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Gone Girl question SPOILERS
Posted on 6/24/15 at 8:37 pm
Posted on 6/24/15 at 8:37 pm
I know I'm late to the party, but I finally watched Gone Girl on HBONow last night.
How in the ever living frick did Amy just get away with faking her own death and murdering NPH?
Are we supposed to believe NPH's rich parents didn't want the murder of their son investigated? By all context clues, NPH was wrongly accused of stalking Amy so when everything is released they just accept it? Their lake house is recorded at all times but they don't want to look at them? Seriously?
Also with how closely the girl who robbed Amy was following the case, wouldn't she have noticed the pictures of the car that Amy used to return home? There were many photos and they would certainly have been on the news. I'm sure she would have been happy to phone in and receive some payment.
I loved the movie up until Amy returned home. Too many plot holes after that point.
How in the ever living frick did Amy just get away with faking her own death and murdering NPH?
Are we supposed to believe NPH's rich parents didn't want the murder of their son investigated? By all context clues, NPH was wrongly accused of stalking Amy so when everything is released they just accept it? Their lake house is recorded at all times but they don't want to look at them? Seriously?
Also with how closely the girl who robbed Amy was following the case, wouldn't she have noticed the pictures of the car that Amy used to return home? There were many photos and they would certainly have been on the news. I'm sure she would have been happy to phone in and receive some payment.
I loved the movie up until Amy returned home. Too many plot holes after that point.
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Posted on 6/24/15 at 8:40 pm to UncleBlazer
I can't believe she was actually considering killing herself just so her husband would get the death penalty... That part seemed the most far fetched
Posted on 6/24/15 at 8:45 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
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I can't believe she was actually considering killing herself just so her husband would get the death penalty... That part seemed the most far fetched
She was batshit crazy. BA didn't really seem like that bad of a guy outside of the affair.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 8:57 pm to UncleBlazer
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Also with how closely the girl who robbed Amy was following the case, wouldn't she have noticed the pictures of the car that Amy used to return home?
Amy drove NPH's car. She ditched the other one at the casino.
This post was edited on 6/24/15 at 8:59 pm
Posted on 6/24/15 at 9:00 pm to UncleBlazer
I also love that people don't realize how incompetent the chain of command is with police. If a case can be closed and the media can shut up, it will be closed, right or wrong.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 9:05 pm to SwaggerCopter
Didn't notice that. Thanks.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 9:07 pm to SwaggerCopter
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I also love that people don't realize how incompetent the chain of command is with police. If a case can be closed and the media can shut up, it will be closed, right or wrong.
I get that that was a theme of the movie, but a case as public as that, I don't see being shut that easily. Especially since NPH's parents are rich af and would have it looked into.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 9:17 pm to UncleBlazer
The one thing I can't get past:
You know your wife is not only still alive, but batshit crazy and framing you....you know this.
Now, why in the frick! would you open that shed, see all those toys, tv's, etc....and just leave it there????
Get that shite out of there under the cover of night and burn it! It's easily the biggest flaw in the story to me. Who the frick just closes the barndoor, and leaves it??
You know your wife is not only still alive, but batshit crazy and framing you....you know this.
Now, why in the frick! would you open that shed, see all those toys, tv's, etc....and just leave it there????
Get that shite out of there under the cover of night and burn it! It's easily the biggest flaw in the story to me. Who the frick just closes the barndoor, and leaves it??
Posted on 6/24/15 at 10:34 pm to UncleBlazer
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Also with how closely the girl who robbed Amy was following the case, wouldn't she have noticed the pictures of the car that Amy used to return home? There were many photos and they would certainly have been on the news. I'm sure she would have been happy to phone in and receive some payment.
I thought this as well. Surely they saw her being reunited with BA on tv. Wouldn't they try to cash in on that and come forward debunking Amy's story? Only thing I guess is if they were wanted by the police for other crimes. They couldn't afford to come forward because they would be arrested.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 10:36 pm to Uncle Stu
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Get that shite out of there under the cover of night and burn it! It's easily the biggest flaw in the story to me. Who the frick just closes the barndoor, and leaves it??
I agree. When the cops showed up to check the shed. I thought for sure they were going to open the doors and the shed would be empty.....but no, sure enough, the shite was still in there. WHAT?
Posted on 6/24/15 at 10:36 pm to Uncle Stu
That or use it. Those were some nice clubs 
Posted on 6/24/15 at 10:40 pm to UncleBlazer
Great movie until 3/4 through
Posted on 6/24/15 at 11:17 pm to UncleBlazer
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How in the ever living frick did Amy just get away with faking her own death and murdering NPH?
I thought she said he kidnapped her, tortured her and raped her. I'm assuming she got off in self defense. She faked the rape (I'm guessing that's what she was doing with that wine bottle because the doctors do say she was raped.) He had cameras on the whole outside of the house and there is that one scene she tied herself up and sat by the window so the cameras would catch it so she would have evidence later.
That's just what I figured anyway.
This post was edited on 6/24/15 at 11:26 pm
Posted on 6/24/15 at 11:45 pm to Uncle Stu
He couldn't burn the the stuff found in the woodshed. He realized his wife just framed him for murder and did an amazing job at that. the odds of him getting caught were very high. That would make him look even more guilty.
In the book, NPH mom does go to the police and does talk shows but she can't go a few sentences without crying. She came off as a grieving mother who shouldn't be taken seriously with her theory about Amy.
As far as the people who robbed Amy, I don't think they knew she was Amy. They just knew she was not who she said she was. Even if they figured it out, who would believe 2 drug addicts who met a woman they think was Amy at a cabin a few states away? Even if the cops checked it out, Amy cleaned the cabin.
I thought the movie was good but the book was much better.
In the book, NPH mom does go to the police and does talk shows but she can't go a few sentences without crying. She came off as a grieving mother who shouldn't be taken seriously with her theory about Amy.
As far as the people who robbed Amy, I don't think they knew she was Amy. They just knew she was not who she said she was. Even if they figured it out, who would believe 2 drug addicts who met a woman they think was Amy at a cabin a few states away? Even if the cops checked it out, Amy cleaned the cabin.
I thought the movie was good but the book was much better.
Posted on 6/24/15 at 11:53 pm to LSU70433
If I remember correctly in the book they tell her before they take her shite that they knew who she was.
I think they kind of hint at that in the movie when they tell her they know she can't go to the police. It just wasn't as direct as in the book.
I think they kind of hint at that in the movie when they tell her they know she can't go to the police. It just wasn't as direct as in the book.
Posted on 6/25/15 at 2:16 am to LSU70433
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That would make him look even more guilty
What would make him look more guilty?
I didn't suggest he throw a bonfire and invite people over?! You back your car up at 1am, load incriminating shite into car, and dispose of incriminating shite 14 counties over.
If I know my wife purposely planted that crap in my sisters garage, and she's framing me, its not a big leap to think she's going to leak that to the cops. If they serve a warrant and the shed is empty, I'm pretty sure I'm in a better position.
Leaving that shite in the shed was the biggest flaw in the story as far as I'm concerned. Most people know to get rid of that, because its only a matter of time.
Posted on 6/25/15 at 5:13 am to UncleBlazer
This movie scared me worse than any "horror" movie. About halfway through the movie when it switched to Amy driving down some highway and calmly explaining how she set her husband up my jaw was open and my girl started laughing at me. That's some evil shite right there.
Posted on 6/25/15 at 7:11 am to SwaggerCopter
quote:Which is a very realistic portrayal, I expect.
I also love that people don't realize how incompetent the chain of command is with police. If a case can be closed and the media can shut up, it will be closed, right or wrong.
Posted on 6/25/15 at 8:17 am to Uncle Stu
Well to be fair, he did have to sneak out of his house just to watch tv with his sister. Honestly don't think he could have gotten away with cleaning out the woodshed.
Posted on 6/25/15 at 9:43 am to UncleBlazer
I may be thinking way farfetched, but would he have had any chance of proving himself innocent if he had went to the cops about the shed, and the clues she left him?
I think he had a chance to prove doubt, but probably still look guilty in the court of public opinion.
I think he had a chance to prove doubt, but probably still look guilty in the court of public opinion.
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