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Why is this a Fincher film?

posted 4 years ago by abigolcwock (517)
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Just so weird when you see it next to the rest of his filmography. And it's not like with Alien 3 where it was his first film. He directed this after Fight Club and Se7en. Like way after directing those two movies that are widely regarded as masterpieces. Was this just a studio film with his name slapped onto it? And that doesn't mean that it's bad, because it is actually quite good and tense, but definitely nothing to write home about.

[–] sonans (1568) 4 months ago

Did you know Fight Club is a massive box office bomb? It even caused the boss of Fox to get fired, and the boss made Titanic for Fox! I always think Fincher made Panic Room for one reason only: money. He was in a bad spot at the time, he made two bombs in a row: The Game and Fight Club. The funny thing is that most people think Panic Room was an average thriller, unlike his previous masterpieces The Game, and Fight Club. The masterpieces bombed, and the average thriller made money.