[FairfieldLife] Movie review: Gone Girl
If you can manage to do what I did -- see this movie without spoilers, and without any real idea of what to expect -- it's really quite an E-ticket ride. My hat is off first to novel and screenplay author Gillian Flynn, who managed to actually come up with an original idea...that's a real rarity these days. Next hat-tip is to David Fincher, for bringing it to the screen effectively, and in such a way that you almost feel as if you're watching a succession of short movies rather than just one long one. You start in one plot reality, and then twenty minutes later you're in another, and then another, all the way through. Fincher did that with Se7en and Fight Club, of course, but it's just as effective a technique here. Ben Affleck always tends to leave me feeling Meh! about his performances, and did so again in this movie, but that may be purely a preference thang on my part. He just doesn't do it for me, but I can see how people who like him will love him in this role. So it's really Rosamund Pike's movie. She drops into the ever-changing reality of this plot like she was born to it. Whoever she is called upon by the script to be in that moment, that's who she is. She never telegraphs anything from any of the other realities or points of view. I think she won herself a Best Acting Oscar in this movie. I liked it. I'm thinking of going to see it tonight in an actual theater, instead of rewatching the small-screen DVD-quality screener version I saw earlier. Coming from a pirate, that's a pretty high recommendation for a movie, :-) Here's a trailer, and a pretty good one because it manages to give away almost nothing. Gone Girl - Official Trailer (2014) HD Gone Girl - Official Trailer (2014) HD View on www.youtube.com Preview by Yahoo
Re: [FairfieldLife] Movie review: Gone Girl
On 10/13/2014 12:04 PM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: If you can manage to do what I did -- see this movie without spoilers, and without any real idea of what to expect -- it's really quite an E-ticket ride. /You are supposed to read the book BEFORE you post your review of the movie version. Where is Judy when we need her?/
Re: [FairfieldLife] Movie review: Gone Girl
On 10/13/2014 12:04 PM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: I liked it. I'm thinking of going to see it tonight in an actual theater, instead of rewatching the small-screen DVD-quality screener version I saw earlier. Coming from a pirate, that's a pretty high recommendation for a movie, :-) /Why bother? You already spoiled the movie version by watching it on your laptop computer using ear buds and you apparently didn't read the book. Go figure./
Re: [FairfieldLife] Movie review: Gone Girl
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 10/13/2014 12:04 PM, TurquoiseBee turquoiseb@... mailto:turquoiseb@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: If you can manage to do what I did -- see this movie without spoilers, and without any real idea of what to expect -- it's really quite an E-ticket ride. You are supposed to read the book BEFORE you post your review of the movie version. Where is Judy when we need her? I already read the book so am going to see The Judge today instead.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Movie review: Gone Girl
---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, punditster@... wrote : On 10/13/2014 12:04 PM, TurquoiseBee turquoiseb@... mailto:turquoiseb@... [FairfieldLife] wrote: I liked it. I'm thinking of going to see it tonight in an actual theater, instead of rewatching the small-screen DVD-quality screener version I saw earlier. Coming from a pirate, that's a pretty high recommendation for a movie, :-) Why bother? You already spoiled the movie version by watching it on your laptop computer using ear buds and you apparently didn't read the book. Go figure. Probably because he has already developed a small crush on the lead actress and wants to see he in larger-than-life movie format. He tends to fall in love with fictional female characters.
Re: [FairfieldLife] Movie review: Gone Girl
I thought of seeing it last week because it is at the nearby theater. But I'm not a big Affleck fan either and was more interested in seeing what Carrie Coon does in the film because she kinda stole the show on HBO's The Leftovers. It'll probably be available before Xmas on BD rental. Amazon is being a bit slimy on the listed by showing Watch Now and it's the trailer and the opportunity to pre-order it streaming or disc. On 10/13/2014 10:04 AM, TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com [FairfieldLife] wrote: If you can manage to do what I did -- see this movie without spoilers, and without any real idea of what to expect -- it's really quite an E-ticket ride. My hat is off first to novel and screenplay author Gillian Flynn, who managed to actually come up with an original idea...that's a real rarity these days. Next hat-tip is to David Fincher, for bringing it to the screen effectively, and in such a way that you almost feel as if you're watching a succession of short movies rather than just one long one. You start in one plot reality, and then twenty minutes later you're in another, and then another, all the way through. Fincher did that with Se7en and Fight Club, of course, but it's just as effective a technique here. Ben Affleck always tends to leave me feeling Meh! about his performances, and did so again in this movie, but that may be purely a preference thang on my part. He just doesn't do it for me, but I can see how people who like him will love him in this role. So it's really Rosamund Pike's movie. She drops into the ever-changing reality of this plot like she was born to it. Whoever she is called upon by the script to be in that moment, that's who she is. She never telegraphs anything from any of the other realities or points of view. I think she won herself a Best Acting Oscar in this movie. I liked it. I'm thinking of going to see it tonight in an actual theater, instead of rewatching the small-screen DVD-quality screener version I saw earlier. Coming from a pirate, that's a pretty high recommendation for a movie, :-) Here's a trailer, and a pretty good one because it manages to give away almost nothing. Gone Girl - Official Trailer (2014) HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esGn-xKFZdU image https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esGn-xKFZdU Gone Girl - Official Trailer (2014) HD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esGn-xKFZdU View on www.youtube.com https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esGn-xKFZdU Preview by Yahoo
