violence extremely disturbing. But you can skip it in a book. I felt terrible after seeing this movie. There were several men there by themselves and I found myself wondering if they were there to be titillated by the sexual violence and rapes? I believe some of them were. The director even alluded to it in an interview.</p>
<p>Read all 3 books. Saw the American version last night and then had bad dreams.</p>
<p>I’m not sure I’m going to be able to see the movie since I really can’t handle that kind of violence, but I really want to see the rest of it!</p>
<p>I agree with Fallgirl. I hated the first book and refused to read the next two. I have no plans to see the movie. For an author who supposedly abhorred violence against women, he certainly spent a lot of time and energy plotting it.</p>
<p>I did see Slumdog Millionaire, the day after I dropped off my D at the airport for Chennai. I wanted to get an idea of where she was going.</p>
<p>I read most of Dragon Tattoo but didn’t finish, even my H who enjoyed all three books says he wouldn’t see the movie because of the violence.</p>
<p>I would go see a documentary or historical based film that included violence- if I already knew what to expect & if enough was included to depict horrors but not to be titillating.</p>
<p>Even if you don’t feel you are sexually aroused by the material- it does generate strong emotions- that is the whole point isn’t it?</p>
<p>I have also been raped & I really don’t enjoy viewing sexual violence on the screen- it gives me flashbacks.</p>
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<p>We went to see The Adventures of Tintin: the Secret of the Unicorn yesterday. The entire family enjoyed the movie. Both my son (23) and daughter (21) enjoyed the Tintin graphic novels growing up, and happily the movie didn’t mess anything up. I’ll second parent1986’s recommendation. Thoroughly enjoyable. </p>
<p>Did you realize that Daniel Craig starred in both The Adventures of Tintin and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and that both opened on the same day?</p>
<p>I saw the movie on Christmas day and restarted the book a few days ago. I tried multiple times to read this book, since so many people seem enamoured of it, but I could not get beyond the first 80 or so pages. The book has so much boring detail (and so much unecessary background information). I was only able to get through the book, because I saw the movie first and knew that a “story” was coming. The movie was very well done and definitely trimmed the fat of the book. That said, I’m not sure that I will bother with the next two novels. I really don’t enjoy murder mysteries or this author.</p>
<p>So I just finished this book and I definitely want to see the movie. My parents were going to take me tomorrow, so I am wondering how graphic “the scene” is? The book was tough to read in that part, and I’m just afraid it will be very awkward to watch it with my family.</p>
<p>Swimfreak–actually my family said the movie was less graphic than the book (I did not read the book). But, that which has been seen can not be unseen… It’s pretty graphic and I closed my eyes during some.
Since everyone but me had read the book, I was the clueless one as to what was going to happen. Didn’t have a problem watching it with my family but that depends on your family.</p>
<p>My D and I devoured the books, and she saw the first Swedish movie. We saw the American film version with H and S, who had not read the books. We all thought the movie was terrific. As a reader, I was really impressed by how effectively they condensed the material into one movie, and I realized that so much of the book was enhanced by a visual depiction. We all agreed that the pace was terrific. I hated the extended rape scene. I could have loathed the villian equally well without that scene, but it is a pretty important point in Lisbeth’s character development. Maybe even essential for those who did not read the book. </p>
<p>Overall, this is one movie I’m glad I saw on the big screen.</p>
<p>As I mentioned in an earlier post, I read the books and then my husband and I watched the Swedish movies.</p>
<p>I don’t know whether or not I’ll go to the American movie now or wait for the DVD. However, I don’t think of it as “family” fare - even though everyone in my family is now over 21. The scenes (at least, in the Swedish movie) are graphic to the point of uncomfortableness - and as goof78 posted “that which has been seen can not be unseen.” Going to the movie en famille - not for us.</p>
<p>I haven’t seen the movie. I’ve read the books. We had discussed the possibility of seeing this together over Christmas, but my adult D ended up seeing it with a friend instead. D said she couldn’t imagine watching the rape scene with me. I’m prudish, I admit. But she said it’s really graphic.</p>
<p>I read the first book, but did not see the movie—I know it will be too violent for me. But for those wondering about the intensity of the scene, you might be interested in Rooney Mara’s comments in *Entertainment Weekly<a href=“sorry,%20no%20link%20–%20it’s%20from%20my%20print%20copy”>/i</a>:</p>
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<p>And that’s the damage done to the actress in the pursuit of her craft—you can imagine how it must play out on the screen for the character.</p>
<p>Read the book, think it is overrated. Thought the violence was offensive and unnecessary - soft porn is how I describe it. My D read it and agreed. Have no plans to see the movie. A friend went to the Swedish version movie and walked out.</p>
<p>I watched the Swedish version on my laptop, so a tiny screen, which may minimize some of the effects of the violence, but I found the movie to be less intense than the book- because in the book you know their thoughts, you are truly there with the characters. For me, at least, that is more impactful.</p>
<p>that may explain somemom why D was able to watch it- although she did say she wouldn’t read the book.</p>
<p>Swimfreak: We saw the movie with our girls. The scene is very intense. But it wasn’t SO intense that any of us felt uncomfortable with each other. As I mentioned earlier one of my girls was an actress. I asked her that if she had done the scene would she let me watch it with her there. She said no, not with her as the actress.</p>