I only finished this movie and I was like, having a deep thought about my life for some long minutes in front of my laptop. Seriously.
For awhile Gone Girl felt like Hugh Jackman's Prisoners. A psychological crime thriller movie I really hate.
I hate being scared to death walking in my own house, not even by ghost but by an imaginary psychopats aiming to skin me alive. I still having a ghostbump remembering the old woman in Prisoners smiling in the back of Jackman when she is caught by hand. Oh I hate old-woman-psycho, old-woman-ghost, old-woman-witch, and whatsoever; they are worst.
Gone Girl has no old-woman, fortunately. It is not as tense as Prisoners (good news). When Prisoners is more thriller than anything, Gone Girl is somewhat more "crime drama". Of course, with a touch of insanity and some... blood. Many blood, at one point or another.
Though Amy Dunne (Rosamund Pike) is the main bad girl, I couldn't help admiring her a bit. She is this intelligent, beautiful, elegant woman who's been living under the shade of fictional character of a book titled 'Amazing Amy' written by her parents. Amazing Amy is always one step ahead of me, she said. And she is always jealous of her, which I think lead to her psychological problem.
Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) is handsome, don't get me wrong; but he is completely asshole. He is an ordinary handsome asshole who's messing up with the wrong girl. Guys, you are really want to think twice before messing up with your girlfriend after watching this, ha!
I don't want to spoil more, but moral of the story is: creature called women can really do "things" once they've had enough; you don't want to piss them off.
You see, Amy and Nick fell in love like every another cool couple at first. Things didn't work out exactly like what they wanted; they ran out of money, Nick cheated, Amy has troubled personality.
When Amy is insane enough to frame Nick for murdering her, maybe Nick did treat her wrong. He is bored of his wife and turns cold, he cheats (with his student), he is emotionally unstable, and he does everything above with Amy's money. Duh. Amy, on the other hand, is not the type of girl to be treated like that. She has her pride, a very high of it. What Nick did is lowering her pride down until the level she can no longer resists. Leaving will only make him happy, so maybe framing sounds better. From here, she takes her revenge to way another level than we can imagine ourselves.
Rosamund Pike did a very good job potraying Amy Dunne. I think I've found myself another girl crush. Her acting is amazing; I really did fall for Amy's troubled personality. Her smart revenge, however, reminding me of Emily Thorne's, not to mention that Emily VanCamp looks alike Rosamund Pike at some point to me. Coincidence?
In the end, I just wanna recommend this movie for anyone who got time. I really love it--it is clearly on my 2014s made top five. Go for it, and enjoy your reflection of life afterwards.
What have you done to me?
What have we done to each other?
What,
Michelle
