Movie Debate #158: Gone Baby Gone

[Reed Rothchild | 9,641]

[Brickman | 4,073]

I love Denis Lehane's books but this movie adaptation was just ok. It is the third in the series so that's really confusing why they went with this one (they could have setup a nice series of movies). I do remember some reviews being a bit confused with some of the story elements in the movie at the time of release, from memory I think they removed some sections that helped tell the story. I'd go with a 6.5 I think. Read the book if you're into crime thrillers.

[Sumez | 3,013]

I've never even heard of this one 

[fox | 1,694]

I didn't know Gone Girl had a sequel.  Guess Ben was too busy so they cast his brother instead.

[Brickman | 4,073]

11 minutes ago, fox said:

I didn't know Gone Girl had a sequel.  Guess Ben was too busy so they cast his brother instead.

I know this is a joke post but Ben actually directed this so it doesn’t land so well 

[doner24 | 1,197]

7-good flick 

[The Count | 546]

I really liked this movie up until the silly ending. Some great scenes like the bar scene, the methhead scenes, and the stuff with Cheese. 8/10.

[Gloves | 11,891]

Never even heard of it.

[TDIRunner | 2,794]

I've also never heard of it.  I just watched the trailer.  It looks like an interesting story, but I'm not convinced that it's something I want to watch, but it's tempting because of the cast.  

[Brickman | 4,073]

Reed: Can’t wait to hear what everyone thinks of Gone Baby Gone. They’ll probably talk about Ben’s directing, Casey’s portrayal of Patrick, the great Boston backdrop.

VGS: 

[Reed Rothchild | 9,641]

Just now, Brickman said:

Reed: Can’t wait to hear what everyone thinks of Gone Baby Gone. They’ll probably talk about Ben’s directing, Casey’s portrayal of Patrick, the great Boston backdrop.

VGS: 

Oh, believe me, I had no such delusions.  Any movie made after 1999 is probably gonna flop.

[Brickman | 4,073]

3 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said:

Oh, believe me, I had no such delusions.  Any movie made after 1999 is probably gonna flop.

I’m actually surprised how many said they have never even heard of it.

I can understand not seeing it but this movie was pretty big at the time and I vaguely remember some people shitting on it just because they don’t like Ben Affleck which caused some controversy.

[Tulpa | 3,569]

3 hours ago, Brickman said:

I’m actually surprised how many said they have never even heard of it.

Yeah, I'm a little surprised, too, at the "Never heard of it." Granted, it's been 17(!) years, but it was still kind of a big deal back in the day. Was everyone here a teenager/in college and stoned out of their mind in 2007?  

3 hours ago, Brickman said:

I can understand not seeing it but this movie was pretty big at the time and I vaguely remember some people shitting on it just because they don’t like Ben Affleck which caused some controversy.

Yeah, I remember a lot of people hatin' on him. Probably residual feelings from some of the flops he had before.

But then people were pretty quick to at least grudgingly say, "Okay, so he can direct."

[G-type | 2,601]

never heard of it before.

[G-type | 2,601]

Also, I'm not saying I'd never see it... but right now there's about 200 movies ahead of it in my queue.

[Sumez | 3,013]

9 hours ago, Brickman said:

I’m actually surprised how many said they have never even heard of it.

I can understand not seeing it but this movie was pretty big at the time and I vaguely remember some people shitting on it just because they don’t like Ben Affleck which caused some controversy.

It's not like I'm not keeping up with movies. It's hard for me to find the time to watch them, but I always keep tabs on what's coming out, and I have a massive list of things I still need to see. Most of them newer than 1999 probably.

But I have literally never heard of this movie before, the title is completely new to me. I'm gonna assume it never had an international theatrical release.

Edit: seems it was shown here

Edited May 11 by Sumez

[Brickman | 4,073]

53 minutes ago, Sumez said:

It's not like I'm not keeping up with movies. It's hard for me to find the time to watch them, but I always keep tabs on what's coming out, and I have a massive list of things I still need to see. Most of them newer than 1999 probably.

But I have literally never heard of this movie before, the title is completely new to me. I'm gonna assume it never had an international theatrical release.

Edit: seems it was shown here

It was pretty big. I don’t live in the US either and it played here. It was also directed by Ben Affleck which made it more famous or infamous depending what you think of the movie.

I’m not really surprised that people haven’t seen it, crime movies aren’t a lot of people’s genre. I’m just more surprised that a lot of people had never heard of it.

The good thing about these debates is that it introduces movies to people. I wouldn’t place this as a must see drop everything type movie, but it’s worth a watch if you’ve got nothing better to watch and looking to kill some time. Casey Affleck was pretty good in it (although isn’t who I pictured as Patrick from a readers perspective) and Ben did a good job directing imo.

[Sumez | 3,013]

5 minutes ago, Brickman said:

but it’s worth a watch if you’ve got nothing better to watch and looking to kill some time

Is this a realistic situation for anyone?  I envy those people