"And I'm not letting you get away again."

Rating: 8/10 (5 October 2014)

I have this little movie watching game I developed with my family in which whoever first notices a product placement ad for Coca-Cola yells 'Coca-Cola'. Well I almost did it in a crowd filled theater because it was so blatant here, and only TWO SECONDS onto the picture! I wonder what that cost them, it took up the whole screen.
So this movie's getting a lot of hype and I can't say it's not deserved. But like with all films, with time after it's over to think about what went on in the story, this one appears to be a thrilling story with more loose ends than any recent blockbuster I can recall. The huge credit card bill rung up by Amazing Amy (Rosamund Pike) should have set off some alarm bells with Nick (Ben Affleck) earlier, and at the least he should have been curious about all the stuff she bought to set him up with. Didn't he ever look at the bill? And then, and this is a big one to my mind, once he discovered the stuff in sister Carrie's (Margo Dunne) shed, why didn't he/they move it all the heck out of there? They had to know the cops would come calling at some point.
And finally, here's the one I thought might do Amy in, and it was never even entertained. Why wouldn't Nick's defense attorney (Tyler Perry) call in a forensic handwriting analyst to challenge Amy's diary. It might have been discovered that the entries weren't made over a span of nine years (2005 to present) by analyzing the ink and Amy's writing style that might have changed over the course of time.
Now with all this criticism it might be inferred that I didn't like the movie. On the contrary it was a thrill ride for the most part, and there was one scene, you'll know it when it happens, when I let out an almost inaudible 'Whoa' and the woman sitting next to me looked over and nodded her head. Soon to be followed by a 'WTF' when Amy showed up in her blood soaked dress. I have to say, director Fincher did some clever stuff here to keep you guessing, and I'm sure the film will do extremely well at the box office.
But wait, I'm not done yet - now for the REAL biggie. Why, oh why is Nick staying married to this lunatic? I think that's the thing that most everyone will express about the film and their disappointment with the ending. My idea is they're setting up the sequel, likely to be titled "Gone Guy".