"Gone Girl" movie with Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike as a potential Oscar contender has generated such a huge online buzz these past few days following its release in theaters.
Expectations were already quite high during the promotional period. And to the viewers and critics delight, the film did not fail to deliver despite the slight deviation from the book the creators made in the ending.
How good is the movie "Gone Girl" movie with Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike?
"More than good enough" based on these details Hollywood Life has provided:
1. Flawless Performances
Every character was portrayed to perfection - all thanks to the stellar performances of the actors and actresses picked out to portray each. Ben Affleck was especially convincing as the once-cheating frazzled husband totally lost in his wife's ingenious ploy. While searching for his missing wife, he gave an outstanding performance in portraying his struggle that posed serious risk not only to his sanity, but also to his life.
Rosamund Pike equaled Ben Affleck's performance. Her portrayal of the complicated and dark facets comprising Amy's poster-girl character was a big feat the actress pulled off seamlessly.
2. Heavy drama and black humor were showcased in splendid harmony.
Dark and perplexing as the whole movie's tone is, it is not devoid of humor. In "Gone Girl's" case, it is of the twisted, sarcastic type that perfectly blends with the overall theme and atmosphere of the story.
3. David Fincher as director did a great job at combining all the needed elements that made the movie a powerfully cohesive whole.
He balanced the movie well with the story depicted in the book. However, he is not too keen about considering his film today's version of "Fatal Attraction." Here is what he have to say about his movie, as reported by The Independent:
"There was an Aids metaphor attached to that. And that was extremely literal, extremely simplistic... it had a kind of passion behind it, and that's what swept people away." He pauses. "I think the story [in Gone Girl] is a little more... I wish that it had that kind of friction. I think it's a little more oblique than that. What's interesting to me about this movie is the narcissism - I'm going to present the best version of myself, to my parents, to my teacher."
