Last Movie You Saw, Name & Review Movie • Page 70

That broad daylight stabbing scene in Zodiac makes me cringe every time. Eeeeek!!!

 

i dunno, recognizable humanity isn't necessarily something i feel like you see in Fincher's films too often. do you think it appears in any besides TSN?

 

Zodiac is fantastic. So is The Social Network. Dragon Tattoo was unnecessary and Gone Girl was laughable at times.

 

Still need to see Zodiac, I'm surprised he seems to be sticking to Netflix now

 

Zodiac and the Social Network are amazing films. The rest of his work is pretty tough to watch. Gone Girl was a career low.

 

even Se7en?

 

Seven is okay, but nothing special.

 

It's hard to consider Gone Girl a career low when Alien 3 exists

 

Alien 3 is pretty bad, but it is nowhere near as stupid and misguided as Gone Girl.

 

I love Gone Girl idgaf. Not saying it's "good" but hot damn, it's some dumb fun entertainment! And it's well shot and has a nice score. I haven't seen it since theatres so I dunno if I'd enjoy it as much but to me it was just a blast, even if it is completely ridiculous.

I need to rewatch Fight Club because I've only seen it once when I was young and I didn't really like it. My buddy says the first act is perfect, the second act is ok, and the last act is reeeaalllly bad. So I'm curious to watch it again with that input.

 

Benjamin Button is probably my least favorite I've seen, it always feels like one of those fake movies from Tropic Thunder

 

Yeah I just remember being really bored by Benjamin Button but who knows it's been a few years maybe it would play better now idk

 

Rosamund was amazing in Gone Girl even if her character is a Reddit nightmare come to life

 

Benjamin Button was my most anticipated film that year. I need to rewatch it cause I had a terrible theater experience and I haven't seen it since, but I own the criterion.

 

i still think Gone Girl is a really intriguing look at viral public perception and twisted relationships of ideals

 

the best part of Gone Girl is the perfect casting of Affleck as the douche with a nice chin

 

Well it being his most human movie is exactly why I think it's his best, so you're sorta making my point.

I think his best stuff that I've seen does contain it though. I think Se7en does in that you're supposed to be appalled by what you see. The big reveal with the box is still a gut punch. And Panic Room (which I hold higher than most) you have an investment in the survival of Foster and Stewart's characters. In Dragon Tatto and Gone Girl, imo, it's much more dispassionate. Appalling things happen. But you're less appalled FOR the characters. From a craft perspective, they're excellent, but that's the element that puts them a notch below for me

 

I am a stan for Button, but that's a pretty lonely stance

 

ah yeah I also remain a fan of Panic Room

 

I'm big on Hitch, so an homage to him is always a pretty safe way to win me over

 

Gone Girl's depiction of an emotionally abusive man who is in all other respects nice seeming and charming and normal gets missed a lot in conversations I see about that movie. Rosamund Pike's vengeance against him doesn't come out of nowhere, it's fostered by a toxic environment he is partially responsible for. It's a trashy murderous thriller and has some flaws, but I think there's some nuanced stuff going on in the relationship it portrays

 

I forgot about Fight Club. That and Gone Girl are pretty close. Fight Club's reputation seems to be turning around, though.

 

I haven't seen Zodiac since theaters I really need to see it again.

 

Fight Club is one of my least favorites of his, i think. not only does it fumble around in being the satire it fundamentally needs to be, it's also just boring as shit.

 

I keep forgetting that 1) Panic Room is a thing and 2) K-Stew is in it. I liked her in that movie, and that was long before she was ever in Twilight (which I still haven't/will never see). It kind of irks me that on a YouTube video of her recent SNL monologue (where she's like, "I'm so gay") one person commented "I'm so sorry I ever hated you for Twilight!" I loved her in Adventureland, American Ultra, and Cafe Society, and I look forward to seeing her more serious projects, but I feel like the public's perception of her is still tainted by that one time she was in that one dumb movie franchise. I haven't seen Dakota Johnson in anything, but she seems nice enough from interviews; hopefully 50 Shades of Grey doesn't do to her what Twilight did to Kristen. It's like, "You hate Kristen Stewart because she was in Twilight? But she's actually really talented, and pretty awesome in general." "You're okay with Casey Affleck getting an Oscar? But he's an asshole in real life."

/unrelated rant