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Fight Club (Single Disc Edition)

Fight Club (Single Disc Edition)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Brutal, Vivid and conceptual.
Review: The video and audio transfer is among the best I have seen. An excellent film from one of the most innovative, visually stylistic directors around.

The extras and beautiful packaging make it a must for collectors.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Difficult and disturbing, and that's just the idea
Review: My own ambivalence about this movie has gone back and forth from admiration to disgust. I didn't like the movie the first time I saw it -- I wrote a very negative review which can be found on the IMDB (look for "Serdar Yegulalp") -- but I've softened my stance a bit.

I still don't think this is a great film, but I do think it is an important and fitfully brilliant one. It certainly looks and moves like nothing else out there, and is willing to be truly offensive and disturbing in an age where the affronts have become prepackaged and manageable (and therefore boring).

My biggest problem with the movie -- and I'm treading lightly here to avoid spoiling anything -- is that the revelations we are given throughout the film about society are basically red herrings. The movie's real message is about INSANITY, on a personal level, but it's like they used a cannon to slay a housefly.

And when all's said and done, it's STILL a hell of a ride. I thoroughly enjoyed many of the more clever moments -- and was rightfully turned off by the more repulsive ones, like Angel Face's horrible beating. (Apparently the less explicit cut, which was used in the release print, was even more disturbing than the more explicit rendering of the same scene because we're not allowed to see what really happened for very long.)

The extras on the second disc are absolutely fantastic and make this a must-have disc for people who are students of effects and film making.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Outstanding!
Review: Like many people I went into the theater expecting not to like this film. When I walked out I had a broad smile and a lot of hope for the future of film making. I'd been a fan of David Fincher's work for a long time (which is what made me go see Fight Club) and have to say that this is his finest work to date. Faced paced and un-afraid, Fight Club dares to challenge the viewers to think bout society and themselves. Brad Pitt and Edward Norton Sink into their roles and relentlessly deliver their characters into reality. As a film student I must say that I wish my name were somewhere in the credits for this one. My hats off to a brave and (most importantly) hillarious film.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Briliant, satriric, beautiful and intelligent
Review: David Fincher squeezes the maximum out of the cinematic medium in the briliant take on Palahniuks novel. Although Pitt, Norton and Bonham-Carter all perform top-notch, Fincher is the true star here.

Both cinematography and music are the tops, a true blend of the mediums, forming a beautiful visual surface. However, all this eye-candy are matched by the excellent and mindtwisting content. A true cinematic accomplishment.

I saw this film three times in the cinema, and it still left a thirst for more. In contradicition to what the film preaches, I recommend you to get the DVD, the soundtrack and the book (not the t-shirt though).

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: painfully intense... like a 139-minute orgasm
Review: this film does not beg to be liked. it is horrible; dense; sick and wrong; shocking; brutal; fantastical; it hurts to watch. any attempt to identify with a character, or to locate a "hero", is swiftly struck down. at the same time it's delicate, heartbreakingly sad, watching the ugliest kid in class get beaten for the eightieth time this year. We are being forced to purchase the DVD in an attempt to outsell THE MATRIX; the VHS editions are terrible and cruelly overpriced. For twenty-some-odd bucks (and a DVD player upon which to watch it) you get a gorgeous package, two disks, hours of supplementary footage, 2.41-to-1 anamorphic widescreen, and you support all the brilliant filmmakers who went through all this trouble just to make you cringe for a few hours.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Save the money
Review: I have no complaints about the translation to DVD, but this movie had so much potential that it just blew. It's the first movie that I've ever seen where for the first half, I was blown away and completely drawn in, but by the end, I wanted my money back. They blew that bad. It had some many things that it could have dealt with, but instead, it relied on a ridiculous plot twist that ruined the film. Save your dough.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Violence among the confused
Review: If I wanted to choose a movie that I thought would be too violent, I'd certainly think about Fight Club. Even the name tells you that it's going to be violent. It's seems so realistic that when you finish watching it, you just want to fight or get a black eye or two.

When Arnold shoots them up, it doesn't seem realistic and that's why you can enjoy it. I couldn't really enjoy this one. The concept was good, but too close to approval of breaking others bones.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One phenominal movie, on two incredible disks
Review: If you buy one movie this year, it must be Fight Club. This was one of the most underatted movies of the year. You really can't say a lot of the plot without revealing the movie, but trust me, it goes beyond anything that the trailer might lead you to think. The movie is soo good, that immidately after watching the movie, you want to see it again. The second disk sets new standards for the term "extras". Everything ever created for the movie is here. I'm serious, you will find soo much stuff on the second disk, you may never watch it all. The only DVD that comes close with extras is the "Abyss Special Edition", but the more I look at it, "Fight Club" blows it away. Overall, do yourself a favor and buy this DVD. This DVD will be that one that you will use too show off you DVD player and stereo to your friends, just because it is one incredible movie.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: What a DVD should be.
Review: This is what a DVD should be like. This disk is a beautiful work of art. Two disks, one with the main feature and the other with bonus materials. The bonus disk is extensive. Multiple angles, multiple audio tracks and many making-of features. The main disk is in Dolby Digital 5.1, and the sound is great, thanks to the THX enhancments. This disk is also a groundbreaker by adding in the THX calibration tests. Great idea. The only other option that I would want is a DTS edition or a THX EX track with the TEX THX opening. Other than that it is great.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Classic Film; Amazing DVD
Review: I'd first like to say that Fight Club is not for all tastes. It was very controversial when it first came out, and many people aren't going to like it. It's an extremly disturbing film. But I loved it. I thought it was an insightful look at a lost generation and how they have to outlet their frustration. The DVD is just spectacular! It has boundless extras like 4 different commentary tracks (I think this could be a record), documetary features, and many different advertising features (I loved the Public Service Annoucements). Although I recomend watching the film before you buy it, it is an amazing item to own.


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