A movie with great acting and great environments but it was a bit disappointing I am afraid.

Rating: 6/10 (16 October 2014)

After spending a day at the beach Nick Dunne returns to his home. He has cleared his mind and is now ready to celebrate their 5th wedding anniversary with his wife, Amy Dunne. But when Nick gets home, he finds not only that Amy is gone, but also clear indications that she may have been abducted against her will ... Mmm ... It sounds exciting but "Gone Girl" made ​​me a little disappointed.
"Gone Girl" based on the book of the same name and I'll admit right away that I did not read the book. However, it is the author of the book who wrote the script for the film, which often tend to be a good sign when a film-is-based-on-a-book.
The above-mentioned fact and the choice of star director David Fincher had really pushed the my expectations to the max.
The acting in the movie was just so good I expected in a David Fincherfilm. Ben Affleck did a superb job of constantly stay "on the line" so it was never clear if he was a ruthless psychopath, or whether he was a man gripped by the tragic moment. And Rosamund Pike was very good ... :)
When David Fincher recorded "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" in Sweden he delivered a lecture at the movie house and I managed to get a ticket. There, he talked about his way to work and that he likes to have his actors in front of the camera as much as possible. It is not unusual that he was filming a scene 80-90 times. Presumably it is this that has led to many of his films are really well played with stunning set design.
Here also filled the "Gone Girl" requirements, I sat up in my head. The movie was very nicely filmed with great sceneries and it really felt like that we always just got to see what the director wanted us to see.
If I were to compare this movie with other Fincherfilms (plus a few other films) so I would say that "Gone Girl" has some similarities with "The Game" and that it is reminiscent of "Zodiac" when it comes to telling way. Since then it reminds very much older "cat & rat" films such as "Basic Instinct". It was this which, for me was the film's major problems.
Instead of making an honest thrilling thriller (7even, The Game or The Zodiac) it felt like they had not really decided what kind of movie "Girl Gone would be. And with their 2h 28min so it was quite a long and uneven seating. The various parts of the movie felt like they were working against each other and the "fluidity" of the film appealed to me at all. The first hour was amazing and then it went steadily downhill.
This felt very sad when everything else including the acting was flawless. Because of this, the overall impression was completely ruined for me and film dryers barely up to 3 G's. What do you think who watched this movie ??? Then I heard both very positive and negative things, it would be fun to hear which camp you belong to. :)