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Newspaper article: The Guardian.

The review given starts firstly with the writer talking about another movie ‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ directed by David Fincher, saying how it was ‘… thematically empty (and, frankly, unnecessary) English-language Remake…’ They compared it to Gone Girl and how this movie was very well produced, ‘… grippingly caustic…’ stating how to movie keeps you hooked to your screens.

This is a short summary of what the movie consists of, Nick Dunne (Ben Affleck) comes home to find out that his home has been broken into and his wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) of 5 years is missing. The police get involved and when they dig in to the investigation all evidence point towards Nick.

Right below the title you see the ratings of the movie, 4 out of 5.

The title of the movie doesn’t really stands out its really simple and on a gray background.

Here is a clip of the actor Ben Affleck (playing as Nick Dunne) he talks about clips, giving his opinion etc.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/oct/05/gone-girl-review-two-different-readings-modern-marriage

In this paragraph the writer is talking about the main actors in the movie and explaining more about their personalities, (Nick, Amy and Pike.) he also quotes her best line which she shared with Nick, ‘we’re so cute I want to punch us in the face.’

Talks more about the character Amy, about her past years and how she doesn’t remember Nick the man she married, now in the present time.

In the final paragraph the writer sums up the movie and talks about the other aspects of the movie.

The writer talks about, Joe Eszterhas. They talk about how the opening to Gone Girl was the rework of Eszterha; ‘With its sympathetic fall guy apparently framed for a horrendous crime that he may have actually committed.’ also according to the writer Gone Girl is… ‘umbilical tied to Eszterhas and Verhaegens disreputable blockbuster.’

Clip – trailer of the movie.

Joe Eszterhas - writer

Magazine article: Empire.

The title is very eye catching as it is in a bright red box written in white. Also the background is black with the main characters face on it, Evan Treborn (played by Ashton Kutcher). This can show the audience that this movie has a dark side to it.

It then gives a more detailed summary of the movie explaining how Evan has the power to go back in time changing the outcome of the future with the choices he makes. ‘His dairies transport Evan back to moments where he can change things, with repeatedly dicey results.’

The movie is rated out of 5, Empire have given it a 2 out of 5 rating.

The first paragraph is a quick summary of the whole movie, telling the audience the key aspects of the movie. How he (Evan) suffers from memory loss and has history of blackouts leading him to travel back in time just from reading the journals he wrote, giving him the power to change the past.

Information about when the movie was released (14 April 2004).

http://www.empireonline.com/movies/butterfly-effect/review/

From the ending paragraph you can see how the person who wrote the review didn’t enjoy the movie as much. ‘nasty exercise in which the better ideas have been used in better movies – even Timecop.’

Websites: IMDb.

Title of name big and bold, draws attention. Other information: how long the movie lasts, the genre (mystery + thriller) and the release date; 25 May 2001 (USA).

Ratings out of 10, your able to rate the movie also. (8.5, 872,262 people have rated it)

Link to Amazon where you can watch it on DISC for £7.99

A sentence long summary of the movie, with more information about the director (Christopher Nolan), writers and stars .

Includes the trailer (2:07) of the movie and photos.

It gives a list of the people who played a part in the movie, e.g. Guy Pearce and Carrie-Anne Moss.

Who played the character role from the movie

Here they include a more detailed summary / storyline of the movie. Giving us the audience a little more to go on.

Also includes keywords, tagline and genre.Taglines can have enticing effects therefore are an important aspect in the marketing of films.Tagline: ‘Some memories are best forgotten’.Effect: Some memories best forgotten to help you move on.

This section they have a lot more information about the movie, details such as:Box office, company credits and technical specs.Box office: had a budget of £7,328,700 (estimates) and their came to £25,530,884 in November 2001.Company credits: a few companies working along side were, Newmarket Films, Team Todd and I Remember Productions.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newmarket_Films

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Todd

Newmarket Films

Team Todd Suzanne Todd was an American film and TV producer, owner of the film production company Team Todd.

An American film production and distribution company.

Other information.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209144/?ref_=kw_li_tt

This section here consists of the review of the movie written by someone, however any one can write a review for this particular movie, as there are options down the bottom to write a review or view other reviews.

The first half of the paragraph the person talks about he effect the movie has caused them after watching it and what they thought and believe. Then next a quick couple of sentences of description on the main character Lenny (played by Guy Pearce).

In their second paragraph they take about what the main character does, Lenny; explaining how his brain works like a camera taking snapshot of his life the remember the key aspects. They also include a similar movie however with a different storyline, then goes onto talk about the audience and what the writer of the review thought was good about the movie, ' The beauty of this film though is that my interpretation could be so different from yours, and neither of us could be sure whose interpretation is the right one; if there is a right one at all.’ from this you can clearly tell how mysterious the movie is and how a group of people could be watching it and have multiple perspectives.

Finally in the final paragraph they elaborate on their conclusion on the film whether they would watch it again or not or recommend others to watch it. ‘So, go and see it...’ they recommend watching it as they found it interesting and confusing at the same time.

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