Creeper Alice
Such as Lisbeth, in the 2009 version you have a feel she is more dangerous then in the 2011 movie. It may just been because the film has a darker take but I think it's because of everything more on her.
I think a lot of fans of Noomi's performance b***h about Rooney's performance, but I honestly felt Rooney was closer to the character from the book. Lisbeth is not really supposed to feel 'dangerous'. In fact, Armansky in the book describes her as the 'perfect victim' or some such. The dangerous side of her is supposed to be surprising to the unobservant, which is why Bjurman is unafraid of taking advantage of her in the beginning and why she's able to take Bjurman off guard when she takes her revenge on him.
Creeper Alice
Like, let's go with a few things...In the 2009 version when she's will Mikael for the first time, she seems to be in control on the situation and in the 2011 Mikael seems to take control. I'm bringing this up because that's how it seems to go in the whole movie at that point in both. In the Swedish Version Lisbeth is the dominate person, leaving Mikael wondering and confused when she vanishes.
Daniel Craig has such a strong presence, it definitely did give that appearance and I'd have to agree with your complaint here. Age/appearance wise he fits the part, but personality wise, it's a complete mismatch
Creeper Alice
While in the American version Mikael (showing more towards Lisbeth's character in this one) just seems to stop contact and keep on the affair with Erika Berger. This leaving Lisbeth hurt and of course leading to cutting him out of her life.
As I've read from the information on the 'books' the American version is more spot onto the plot in that course but I'm still not excepting that. I guess to me the Swedish version is just the better feel for the characters.
Except that is an important plot point to show that Lisbeth and Mikael have a falling out which leads into the next book.
Lady Stoneheart
I have only seen the swedish version. I didn't see the point of ******** seeing the remake.
It's another adaptation of the book, not really a remake of the Swedish version of the movie. You could argue it amounts to the same thing, but the fact is, the American move is a lot truer to the book than the Swedish version, and pulls more from the book, where as the Swedish version changed more aspects from the book to fit their budget/time frame/whatever else.