Super entertaining

Rating: Null/10 (27 October 2011)

This is definitely a roller-coaster film that never lets up, throwing nonstop intensity your way, continually remaining unpredictable and serving as the ultimate movie-going escapism. Michael Douglas turns in a likable performance as the perfect character to have so many things go wrong for him, and the dialogue and music craftily add to the suspense; the unnervingly high-pitched piano and deep string music never lets you forget this is a thriller. And the setup and progression of events are so enthralling that even if you don't approve of the outcome, getting there is all the fun. The idea is fascinating, and the way each of the events continues to draw Nick into a more and more complex fantasy is unique and endlessly amusing. His paranoia and uncertainty of what is happening interests us in the same way as if we were engaged in the game ourselves.
David Fincher has been making feature length movies since 1992 when he directed the third film in the Alien series. Since then, he's directed eight others, included GWTDT, and has another in pre-production. Fincher will turn 50 years old next year putting him in a generation of filmgoers who love movies like Easy Rider, The Graduate, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and Midnight Cowboy. These are great movies but they are for another generation, not necessarily the one that is targeted in films like Fight Club, or in The Social Network. Fincher has chosen to make movies for the generation following his own and he has captured the eyes of so many with a type of honesty and a type of gritty portrayal that we don't see from a lot of filmmakers targeting that same audience. The way Fincher's movie's look and a feel appeal more to that generation than any other is difficult to put into words but I'll do my best.