Similarly, gone girl ends with the incriminating lines that point to amy getting upset. Gone girl 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The characters reveal their personalities and the curtains come off, leaving one shocked at the twists and turns in the plot. Id heard so many raves about it that i was curious especially because more recently ive heard from more people that couldnt get what the. Its also a film about a psychopath who turns an ordinary life into chaos. Gillian flynns book gone girl is one of the best novels that i have read in years. We texted back and forth as she had a hard time getting into it while i loved it from the start. David finchers movie of gillian flynns bestseller is released this weekend. How the gone girl movie ends popsugar entertainment. Maybe theyre fooled because so many women are willing to pretend to be this girl. It implies that he is not as stupid and gullible as amy thinks, and that she. It stars ben affleck and rosamund pike as nick and amy dunne, respectively, as well as neil patrick harris.
To anyone who hasnt read it, gone girl by gillian flynn is. The film adaptation of gone girl hews pretty closely to the book s narrative. But that plot line is completely cut out of the movie. Assuming the book had the same ending i would have thrown it across the room upon finishing it. 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. This book is better than girl on the train and gone girl by far. When i finished that novel, i literally through the book across the room in frustration. Gillian flynn reflects on gone girl legacy, rise of anti.
The lengths to which one goes for the sake of love. The ending many readers wanted from the book is the one where, as mischievously suggested by the films early teasers, nick sends amy to the bottom of the mississippi. Contrary to reports, the gone girl movie doesnt change the books ending. Gone girl is an example of mystery, suspense, and crime genres. The events fall into line grasping the audiences attention right from the beginning till the end.
The first half of the book starts slow, but when you get to the first twist. Heres how gillian flynn defended the ending of gone girl. Gone girl is one hell of an impactfull psychological thriller. Men always say that as the defining compliment, dont they. The book was described as an eerie thriller with an ending that would surprise and shock the reader. Nonetheless, its filled with psychologically complex characters, lots of subplots, and tons of important detailsso dont zone out, blink, or skim passages, because you very well might miss something. The novel soon made the new york times best seller list. Trippie redd official music video youtube iann dior strings ft.
I found myself not even caring what happened to the characters after a while, i kept reading expecting it to get better, to match the first half. We went to a dumb movie and i didnt worry about the offensive sexism or the lack of. The cool girl girl speech in the book sealed my dislike of amy. The end of the book is so bad that they made the opposite happen in the movie. Clarice starling was a well thoughtout, complicated, strong female character only to have that go to hell in a handbasket at the end. Ive gotten so retro, at one point i will probably use the word pocketbook, shuffling out. Gone girl is a nightmare of love gone cold and a relationship gone south, coupled with an elaborate revenge fantasy that both exploits and reclaims sexist images and assumptions.
Feb 16, 2017 gone girl did that for me, while i guessed the girl on the train s ending halfway through the book. I just finished listening to the audio book gone girl and am disappointed in the ending. The ending of gone girl is a big point of contention for a lot of readers. Its a real intelligent page turner that once started gillian flynns book gone girl is one of the best novels that i have read in years. The novels suspense comes from the main character, nick dunne, and whether he is involved in the disappearance of his wife. To be totally honest, this may not be the best thing for the movie. Sorry for the essay, i just have a lot of thoughts about gone girl lol. Hannibal from the hannibal lecter series by thomas harris. It was published by crown publishing group in june 2012.
Oct 16, 2015 7 stupid endings that almost ruined classic horror movies. Which is really hard to do as the plot is tightly woven and spoilers and revelations dominate the story line. This quote reveals one of the paradoxes at the heart of the novel. Here are all the big differences between gone girl the book. I liked the book but the ending was utter shite and i truly expected ever so much more. Sep 27, 2014 gone girl is at heart a melodrama about a marriages collapse and bonkers restoration. So no, gone girl isnt any more antimen than any other david fincher film, or any more antiwoman than any film noir. It was so frustrating but i love that the author went there. I feel like that blonde girl with tom from vanderpump rules is the epitome of a cool girl. Desis mothers signature scent makes me wrinkle my nose in disgust still. Gone girl study guide contains a biography of gillian flynn, literature essays, quiz. One friend began reading the book at the same time i started listening.
The first half of the book was great, she built up the suspense masterfully. The film version of gone girl, which hit theaters this weekend, follows the novel. I felt like she took us allll the way to the top of the building but didnt jump. Differences between the book and the movie posted on 5 august 12 by gwenamon just in case you glossed over the title of this post, you should know that it gives away the story. With his wifes disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when its suspected that he may not be innocent. Go ahead, shit on me, i dont mind, im the cool girl. Gone girl is a pretty gripping story, the kind where just one more page easily turns into five more chapters, and in this respect, its a pretty easy read. Gone girl by gillian flynn darkly funny, suspenseful and cunningly plotted, gillian flynns gone girl will be published june 5. The biggest differences between the gone girl movie. There will be spoilers for both the book and the movie. I just finished gone girl and i am so ridiculously disappointed in the ending. Gone girl is, in some ways, a murder mystery, but its also.
Were you surprised that people reacted so strongly. Gone girl provides examples of the following tropes abusive parents nicks dad was a raging misogynist, and while he never hit go or nick, or their mother, its clear his parenting caused issues for both of them later in life. Then earlier this year, in an interview with ew about the movie adaptation. Want to talk about changes the film made to the book especially. Its strongly hinted that things arent going to go back to normal after the ending. Gone girl by gillian flynn based on the novel by gillian flynn yellow revised927 pink revised915 blue script 829 white script730. Why gone girls 2,000 plot twists dont matter filmtv. Its more like a cyclone on steroids, with farm animals and houses zooming by really fast. Gone girls ending is different from the book in these. Oct 05, 2014 i was captivated with amy dunne as a movie character, but i hated her as a book character. Gone girl was gone from my home within an hour of my finishing it. Chief among them is a worldclass performance by rosamund pike, who plays the. Directed by david fincher novel by gillian flynn log line. And i disliked the cool girl rant, it felt too much like it was coming from the author, although i agreed with what the message.
But it is antimarriage at least, in terms of how that union affects women. 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. Close to the end of the book, words again become weapons when amy and nick start writing dueling memoirs, each accusing the other of being the bad guy as. Ben affleck was spared from uttering the many internal stupid bitch. Gone girl quotes by gillian flynnpage 5 of 30 goodreads. When the credits came up on gone girl, i could only regret spending over 2 hrs to watch a movie that left me that angry.
And yes, despite rumors to the contrary, the film does having the same ending as the novel. The problem with gone girl is that theres no cool girl. Psychological thriller directed by david fincher, based on the novel by gillian flynn who. The problem with gone girl is that theres no cool girl david finchers film, based on gillian flynns novel, doesnt so much bring the cool girl polemic to the masses as dilute its scathing. Others see her as, by the end, a cartoon, living down to every silly idea. Gone girl s ending is different from the book in these specific ways.
Cause in real life, sometimes our endings are unhappy and ugly. If you are not prepared to have literally everything spoiled for you, do not read this post. We hate to break it to you, nick, but you actually arent a real personyoure a character in a book called gone girl by gillian flynn. All in all, as david fincher mentioned, the meat of flynn s original ending is all there on screen, and the promised changes were nothing more than red herrings meant to throw us off the trail of gone girl as it inched toward theaters. We recently asked subscribers of the buzzfeed books.
That happened to me too zia, i thought nick was the bad guy in the end. Gone girl quotes by gillian flynnpage 9 of 30 goodreads. What are your thoughts on gone girl by gillian flynn. 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. Spoiler page for gone girl by gillian flynn book journey. Gone girl is a film adaptation of gillian flynns novel of the same name, directed by david fincher and written by gillian flynn herself. According to author gillian flynn, that rumor began with a ben affleck. I would have preferred she had just killed ben affleck and gotten away with it.
It has great characters, intrigue and a bold ending that would definitely not be to everyones taste. Sep 28, 2017 gone girl is gritty, violent, and at times cringeworthy. Jun 08, 2016 20 ya novels that will hook you from the first line. Its the female pissing contest as we swan around our book clubs and our cocktail. The biggest differences between the gone girl movie and the book. If youve already read gone girl, or if you dont mind swimming in a sea of. Amys story could have gone a million other ways, but she met me, and bad. Gone girl is an adaptation from the 2012 bestselling novel of the same name, written by gillian flynn. Now that weve gotten that out of the way, theres a real sadness to nicks view of his reality.
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. The book was absolutely fantastic until the last thirty or so pages. It requires discipline, to drown oneself, but i have. To anyone who hasnt read it, gone girl by gillian flynn is easily going to be the book that reignites my love of reading after a three year hiatus. The camera my mother gave me, by girl, interrupted author susanna kaysen, is a memoir that has nothing to do with either the authors camera or. Were you surprised that people reacted so strongly to. This book was so close to a fivestar rating but then the ending appeared. Oct 03, 2014 gone girl, david finchers adaptation of gillian flynns knockout bestseller, has several things to recommend it.
148 176 522 1161 502 851 1394 139 709 390 1248 456 1393 1114 416 315 1462 356 27 469 521 810 147 756 1430 1005 708 296 1087 1339 1404 524 1295 1303 1287 221 1165 211 1313 444 85 118 365 410 646