Real Quick Gone Girl Movie Review {spoiler free!}

I read the book and I thought that I was prepared.  I knew that it was going to be messed up and that I was going to leave there feeling like these people were the worst humans in the entire state of Missouri.  All I could say for a good ten minutes was “Wow.”  I could not form any other words.

Gone Girl Movie Review

{Spoiler Free}

 

1. Can we talk about how odd it was to see Ben Affleck wearing St Louis Cardinals attire?  It’s like me wearing a Denver Broncos shirt or a St Louis Cardinals shirt.  NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN. Ever.

 

2. Thank you Gillian Flynn for Margo.  Her humor carries over from the book and provides some much-needed laughs.   I want a Margo to provide comic relief in my life.

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3. Missouran/Missourian.  It was nice to know that Missouri was not represented with a bunch of backwoods hillbillies.  However I think half of the theater gasped at Rosamund Pike’s pronunciation Miz-ur-an and half of them were most likely from Kansas.  I think that the entire country needs a refresher on what the name of this state is. If you can’t pronounce it please find a dictionary.

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4. Honorable mention: Stuart Minkus.   Hi Lee Norris.  What are you doing in this movie?  Gone Girl is a far cry from John Adams High.

5. As an adaptation, this has to be one of my favorite books to movies.  They did a decent job sticking with the plot points and covering everything that needed to be shown.  They made some changes for impact and you won’t be able to miss those. I really wish that I could discuss those changes more but I am still traumatized and want to save you spoilers so that you too can feel as if you might need a therapist.

 

Have you made your way to the theater to see Gone Girl yet?  What surprised you most?  Did you by chance develop a healthy fear of tighty whities and women with soft voices like I did?  Tell us in the comments