Too Dark for my taste

Rating: 5/10 (20 November 2014)

Gone Girl: Not since I saw Prisoners last year have I felt the way I felt after seeing Gone Girl. In certain parts it makes you feel horrified by what happened and how they showed it happening. It is probably the darkest film I have ever seen. For what it is though, it was very well put together. With creepy good acting from Rosamund Pike and well guided directing from David Fincher, Gone Girl successfully disturbs you throughout the whole film.
Quick note: For those of you that read the book, the author of Gone Girl also helped write the film and in order to keep the readers interested, she changed the storyline and the ending.
The reason I may not sound super enthused about this review is because I am not a very big fan of dark movies or scary movies in general. They just are too creepy for me. If you love those kind of films, I could not think of a better choice for you than Gone Girl. As far as what I thought the film could have done better, I cannot think of much other than to try to put a little more comedy in it so it would not feel so dark for such a long time. This way it would be able to appeal to much wider audiences.
The acting speaks for itself in Gone Girl. Ben Affleck does a good job playing the psycho, unlucky husband. Rosamund Pike does an amazing job convinces us that she is certifiably insane. Even to a disturbing degree in fact. For those of you wanting Neil Patrick Harris to be playing a similar role as the one he played in How I Met Your Mother, you are in the wrong place. He is much more versatile than I could have imagined, as his role was completely opposite of what his role was in How I Met Your Mother. The only thing I kind of liked was the way the director plays the audience in the film. He makes you sympathize for one character one minute then make you hate that character the next, and visa versa. The great use of underscoring, selection of shots, and shock and awe moments were the key factors that made Fincher's directing of this picture successful. The author/screenwriter Gillian Flynn did a fine job supplying the necessary source material horrifying enough to have every audience member say "what the ****!?!?"
As I said before, if you like dark films, nothing will suit you better than Gone Girl. If not, I recommend you to stay away from this film.
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