Gone Girl, directed by the talented Mr Fincher, who also directed the awe inspiring Fight Club (which was pretty much already a god sent novel), Se7en, The Social Network and many more beautifully cinematic pictures, is, simply put, a tale of two people and their changes after wedlock.
'Ohhh one of those flicks, eh? Better leave it to the missus...' I hear some of you cry. 'Hell no, brotha' I reply. If you get past the succulent, fleshy story, the juicy twists and turns of narrative and action, it is about marriage and how much that one action between two people who love each other can change the two people who said I do. However, I wouldn't say in particular that it is a love story at all, at least, not one like what we all usually think of when we hear the word love or marriage.
It is about the struggle of a flame burning low, the resentment that you feel towards another people that is stupidly perplexing because of the bewildering passion you once had for them, and most of all it's a look at the dumbfounding unraveling of the deep emotional and mental chaos/bliss that goes on inside ones brain due to, or over another person.
I cannot find a way of summarising the plot in a way that you will understand the outter levels of the film, and make you ravenous to devour the flesh that Gone Girl literally hands you on a plate, because, simply put, my brain doesn't function like that (Damn you art school! Damn you Freud!). But I will say this, if you love a plot twist (ohmigawd, Jessie you dun did a spoiler!), your subconscious subtexts to films, to be utterly distraught over how a person could possibly fathom an action and then suddenly laughing at a sick joke the next, then you NEED to see Gone Girl. It is like an unknown sibling of Fight Club, who is now willing and able to finally expose itself to a shocked but not entirely surprised family....
On another note, the cinematics of Gone Girl, like all of Fincher's pictures, are stunningly magnificent. The story never gets boring, which is a big, golden star for a 2hr 20 film in my book, the action is literally beautiful, and had made me truly realise that I really bleedin' like Ben Affleck as an actor.
So all in all, if you are a fan of Fincher, love films that well and truly baffle your mind with twists and turns that you never see coming, that has witty black humor and a frightingly believeable story, then Gone Girl is for you. P.s maybe reading the novel will be interesting too, I know that's what I will be doing next.
Until next time,
Jessiefer.
