Who needs to see the first movie in order to watch the sequel? Not me. While that is clearly the preferred way to go about things, but that was not an option Friday night. Lucas' friends already had this movie picked out. They gave us a quick three sentence recap of the first movie and let us fend for ourselves. I was able to follow for the most part. I didn't exactly know the relationship between Lisbeth and Micke. So in one question, they were able to clear that up for me.
As for the actual movie, poor Lisbeth. What a sad, violent, lonely life she's had. On the other hand, I wish I was a computer-hacking, kick-boxing bad ass with a photographic memory. I thought it was really well done and don't know why some director in America re-did it. Doubt I'll get around to watching that one to compare it to, but watching it once was probably enough for me.