Gone Girl (2014) Ben Affleck, David Fincher

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  • HustleThaDon
    HustleThaDon Members Posts: 28,566 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    First thing I said after I walked outta this movie was "bruh what the ? did I just watch?" That being said it was a damn good movie. Just when you thought you had ? figured out.
  • nawledge_god
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    Big Fincher Fan So I Def Watched This Joint...Frankly I Was A Little Irritated That The Previews Were Somewhat Misleading...I Thought It Would Be A StraightForward Thriller Ala Zodiac (Super Slept On BTW) Which It Is Not...But It Did Contain That Type Of Feel Throughout Which Is Typical Of A DF Film...Great Flick Just Not What I Was Expecting
  • atribecalledgabi
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    my mom wants to see this now because of all the hype it's been getting.

    i'm not ready to relive this trauma...
  • rip.dilla
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    Zodiac was quite good and slept on but only problem is it was too long. .. audiences often don't have the patience for long ass movies except they're highly entertaining (Django Unchained)
  • Rampage12
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    rip.dilla wrote: »
    Zodiac was quite good and slept on but only problem is it was too long. .. audiences often don't have the patience for long ass movies except they're highly entertaining (Django Unchained)

    Idk, both Gone Girl and Prisoners were both well over 2 hours but both felt like they went by in about an hour because of how well they built the suspense/tension whereas I saw This Is Where I Leave You which was a fairly decent dramedy but it felt like it drug on and on at the end and it was barely over 100 minutes long. Basically it all comes down to actually how good your movie was.
  • texas409
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    Which movies is better Equalizer or Gone Girl i need to know before i spend my money real quick
  • dontdiedontkillanyon
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    rip.dilla wrote: »
    Zodiac was quite good and slept on but only problem is it was too long. .. audiences often don't have the patience for long ass movies except they're highly entertaining (Django Unchained)

    Zodiac is one of Fincher's best. Yeah it's long but for me it never really dragged (as much as I liked Django Unchained that definitely dragged). If an audience doesn't have the attention span for a film like that then ? them, send them to their nearest Michael Bay catastrophe.
  • texas409
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    Man i watched this yesterday...mind blown. ? marriage too
  • lazypakman
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    For a film where you know nothing will be resolved at the end (considering the case) zodiac was pretty immense.

    Gets better every time you watch it.
  • rip.dilla
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    rip.dilla wrote: »
    Zodiac was quite good and slept on but only problem is it was too long. .. audiences often don't have the patience for long ass movies except they're highly entertaining (Django Unchained)

    Zodiac is one of Fincher's best. Yeah it's long but for me it never really dragged (as much as I liked Django Unchained that definitely dragged). If an audience doesn't have the attention span for a film like that then ? them, send them to their nearest Michael Bay catastrophe.



    LOL I agree with you on Django. Thought it was like 30 mins too long. Poor editing. The ending wasn't as great as the first hour and a half but on the IC that film is hailed as a masterpiece. ..
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  • texas409
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    Put the ? down Jamel
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  • desertrain10
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    Just seen the movie ... I gotta say i was disappointed

    Felt the movies idea of coupledom and gender were bogus

    It's stabs at modern culture and tv tabloid coverage were half hearted

    The casting was weak and the characters were stereotypical... The couple who robbed Amy and Amy's parents immediately come to mind ...followed closely behind by Bens character the perfect boyfriend turned inattentive husband with a wondering ? after losing his dream job ... Desi was poorly casted

    Too many plot holes

    Failed as a murder mystery and a satire for me

    Almost felt like a lifetime movie just with a big ass budget




  • desertrain10
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    Must say the game, zodiac, se7en are some of my favorite movies though
  • desertrain10
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    Lol @‌ the no signs

    For myself the most resonant movies on a particular topic present believable, complex, relatable characters doing plausible things ... It didn't do that

    Beyond that the movie didn't deliver any insightful commentary in regards to marriage or relationships or on the media

    And the ending felt lazy

    Seriously what really was so great about the movie?

  • Rampage12
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    Lol @‌ the no signs

    For myself the most resonant movies on a particular topic present believable, complex, relatable characters doing plausible things ... It didn't do that

    Beyond that the movie didn't deliver any insightful commentary in regards to marriage or relationships or on the media

    And the ending felt lazy

    Seriously what really was so great about the movie?

    Well the movie ended pretty much the same way the book did and the author of the book wrote the screenplay.
  • rip.dilla
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    The film's plot had that 'mental illusion' about it . ..



    From murder/missing person mystery to suspicion and blame games coupled with infidelity and psychopathic tendencies



    It's a good film in my opinion and most importantly, entertaining
  • God_Yunn
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    Lol @‌ the no signs

    For myself the most resonant movies on a particular topic present believable, complex, relatable characters doing plausible things ... It didn't do that

    Beyond that the movie didn't deliver any insightful commentary in regards to marriage or relationships or on the media

    And the ending felt lazy

    Seriously what really was so great about the movie?

    Go watch a tylper Perry movie or something. Cause you tripping hard
  • atribecalledgabi
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    It flipped the female mental abuse thing pretty well to me *shrug
  • desertrain10
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    Rampage12 wrote: »
    Lol @‌ the no signs

    For myself the most resonant movies on a particular topic present believable, complex, relatable characters doing plausible things ... It didn't do that

    Beyond that the movie didn't deliver any insightful commentary in regards to marriage or relationships or on the media

    And the ending felt lazy

    Seriously what really was so great about the movie?

    Well the movie ended pretty much the same way the book did and the author of the book wrote the screenplay.

    I'm guessing the novel sucked as well lol
  • desertrain10
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    YunnSanco wrote: »
    Lol @‌ the no signs

    For myself the most resonant movies on a particular topic present believable, complex, relatable characters doing plausible things ... It didn't do that

    Beyond that the movie didn't deliver any insightful commentary in regards to marriage or relationships or on the media

    And the ending felt lazy

    Seriously what really was so great about the movie?

    Go watch a tylper Perry movie or something. Cause you tripping hard

    Tripping how so?

    Just didn't enjoy the movie... Seems as though finch and co didn't know if they wanted to make a thriller, a murder mystery, or a satire

    The drop >>>> gone girl

    And I don't do tyler perry movies bruh

  • rip.dilla
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    YunnSanco wrote: »
    Lol @‌ the no signs

    For myself the most resonant movies on a particular topic present believable, complex, relatable characters doing plausible things ... It didn't do that

    Beyond that the movie didn't deliver any insightful commentary in regards to marriage or relationships or on the media

    And the ending felt lazy

    Seriously what really was so great about the movie?

    Go watch a tylper Perry movie or something. Cause you tripping hard

    Tripping how so?

    Just didn't enjoy the movie... Seems as though finch and co didn't know if they wanted to make a thriller, a murder mystery, or a satire

    The drop >>>> gone girl

    And I don't do tyler perry movies bruh



    That's the whole point! It's a film that plays with the audience's minds whilst watching it as evidenced from some posters here. .. ("Wtf did I just watch???")



    Even Fincher himself in an interview I watched recently said what drew him to the script was the bending tones; the unpredictability of the story



    It's just a story with the theme: Everything Is Not What It Seems.. .
  • Dupac
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    Very fun movie.
    Loved it