re: Saw "Gone Girl" for the first time. I don't understand the praise.

I'm not going to spend much time speaking to you, but I will answer a couple of these.

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Tell me... why would the Neil Patrick Harris character take the time to clean up the kitchen floor... and then, why would he do that but leave the coffee table, etc., in shambles?

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This is where you expect a real crime drama. You won't find it here. This movie is not for everyone.

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Then, why would he take the diary to Nick's father's house? Does he even KNOW Nick's father? Did he take the time inside Mrs. Dunne's house after he abducted her and cleaned the kitchen floor to ask her if she had a diary that would incriminate her husband? Did he read it? Did he then devise a plan on the fly to plant the diary at Nick's father's house? If he wanted to frame Nick for a murder, why not just leave the diary untouched inside their house?

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Also if you're talking about why everyone buys her story at the end, you have to buy into the fact that she had the public appearance of America's sweetheart who fought her way from the depths of hell. No I agree this would not happen IRL, but I enjoyed the rollercoaster of a story. You didn't, that's cool man.