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Thats a fair nonspoilerish description of gone girl, based on the 2012 book of the same name written by gillian flynn. To refer to this film as exhilarating is, i admit, the mildest bit misleading. In the opening sequence when colonel ryan s plane has crashed and is on fire, you can see a metal pole supporting a burning aircraft shell, not a real plane. In the original ending which appears in the source novel, ryan is not killed as with the films ending. It inspired me to write my first novel, 2 years later as a christmas present for my sister, which was, sadly, historically rather inaccurate. Gone girl s ending is different from the book in these. While most of the prisoners at the camp are british, a determined, resourceful american air force colonel frank sinatra takes charge and leads the escape, which requires that the prisoners wrest. While the majority of the prisoners at the camp are british, a strongminded, quickwitted. One friend began reading the book at the same time i started listening. Heres how gillian flynn defended the ending of gone girl. The movie stays pretty true to the book, although some characters. The wrecked lightning appears to be a prop although the shape looks good for a p38, the markings are an inaccuate mix of prewar tail stripes and post 1947 usaf insignia on the wings.

Boy meets girl, girl is a secret sociopath, girl fakes her own death, and. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Its definitely a slowstarter, taking its sweet time for the action to build up. Is gillian flynn planning to write a sequel to gone girl. Well worth seeing, this is the ordinary war movie that hollywood does so well. We texted back and forth as she had a hard time getting into it while i loved it from the start.

I really enjoyed the whole book, but the ending just had me in disbelief. If you read gillian flynns smash bestseller gone girl, then im sure youve also been up on the questions surrounding the ending, and youre eager to see what really happened when david fincher. Major differences between the gone girl book and movie. The film concludes with amy and nick going on television to announce amys pregnancy, as opposed. Is gone girls movie ending different from the book. Nonetheless, its filled with psychologically complex characters, lots of subplots, and tons of important detailsso dont zone out, blink, or skim passages, because you very well might miss something. What if an alien in the future stumbled upon david finchers gone girl. Seeing it again after all that time i am pleased to say that it has lost none of its zip. Two short years ago we created this message box on our home page, asking for your help to keep this site up and running.

Click here to start a new topic please sign and date your posts by typing four tildes new to wikipedia. The sounds of screeching steel along the rails and the distant sound of the steam engine whistling its way to freedom have long been silent, but the legend of this extraordinary and endearing film lingers on in our memory. Gone girl, by gillian flynn, is a twosided contest in which nick and amy dunne tell conflicting stories. How the gone girl movie ends popsugar entertainment. Ive never thought that any type of book should have to end in a certain way. A topnotch cast, spectacular images, tense images and noisy action help make this one a superior effort of its kind. 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. From strange disappearances to troubled husbandandwife relationships, these books like gone girl are sure to keep you in suspense until the very last page. Ryan s damaged p38 flies over an italian city, as portrayed by a real p38 or a reasonably accurate model. Italys defeat may be imminent, but that causes only confusion for the british and. This movie is much better when seen in its original widescreen format. Gone girl is a pretty gripping story, the kind where just one more page easily turns into five more chapters, and in this respect, its a pretty easy read.

The differences between the ending of gone girl, the film, and gone girl, the book, are miniscule. Home study guides gone girl gone girl summary gone girl. It is now the february book ofthemonthclub selection. Colonel joseph ryan, a p38 pilot and group commander, managed to escape with 900 fellow officers from a nazi pow camp in italy. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors. While most of the prisoners at the camp are british, a determined, resourceful american air force colonel frank sinatra takes charge and leads the escape, which requires that the prisoners wrest control of a german train and propel it through. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when nick dunnes clever and beautiful wife disappears from. Based on the novel by david westheimer, the film changes several aspects of the novel, most. As sao senior american officer, he quickly puts a stop to disorder, and becomes the most hated man in the camp. The screenplay concerns a group of allied prisoners of war who conduct a daring escape by hijacking a freight train and fleeing through germanoccupied italy to switzerland. Despite the fact that flynn wrote the screenplay for david finchers new film, there are a. Gillian flynns name has been placarding book stores all over the world for a while now and pretty soon, its going to take a tour around the silver screens as well.

Texan westheimer served as an air force navigator and was captured by enemy troops. Minor tweaks aside, nick still chooses amy, and amy chooses nick. But dont be surprised to see some changes in the onscreen adaptation of the beloved gillian flynn book. The author of the book, david westheimer, was a navigator on a b24 that was shot down over italy in wwii and he was a pow in stalag luft iii. The character has the same name in both the book and the movie. The cinematography has held up well, particularly during the climax eric referred to in the italian alps. While the majority of the prisoners at the camp are british, a strongminded, quickwitted american air force colonel takes charge and leads the escape, which requires that the prisoners to sneak onto a german train bound for switzerland. Obviously, this post includes many spoilers about the gone girl movie and book. The oscarnominated special effects range from some good miniature trains almost the entire nighttime firebombing scene to some dynamic but weakly superimposed. The girl on the train, here are twelve novels to pick up next. Gone girl by gillian flynn book summary on a warm summer morning in north arthage, missouri, it is nick and amys fifth wedding anniversary. Hidden meaning in gone girl earthling cinema youtube. I just finished listening to the audio book gone girl and am disappointed in the ending.

Given the controversy already surrounding the twisted conclusion in the. 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. While the basic story line is the same in the book and the movie, i found the changes in the screenplay to have made the principal characters more interesting, more human and more appealing i came to. On which railway line were the action scenes at the end of the movie shot. Millions of you flocked to gone girl over the weekend, and you saw finchers ending. While the novel already received the bigscreen treatment and youve probably read the next gone girl a. The complexity of human behavior promotional still for the upcoming gone girl film adaptation. The book ending is also different than in the movie in that ryan survives. Westheimer captures the gritty oblivion of pow life, while the suspense builds as the. Spoiler page for gone girl by gillian flynn book journey. Heres how gillian flynn defended the ending of gone girl in 2012.

It seems as a wrong judgment to ryan and now he has to gain the support of his british soldiers he is commanding. Welcome to earthling cinema, where we examine the last remaining artifacts of a onceproud culture and try to understand. Ill add the conclusion to the end of that sentence as well. By the time i made it to the end of the book, i really had no love for either one of them and in my honest opinion they deserved each other. Gone girls ending is different from the book in these. Gone girl study guide contains a biography of gillian flynn, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. The ending of gone girl is a big point of contention for a lot of readers. During ww ii colonel joe ryan crashes in italy and is interned at pow concentration camp 202.

Major spoilers on the gone girl film adaptation and book ahead. Obvious model train in the wide shots of the bombing of the town the train is going through. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject put new text under old text. The deservedly famous ending goes against audience expectations. Maybe thats true, but theres more to flynns title choice than meets the eyeand in a lot of ways, its actually describing amy herself. Ryan sinatra, an american pilot, is shot down in fascist italy and put in a fascist prisoner of war camp there, where he becomes the new ranking officer among the allied prisoners. However, the ending makes it clear that amys sociopathic need for power, and nicks disgust with her, will never go away. Anyway, im curious as to how other people felt about the ending and what it possibly entails. Gone girl the end of gone girl spoiler alert showing 1. Frank sinatra mandated that this movies ending be changed and subsequently this destroyed any possibility of a sequel that the 20th century fox studio was considering.