After watching Gone Girl, I want to cry, vomit and cry again

Rating: 1/10 (11 December 2014)

It is very difficult to describe how angry I felt after sitting through nearly 2 hours. I felt like some smug a**hole who thinks he's smarter than everyone just kicks me in the head, spits in my eyes and then call me names. I have never felt so insulted by a film. But then again, I had never bother to watch the Star Wars prequels.
The plot is full of holes and the twists and turns are hardly plausible. It is true that here are instances good acting can be a saving grace for a bad movie but there is precious little of that in the film. The lead characters are unconvincing and tedious bores. Ben Affleck... well, he's Ben Affleck. Sometimes, he does decent work, but only sometimes...
The biggest disappointment is Rosamund Pike. I know she is no Maryl Streep but she is usually not this bad. First of all, her American accent. She Talks like she is in some black and white movies from the 50s. Fine, so may be she is channeling some heroine from a Hitchcock film but who talks like that anymore. Okay, I am being a nitpicky here. My bad. Her character was supposed to be highly complicated but there was no depth. She couldn't even do a half-way decent mimicry of a damaged person. It's down right pathetic.
All the supporting characters are awful. All except Kim Dickens. She IS the saving grace of the film if there is one. It's wonderful to watch her as the lead investigator of the case of missing wife and the only thing that keeps the movie from flying away like a kite in a wind storm. She held on as long as she could, all the way until near the end when David Fincher ran out of time. Alas, she cannot save this hot stinking pile of garbage. Somebody please give Ms Dickens a better position in her career. She deserves it.
The worst one is probably Neil Patrick Harris. What happened there, Doogie? I cannot talk about what is wrong with his character without going into a tirade and spill too much beans so I will stop there. Doogie, stay with comedy please.
I am glad that not everyone is fooled by this American Beauty-esque bull doo doo. Frankly, I did not go in with too high an expectation. I saw the high rating on IMDb but I also heard grumbles that it was not that great. The bar I set was in the middle and I still gets crushingly disappointed. That is how bad this movie is.