Doug Benson said on his most recent podcast that Brad Bird did a pretty good job for his first live action movie and I more or less agree. There were some cool cartoonish moments but it's too similar to previous entries in the series to stand out.
I learned from "Ghost Protocol" (though I should have known it already) that I shouldn't expect great actors to do anything of interest in blockbusters like these. I like Jeremy Renner and will continue to as long as he can balance roles worthy of his talent with easy money but those who don't know of his previous work won't find anything of note about him here. I wish Tom Wilkinson would do something other than appear in big budget movies for five minutes or so because he's capable of so much more. I love Michael Blomkvist but there's no reason for his inclusion in the cast outside of to lure in fans of the "Girl..." movies.
I might have liked this better if Brad Bird's name wasn't on it. I liked it alright but I was disappointed.
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