Play it again

Flickan Som lekte med elden (The girl who played with fire)

Crit

Not as good as the first--spends an unnecessary amount of time reminding us what when on then (how many people do you suppose went to this without seeing Tattoo? I figure anyone who got all stirred up about the novels since the first film came out would either start with that one on DVD or wait for David Fincher's remake), and the obligatory hot-lesbian-sex scene seems a little . . . well, obligatory--but once Lisbeth swipes the chopper of the big ugly dude whose scrotum she has Tazed, the film picks up the momentum it needs to overcome the implausible 18th-century-novelish coincidence-driven plot. I'll follow her (and her avatar, Noomi Rapace [Carey Mulligan rumored for the remake]) anywhere, but I'm hoping the itinerary of the finale will veer farther from the road more traveled.

Trailers

• Jack Goes Boating--Philip Seymour Hoffman directs himself as the always-Oscar-friendly Damaged Guy, this one sensibly in pursuit of Amy Ryan. I have more hope than faith.
• Waiting for "Superman"--American schools suck; discuss. A documentary from Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth).
• Oh, not new but interesting: a trailer for the now-opened-in-the-Big City The Kids Are All Right, but recut to eliminate the kiss between Mark Ruffalo (as the sperm donor) and MFW Julianne Moore (as one of the long-married lesbian mothers and sperm recipients). Wonder why?