Gone Girl

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Oct 8, 2014 13:51:01 GMT -4 Pomm said:

I was thinking that the cat must have been really well-trained. Most cats don't let you hold them like a baby. (One of my cats lets me hold him like that, but starts getting squirmy after less than 30 seconds)

On a totally different note, I really don't get the hype over Emily Ratajkowski. I don't even think she was one of the top 5 most attractive women in the film. (Sela Ward on the other hand, who's at least twice her age, looked amazing)

Pomm, thinking about the cat kept stressing me out (like, imagining all those people running around my house leaving doors open, and one of my cats getting out or getting hurt, or actually relying on a detective I didn't know to feed my cat like Nick did- hell, no!). But yes, that was one well-trained cat.

Yeah, Emily what's-her-face is totally unremarkable. And Sela Ward is fantastic. I don't understand why her career isn't better! And I also really enjoyed Missi Pyle as the Nancy Grace character, and Casey Wilson as the dumb pregnant neighbor. Great casting.

[jynni]

Saw it today and thought it was really well done. Felt like both Affleck and Pike were really well cast with Pike being the standout (though I've always liked her). Agree with whoever mentioned upthread that something about her speaking was hard to understand during the first part of the movie. I dunno if that was just the fault of the sound mixer though.

I will say that Affleck doesn't disappear into the role but it's because he really doesn't have to. As it's been mentioned, a better actor might've added some more layers but I thought Affleck was a good choice. The only casting quibble I had was NPH. He just looked like he was a half second from cracking a Barney Stinson-type joke in every scene. There was even a line he had while showing off the lake house that he said with a Barney Stinson-like giggle tone. He just didn't fit in with the tone of the movie, even though there were a few funny moments sprinkled in. He also has too much natural charisma and I guess confidence to buy as a lovesick puppy dog of a man who's been pining away for 20 years to have sex with his highschool girlfriend.

I had not read the book and avoided spoilers so didn't have an idea of the plot other than what I gathered from one trailer I watched. I can't imagine I would have enjoyed it as much had I known everything going beforehand.

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{Spoiler}I did have to suspend a little belief that Amy would be able to completely cover her tracks and stage Desi kidnapping/raping her. That and I was sure the pair that robbed her would eventually put two and two together. And did they ever explain what she did with the car she had been driving? (maybe I just missed that?)

[Baby Fish Mouth]

jynni,

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I'm pretty sure she was still driving that car when she returned home. There was a shot of her pulling into the driveway amongst all the reporters.

[laurenj]

The only casting quibble I had was NPH. He just looked like he was a half second from cracking a Barney Stinson-type joke in every scene. There was even a line he had while showing off the lake house that he said with a Barney Stinson-like giggle tone. He just didn't fit in with the tone of the movie, even though there were a few funny moments sprinkled in. He also has too much natural charisma and I guess confidence to buy as a lovesick puppy dog of a man who's been pining away for 20 years to have sex with his highschool girlfriend.

Yeah, I wasn't really wild about that casting either. I love NPH, but I didn't get him in this role. I pictured someone more brooding and dark, as was described in the book.

I was thinking that the cat must have been really well-trained. Most cats don't let you hold them like a baby. (One of my cats lets me hold him like that, but starts getting squirmy after less than 30 seconds)

I had a cat who used to let me throw him belly-up over my shoulder and carry him around, but even he was not capable of striking the pose that cat did in that shot of Amy in the kitchen on command. Cats being cats, I imagine it took many takes, but the end result was fabulous.

[Sunnyhorse]

We saw it tonight. I thought Flynn and Fincher did an exceptional job of condensing the novel to movie length, and the actors were all very good (especially, I thought, Affleck, Carrie Coon, and Kim Dickens). They mostly got Missouri right, too, from the feel of a Mississippi river town to Mr. Meth later on in the film. Certain scenes, even though I knew they were coming, still packed a punch. Well done.

ETA: I did have a couple of minor quibbles, though:

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{Spoiler}Amy's hair -- Desi comes to the lake house with new clothes and hair dye, and the next we see Amy she's got this beautiful sculpted bob. He couldn't have had a stylist come to the house or taken Amy into town without her being recognized, and there is no way in hell either of them cut that style. And Nick and Amy's lovely home -- if Amy short-sold her brownstone and had her trust fund emptied by her folks, they couldn't have afforded that house, even in Missouri. Go's house was much more realistic.

[Queena]

Oct 8, 2014 23:10:18 GMT -4 Sunnyhorse said:

We saw it tonight. I thought Flynn and Fincher did an exceptional job of condensing the novel to movie length, and the actors were all very good (especially, I thought, Affleck, Carrie Coon, and Kim Dickens). They mostly got Missouri right, too, from the feel of a Mississippi river town to Mr. Meth later on in the film. Certain scenes, even though I knew they were coming, still packed a punch. Well done.

ETA: I did have a couple of minor quibbles, though:

SPOILER: Click to show

{Spoiler}Amy's hair -- Desi comes to the lake house with new clothes and hair dye, and the next we see Amy she's got this beautiful sculpted bob. He couldn't have had a stylist come to the house or taken Amy into town without her being recognized, and there is no way in hell either of them cut that style. And Nick and Amy's lovely home -- if Amy short-sold her brownstone and had her trust fund emptied by her folks, they couldn't have afforded that house, even in Missouri. Go's house was much more realistic.

I loved seeing Cape Girardeau, although I didn't recognize my own neck of the woods, Southern Illinois. In the book, didn't Desi's Mon know that Amy was with her aon, and had faked her murder? I remember his Mom raising a huge stink over Amy getting away with killing Amy. I remember Amy commenting quite a few times that his Mom smelled vaginal.

I loved the movie, and I plan on seeing it again soon.

[save lilo!]

I watched the movie tonight and hadn't read the book. Loved it. I was cowering in fear for a few scenes even when I knew Amy was psycho.

I don't understand what Nick could have possibly done that was equally as bad as Amy being a manipulative murderer -- a few threads here mention Amy was more sympathetic. What!? He was a cheating, lying asshole. Was there something I missed?

Also, am I the only person that noticed the annoying precocious kid in Boy Meets World who had a few short scenes in this movie as a policeman....Ha.

[luminosa]

Oct 12, 2014 21:38:47 GMT -4 save lilo! said:

I watched the movie tonight and hadn't read the book. Loved it. I was cowering in fear for a few scenes even when I knew Amy was psycho.

I don't understand what Nick could have possibly done that was equally as bad as Amy being a manipulative murderer -- a few threads here mention Amy was more sympathetic. What!? He was a cheating, lying asshole. Was there something I missed?

Also, am I the only person that noticed the annoying precocious kid in Boy Meets World who had a few short scenes in this movie as a policeman....Ha.

Meekus!! I liked Patrick Fugit as the quiet cop too.

I noticed something else about the cat that bothered me. Ben puts him down when he gets home the morning of Amy's disappearance and the cat runs upstairs. Not too long after, he brings the cops upstairs and opens up the closed bedroom doors and there is the cat on the bed. Did I catch a movie mistake? Yaaaay. Love doing that.

[BarbR]

And since the house has a "cat room," why doesn't he shut the cat in there when he needs to? Where the food and litter box is?

[Sunnyhorse]

Amy would have Nick's head if he let the cat scratch up the door, maybe?