Doesn't live up to the hype

Rating: 6/10 (15 October 2014)

Heard so much about Gone Girl that I should have known it would be a let down. First my brother didn't like it, then my sister said she almost walked out of the screening. But I went anyway, and...it was okay.
First they tag the film with the following genres; thriller, mystery, drama. Well they could have added one more; comedy. Now while I didn't laugh, but a lot of people in the audience did and they did it quite often. Made me think that I don't think audiences laughed at Glenn Close's character in Fatal Attraction. Guess it shows that Gone Girl's filmmakers couldn't quite deliver on the seriousness of the subject and things almost become a parody of what they set out to do. Unless they were looking for laughs, that is.
Final note to Batman fans who were scared when Ben Affleck was cast as the Dark Knight. Be scared, be very scared. While I think he is a very good filmmaker (loved Gone Baby Gone) don't think he's much of an actor and he never personified anything in this movie. Not slickness, despair, anger, nothing. And I also heard raves about Rosamund Pike. Don't see it. Again on the ridiculous side. But maybe this will get her thought of when people are making comedies.