Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Romantic tragedy
Today's movie is a bit Hitchcockian.
Life was not good in New York so the young couple moves to the heartland, his home town.
Big frogs, small puddle. Wife gets restless. Shit happens. Wife disappears leaving clues behind that perhaps he killed her.
What a stew.
I think that this is one of those movies that one loves or hates. I actually liked most of it and felt it was a little too long. But that is the trend today. When I was a kid every film was 90 minutes and nothing over.
Like a lot of other things, that went down the stream a long time ago. This one weighs in at 2.5 hours. And here is a real test. I tried but could not actually FF to get the thing moving. Just when I thought this could go to the next scene, something grabbed me. Often at the throat.
Very skillful that David Fincher, the auteur of this piece.
And hence the suspense, I believe.
A bit of a warning. Things get very bloody at times. Grand Guignol bloody. And here is a bit of a clue not a spoiler. Wooden puppets in the GG style play a small role in the series of games the villain lays out for the victim. Aha!
The film stars Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike. Also features Neil Patrick Harris. Good to see him.
I liked it and would actually be willing to see it again just to watch the little games being played. A 4 out of Netflix5.
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