David Fincher's 'Gone Girl'

Blade3327 said:

Perry's not a bad actor in my eyes, his comedy work just isn't my bag and he was completely miscast in Alex Cross. As an actor in a drama (not action), I think he'd be quite capable. Don't have any hate for Affleck, either.

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Blade3327 said:

As long as Trent's scoring the film, I'm happy. Story seems unimpressive, but I'll see it for him and Fincher.

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I've only seen two films in my lifetime that have made me openly say "what the ****," and I saw both this year. The first was "Escape from Tomorrow," and that was just because of how ridiculously insane the entire film was. Gone Girl was the second. That being said, a "WTF" does not a bad film make, and I dare say that this is one of my favorite films this year. It's amazing how tightly wound the first half is. Fincher builds tension like no other, and I found myself second guessing everything I saw over the course of that. I'm thinking "Nick Dunn seems to be a flawed, but caring guy. He wants to find his wife, but it seems like everyone's out to get him." Even when the police first arrive to investigate her disappearance, he's already being treated with hostility, and then it hit me "what if Fincher's framing the film from Nick's perspective to make him seem more sympathetic," and, before you can try to guess who actually did it, BAM! He hits you with it halfway through the movie.

Suddenly, that tightly wound, gripping thriller starts unraveling with an equal amount of unrelenting fury. There were so many little thematic things, though, and it was so cool to see it all come together. The "mastermind" game Affleck's holding at the beginning; the whole "Anazing Amy" subplot, where her parents "created" her future; the cool thing is that you don't feel like it's a chore. The tone and the intensity make you want to analyze everything. The cast blew me away, as well. Affleck was incredible as Dunn, I'd argue that his performance in this might even be better than in Argo and The Town, and I've never been more confident in his portrayal of Batman. I also thought Tyler Perry was fantastic. I always knew of his plays and Madea features, but I'd never actually seen one, so, with this being the first thing I've actually watched him in, I'd definitely like to see him given more serious material. Rosamund Pike, though...she was a tour de force.

She almost played "manipulative, murdering sociopath" too well. I'm actually rather scared of her, now. I mean it, though; that woman was scarier than Freddy Krueger, Leatherface, and anybody else you can throw at me. If there was a living embodiment of the old adage that "bitches be crazy," her name would be Amy Elliot-Dunn.

batfan08 said:

I saw this yesterday, and my god. There is just so much to say, but because of the nature of the film, I'll probably leave all of my thoughts in Spoiler tags (though not all of them will be spoilers.

Spoiler:

I've only seen two films in my lifetime that have made me openly say "what the ****," and I saw both this year. The first was "Escape from Tomorrow," and that was just because of how ridiculously insane the entire film was. Gone Girl was the second. That being said, a "WTF" does not a bad film make, and I dare say that this is one of my favorite films this year. It's amazing how tightly wound the first half is. Fincher builds tension like no other, and I found myself second guessing everything I saw over the course of that. I'm thinking "Nick Dunn seems to be a flawed, but caring guy. He wants to find his wife, but it seems like everyone's out to get him." Even when the police first arrive to investigate her disappearance, he's already being treated with hostility, and then it hit me "what if Fincher's framing the film from Nick's perspective to make him seem more sympathetic," and, before you can try to guess who actually did it, BAM! He hits you with it halfway through the movie.

Suddenly, that tightly wound, gripping thriller starts unraveling with an equal amount of unrelenting fury. There were so many little thematic things, though, and it was so cool to see it all come together. The "mastermind" game Affleck's holding at the beginning; the whole "Anazing Amy" subplot, where her parents "created" her future; the cool thing is that you don't feel like it's a chore. The tone and the intensity make you want to analyze everything. The cast blew me away, as well. Affleck was incredible as Dunn, I'd argue that his performance in this might even be better than in Argo and The Town, and I've never been more confident in his portrayal of Batman. I also thought Tyler Perry was fantastic. I always knew of his plays and Madea features, but I'd never actually seen one, so, with this being the first thing I've actually watched him in, I'd definitely like to see him given more serious material. Rosamund Pike, though...she was a tour de force.

She almost played "manipulative, murdering sociopath" too well. I'm actually rather scared of her, now. I mean it, though; that woman was scarier than Freddy Krueger, Leatherface, and anybody else you can throw at me. If there was a living embodiment of the old adage that "bitches be crazy," her name would be Amy Elliot-Dunn.

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