Movie #957 "Gone Girl" is a movie I was waiting to see for a while, since I heard there was a film being made of the one-of-a-kind book that I read for book club. I liked the book --- which was really weird for me , since there was no one in the book to really cheer for. And I remember not liking the ending of the book because it seemed after all the scheming and planning, etc. that this ending was unbelievable and came kind of quickly. Going into the movie, I wasn't sure director Fincher could get across what I liked about the book ---- the back and forth narration and the twists and turns, but he did pretty well with that. The characters are well casted, and Affleck does more than his usual slouching in films. And Rosamund Pike is certainly a find --- showing several different sides of the character. The sister Margo is a winner, too, as is Neil Patrick Harris as an old boyfriend. Because of the trickiness to changing points of view as rapidly in a film as in the book, there are less twists and turns, but that was fine. The movie is really well done, and worthy of a possible awards nomination for best picture --- it is that well made. Music, Editing, sound, everything is working well here. The only drawback I have is this............the book did such a good job of riding the line between good and bad, and flipping back and forth with the characters, and the movie seems a bit too one-sided for me. I don't want to say too much more, but let's just say that one thing I liked about the book is the mutual badness of the characters, and this seems to tip too much to the guy, and that's too bad because that's one aspect that makes the film like so many others. But it's different enough to make it stand alone anyway, and I very much recommend it. But let it be known, there are some very bloody parts, some very graphic sex scenes, and nudity. Those weren't necessary, I don't think, but they are there I guess to underline the dark sides of seemingly normal married people. The film is an indictment loud and clear about what's going on in journalism today, the effects of adultery, the roleplaying that occurs in marriage..........for that, and more, as the today show critic said, it's a "hell of a movie."
Gone Girl2014R I give it 4 out of 5 stars.
Based on Gillian Flynn's novel of the same name, this unsettling thriller follows the mercurial Nick Dunne, who finds himself dogged by police and caught in a media maelstrom after he becomes the prime suspect in his wife's disappearance.
- Cast:
- Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon, Kim Dickens, Missi Pyle, Sela Ward, Casey Wilson, Patrick Fugit, David Clennon, Lisa Banes, Lola Kirke, Boyd Holbrook
- Genre:
- Thrillers
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