The Terrence Malick 'To The Wonder' type poster. |
I’ve always had problems with the American director David
Fincher, having never really liking any of his movies other than perhaps Seven (1995) a film which starred Brad
Pit and Morgan Freeman who played two detectives tracking down a serial killer
who centres his dreadful crimes on the seven deadly sins. I could never get to
grips with Fight Club (1999), which
again starred Brad Pit but this time alongside Edward Norton, which I believe
is now classed as a cult movie, but on release never did good box office and
was panned by the critics. My next film from the director was Zodiac (2007) a very long film, with another
good cast that included Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr
based on a real life serial killer and a movie I should probably have another
look at? Then there was another long-winded affair, 2008 fantasy drama The Curious Case of Benjamin Button that
again starred Brad Pit and was about a man who ages in reverse where as his
love interest, Cate Blanchett aged in the normal way! Then came two films that
I particular disliked. The first was The
Social Network (2010) that tells us about the privileges of having rich
parents. Even worse was his next movie which in fact was a complete waste of
time and money as the original version of The
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011) could not be bettered even with
Hollywood showering oodles money on the project, don’t waste your time viewers
watch the original.
So the Robert Burns Centre Film Theatre Film Club screening
of Fincher’s latest offering was viewed with some trepidation. But you will be
pleased to hear that I wasn’t disappointed! Overly long, with the best part of
the first hour spent trying to stay awake and retain your patience. With
characters that grind on your nerves Gone Girl (2014) certainly was not
the best film I’ve seen this year? Still I stuck with it and to be fair it did
get a little better as time went on and on and on.
Described by a colleague as “a holiday read” which I took to
mean lightweight and easily forgettable the movie is based on a best selling
American thriller by the same person that provided the screenplay, Gillian
Flynn. This rather unexciting movie has been described as a story about modern
marriage (one can only hope that’s not true!) but it’s more to do with murder,
betrayal and deception. Nick Dunne (Ben
Affleck) has been married to the ‘Amazing Amy’ (Rosamund
Pike) for five years. On the very day of his fifth wedding anniversary she
goes missing and the authorities, along with all the local residents, her
family and all there so called friends; think that nasty Nick has done her in.
With not a spare seat in the house I’m sure that the mostly
female audience enjoyed the film, but it was hard to confirm as none of our
visitors returned for the discussion. It was Julie McMorran’s turn to be host
but an impossible task unless she was prepared to give away the films twists
and turns but she did say that it was well received critically and commercially
and was thought of as a modern film noir – well it did have an competently
acted femme fatal in the form of Rosemund Pike!
Don’t think I’ll be reading the book?
and what was the significance of Amazing Amy's pussy ??? |
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