For my evening, I watched the US version of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. Very interesting. I feel like we got a little less good detail than we do in the original (extended) version. This seemed a little rushed sometimes. I just checked and it's 20 minutes shorter. So there we are.
Not that it's bad. Like BK said, it just really didn't have to be made. Except I suppose for an American audience to watch and get something out of this material, it really did have to be made. The population at large isn't going to dig into a foreign film with (very demanding, in this case) subtitles or dubbed English. And then there are the zillions of dollars to be made. We mustn't forget that part.
I'm glad to have both here to watch, but the originals are where it's at and I will love returning to them.