Gone Girl, the Film (Movie Spoilers)

[Jabronius Maximus]

Couldn't find a thread via search, so if someone else does, please link it here...

Went and watched this movie yesterday. Haven't read the book yet, so I can't judge the adaptation. With that said, I thought this was a great film. I was on edge the entire time, and even the end did nothing to alleviate that.

It also had good-great performances all around. I don't know how well she portrayed book-Amy, but Rosamund Pike knocked it out of the park imo. Even Tyler Perry was surprisingly good as some much needed comic relief.

And NPH :( . That was a pretty shocking scene.

[Ser Scot A Ellison]

I just read the plot. It sounds fascinating an examination of perfectly duplicitious people willing to do anything to get their way. As such I can't watch it. I would be enraged by the end of the film.

[Biter]

Having read the novel, I knew that the story would have a bunch of twists and turns. Despite knowing that it would take time to include those twists, I found myself wishing that about 15-20 minutes could have been cut somewhere.

But I still liked the film and would definitely recommend it to Fincher fans (if you could handle the scenes of violence in Zodiac, I think you can handle this).

[Jabronius Maximus]

In your opinion, how was it as an adaptation? I'm wondering because Flynn wrote the screenplay as well.

[Jaxom 1974]

Skipping through any spoilers to ask: So is this the movie to take Mrs. Jax to when we go out for our tenth wedding anniversary later this week?

[Jabronius Maximus]

Skipping through any spoilers to ask: So is this the movie to take Mrs. Jax to when we go out for our tenth wedding anniversary later this week?

:lol: I wouldn't recommend it

But hey, congrats! :cheers:

[Winterfell is Burning]

I just read the plot. It sounds fascinating an examination of perfectly duplicitious people willing to do anything to get their way. As such I can't watch it. I would be enraged by the end of the film.

The ending is hilarious in a very morbid sort of way.

Skipping through any spoilers to ask: So is this the movie to take Mrs. Jax to when we go out for our tenth wedding anniversary later this week?

I don't see any problems.

Just avoid making any comparisons between Nick Dunne's wife and yours...out loud :lol:

[Tears of Lys]

In your opinion, how was it as an adaptation? I'm wondering because Flynn wrote the screenplay as well.

I thought it was an excellent adaptation. She cut out the extra bits and condensed it so that the result was a tighter, more impactful story.

[Lord Bowie]

I also read the book, but I wished the film was longer. The ending for me was way too rushed, especially the final confrontation before the interview. But I thought it was a spectacular film, much more funny then I thought it would be and with a perfect cast and crew. I fell in love with Carrie Coon in The Leftovers and then I fell in love again as she was playing Margo. I've already watched twice in the cinemas, so you can see I really liked Gone Girl.

[Mexal]

Skipping through any spoilers to ask: So is this the movie to take Mrs. Jax to when we go out for our tenth wedding anniversary later this week?

It's definitely a movie to go to without Little Jax but hope there are no parallels to your own marriage ;)

I also read the book, but I wished the film was longer. The ending for me was way too rushed, especially the final confrontation before the interview. But I thought it was a spectacular film, much more funny then I thought it would be and with a perfect cast and crew. I fell in love with Carrie Coon in The Leftovers and then I fell in love again as she was playing Margo. I've already watched twice in the cinemas, so you can see I really liked Gone Girl.

Carrie Coon is awesome. Same thing happened to me in The Leftovers and Gone Girl. She is so good.

[JonArryn]

Just came back from it, and it was a good movie. Wouldn't call it a masterpiece or even a great movie, but I had very high expectations going in. It's a very well-made movie, and it has great acting, but in my opinion the script wasn't very great. It was ok, but some things felt a bit too convenient for the plot, and the twists makes some things that has happened before a bit weird.

I liked how they played with some themes, especially how people are judged in the public's eye, but in the end I don't think it hits a strong point with any of it. Some people say it was tense all the way through, but I only felt that tension the first third of the movie, after that it kinda settled down.

It's nowhere near Fincher's best works, in my opinion.

[Isis]

One thing I'll say for it is that at no time did it drag for me, there is no let up in the flow of plot/action.

I think Affleck is an absolutely perfect piece of casting. I thought that since I first heard he was playing Nick.

Having read the book over the Christmas holidays I'd been getting more and more interested in seeing how the adaptation worked out, the closer we got to the film's release. But I kind of miss Amy in the film - she just didn't get enough air time. I understand that the whole diary-Amy thing, where she write a more likeable version of herself, can't quite work on screen in the timeframe of a movie. But she just felt too absent compared to Nick. And ultimately I think the audience was intended to be on Nick's side, like he was presented in a far more sympathetic way than Amy. I just don't think it was ambiguous enough. They were both awful people, no better than each other really. That was how I felt at the end of the book, like they deserved each other ultimately.

[Ramsay B.]

The ending is hilarious in a very morbid sort of way.

I did find myself chuckling at the last 15 minutes. I didn't read the book or know what changes were made but the movie itself was very good. It was pretty long but I didn't find myself bored or anything. Affleck was very good as was the actress who played his wife, she really nails the sociopath role.

[JonArryn]

No comments about Emily Ratajkowski yet. Those tits are spectacular.

edit: not to sound too objectifying or something, but she is a pretty girl

[Winterfell is Burning]

. They were both awful people, no better than each other really.

Both awful people, sure. But only one of them murdered someone and tried to send an innocent man to the death row.

[JonArryn]

Both awful people, sure. But only one of them murdered someone and tried to send an innocent man to the death row.

Depends on what area you think he is innocent in. He had hit her (pushed) and would later slam her head against a wall so... she did know what he was capable of. Of course that's not something to get the death penalty for, but in no way was he an innocent man regarding things done to her.

[Ramsay B.]

Both awful people, sure. But only one of them murdered someone and tried to send an innocent man to the death row.

Yeah, he could be labeled a scumbag for some of the shit he did but she was a legitimate sociopath who is on a way higher level of awfulness.

[Winterfell is Burning]

Depends on what area you think he is innocent in. He had hit her (pushed) and would later slam her head against a wall so... she did know what he was capable of. Of course that's not something to get the death penalty for, but in no way was he an innocent man regarding things done to her.

I mean, innocent of murder.

Not only that, she was creating a media circus that affected other people that didn't do anything against her (like Nick's sister) and distracted the police when they could be focusing on arresting real criminals.

Yeah, he could be labeled a scumbag for some of the shit he did but she was a legitimate sociopath who is on a way higher level of awfulness.

Yep. I wonder if he was the one framing her for murder anyone would say they're both equals, even if she had hit him...I'm guessing not.

[Jabronius Maximus]

Yep. I wonder if he was the one framing her for murder anyone would say they're both equals, even if she had hit him...I'm guessing not.

Some reactions I've read on twitter have called Amy's character empowering. Thankfully even in a giant dump like twitter, this viewpoint was shared by a select few. Still, I'm glad this wasn't a date night movie for me.

[Isis]

An empowering character? Eh? No. Yes, murder is wrong. Nick wasn't so innocent or worthy of pity as was suggested by the closing section of the film, is all. The idea that they actually deserved each other feels very appropriate as a conclusion.

Also LOL at 'sorry for objectifying'

ETA: the whole date night/appropriate film choice for a date concept is ridiculous. I just cannot comprehend the idea of a film not being appropriate for a date. If the implication that going to see a film about a man being accused of murdering his wife is like some kind of bad omen for a happy relationship... What kind of superstitious, sympathetic magic is this?

I saw the same comments about Blue Valentine - 'ooh, can't go and see a film about a disintegrating relationship on a date.' But why on earth not? Films that prompt discussion are the best type of film to see on a date, so that you have something to talk about and also a way of learning more about each other.