If I were to summarize this film in a few sentences, I would briefly write why I like it and add a quote by William Congreve - "Heaven knows no rage like love changed into hate, nor hell knows fury like a scorned woman." The first time I read it was when I was 16 or 17 and I can't imagine not including it in a review of the movie "Gone Girl". I saw him twice, the first time thanks to the encouragement of my good friend Paulina, and the second time recently. I wanted to show it to my Asia, because Paulina recommended us the series "Behind Her Eyes", praising its atmosphere, allegedly similar to the movie with Ben Affleck. After the screening of the Netflix series, I can confirm it, but I will write about it on another occasion, today I will focus on a movie that perfectly shows why women should not be pissed off.
We know especially well nowadays how women can take revenge or punish a man (rightly or wrongly). Times when men in Spain are thrown out of their apartments and houses in a scandalous way and metoo, i.e. remembering not always true wrongs after many years. I am writing not always true ones, because not a small number of such situations are destroying the lives of men or failing to keep an agreement between one person and another (some women came to Weinstein themselves and played open cards - we will give you for the role in the film). This is morally ambiguous, not to say bad, but acceptable in my opinion, as long as it is a private company. It would be different if it concerned a state-owned company - then the rules are clear and there is no room for discussion. However, in the case of two private persons, I can turn a blind eye to it, after all, both sides know what they are agreeing to. Of course, I despise all situations where women or men have been harassed or forced to do so, and victims deserve sympathy and compensation, and the perpetrators - brutal and ruthless punishment.
I will not spoil your fun and I will not tell you what it looks like in the movie. You'd better see for yourself and gradually discover the intricacies of the script. However, I can summarize for you the beginning of the film. A young couple, Amy and Nick (Rosamund Pike and Ben Affleck), experience a serious crisis. The initial idyll full of emotions and passion turns into a bigger and bigger drama. On one of the anniversaries, the wife disappears from home without a trace. Police and the American public are considering various scenarios - disappearance, kidnapping without husband's participation, kidnapping in which husband was involved. We learn about the circumstantial evidence that may be in favor of each of the potential scenarios. I mean, for example, about the traces of kidnapping, hints that someone gave in several places and a few other things that I will not write about due to spoilers. It is not helped by Nick, who despite his declared willingness to help, has several sins on his conscience himself, which makes him nervous about solving the plot. During the screening, the creators are gradually revealing the secret to the finale ... And here I will end better.
As for the actors, the film focuses primarily on the relationship between Amy and Nick. About the rest, I can say that they are only an addition. It doesn't mean that their roles are redundant or that they are not doing anything useful, none of those things. Thanks to her parents, we get some information about the girl and her relationship with her husband. On the other hand, the policewoman conducts the investigation, makes some threads more dynamic, acts as an observer who checks whether the husband is trying to cover up the traces of a possible kidnapping. Some of the second and third characters add something to this plot. Aside from the policewoman who I can push as the third, let's say that the important figure, the rest of the people are subordinate to the presentation of the relationship between two people in love with each other. I liked the roles of both actors. It's not a very popular opinion, but I like Ben Affleck on "Armageddon" and "Pearl Harbor" (yes, I know, he didn't play very well in both, but I feel very sympathetic nonetheless). I love him as Batman and am honestly sad that Warner Bros., Zack Snyder and the BvS writer have spoiled everything. It was a perfect casting, the guy is a great playboy, he has a suitably square jaw and in knight of the night costumes he looks like him, not some cosplayer. His role in "Gone Girl" has several similarities, but at the same time is sufficiently different from his vision of Bruce Wayne. Generally, I can't say a bad word about him, I didn't feel any artificiality from him, but I saw a real chemistry between him and the character played by Rosamund Pike. He just played his part well. This is not the case with Amy. Unfortunately, I can't write much about it, because I would have to reveal the plot twist to you. However, I can say a few generalities. She works with her voice very well, plays with her eyes even better, and uses facial expressions, emanating both emotions and not showing them at all.
All in all, every aspect of "Gone Girl" is at least pretty good. I say "at least", because because I like productions with such a climate, I can be subjective and turn a blind eye to some elements that are weaker than I think. However, even if I am wrong, the final stage of the film (I'm not just talking about the finale itself, I also mean the scenes preceding it) compensates for any accusations against possible boredom, actors who did not like us, or a script that initially did not do on us impressions. This is one of those movies after which I had a moral hangover and thought about what I just watched. It was not as strong an effect as after watching eg "Perfect Blue" or "Requiem for a Dream", but it was not much worse. I recommend it to everyone, both women and men. As for my rating, I give it a strong 8/10.