I loved Gone Girl but even for those who didn’t like it I feel there’s a robust amount of social commentary to break down for discussion.
While Rosamund Pike’s character is batshit crazy I thought she showed how frivolous alot of dudes treat marriage and that she only did what it took to make him actually follow through on his vows.
Totally agree. I think it replaces 1984 as the definitive dystopian work of modern times. I almost consider it a horror film and the getaway scene is a masterclass. Kind of like how “Drive” reinvented the car chase scene.
Interesting side note: there is an episode of the Outer Limits that dropped within a year of COM and has an almost identical plot. One of the most interesting examples of parallel creativity that I know of. After seeing it I thought I was gonna be able to flex on my film nerd friends “where COM stole their idea” but, naw, just a cowinkidink.
Agree. The book is also quite an enjoyable read, but I just cannot get into Gillian Flynn’s other books. Gone Girl works for me in part because of the social commentary as a domestic thriller, but if I read her other books or watch the other HBO adaptation Sharp Objects, I feel my soul turning black and losing all capacity for joy.
https://twitter.com/colintrevorrow/status/1313900544772186112
A few positive tests and they are shutting down for two weeks.
Why? Because even though all immediate tests came back negative, they know that doesn’t mean everyone is in the clear.
Meanwhile, Trump still wants to debate in person mere days after he tested positive 
Sorry if this is a pony, but my friend just sent me a link to this trailer and… I have no words.
What in holy fuck is that!
I’ll watch anything with Walter Goggins but this looks amazing, what a concept
Man, I might loosen my anti-anti-semite policy and watch that.
I just showed the trailer to my wife and 11-year-old. My kid just had a gigantic smile on his face when he realized what was happening. The trailer ended and my wife simply asked, “What the fuck did I just watch?”
I see Walton Goggins, I watch.
I like Goggins too but he will never live up to that role he perfectly nailed in “Justified”
true. Justified is one of my top 5 all-time shows, and a lot of that is due to his performance.
Maybe I’ll pirate it, but I’m not giving Mel Gibson any more money.
I heard a podcast interview Gilbert Gottfried & Frank whatshisface did with Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty a while back and they talked about how the Zuckers refused to cast comedians for that movie and it almost didn’t get made as a result. The money people were pushing names like Chevy Chase and Bill Murray and the like, but they wanted serious, veteran actors to deliver those lines. They ldo had a lot of trouble getting Peter Graves to take the role because of the lines he had to say to the little boy. Several times they even had to get Lloyd Bridges to dial it back because it was trying too hard to “be funny.” It turned out they were right. Having “straight men” be funny was actually funnier.
Watched “Other People” last night with my wife. I thought it was going to be more of a comedy than it ended up being but we both really enjoyed it anyway.
One of those movies that’s about an ordinary family dealing with ordinary things but it somehow works. Fake Matt Damon is a really good actor as is Molly Shannon. The dad (Brad Whitford) was a bit all over the place but otherwise it was a fun watch. We’re both saps so there were plenty of tears at the end. Good watch for Netflix people.
Might be true but he’s still great, Boyd was a GOAT tier TV character so yeah he probably won’t have another role like that. Thought he was pretty great in Vice Principals
loved him in vice principals, sad that show ended
I’ve heard from several people that Justified only gets better as the seasons continue. What did you think? I enjoyed season one but didn’t see anything to keep me coming back, but several told me it goes from a pretty good show to a GOAT show with a serialized story arc across seasons.
I never made it past the first episode of Justified. I believe everybody who says it’s great, but I have a really hard time with having to watch an entire season of mediocrity to get there.
i did the first season too and its still on my list to go back to based off of people in this forum but yea the first season was just formulaic