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roxannepena
Crazy and haunting!Selene
Same ending as the book ruined it for me. I was hoping the author would change it. Rosamund Pike is excellent, though.mysteryfan
second half ruined itCommunicants
I didn't know it was possible to display this much contempt for women in a movie. And I've seen most of Robbe-Grillet's movies.americanadian25
Here's my review of Gone Girlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdnLUeWS1KI
mdclarke
brilliantly crafted. some showings find parts of the script humorous, while during my showing all remained silently rapt. lots to chew on and it left me with all kinds of feels, which is a rare way to walk out of a cinema these days.MarkE89
"Spoilers" will follow.Not because of plot twists, though, as awareness of these should never affect a good movie more than knowledge about secret ingredients should affect your favorite cocktail. A good movie, which happens to have a "plot twist", should benefit from this knowledge upon repeat viewings. The knowledge should add a little something to the understanding of it all, rather than simply provide a cheap thrill, an unwarranted sense of danger.
Finally, and most importantly, knowing the twist, would you seriously considering going through it all again?
Think Sunset Blvd. vs The Usual Suspects.
No. This is a warning about the breed of fans this movie is likely to inspire: The "spoilers", as I'll call them, are the ones who are simply thrilled at plot twists. The ones who take joy in having their superficial expectations thwarted, regardless of the underlying reasons, and then can't help themselves in wanting to conquer the skeptics and IMDb all at once. The ones who'd think Star Wars had little more to offer, if you told them about the incest.
Anyway, the movie is decent; it's well shot, well acted and the soundtrack is efficient. Nevertheless, the story is more thrill-seeking, than interesting, and thus leaves all of the exciting areas unexplored. Even more infuriating, though, is spending 80% of the film wondering why the police does not fingerprint the excessively bought goods, because, who really moves a container shipment of electronics to a woodshed without leaving fingerprints, or, unwrapping anything? And why don't they meticulously go through all the surveillance tapes which obviously can't be flawlessly produced? This is never really explained.
But there's one thing we know, one thing we aren't allowed to overlook. Her insanity.
Yes, she's obviously psychotic. We get it. Move the fuck on, please. We should never be satisfied with such a simple statement of "facts", but rather demand an exploration of the "truth" - however transient and abstract it may be.
Where is the exploration of the clearly influential childhood of projection upon Amazing Amy and thereby living completely sheltered by one's own perfect doppelgänger? Of the relationship between fact and fiction? Between the writers and their creations? Between danger and safety of assimilation/blending-in? Concepts which directors such as De Palma or Cronenberg would have absolutely reveled in.
Most of these interesting ideas, however, are glanced over or served up superficially as in the simple, often explored, juxtaposition of popular media and private life - where this film again has little new to offer. Other times, they are merely evoked to entice the spoiler soldiers with "shocking" twists and turns. Many of which are following basic formulas, such as the tried-and-true "setup and recount from a different view", the ambiguous leads, and the untrustworthy narrator. All of these are dead give-aways to the spoiled moviegoer who immediately recognizes the signs and thereby isn't enslaved by the twists and turns which have some people blinded.
Although, admittedly, the film does excel in some of these practices, it still only manages to end on a note of; "Bitch be cray… What will happen to poor Baffman?", rather than exploring the shared insanity of the protagonists, the media and the human race.
6/10 - Aside from the acting and soundtrack, this film has little cinematic value and just comes across as a generic pulp story elegantly executed.
Tezelian
This movie was always one step ahead of what I expected or thought was going to happen.toopsy
nope.lmkmoviemaniac
A complex affair comprising a disappearance, a trouble marriage, adultery, wicked dark plans, investigation & a big media circus ... Totally different spin on a troubled marriage story. Very dark,edgy at timesRosamund Pike gets among the most conniving and bold female roles and does full justice. A much-needed female psychopath is how the online world is feeling about her role. Intense indeed ... Ben Affleck provides the lighter moments ... We have the news-hungry media, a twin sister, dutiful cops, a smart lawyer, ex-boyfriends, a young girlfriend as the support cast
Heavily dialog driven and may startle audiences, particularly towards the end. Eng subs needed for full-justice.
The BGM score is totally in line with the movie's tense and dark theme and adds to the experience. Typical David Fincher stuff ... The movie does have its fair share of sex, making-out scenes and blood, which have been toned down in theaters.
rociwi
Some smart people in here, my experience at the cinema:OMG
OMG
LOL
I need to pee, do you think there's much left?
OMG
THIS IS CRAZY
WTF
OMG
WHAT?
IreneAdler
Although I loved the story / the basic idea and all the twists and turns, I don't think of this as a very good movie. I consider David Fincher a great director, but this is not his best work.They managed to turn a captivating story into a film with incredible lengths - I've hardly ever seen a movie that had so many boring parts despite containing provocative language, quite a few sex scenes and some violence. I guess in some movies that can spice things up or take the story somewhere interesting - but not this time. I was not offended, just not really entertained either.
The critical approach to the media was a nice touch, though.
I also couldn't really connect to any of the characters although it's normally exactly those troubled, broken or difficult individuals that make a film interesting. But in this case neither the dialog and script nor the actors were able to draw me in. There were some great moments of conversation between Rosamund Pike and Neil Patrick Harris but that was about it. I've seen some of the actors in better shape - even Ben Affleck has had way better scenes in other movies than in this one (though I've never been too fond of him). Rosamund Pike was quite fascinating at times, but even her performance could probably have had a greater appeal to me if the script had been a little different.
All in all, I guess everyone involved was quite passionate about this project and as apparent from many comments there are lots of fans of this movie - but it just lacked something to really make an impact on me, even though I like the genre and I like manipulative characters and possibly provocative scenes.
But I do have to give a final credit to Tyler Perry: His portrayal of the lawyer was amazing and his lines were hilarious. His performance (as well as that part of the script) was really one of the highlights of this movie.
EDIT: I removed the dislike now. I disliked the movie out of a spontaneous reaction to the lack of excitement I had about the film as a whole - but elements like some funny moments, the great background story and Rosamund Pike's performance finally caused me to at least remove the dislike. I'm still not too fond of the movie but it felt right to recognize the quality of certain parts of it.
Kenneth McMahon
Excellent skewering of Nancy Grace in particular, the media in general and the mass public who consume real life dramas as if they're soap operas with good guys and bad guys.jamesdeans
I dare to say this is the best film of 2014 (so far) and one of the best I've seen in my entire life. I've read the novel and the film supplied all my expectations. Fincher is genius, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross did an amazing work with the soundtrack.and for the love of God, Rosamund Pike is superb, what a performance! You couldn't take your eyes off her, everytime she was on screen, it was magnificent. I'm speechless, Gone Girl is a masterpiece.
5/5
ThomasFTB
That was ridiculous. But great. But RIDICULOUS. But GREAT. But ridiculous.Showing items 31 – 45 of 55