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Without missing yet another prodigious impact, David Fincher pushes you to spiral deeper into an unboxing process and pokes awake the excitement inside you to expect the unexpected in his 2014 outing, Gone Girl!
Meet Nick and Amy as we flip through the pages of their marriage from paradise to horror! Book author Gillian Flynn penned the screenplay, giving us assurance that the film is faithful to its source material instead of being based upon interpreted thoughts. The storyline walks you over a series of intriguing investigation and interrogations regarding Amy's sudden disappearance. In this process, we learn information about these two main characters as well as the plot, with smooth exposition, riddles and clues spilled on your way. At first you'd notice the conversations between Nick and Amy may seem like conundrums with uncommon choice of words and sentence structures, technically indicating how both these characters do not know each other enough as much as they think they do, transmitting the same effect onto us the audiences. The script and the making was expertly crafted that it makes it easy for you to see the motivations behind what each character is thinking or speaking about in every scene. Proper forewarnings followed by devastatingly effective Points of No Return at the end of sequences was extremely satisfying!
The story itself sparks a lot of debate. We are looking at two flawed characters drowning in this sea called marriage. One has the idea to end it, another wants to save it. It is undoubtedly Nick's fault for cheating on Amy and trying to evade from it all after having used up her money. Amy has all the rights to be angry about it. If only her actions weren't extreme, she wouldn't appear to be the antagonist here. The writing could have definitely developed and shown us the step-by-step part on why and how Nick started despising Amy. On a side note, the movie should be lauded for successfully ridiculing the working principles of mainstream media!
Gone Girl has quite a few obviously displayed logical loopholes. Amy faking pregnancy using another woman's urine, her ability to perform effort-demanding chores after losing copious amount of blood and the easily identifiable make-up work during her sequester period made us question the overall believability. Moreover, there would have been footage of Amy entering Desi Collings' (Neil Patrick Harris) security-camera-filled house under warm invitation. For a feature that explains how to stage a fake murder case in excruciating detail via Amy's narration, these plain-in-sight mistakes were unforgivable.
Rosamund Pike engulfed the audiences as 'Amazing' Amy. Ben Affleck as Nick Dunne, Carrie Coon as Margo Dunne and Tyler Perry as Tanner Bolt were among the many amazing characters this motion picture has! Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross continues to enhance a David Fincher project for the third time! They were a cosmic part of The Social Network and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. In Gone Girl, the dynamic duo has delivered yet another outstanding soundtrack collection! It grows on you with its dark and cataclysmic touches. With Jeff Cronenweth on the show front, film lenses could rarely go wrong. Saturated with realism (thanks to the steely blue colour scheme), the camera throws you shots after shots of definitive containment and spacing. Apart from the very first fade off effect that didn't transit properly into the next scene after the beer glass push, Kirk Baxter's editing was top notch! He knew where to place the scissors, cut off the unwanted clip tails, shorten the prolonged gaps and subtly utilize the music composer's numbers.