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I have dedicated most part of my two years in Japan traveling inter-city for a movie cinema. Last week I graduated to a whole new level: traveling inter-country for a movie cinema. I have my defense: the movie was Gone Girl by David Fincher and I was peer-pressured into traveling by most of my friends here. So there I was, finding myself on a morning bus from Milan to Zurich. It was a 3-hour journey with bonus of some amazing scenery on the way. I was also planning to see Guardians of the Galaxy, because I am the only one left in the world who hasn't seen it. But man, tickets were so expensive, for the sake of survival I had to save some money.

Gone Girl is an adaptation of Gillian Flynn's best seller (which I'm reading right now), adapted by one of Hollywood's ace directors David Fincher. It tells the story of a missing wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike) at the time of her fifth anniversary with her husband, Nick (Ben Affleck). With the media coverage to find Amy, Nick's life is overturned as more and more secrets are unraveled.

Gone Girl is amazing. I wish I could just end this review like that. But we gotta elaborate right? Firstly, it's a Fincher film; he just couldn't do bad films. I even like his Alien 3, it's not bad and the ending is brave. Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike is great. This film pumped me up for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (what a fucking title). Don't you just want to see all those Fincher-trademark, dimly-beautifully lit scenes and that ethereal score by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross? Not to forget, this film's source material is already top-notch. And author Gillian Flynn penned the screenplay herself. Combined it with Fincher and we had a great, dark, un-Hollywood thriller. It's so not Hollywood and it's definitely not the usual major studio material. But thank God it's out there for us to see. I see the story as a criticism of media and how media is driving the people to some serious allegations. It's an evil thing if not handled well. I can only say this much about this movie, fearing I would spoil some things. But all in all, it's one of the most fucked-up movies a major studio has ever made in America. Definitely one of the year's best, and would love to see it recognized in the awards season. Gone Girl: rated 4/4.

Stay tuned for upcoming posts where I will dissect Fox's new, picked-up-for-second-season, mediocre Gotham.