Gone Girl

Really engaging, in part because of the shared narration between two characters, or really three characters, I suppose. I was kind of annoyed that it turned out the girl was the unhinged but brilliant one, and the guy was the reasonable one and apparently no more of an asshole than ‰ЫПnormal‰Ыќ. It kind of sent the message that although the guy does everything superficially wrong, the girl is capable of a much deeper and more terrible wrong. Which can certainly be true to an extent but – I don‰ЫЄt know, is there really anything to be annoyed about? Does it just mean that when you expect women to be sweet and pliant they may actually be the ones kicking ass and taking names, so watch the fuck out? I don‰ЫЄt know. I‰ЫЄm not sure how I feel about it.

But it does bring up interesting concerns about what love is and what it takes to spend your life with another person. And about the huge difference between what is really going on and what the public thinks is going on. And about how much public opinion influences behaviour even in a situation that is really none of the public‰ЫЄs business.

I didn‰ЫЄt love the way it ended. It seems to end for a long time, and I wished it would have ended with more of a bang. There were a series of bangs at the end, and then it just fizzled.