Everything wrong with gone girl in 16 minutes or less duration. And yes, despite rumors to the contrary, the film does having the same ending. I disagree it wasnt predictable but i do believe it was a good ending. Gone girl s ending is different from the book in these specific ways. With less than a month to go until gone girl hits theaters, clues about the movies ending are piling up like those amy dunne leaves for her husband, nick. Heres how gillian flynn defended the ending of gone girl in 2012. Gone girl author gillian flynn participated in a reddit ama on tuesday, april 22, and responded to questions about the book s ending being changed in the film adaption. The novel became quite popular and soon made the new york times best seller list. While gone girl was becoming a major wordofmouth hit a couple of years ago, the selling point was the giant twist halfway through. The news last week that director david fincher will be making a movie version of gone girl with an ending that differs significantly from that of gillian flynns bestselling novel could not be called shocking. With all things breezy at first, life eventually hits hard and things spiral out of control as problems in their marriage and individual selves surface. Anyway, im curious as to how other people felt about the ending. You cant look at gone girl s amazon page without reading endless rants about that ending.
Not only has her third novel gone girl been a giant critical and commercial success, its become part of the zeitgeist, stirring heated conversation. Gone girl is a thriller novel in the mystery and crime genres, by the american writer gillian. Spoiler page for gone girl by gillian flynn book journey. Gillian flynn, a former ew critic and current entertainer of the year, has had a dream 2012. Maybe thats true, but theres more to flynns title choice than meets the eyeand in a lot of ways, its actually describing amy herself. Spoilers ahead first, the death of desi collingsin the book i.
I liked the idea of marriage told as a hesaid, shesaid story, and told by two narrators who were perhaps not to be trusted. The ending of gone girl is a big point of contention for a lot of readers. Gone girl 2 is possible the original gone girl was a big success and key cast and crew are interested, so gone girl 2 is a possibility. The ending of gone girl has always been controversial, and now that the movie has exposed a whole new legion of formerly innocent bystanders to flynns dark, cutthroat bestseller, that controversy has only expanded. It was published by crown publishing group in june 2012. Whereas in the book there are some changes from that of the movie. Ben affleck, in interviews, described it as a complete rewrite of the storys third act. If it will focus on the dunnes teen child it makes sense to let affleck and pike age a little, but the big question mark is. While gillian flynn maintains the ending of gone girl wasnt meant as. They all make you think and ponder for yourself who these people were and why they were the way that they were. We texted back and forth as she had a hard time getting into it while i loved it from the start. And all the while, we cant stop thinking about how the movie has a different ending than the book. Nick and amy hate and love each other like most couples, but more important.
Carsons rapist jonathan is dead by the end of the book billy killed jonathanboth for revenge and because jonathan tried killing billy. To all who have read gone girl i recommend reading her first two books. There are many spoilers in gone girl book to movie comparison. Were you surprised that people reacted so strongly. Wow, gone girl has one of the shittiest endings ive ever. Wow, gone girl has one of the shittiest endings ive ever seen. In the movie, nick proposes to amy while at a book. The film concludes with amy and nick going on television to announce amys pregnancy, as opposed to in the book, when its a more private matter. I cant exactly do that now, but i do have plenty to talk about. The film concludes with amy and nick going on television to announce amys pregnancy, as opposed. Breaking down the finale, credits scene, and season 2 possibilities david finchers gone girl movie ending potentially clarified by evan dickson september 4, 2014. I am in two minds about the news that gillian flynn has rewritten the ending to gone girl, her thriller about nick and amy dunnes horribly dark marriage, and amys disappearance, for david. A reverse gone girl changing the ending of a novel. The brilliance of gone girl lies in its brutal, unsettling ending, and how the film chooses to reveal.
The film version of gone girl, which hit theaters this weekend, follows the. Thats a fair nonspoilerish description of gone girl, based on the 2012 book of the same name written by gillian flynn. Having recently watched sharp objects, an hbo limited series based on flynns novel of the same name, i admit that it was a nightmare revisiting amy elliott dunne in gone girl. In the book, at least desis mother goes to the police, hysterical, saying that amy killed her son even though shes whisked away, theres the faint hope that maybe the. Given the controversy already surrounding the twisted conclusion in the bestselling book some love it. Gone girls ending is different from the book in these. I really enjoyed the whole book, but the ending just had me in disbelief. This is the films real ace and where finchers aims really lie. The true story of two sisters who vanished, the father who kept searching, and the. If you somehow did not read the headline of this post, we will restate this is a discussion about the ending of gone girl the movie. At first glance, it seems like it would be pretty obvious whats up with gone girl s titleits a book about a girl who disappears, which means shes, well, gone. I love the end of notes on a scandal, also a book i love.
Is gillian flynn planning to write a sequel to gone girl. On wednesday, the new york times published an interview with ben affleck, who plays nick dunne in the highly anticipated david fincher adaptation of gillian flynns bestselling novel. I was enthralled by gillian flynns 2012 novel gone girl, but, like so many. Fans of the novel gone girl might be in for a big surprise when the movie version is released later this year. I have to say that gillian flynn has one messed up imagination. Still, gillian flynn gives the story a modern twist that pushes it outside the genres box. Earlier this year, many fans of gillian flynns 2012 thriller gone girl were dismayed to learn that the author had changed the storys ending. Suspense, secrets, and unsolved crimes all make gone girl fit the classic definition of a mystery novel. Gone girl author comments on changed ending huffpost. If you havent yet read gone girl, or if you care about spoilers, please dont read further than this sentence, because im about to give the whole ending of this book away. Gone girl movie ending may cut closer to the book than. Read on for flynns explanation as to why gone girls ending is the only one that.
She reassured fans that the finale wouldnt change as much as she had once suggested. Though rumors throughout production implied that flynn, who also wrote the movies script. Millions of you flocked to gone girl over the weekend, and you saw finchers ending. Read on for flynns explanation as to why gone girl s ending is the only one that would have worked. If you dont want to know what happens in either film or book. This boxed set contains the three novels from bestselling author gillian flynn. This was a bit of a sideswipe for me, as id planned to discuss the differences between the two endings of gone girl and determine whether the new, cinematic conclusion worked better, worse, or the same as that of the novel. Gone girl novel gone girl is a thriller novel in the mystery and crime genres, by the american writer gillian flynn. She becomes amazing amy at the end, she doesnt lose as she has grown accustom to, but wins as her character in her books do. People reported the two reunited on march 14 after hannah flew to. Since book 1 ends with carson and billy being together and carson and billy are gonna be endgame, i needed to find a new villain for books 2 and 3.
Gone girl movie plot ending, explained the cinemaholic. The movie is a commentary on the roles we all play to function in society, that image that we create for ourselves that determines how we will be treated by the community. As gone girl rolled through production, there was talk about director david fincher and screenwriter gillian flynn tinkering with and possibly changing the ending to the authors bestselling novel. Obviously, this post includes many spoilers about the gone girl movie and book. Same as that of the movie the writer gillian flynn has a strong liking for such endings. Maybe thats what fincher meant when he said the ending was changed. Is gone girls movie ending different from the book.
One friend began reading the book at the same time i started listening. Her other two books were about people incapable of making commitments, but in this novel, she tried to depict the ultimate commitment, marriage. The differences between the ending of gone girl, the film, and gone girl, the book, are miniscule. The story the first half of gone girl is essentially a masterclass in misdirection and after the. But thankfully it wasnt, that would have been just another execution of a standard ending withatwist. Rosamund pike and costar tyler perry have also said theyd be interested in returning if flynn wrote a gone girl 2 in an e. I do love that none of the books had endings that you would expect. It is true when they say that gone girl is possibly among the worst movies you could pick for watching on a date night. Flynn said she admired the ominous ending of notes on a scandal and the pathology of a bad marriage from whos afraid of virginia woolf. Tyler perry thinks gone girl 2 can happen screen rant.
Heres how gillian flynn defended the ending of gone girl. The film adaptation of the bestselling novel is directed by david fincher, and stars ben affleck and rosamund pike as the toxic married couple nick and amy dunne. Tyler perry is the latest cast member of 2014s gone girl to suggest that a sequel to the twisted thriller could be worth considering. Gone girl is a story of the trials and tribulations that a couple, nick and amy dunne go through in their young marriage. Alternate endings for gone girl movie popsugar celebrity. Through diary entries shown in the first half of the book, amy, a petite blonde, positions herself as a loving, devoted, and harmless wife who. The gone girl movie has a different ending than the book. Gone girl the end of gone girl spoiler alert showing 1. When the highly anticipated adaptation of gillian flynns book gone girl comes out this october, readers of the book can expect to be surprised by the ending, because it will be different than the. Even if the movie had ended at half point, that would have been a complete story with a twist. While gillian flynn maintains the ending of gone girl wasnt meant as sequel bait, shes admitted to being interested in revisiting the dunnes a few years down the road. What actually happens at the climax of gone girl, and how.