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I've tried to justify that title sequence in my mind a few different ways and I'm just no closer to explaining it. I find it really hard to believe that a director of Fincher's calibre could view the completed film and be like 'Yep, that fits perfectly.'
I really wanted to love this film, and in many ways I did (Rooney Mara's performance was amazing, for instance) but there were one or two sequences that lacked polish - the 'blonde wig' sequence, as I said, felt particularly tacked-on. I'm willing to concede that this may be a weakness in the source material but as I haven't read the books I really can't comment.
Overall, this was still an excellent film. Definitely worth seeing if you haven't already. It is 'edge of your seat' exciting throughout.