Gone Girl (2014)

A Masterpiece!

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Okay , The movie had an average start even very slow then very quick rhythm giving away what was planned by the wife at once just before the middle then only focusing on that psychopath wife and the rest of the plot when an unplanned accident happened in her plan and then preparing for the ending which was a complete mess with lots of plot holes and unreasonable behaviours especially when both married couple had everything cleared the cards were exposed. The movie had a slow scheme then rising slowly till the end then collapsed with that mess that I felt you were afraid that the days would end before you finish the ending!. I am not trying to have a different opinion about that critically acclaimed movie but really the total scheme flopped from our director who only focused on bringing the wife to the screen with the more than good performance by Rosamund Pike and was a mess in the rest of it even the music didn't add anything to the scenes. Try to understand a complete mess and no entertaining only curiosity what that girl had done before she was gone and what she is doing when that plan had a turn. 6.5/10

Like all of Fincher, this film is really lovely to look at. Rosamund Pike is perfect as the psycho Amy. But they did drop the ball a bit with the opportunity to play with the suspense over whether Nick is guilty of the murder. Story flow was a little bitty; it doesn't really build to a climax and just sort of peters out. It's still perfectly watchable, but it has some failings.

This movie would be worth watching for either the story or Rosamund Pike's acting alone. With the two together, it is very compelling. There are parts where the movie moves a bit slower and the unfolding of story through flashbacks does at times feel a bit cumbersome. But those can be forgiven for the brilliance of the idea and how the lead character is portrayed by Pike.

It's a complicated, ploty thriller. You have to pay attention to understand how good this movie is. I don't think the people who don't like this movie must not have a long attention span or are not abundantly blesse a three-digit IQ. It's complicated, twisted, and very well done, and displays Ben Affleck's talent. It is long but if you have the ability to pay attention it is really good.