tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post3209209285096556005..comments2024-03-27T16:43:39.892-05:00Comments on A Good Story is Hard to Find: Good Story 126: Gone Baby GoneJulie D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-92139496240165967212016-02-23T08:50:30.755-06:002016-02-23T08:50:30.755-06:00Jeff, I'm so glad! I always just assume everyo...Jeff, I'm so glad! I always just assume everyone has seen it, because at the time there was a lot of praise for the directing and Casey Affleck's acting. But, in fact, it took me years to get around to watching it myself.Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-69348943114844223122016-02-22T18:56:22.459-06:002016-02-22T18:56:22.459-06:00Okay I have seen it now. Wow.
First off Ben Affle...Okay I have seen it now. Wow.<br /><br />First off Ben Affleck should stay behind the camera. Never found him appealing as an actor, but Argo was great and so is this.<br /><br />Interesting just how much religious imagery is in this movie. Casey wearing a cross and I believe a miraculous medal was not accidental.<br /><br />What I liked most about this movie is that I didn't really find Jeff Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03892529674664589034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-42407706151929361032016-02-15T12:08:42.546-06:002016-02-15T12:08:42.546-06:00I would be interested to know just what David Finc...I would be interested to know just what David Fincher's intent was as far as audience reaction. I don't think either Affleck or Pike's characters were presented in a positive way, or that would make a healthy person want to emulate them. I'm intrigued though, that even when a writer/director may have one message in mind, it can evoke something totally different than what they Philip Heardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13875539698291188710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-5172335198511522762016-02-15T11:28:33.928-06:002016-02-15T11:28:33.928-06:00There was a point in the movie where it became unb...There was a point in the movie where it became unbelievable to me. I couldn't accept that many people would believe Rosamind Pike's character after that moment. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-67294552728242320142016-02-15T11:24:13.792-06:002016-02-15T11:24:13.792-06:00I think Rose felt as if they were really just yank...I think Rose felt as if they were really just yanking her chain, because they could ... not that they were making a point about how to live. How did you feel about it?Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-77194227142200877862016-02-15T11:22:26.259-06:002016-02-15T11:22:26.259-06:00I definitely agree that such a movie makes me thin...I definitely agree that such a movie makes me think more deeply about nihilism, and why I'm not a fan. And I also agree that a writer can make a case against such things by putting in on full display in a movie or book.<br /><br />I can't imagine that the filmmakers or author of the novel (assuming the novel is similar) are making the case that this is a terrific way to live.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-69743268283935647352016-02-15T11:08:29.317-06:002016-02-15T11:08:29.317-06:00I've not seen Gone Girl and don't plan to,...I've not seen Gone Girl and don't plan to, so I really can't comment on your point. Way before Scott disliked it, my daughter Rose hated it for the same reason. She pointed out that we get the nihilistic message continually from the world around us and felt it was a waste of her time to glorify it, which was what she felt Gone Girl did.Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-88353338269663203562016-02-15T11:03:26.645-06:002016-02-15T11:03:26.645-06:00Okay, perhaps I can get you guys to look at Gone G...Okay, perhaps I can get you guys to look at Gone Girl in a different light. I heard Brian Godawa, a Christian author of speculative fiction explain why he includes some ugly, sinful things in his novels by saying(paraphrase) that they show how powerful redemption is by displaying what bad things are being redeemed from. Now, of course in Gone Girl there is no redemption shown, but it reminds me Philip Heardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13875539698291188710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-19968440603419332632016-02-12T08:54:20.517-06:002016-02-12T08:54:20.517-06:00Well said!Well said!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-54533611180539059232016-02-12T08:52:54.326-06:002016-02-12T08:52:54.326-06:00And I will sing it with feeling like Mick Jagger -...And I will sing it with feeling like Mick Jagger - "Angie" will have three syllables: Iiiiiii-in-jay!<br /><br />I love what you said here: God + me = a majority.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-14258691651274151232016-02-12T08:21:29.727-06:002016-02-12T08:21:29.727-06:00Totally agree. The ending is what makes it stick.Totally agree. The ending is what makes it stick.Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-7676936514891339132016-02-12T08:13:05.154-06:002016-02-12T08:13:05.154-06:00I wish we'd have thought of that, Philip! It w...I wish we'd have thought of that, Philip! It would have been the perfect fade-out!<br /><br />You bring up an interesting point about breaking man's law versus God's law. In this case, of course, Patrick is mostly concerned about God's law ... which here is echoed by man's law in returning the child to her mother.Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-38425657225773351352016-02-12T06:28:32.745-06:002016-02-12T06:28:32.745-06:00Casey Affleck dealt with an interesting conundrum ...Casey Affleck dealt with an interesting conundrum here. On the one hand it feels like a simple choice in doing the right thing at the end(what he did). But then I think of when we are called to obey God rather than man, civil disobedience and how it may very well be appropriate to break the law sometimes, lying in war like Rahab, Bonhoeffer, etc. I don't think this instance was one of those Philip Heardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13875539698291188710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-33280675925103021612016-02-10T18:37:38.284-06:002016-02-10T18:37:38.284-06:00I like this movie and The Town the best of his wor...I like this movie and The Town the best of his works. I heard he was on tap to direct a trilogy for The Stand before he was cast in that new Batman/Superman movie. After seeing those two movies, I'm sure he could do it.<br /><br />As for this, I've said it before, but it is one of my favorite movies. It's violent and rough, but that's the world we live in. Watching characters JD Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03548340507655076198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-53066937024391972002016-02-09T11:03:42.013-06:002016-02-09T11:03:42.013-06:00I completely agree with you on Gone Girl. It was ...I completely agree with you on Gone Girl. It was intriguing to a point, then not a shred of self-respect or redemption in the end. Throw in a large helping of Truth having no meaning at all, and you've got that movie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9005065286385049850.post-47238221395807998992016-02-09T09:47:58.471-06:002016-02-09T09:47:58.471-06:00Never heard of this one, added to Netflix queue an...Never heard of this one, added to Netflix queue and will listen to your episode after viewing it.<br /><br />The title through me at first considering Ben Affleck's "Gone Girl" a movie I totally regret seeing. Well-crafted nihilism. Can't put into words how much I hated that movie as I kept waiting for even a bit of redemption regarding the characters.Jeff Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03892529674664589034noreply@blogger.com