Gone Girl - Why Amy's Fury Still Resonates 10 Years Later

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It’s been a decade since David Fincher’s adaptation of Gone Girl hit our screens and sent waves through society. Amy Dunne was villainous, vengeful, and… also kind of relatable. And while the story was grounded in its era, it’s in many ways even more relevant today. 00:00 Intro

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[jojito]

I will always love this movie just because of Fincher's very accurate comments about Ben Affleck:

"If I was his wife, I think I would be very suspicious, always, of whoever just called because he has a real gift at being able to insinuate a conversation," he said of one particular scene. "This is something that Ben is extraordinarily good at, when he has to cook up a phone conversation, when he has to hear somebody on the other end of the phone...He has to do these things in the foreground where he takes out his phone and looks at it and he puts it away so his sister doesn't see it. There are people who do that and it's too pointed. But Ben is very, very subtle and there's a kind of indirectness to the way he can do those things. Probably because he's so duplicitous."

Plus this little moment:

[blahblahcakes64]

"Probably because he's so duplicitous."

Fincher is extremely sus to me since his weird dynamic with Rooney Mara during Dragon Tattoo BUT this is such a hilarious read.

[pikapika217]

Glad to see more Gone Girl haters lol

Honestly, Amy is a psychopathic loser with control issues. She projects her ideals of manhood onto men that never asked her too and then gets disappointed when they fail her invisible test, only to ruin them completely afterwards.

Like, no one MADE you pursue these men and no one MADE you be this false self aka cool girl so why is that their fault? Your husband is a cheating asshole but this version of him you built up on your own would always measure higher than reality so what's REALLY tea sis??

[eronanke]

Amen.

[xellabelle]

All of that is true and is portrayed in the movie, it’s a critique of today’s society. She’s the quintessential antihero. But why does that make the movie bad?

[humannatur3]

it doesn't. it's funny to see how the watering down of media criticism has affected even ONTD.

a character, plot point, book, movie, etc. can make you feel negative/bad things but that doesn't mean the work in itself is bad. i'd also blame the Marvel-ification of media where audiences want to be beat over the head with a crystal clear point of right or wrong instead of allowing things to be ambiguous.

[derevko]

that’s the Fincher I need back in my life

[marwari_mettle]

I just read The Housemaid and it kinda gave me that energy. I loved the ending so much! Especially now when I just keep hearing news about how horrible men are to women

[floatinglately]

disliking gone girl bc amy is evil and insane… couldn’t be me. that’s why it’s fun!

[nomoneyfun]

Yeah! I love this movie because mama is nuts!