WARNING! THIS ARTICLE COINTAINS SPOILERS. IF YOU HAVE NOT YET READ THE BOOK OR SEEN THE MOVIE AND PLAN ON DOING EITHER, PROCEED WITH CAUTION.
When I started reading “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn about a year ago, I knew absolutely nothing about the plot. I didn’t know how twisted or awesome it was, and that was part of what made it so great.
So when I finally could get my hands on any movie trailers or news about the movie adaptation, I could barely stop myself from telling anyone and everyone the entire storyline.
Like any other typical young woman, I saw the movie the second day it came out. (I’m not going to see it on the opening night because, like, I have somewhat of a life. Okay, no I don’t. I was at a One Direction concert.)
As the movie wrapped up and the credits rolled, the age-old question of Is the movie as good as the book? immediately popped into my head.
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In this case, that’s a toughie. I thought Rosamund Pike and Ben Affleck were perfect for Amy and Nick Dunne, and the script was almost exactly the same as the book’s dialogue.
However, when it’s all said and done, the movie pales in comparison to the book. It’s pretty darn close, quality-wise, but there are a few things they couldn’t fit into the movie that might clear some things up for audiences.
- The book really tricks you about Amy. In the movie, her voice seems pretty sketchy the whole time, but in the book you read it as if you were reading her very, very convincing journal.
- The book explains that Nick eventually confronts and cuts it off with his mistress Andie, and that’s why she gets so pissed and finally decides to go to the press.
- The book goes into more detail about Nick’s dad, the fact that his dad hates women and was not a good father. Nick says that he doesn’t want to be anything like his dad and wants to raise a child and be there for his future kid.
-The book tells about how Desi Collins literally starts to lock Amy in his lake house from the inside out. Basically her only escape is to kill him, which is still pretty psychotic but she needed to leave.
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And finally, my mother, who hadn’t read the book because she’s too busy being a nurse and saving peoples’ lives, made a good point. She said, “I just don’t like how it made him seem like he was trapped with her.” Which I didn’t get at all, but only because I read the book.
From the book, I got the sense that the story proves any “sane” man would leave her. But even as much as Nick hates her, he’s too infatuated to leave. He secretly loves it, and he’s just as fucked up as her. That’s why they make the perfect couple.
And then they live “happily ever after.”
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