The true story of two sisters who vanished, the father who kept searching, and the. Gone girl is one of those movies that, in the hands of a lesser director, could have ended up rather trashy. The film stars ben affleck, rosamund pike, neil patrick harris, and tyler perry. I would recommend this movie to all with a warning that the adult rating is well earned but especially those with a dark sense of humour. Heres how gillian flynn defended the ending of gone girl in 2012. If you are not prepared to have literally everything spoiled for you, do not read this post. Major differences between the gone girl book and movie.
The first part of the novel centers on nick dunne and his wife amys marriage. Lets discuss that twisted ending justin theroux, left, and emily blunt appear in a scene from, the girl on the train. Millions of you flocked to gone girl over the weekend, and you saw finchers ending. The differences between the ending of gone girl, the film, and gone girl, the book, are miniscule. At first glance, it seems like it would be pretty obvious whats up with gone girl s titleits a book about a girl who disappears, which means shes, well, gone. Movie plot holes explained the oscar nominee for best actress is what rosamund pike of the james bond fame earned for this role of hers. If youve already read gone girl, or if you dont mind swimming in a sea of. Anyway, im curious as to how other people felt about the ending and what it possibly entails. On wednesday, the new york times published an interview with ben affleck, who plays nick dunne in the highly anticipated david fincher adaptation of gillian flynns bestselling novel. She was the coolest girl aroundfunny, fabulously wealthy, and feminine, all while still being one of the boys. The movie is a commentary on the roles we all play to function in society, that image that we create for ourselves that determines how we will be treated by the community. Ben affleck, in interviews, described it as a complete rewrite of the storys third act. What could possibly have compelled nick to go back to living with amy, the lying, killing sociopath who tried to frame him for murder and came very close to getting away with it. Ive never thought that any type of book should have to end in a certain way.
Being the cool girl means i am a hot, brilliant, funny woman who adores football, poker, dirty jokes, and burping, who plays video games, drinks cheap beer, loves threesomes and anal sex, and jams hot dogs and hamburgers into her mouth like shes hosting the worlds biggest culinary gang bang while. The main character, amy, is just way too methodical to make such a mistake like getting robbed. Gone girl movie ending may cut closer to the book than. Gone girl by gillian flynn was one of the big suspense novels of 2012. Gillian flynn responds gone girl ending the no charge. Both the book and the movie versions of gone girl are highly enjoyable except for the ending, which is impossible to believe. Gone girl is a movie unlike any that ive ever seen before and as such largely defies further description. Many fans, including myself, were disappointed by the gone girls conclusion. Gone girl is deeply interested in the rift between personal experiences, but in the book, we are privy to both nick and amys concerns. If you somehow did not read the headline of this post, we will restate this is a discussion about the ending of gone girl the movie. With all things breezy at first, life eventually hits hard and things spiral out of control as problems in their marriage and individual selves surface. The biggest differences between the gone girl movie and the book.
Earlier this year, many fans of gillian flynns 2012 thriller gone girl were dismayed to learn that the author had changed the storys ending for the film adaptation. As gone girl rolled through production, there was talk about director david fincher and screenwriter gillian flynn tinkering with and possibly changing the ending to the authors bestselling novel. But far from just being a mindless thriller, gone girl is a literary pageturner that is smart and witty. Gone girl is a story of the trials and tribulations that a couple, nick and amy dunne go through in their young marriage. Classic literature, original gangster s4 e11 gone girl by gillian flynn thug notes book summary and analysis. Gone girl is an example of mystery, suspense, and crime genres. There will be spoilers for both the book and the movie. These book club discussion questions will help your reading group explore the plot, themes, and ideas raised in the novel. Gone girl introduction once upon a time, there was a beautiful woman named amy, who was practically perfect in every way, just like mary poppins.
From beginning to end, gone girl is a spellbinding, cutthroat page turner. So no, gone girl isnt any more antimen than any other david fincher film, or any more antiwoman than any film noir. Maybe thats true, but theres more to flynns title choice than meets the eyeand in a lot of ways, its actually describing amy herself. Obviously, this post includes many spoilers about the gone girl movie and book. Whereas in the book there are some changes from that of the movie. Amy elliottdunne rosamund pike wound up pregnant in the gone girl. What actually happens at the climax of gone girl, and how. Gone girl s ending is different from the book in these specific ways. Major spoilers on the gone girl film adaptation and book ahead.
I just finished the book last night and found the ending unsatisfying and unsettling as wellbut with this kind of a book, i dont think there could have been a settled ending. Gone girls ending is different from the book in these. In the book, at least desis mother goes to the police, hysterical, saying that amy killed her son even though shes whisked away, theres the faint hope that maybe the case is reopened. Same as that of the movie the writer gillian flynn has a strong liking for such endings. I just finished listening to the audio book gone girl and am disappointed in the ending. Thats a fair nonspoilerish description of gone girl, based on the 2012 book of the same name written by gillian flynn. Dark, vicious, morbidly funny and utterly brilliant, gone girl is an absolute mustread. Everything wrong with gone girl in 16 minutes or less duration. A recent profile of star ben affleck briefly delves into the nature of director david finchers gone girl movie ending, potentially clarifying rumors.
Men always say that as the defining compliment, dont they. Gone girl is a 2014 american psychological thriller film directed by david fincher and with a screenplay by gillian flynn based on her 2012 novel of the same title. The ending of gone girl is a big point of contention for a lot of readers. An epic build up over seven books and the ending was equivalent to a. But it is antimarriage at least, in terms of how that union affects women. One friend began reading the book at the same time i started listening. Boy meets girl, girl is a secret sociopath, girl fakes her own death, and. We texted back and forth as she had a hard time getting into it while i loved it from the start. Spoiler page for gone girl by gillian flynn book journey. Though the middle of the book moved along at the speed of a freight train, the final chapters seemed to lose steam, concluding the novel with a tragic, almost epiloguelike ending. Gone girl movie plot ending, explained the cinemaholic. The direction is slick, the story is faithfully adapted.
The book version of gone girl, so ive heard, is a crime novel. Gone girl, by gillian flynn, is a twosided contest in which nick and amy dunne tell conflicting stories. The ending of the book or from amys disappearance on seem like the author just lost her focus. Heres how gillian flynn defended the ending of gone girl. The movie stays pretty true to the book, although some characters. Dark places, is the thrilling equal of her later book, gone girl it might be even better. The film version of gone girl, which hit theaters this weekend, follows the novel closely. The movie, which i saw on opening night last week, is also excellent. Yes, this is about to be filled with spoilers some people are puzzled as to how one mrs. The film concludes with amy and nick going on television to announce amys pregnancy, as opposed. Brunda i just finished this book and honestly my first reaction to the ending was to flip the next page and double check if i skipped a chapter. David finchers movie of gillian flynns bestseller is released this weekend.
But dont be surprised to see some changes in the onscreen adaptation of the beloved gillian flynn book. Despite the fact that flynn wrote the screenplay for david finchers new film, there are a. Want to talk about changes the film made to the book especially. This is a wonderful and terrifying book about how the happy surface normality and the underlying darkness can become too closely interwoven to separate. I loved gone girl until the end just ruined it for me, how. Is gone girls movie ending different from the book. On the page, there is absolutely no mystery about what amy. With less than a month to go until gone girl hits theaters, clues about the movies ending are piling up like those amy dunne leaves for her husband, nick.
Read on for flynn s explanation as to why gone girls ending is the only one that would have worked. When amy rosamund pike says, of her plot against her husband, nick. The ending at the start of the year, gillian flynn reported that shed written a new ending for her screenplay, apparently at the request of david fincher, whod been disappointed by returns on his. I love the end of notes on a scandal, also a book i love. I loved gone girl until the end just ruined it for me, how did you guys feel about the way the movie ended.
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