Watched Gone Girl

[CurlyQ284]

Newp. It actually gave more insight into Nick's thoughts. He agreed with her that he would be bored with a regular chick. He's just as messed up as she is.

[starlily]

MH's reaction to that movie: "That bitch is fucking psycho ... Why do you like this story so much?!?!"

The book ends the same way, but with a bit more explanation as to why Nick made the decision he did

[oliviapope]

I hated the book and movie.


HATED.

[fezzik]

Yea, all of Gillian Flynn's books are pretty fucked up, but I did enjoy them all!

[mellymel]

Yeah it was crazy. I watched it a few weeks ago.

[pantsparty]

That shit was fucked up.

[melodramatic26]

Dh finished the movie and said "oh, yeah. I know why you were pissed. You wasted DAYS on that. At least I got it over in 2 hours."

[bronxgirl]

Apr 17, 2015 23:15:17 GMT -5 nicbreeful said:

The book went into more detail about how fucked up Nick was.

I thought the movie made him a much more sympathetic character. I didn't like that.

I didn't read the book, but in the movie I couldn't figure out why he was considered so awful.

[bania]

I really liked it. I read Sharp Objects and Dark Places. They were really good but very twisted.

[wannabe]

I was so annoyed after watching the movie that I couldn't muster up enough enthusiasm to read the book.

[CurlyQ284]

Apr 17, 2015 23:27:03 GMT -5 bronxgirl said:

Apr 17, 2015 23:15:17 GMT -5 nicbreeful said:

The book went into more detail about how fucked up Nick was.

I thought the movie made him a much more sympathetic character. I didn't like that.

I didn't read the book, but in the movie I couldn't figure out why he was considered so awful.

In the book, nick is going through the early scenes of her disappearance and then there are her fake diary entries sprinkled through. So you're reading her fake perspective which makes him look like a monster.

I was up in here all "I fucking hate nick!" And then 10 pages later I came back all "oops...yeah....that....was unexpected."

[ECB]

The book also went more deeply into the role her parents played in her craziness.

[jellymankelly]

Apr 18, 2015 5:59:59 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

Was she pregnant with NPH's baby from the night she killed him?

No, before she disappeared she had taken Nick's sperm samples that they had banked, hidden them, and then inseminated herself when she came home.

[toepick]

Apr 18, 2015 5:59:59 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

Was she pregnant with NPH's baby from the night she killed him?

Nope, she used the sperm Nick gave to the fertility clinic. Much clearer in the book. 

[auntie]

The endings are the same.

But the book goes into more backstory and the thought process behind the choices made- stuff that's really hard to demonstrate on film through action.

The sperm was banked as a kind of insurance policy to keep Nick at her side.

The NPH and weird bar dude are fleshed out a little more. The creep factor of the parents is stronger in the book and the dysfunction/betrayal in the that relationship make more sense in the book. In the book, it's more evident that "Amy" is her parents' cash cow and are more suspect in Nick's mind.

I read the book- it wasn't a typical fun read and I guessed about half way through where it was going generally. DH saw only the movie and likened it to a late 1950's film noir piece- almost like old time Hitch where there is no hero.

[yourmother]

Apr 17, 2015 22:37:01 GMT -5 fezzik said:

Yea, all of Gillian Flynn's books are pretty fucked up, but I did enjoy them all!

I have two of her other popular books. Which should I read next?

[noodleskooze]

I read the book and was pissed, but someone told me the ending was different in the movie, so I watch it. What a waste of my life!

[dirtyred]

Apr 17, 2015 23:15:17 GMT -5 nicbreeful said:

The book went into more detail about how fucked up Nick was.

I thought the movie made him a much more sympathetic character. I didn't like that.

yep, in the book, you hated Nick as much as you hated Amy.  In their dysfunction, they were perfect for each other.

[cleo29]

I did have house envy watching that movie. lol

[RoxMonster]

I liked the book a bit better than the film because it went into more detail on all the things explained upthread.

But I did think the part of Amy was cast perfectly. A friend who saw the movie having not read the book said he didn't get Amy - was the actor just not doing a good job? She seemed so void of emotion and detached. I said yes, exactly. That's how she is. It was perfect!

[mx27]

Apr 18, 2015 7:26:22 GMT -5 RoxMonster said:

But I did think the part of Amy was cast perfectly. A friend who saw the movie having not read the book said he didn't get Amy - was the actor just not doing a good job? She seemed so void of emotion and detached. I said yes, exactly. That's how she is. It was perfect!

yes!

rosamund pike was amazing!

her haircut in the end was on point.

[fezzik]

Apr 18, 2015 6:46:07 GMT -5 yourmother said:

Apr 17, 2015 22:37:01 GMT -5 fezzik said:

Yea, all of Gillian Flynn's books are pretty fucked up, but I did enjoy them all!

I have two of her other popular books. Which should I read next?

I read Sharp Objects before Dark Places and was happy with that order. I liked Sharp Objects a bit better.

They both are disturbing, but to me, Dark Places was the most disturbing.

[bronxgirl]

Is it worth reading the book after having already seen the movie?

[jreeds]

Apr 17, 2015 22:33:48 GMT -5 puddleofgrace said:

I could have done without the NPH scene. That was graphic. Blarg

Yeś. I liked the movie except for that part.

[fuckyourcouch]

I thought it was unbelievably dumb. I don't get the appeal at all.