Gone Girl Trailer...

David Fincher’s latest project Gone Girl, based on the book by Gillian Flynn, released a teaser trailer a few weeks ago and I had mixed thoughts about it. As a fan of the book, I had high expectations of how the film will look, and how the cast will perform. For people who have never read the book, Gone Girl is about a husband who reported that his wife has gone missing on the occasion of their fifth wedding anniversary. Under pressure from the police and growing media frenzy, his portrait of a blissful union begins to crumble and his lies, deceits and strange behaviour have everyone question whether he killed his own wife.

Now let’s talk about the trailer. With its accompanied song “She”, the trailer conveyed a haunting feel and the song lyrics relates to its plot and showed its emotion of the main character Nick Dunne, who has lost his wife on the eve of their anniversary and it is almost ironic. A lot of important images were shown, including the death of his wife, Amy Dunne, in the river, but I’m not going to say that this spoils the whole story because it could be a red herring and it’s definitely more complicated than that as I read the book. The trailer avoids spoiling the plot by only scratching the surface. There’s so much mystery there that it got me titillated, especially Affleck’s emotionless speech in the end.

Hopefully this will get some Oscar buzz and I have a feeling that it will become a cult hit like Fincher’s previous works Se7en and Fight Club as I heard that the film’s ending will be different compared to the book and a huge plot twist will be revealed. And with Fincher’s collaboration with Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor for the score, Jeff Cronenweth for cinematography and Baxter and Wall for editing, it will have the same look and feel as The Social Network and The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. The cast intrigued me. A lot of controversies revolve around Ben Affleck as Nick Dunne as some fans expressed disappointment, and Neil Patrick Harries and Tyler Perry being included in the cast also sparked some discussions. But Rosamund Pike as Amy Dunne is a perfect choice in my opinion, and I will just put my faith in Fincher that he knows what he’s doing. What intrigues me the most however is how the narrative will be presented as it seems complicated in the book, with two narratives being intertwined, but since the author Gillian Flynn is also taking over writing the screenplay, I see no problem with this situation. I’m fully excited how Fincher will pull this off.

Here's the trailer:

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