Something different

Rating: 8/10 (1 January 2015)

Knowing Fincher, and the way this movie starts out, you automatically assume for some crazy twist ending from the start. Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pikes' characters are intriguingly weird when they interact together and the first half of the movie is slow and somewhat dull, but keeps you interested enough to draw you in for more, and the second half makes it worth the wait. As the plot thickens, the characters develop more, the intensity increases and it's almost like a whole new movie playing and in the end makes it all work.
I liked the movie because it's just different and the ending was something you just say 'huh' about, but after thinking about it more and more, it becomes so much greater than a typical Hollywood resolution and more about what happens next and keeps you wondering. I thought the cast was great, the directing was very good and the reason why this movie succeeds is because it's finally something different, which is what FIncher is great at.