The Girl in the Spider's Web

I hadn't really noticed (before going to watch this) that this movie wasn't based on the Millennium trilogy per se (which I've not read), but based on the novel written by someone else after the passing of Stieg Larsson. I could've sworn I saw the last movie with Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig. 

I thought I still had time to catch it in cinemas, only to find that it's got the standard 2 week cinema run and I don't have much time left to dawdle. I could've used the free pass I got, but I used the credit card promo instead.

Due to bad weather and worse traffic, by the time I got to the movie after collecting the actual ticket, the movie was actually about to start. It was me, and like 7 other people in the room. 

The run time is supposed to be about 1 hr 57 minutes, but I won't be surprised if some parts were snipped and it was shorter than that. So I was kind of surprised that I still made the 2 hour parking cutoff as I was leaving.  

• I hope Claire Foy was at least paid more than the guy who played Blomkvist. She's probably the only recognisable name to the planet because of The Crown. But you have to give the production props for hiring Europeans for the supporting characters.
• Was it just me, or was that opening very Bond-like? 
• OMG how is Claire Foy not freezing her balls off? How does anyone else not freeze their nuts off? 
• You had to know that Stephen Merchant's character didn't have long for the world once his character's introduced. 
• Did anyone else recognised Andreja Pejić? 

Like the setting, this movie is DARK. I don't hate it, but there's worse ways to kill a couple hours. If you still haven't seen this, you should give it a go if you want to.