Horrid book, bad adaptation

Rating: 2/10 (8 February 2015)

I hated the book. In the end, it became decrepit but at the beginning, it was evident that the person who made it desperately wanted to seem erudite. Well, a billion purchases by other people later...
This film is not poorly made, but it's built on a castle of pap (i.e. the book) and as such, it's not translated badly. Where Fincher succeeds, is about halfway through the film, where a specter comes into play; that scene's good. The rest of the semi-good bits (i.e. cinematography, photo, glossy scenes, soundtrack) are there as well, but I loathed Affleck's acting and I didn't really care about any of the actors. I tried not to dislike the film; I went in with an open heard.
This is a crock of pap. Go see George Sluizer's "The Vanishing" instead.