The Game poster
The Game

What’s Aged the Best?

The Game The Rewatchables

Sean Penn, the final bill split, San Francisco locations, fluorescent graffiti, thriller phrases, Deborah Kara Unger, and Fincher’s hidden societies are praised.

In the discussion (9)
Approx. transcript time · 00:33:29Read transcript
  • Sean Penn’s unreliable, volatile brother remains a major strength.
  • The brothers silently agreeing to split the final bill is praised as a sharp closing joke.
  • The Ritz-Carlton remains an unchanged and recognizable San Francisco location.
  • The graffiti-covered house remains visually memorable.
  • The phrases “they’re watching” and “now you’ve done it” are praised as durable thriller devices.
  • Deborah Kara Unger is praised as well suited to the movie, while the panel wonders why she did not become a larger star.
  • The panel reports that Fincher and Douglas cast her after seeing a Crash sex scene on her reel, then explicitly questions whether that story is true.
  • Fincher’s Bay Area photography gives the city a strong cinematic identity.
  • The hidden organization operating through familiar hotels, phones, and bank systems fits Fincher’s recurring interest in secret societies in plain view.