Gone Girl

This is billed as a psychological thriller. It is a neo-noir psychological crime drama, and a very good one at that. I have been watching quite a lot of what is called "neo- noir films lately, and I often compare classic noir with the new noir. What I like about the classic noirs is, what they don't say, and what is implied. These days, film makers have more choice of what can be said, and sometimes they get over dramatic with language and action, so they can be overly simple, for a simple audience. That is not the case here. Gone Girl, is a story of our times in the age of multi-media, and the court of public opinion. This movie had a budget of 67 million dollars, and you can see where the money was spent. It was spent of the script and writing. This is a a writers film, written by Gillian Flynn, from her book of the same name. The plot builds up and surprises at each turn, and I have to say the music score is great. They could have went for a orchestrally score with lots of strings to heighten the tension, but no they didn't, they went with an electronic music soundtrack. At a very important plot point, the music kicks in with a out of time beat to the the scene. It sounds jarring and out of place, but as the scene moves, it all makes sense. The music score reminded me of Hitchcock's The Birds, as in you don't even notice it, and I have to say this is the kind of movie Alfred Hitchcock would make today. This is a classic movie that will only get better with age, and, if you want to learn about GOOD writing watch this film, as it is a master class in screenwriting

What a film, David Finchers gone girl is a very clever film, I will keep this spoiler free but it's typical Fincher with a great twist and it haves a lasting impression on you way after the credits role! Finchers previous work like fight club and Seven are of equal quality in my opinion! However, I have to commend the writer of the book, gone girl, Flynn! I read her book after I saw the film and I found it equally as good as the film, it really was well written! She also wrote the screen play for the film and you can clearly see her vision transfered into the movie. A must see for fans of films like fight club or anyone who likes a clever film with a killer twist! Both Pike and Affleck give fantastic performances as Nick and Amy! The DVD, I watched this movie and i enjoyed it so much I decsided to buy it on DVD, I'm an avid DVD collector and Own around 650 titles! I had to own this movie! The DVD is really nicely produced. It's slimline (however newer editions are normal sized) and it's very clean and simplistic, the pictures are of nice quality and is held in a paper sleeve and the 'book' style DVD holder has some really nice images! The only small problem I have with the DVD is the lack of extras, all there is a directors commentary but I would of liked a few more features. However, not badley enough to knock off a star! All in all, top class movie with a really nice DVD! Thanks for reading my review!

Good acting, well filmed and directed. I liked the story initially and found the film entertaining. Late on as the film climaxed I thought that some of the twists and turns were ill conceived, and why wasnt a shower available earlier (crazy). Even so still worth the watch, weak ending.

Even though this is a Fincher film, I was not to sure about it. Not being a Ben Affleck fan, I had my reservations, but I have to say he delivered. Although I must also admit that I enjoyed seeing him go through so much pain! Rosamund Pike also gives a stellar and very troubling, performance as the apparent abused wife, Amy Dunne. And then there's poor Neil Patrick Harris as Desi Collings; what can I say? It's one of those films that you end up not having any sympathy for the main characters, who all seem twisted and flawed beyond redemption, but it is an enjoyable ride.

Totally amazing. First of all, the movie itself is not less than a masterpiece. David Fincher knows what he is doing and this movie is just great in all aspects, especially the great soundtrack by Trent Rezonr and Atticus Ross. Second, the BluRay set is wonderful, the disc comes in a very nice way and the packaging is cool and the Amazing Amy book is super cute. If you haven't watched the movie and you are looking for a good movie to buy, this will definitely be it. If you watched it and loved it- what are you waiting for? You'll get your money's worth The only complaint I have on this item is the bonus features, usually in a David Fincher movies there are so many of them but here- almost nothing.. Weird

It was fairly true to the book obviously because Gillian Flynn was involved with the film. Ben Affleck was perfect as Nick just as I imagined from the book. I thought Rosamund Pike was good but certainly not worthy of an Oscar nomination. All in all above average but when you have read the book the films are never as good.

I really enjoyed the book and was very much looking forward to the film. I was not disappointed. I watched it with my husband and son and we were all totally engrossed. I wondered how the film adaptation would deal with the complex yet compelling and engaging nature of the book as so often it can be a huge disappointment. I was pleased to see that they had managed to stay very faithful to the story line and no significant subplots had been omitted. The result is a satisfying film which is long enough to do the book justice without losing the attention of its audience. If only more films were like that.

This version is unwatchable. It's so dark you can't see faces or details. Getting a refund

Gillian Flynn has adapted her perfectly twisted psychological thriller into a perfectly twisted psychological film. And David Fincher puts the icing on the cake with his -- dare I say it -- perfect direction. Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike play Nick Dunne and Amy Elliott who meet at a New York cocktail party. As Amy herself describes their relationship: "We're so cute, I want to punch us in the face." You get some insight into Amy's psyche early on when we learn she is the inspiration for the "Amazing Amy" books her parents have written over the years. Only "Amazing Amy" does everything better than the real Amy does. The real Amy gives up the violin, "Amazing Amy" becomes a violin prodigy in the next book. Nick and Amy...both writers...marry and settle down to what looks like an idyllic life in New York. On their second anniversary, they are so in tune with each other that they both choose the same present. Then the recession hits. Amy and Nick lose their jobs, Amy's parents want her trust fund of almost a million dollars back, Nick's mother has cancer so they end up going back to Nick's hometown in Missouri. Consequently their carefully crafted facades splinter into a million pieces. What their relationship would have been like if the "bad stuff" hadn't happened is anyone's guess. North Carthage, Missouri. Boarded up stores. An empty mall now inhabited by the homeless and drug addicts. This is the transition "New York" Amy has to make. This is the town Nick once knew. With what's left of Amy's trust fund...Nick buys and co-owns "The Bar" with his twin sister "Go" [short for Margo] and Amy is left to adjust on her own. Then Amy goes missing. Anything else I add at this point would need a big "spoiler alert." The casting is letter perfect right down to Missi Pyle who delivers a wicked and well deserved skewering of Nancy Grace. Tyler Perry as defense attorney Tanner Bolt is so good that he transcends what could have been the comedy relief and shines. When he announces "Elvis is in Missouri" you're glad that he's there. His role is that of savior and he owns it. Carrie Coon who plays Nick's twin sister "Go" is terrific. As she goes from surprise to scorn to shock...she's Nick's rock and he knows it and Coon never misses a beat in her performance. Kim Dickens as Detective Rhonda Boney is exactly how I imagined "Boney" in the book which means she was perfectly cast. Small town detective who's smarter than anyone else in the room. Ben Affleck is handsome and big and as Nick wants to be liked by everyone but is [until the end] a cipher. Is he that dumb? Is he that smart? Is there any "there there"? Did Amy remake him or did he always have possibilities? But the movie belongs to Rosamund Pike. Her Amy is beautiful, smart, and cunning. She reminds me of a scalpel...all clean sharp edges which is why her dramatic and self-imposed change [tiny spoiler alert] is so effective. Fincher said he modeled Amy's character after Carolyn Bessette Kennedy [the late wife of JFK, Jr.] and how she reinvented herself to capture America's #1 bachelor. Pike said that she too studied Bessette...her style, carriage...and mystery. And like Bessette, how Amy carries it off! But look what having all those perfect books chronicling her not so perfect life has done to Amy.

Me pareció una excelente edición y una buena compra por su precio. La caja de cartón, el libro de Amy está en ingles y es muy bonito. Puedes ver la película en su idioma original, subtitulada o en español. Por cierto, el contenido digital ya caduco, para a mí eso no es de mi interés. Por último el empaque ha sido un sobre, y estoy totalmente de acuerdo para reducir el impacto ambiental, solo queda pedir que las personas que empacan y las personas que reparten manejen de la mejor manera los productos para que a nosotros, las personas que consumimos nos lleguen en las condiciones deseadas.

Enfin, Rosamund Pike trouve un rôle à la mesure de son talent, et comme elle est très présente dans le film, on peut aussi admirer à loisir son élégante beauté. Elle est Amy, l'épouse de Nick (Ben Affleck), venus tous les deux démarrer une nouvelle vie dans un « suburb » d'une ville moyenne du Missouri, après avoir vécu l'excitation de New York. Amy est-elle une « desperate housewife » ? Le jour du 5e anniversaire de son mariage, Amy disparaît, et l'histoire s'enclenche. La police est prévenue, les indices sont troublants, le mari est bientôt soupçonné, les médias se jettent sur l'affaire. Thriller classique ? Pas tout à fait. Au milieu du film, une révélation survient, une machination est exposée dans ses moindres détails, et l'histoire change de direction. Ces deux parties permettent à Rosamund Pike d'exprimer toute la richesse de son talent : elle est tour à tour sublime et effrayante dans « Gone Girl », et c’est de loin sa meilleure composition jusqu'ici (lauréate de plusieurs Prix et nommée aux Oscar 2015). Ben Affleck offre une interprétation supérieure à ce qu'il a fait précédemment, et il faut noter aussi la grande qualité des seconds rôles : Carrie Coon (la sœur de Nick), Kim Dickens (la policière), Tyler Perry (l’avocat) sont excellents et ajoutent encore à l’intérêt du film. Les commentateurs qui trouvent le scénario invraisemblable devraient lire plus souvent la rubrique « faits divers » des journaux. On a vu des histoires plus rocambolesques dans la réalité. « Gone Girl » pose aussi un regard aigu et impitoyable sur la vie réglée et sans relief d’une ville moyenne américaine (la façon de planter le décor au début est très parlante). Le film démonte aussi la "mécanique" du mariage, l’usure du temps, les faux-semblants du quotidien, les espoirs déçus, et pose des questions plus profondes (connaît-on vraiment la personne qui partage votre vie ?). Il expose l’hystérie médiatique et les dégâts qu'elle provoque, la prédominance de l’apparence et de la mise en scène voyeuriste au détriment de la vérité. Et comme toujours avec David Fincher, la réalisation est extrêmement soignée : le film est très bien structuré, les cadrages sont impeccables, les lumières sont belles, la caméra est fluide, le montage intelligent. La dernière demi-heure se déroule dans une atmosphère de mystification et de cynisme savoureux, et la fin est complètement amorale, ce que je trouve réjouissant à notre époque de moralisme à tout crin.

The movie is a brilliant and one of the best movies of the last year.. Filled with amazing performances from Ben Affleck, Carrie Coon and Rosamund Pike, it's an absolute treat. As for the product, I received it in a perfect brand new condition.. No distortion, no DVD problems and no delivery problem as well. I received it within promised time.

Der dritte Teil der Alien Saga im Jahr 1992 war David Finchers Debüt als Regisseur. Kein optimaler Einstand also, denn der Film blieb hinter den finanziellen Erwartungen zurück, obwohl er kein Flop war und erhielt schlechtere Kritiken wie die beiden legendären Vorgängerfilme von Ridley Scott und James Cameron. Doch mit seinem zweiten Film "Sieben" konnte er restlos überzeugen und schuf damit 1995 einen der besten Serienkilerfilme aller Zeiten. Es folgte "The Game" mit Michael Douglas, der bis heute etwas unterbewertet ist und mit sehr viel Suspence angereichert war. Schlüsselwerk zum Kultregisseur war "Fight Club", der nach seiner Video- und DVD Auswertung immer mehr Anhänger weltweit fand und Finchers guten Ruf nachhaltig festigte. Die weiteren Arbeiten fielen qualitativ und inhaltlich unterschiedlich aus. Während "Panic Room" etwas zu konventionell gestaltet war, empfanden viele Kinozuschauer den anspruchsvollen Serienkillerfilm "Zodiac" als zu wenig spannend, obwohl der Film bis heute eine seiner besten Arbeiten war. Mit "Das Leben des Benjamim Button" verließ er das Thriller-Terrain und wurde zum Absahner zahlreicher Oscar-Nominierungen. Gleiches gelang ihm auch mit "The Social Network". Mit dem US-Remake des europäischen Kulthrillers "Verblendung" nach dem Roman von Stieg Larsson meldete er sich eindrucksvoll in seinem bevorzugten Genre zurück. Dabei ist sein "The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo" dem schwedischen Original sogar ebenbürtig. Auch sein neuer Film "Gone Girl" kann auf allen Ebenen restlos überzeugen und wird einerseits getragen von der extrem spannenden Geschichte mit einigen überraschenden Wendungen und andererseits durch das Zusammenspiel der beiden Hauptdarsteller Ben Affleck und Ex-Bondgirl Rosamund Pike, die - wenn es eine Gerechtigkeit gibt - für diese starke Leistung am 22. Februar auch den Oscar bekommen muss. Leider unterlag sie bei den Golden Globes der triumphierenden Julianne Moore als Alzheimer Patienten in "Still Alive". Womit einmal mehr bewiesen ist, dass das schauspielstarke Drama meistens vor der herausragenden Genreleistung im Thrillerfach gekürt wird. Aber noch gibt es Hoffnung. Die Handlung konzentriert sich auf die beiden Protagonisten Nick (Ben Affleck) und Amy Elliot Dunne (Rosamund Pike). In der Anfangsszene sieht man das Ehepaar eng aneinander geschmiegt, er streicht ihr zärtlich übers Haar und nach dieser liebevollen Geste hört man seine Stimme im Off, die uns mitteilt, er würde ihr am liebsten den Schädel spalten. "Gone Girl" erzählt die Geschichte dieser Ehe und beginnt mit dem 5. Hochzeitstag, an dem Amy plötzlich spurlos verschwindet. Es gab wohl einen handfesten Krach und um sich abzureagieren geht Nick in seine von seiner Frau finanzierten Kneipe, wo seine Schwester Margo (Carrie Coon) bedient und sich seine Nöte anhört. Als Nick zurückkehrt, findet er das Haus leer vor. Ein Glastisch im Wohnzimmer liegt in Trümmern und etwas Blut kann man in der Küche entdecken. Grund genug die Polizei zu verständigen. In der Vermisstensache ermitteln die beiden Detektives Rhonda Boney (Kim Dickens) und Jim Gilpin (Patrick Fugit). Die verschwundene Amy wurde als Kind von ihren Psychotherapeuten-Eltern als Wunderkind und Kinderbuchfigur "Amazing Amy" landesweit erfolgreich vermarktet und ihr Verschwinden ist daher von größtem öffentlichen Interesse. Sie besitzt mehrere Auszeichnungen von Eliite Universitäten und bislang galt ihre Ehe mit dem ganz normalen Kerl aus Missouri als ausserordentlich perfekt. Doch bei den Ermittlungen kommen den Detektives langsam Zweifel und immer mehr tun sich auch Verdachtsmomente gegen Nick auf, hat er seiner Frau etwas angetan ? Mit dem Auftauchen eines Tagesbuchs erhärtet sich die Theorie und keine Sorge: Es werden noch weitere belastende Indizien gefunden, die immer mehr den Schluß zulassen, dass Nick eben nicht dieser brave Mann an der Seite einer starken Frau war. Fincher gibt seiner Story bald eine überraschende Wende und eine Wendung jagt die nächste. Dabei ist Finchers Movie ein echter Verwandlungskünstler. Aus einem Ehehorror wird eine Mörderballade, die in eine der fiesesten Rachestorys der Filmgeschichte einmündet. Am Ende dieses neuen Grand Guignol Klassikers steht aber Doppelfahrkarte ohne Rückfahrt in die eigene Hölle. Dieser brilliante Thriller über Soziopathen des Alltags ist schon jetzt einer der besten DVD-Erscheinungen in diesem Jahr.