There's something I kept thinking about with this book in particular, but felt like I didn't know how to articulate my thoughts and so I didn't talk about it in the video, is how in the end Nick is playing the "cool guy" you could say. As "cool girl", Amy pretended to be the kind of person Nick wanted and the kind of girlfriend/wife that just allowed Nick to do whatever he wanted and she would bend to his wishes to some extent. She also admits that being cool girl could be fun and it had its advantages but ultimately she was unhappy not being her true, complicated self.
And by the end, this is what she wants Nick to be. She wants him to tell her what she wants to hear, she wants him to bend to her wishes. But even though Nick is pretending, there is still something in it for him and so being "cool guy" does have it's advantages and as said, he knows he won't be able to be happy with a normal woman, and a normal healthy relationship. Nick still has his self of self in the end and they still challenge each other in way they both find stimulating to some extent, but yeah.
Again, this was something I kept coming to mind but when I tried to explore it, I had a hard time grasping what it was I wanted to say. This basically sums it up though in the best way I can say for now.
What do you think?? Is there something to this interpretation??

One subplot that they shouldn't have omitted from the book was her ex-bestfriend--the one she framed pushing her down the stairs and accused of trying to steal her Amazing Amy image--just because her ex-bestfriend was more likeable compared to her and always being invited, bc Amy is high maintenance, etc.--it would've shown that Amy didn't just snap bc of Nick's cheating, she's always been like that.

Another case where the right director was in the chair to adapt a book. Also the casting was perfectly chosen as Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike truly compliment each other on-screen with his aloof detachment and her “cool girl” vibe that masks the monster underneath

Fun fact, I read Gone Girl early on, an the big reveal blew my mind! When the movie came out, I asked a guy I hadn’t been dating long to go see it with me, because I loved the book so much…I can’t believe it didn’t scare him off… also my name is Amy…never was a Cool Girl, so we’re still together.

I think Amy is quite a good example of high intelligence, low wisdom - book smart, not street smart

There was also a character that was not mentioned at all in the movie, which was Amy's former classmate called Hillary Handy.  Amy made Hillary into her 'project' and used her to make up this story about Hillary stalking her, got her expelled from school and ruined her life.  Hillary never did the things Amy said she did, Amy just felt like making up a story about being stalked, so used a girl to do it.

I absolutely loved this Movie as a kid and still love it now as a grown ass man.

In my house, we refer to avoiding self-fulfilling prophecies as "Don't use the cornstarch".  When I was in grad school a friend made a cake to celebrate me passing my qualifying exam.  Before he began the cake, his sister-in-law called and asked if there was any way to rescue a batch of cookies, where she accidentally added cornstarch instead of powdered sugar.  After telling her they could not be rescued, he teased her about the cornstarch being in a bright yellow box and how could anyone confuse that with powdered sugar.  Then, he made the cake.  When it cooled, he went to dust it with powdered sugar, but he kept telling himself, "Don't use the cornstarch."... and he dusted the cake with cornstarch.

When I was listening to the audiobook and I got to the part where the big reveal was, I was FLOORED. I did not see it coming in any way. From the start, I was like: this guy didn't kill his wife, right? But I had been told there was an unreliable narrator, so I was like: oh, well, maybe Nick did kill her and he's just hiding it from us for whatever reason. As the story progressed I was just like: Man, did Nick really kill his wife? And then I go to the reveal and I was like: OH SHIIIT

I remember beginning to suspect she wasn't dead. But when I turned to her part, my mouth dropped.

22:03 my favorite detail from this part is even before she got robbed, she was complaining that she was running out of money. It shows she this person who is brilliant enough to almost commit a perfect crime, is so sheltered and clueless that she can’t manage her expenses for 2-3 weeks with over $10,000 at her disposal

Please do a video on Sharp Objects

I love LOVED your take on this. Especially the ending.. I think a lot of people miss the point the author is making that Amy and Nick ARE actually perfect for each other in such a toxic messy way and had Amy not gone “missing” they might have never realized their marriage could actually “work” (in the worst possible way)🤣

I feel like this book/movie is an exaggerated example of how many successful long term relationships function. Many relationships initiate based on stories that we create in our head about the other person. And as long as that person will fill the role that relationship works. But usually it's hard to keep that kind of disillusion up all the time. As you move through the disillusionment phase, many relationships break up. But if you can get through those hard truths of figuring out who that person really is and what you actually like about them, you can find a new kind of gratitude and happiness with a person that is beyond just having your basic needs fulfilled

This for me at this point in time is David Finchers last great Movie and Rosamund Pike should have Won the Oscar 💯 she was phenomenal as Amy Dunne and imo that's the best character villain so far this Century, she really did bring that Character to life, nobody else could have played her as convincingly and effectively as Rosamund Pike did.

I guess Flynn used the movie to address a problem present in the novel by eliminating the character Hilary Handy. The story of Hilary shows that framing someone isn't new for Amy and that she quickly loses interest in the people she frames. This makes it hard to believe that Amy genuinely felt the need to return to Nick. Additionally, Hilary's storyline was a loose end; I imagine that some people in Amy's hometown watching the news thought "Wait, isn't that the same woman who had that strange situation with Hilary? Isn't it odd that she's always involved in such crazy situations?"

I guessed the twist in Fight Club, did not see the twist in Gone Girl coming at all!

The funniest part of the book was when amy is road raging and she dials the number on the “how is my driving” poster in nicks point of view.

The music, especially during the reveal, was exceptional. Best soundtrack ever!!

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Amazing Amy in “Amazing Amy Doesn’t Get Kidnapped!”