The Killer 2023 (David Fincher)

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Guess who's back!

Fassbender is back!!!

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Hell yes. We've been in need for more Fincher. And Fassbender has always struggled getting the kind of projects he deserves, so this will be a nice chance for him to shine.

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Let’s see if it can stick to the Nov. 10th plan.

I WANT IT NOW!

Look forward to it, show it soon

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It's out on Netflix today. I just finished watching it. Michael Fassbender is excellent in this intelligent, well written character driven crime drama. One of the best films of the year.

I adored it.

It did, shockingly!

I know what I am doing tonight!!

Thanks for the heads up Allaby almost forgot about this one. Excellent late night neo-noirish Thriller. Fincher is as meticulous with directing as Fassbender's character is with killing.


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Gone Girl +
The Social Network +
The Game +
Fight Club +
Panic Room +

*The Killer

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo +
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button +

Alienł +

(Haven't seen Mank yet.)

i dont know why they put this movie in the cinemas when u can watch it on netflix? :/

I’m watching it on Netflix now. It had an exclusive window in theatres.

Mild spoilers


Fincher uses genre to talk about hustle culture and how empty it actually is. The character's ideals/neurosis are contrasted against his fellow hit people throughout. The chief antagonist represents the apathy he can no longer maintain. What should be a happy ending, him admitting his humanity, is tragic to him. It's failure.


It's a stuffy yuppy husk movie and Fincher might be having a laugh not just in narration but with the score as well. This character doesn't even recognize music as something he enjoys. It is utility only and tied to his perspective in the sound design. It's not catharsis like Drive. It's not status like American Psycho. It's just drowning out his inner monologue, helping him stay hollow.

It's fine.

Love him as an actor - very great performances in two under appreciated films: Fish Tank and Macbeth. He was also one of the better things about Prometheus too... even though the film, although very interesting and good, had a few minor issues, he was absolutely great in it. Yeah, he's one of those actors who's great to watch on screen.

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I'm actually with Tom Cruise on this one... I think good films and non-Marvel loud obnoxious films need to be in theaters NOT only Netflix. I admire and respect what he did with Top Gun Maverick and the latest Mission Impossible film... you get so much more out of seeing a film on the big screen than on the small screen.

Watched it earlier tonight. I don't consider myself much of an authority on Fincher even though this was the eighth of his films I've seen. But they were all worth seeing.

I thought it was damn great.

You're damn great, too, friend.