GONE GIRL is one of the best films of the year
and one of
the best David Fincher movies of his directing career. I love the reversals
and twists in this
movie. The first major twist occurs
about one hour in to be followed by more twists and reversals. Ben Affleck
and Rosamund Pike are the center
of this movie along with the other stars- the direction of David Fincher and
the music score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross. GONE GIRL deserves some
nominations and
awards because it proves why David Fincher is still one of the best directors
of this time.
The movie starts like normal for Nick Dunne (Ben
Affleck),
but he discovers his wife Amy Elliot-Dunne (Rosamund Pike) has
disappeared. The signs point to a
break-in and abduction, but the evidence is off as blood is discovered like it
has been cleaned up. Did Nick kill his
wife and covering it up or is something else going on? The story goes
back and forth between three
stories for the first hour- the story from Nick’s point of view, the
investigation lead by Detective Rhonda Boney, and Amy’s diary which casts some
doubts on Nick’s story and his relationship with Amy. Amy and Nick
are struggling New
York writers who have moved back to Nick’s hometown
after they both lose their writing jobs for magazines. Nick runs a bar
with his twin sister Margo
called The Bar. GONE GIRL pulls you
back and forth in different directions as you see how the media portrays the
disappearance of Amy Dunne and how Nick tries to use the media to his
advantage, but the real twist is an hour into the movie that casts doubts the story
in Amy’s diary as it throws doubt on everything and Nick works to fight to
prove his innocence as you wonder up to that point of he is being framed up for
something he might not have done.
GONE GIRL is one of David Fincher’s masterpieces
that is full
of complexity, technical mastery, and another great music score from Reznor and
Ross (who have previously scored for other Fincher movies- THE SOCIAL NETWORK
and THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO). Nick is a struggling writer who isn’t
bright as he seems, but the media dub his relationship with his sister as
twincest while his wife Amy is basically the type you don’t want to
ignore. GONE GIRL is the tale of
several stories with one being the questionable narrator thrown in the mix and
there is nothing like what a woman would do if she’s scorned more than
once. GONE GIRL is one of the Fincher
masterpieces that will stand up as one of his best movies even after he is
gone. It is the type of movie that will
be remembered as a classic and a masterpiece.
This review is ©10-8-2014
David Blackwell and cannot be reprinted without permission. Send all comments
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