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Summary: Fincher -- Our Generation's Hitchcock?
Review: Is David Fincher our generation's Hitchcock? Time will tell, but with a triple crown of Se7en, The Game and now The Fight Club, he's making the case. And he is, at least and certainly in terms of sheer audacity and breathtaking filmmaking. Fincher is a great supporter of new technology and certainly the lavish care devoted to this DVD (packaging, sound/video quality, extras galore) is fabulous, and even without all of this added, great stuff, it's a film you'll return to again and again. In the spirit of Tyler Durden, though, why does Amazon have these stupid "Was this review helpful to you or not" buttons? (Read: gee, I disagree with this reviewer, therefore this review is not helpful). What is this, the vote for high school queen and king? Do I care? PLEASE - make sure you vote "No" for me and, through your vote, for the whole point of THE FIGHT CLUB and Tyler Durden!
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Summary: This is NOT Mainstream Hollywood Fare!
Review: Wow! What a surprise this was! I loved Fincher's "Seven", but I passed on seeing "Fight Club" in the theater because it looked like just another big Hollywood action flick. Boy, was I wrong! This is a true original...a sharp, witty, harsh and stylish diatribe on what makes up our petty little lives. This movie makes you think -- and it poses many questions that the audience may direct inwards to ask itself --- this is NOT your usual Hollywood summer fare. And I am sure my second viewing of the film will be even better (and an entirely different experience)! The DVD is also a TOP CONTENDER for best disc release yet and contains tons of extras (my favorite being the hilariously biting pages from the Fight Club Merchandise Catalog -presskit). The numerous TV spots and trailers reminded me of when the film was in theaters and why I didn't go see it...although they are well made, most of them don't do justice to the actual film and misled me into thinking it was just another action picture. Don't be fooled. Aside from a few cgi-effects that aren't too convincing, this is a true modern classic!
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Summary: I am Jack's DVD review
Review: If you are like me then you didn't buy the pre-release machismo hype! If you are like me you listened, despite your usual good judgement, to all the idiot critics who called the movie a waste of time. If you are like me you rented the movie and felt cheated having missed it on the big screen. If you are like me you will buy the dvd version and watch it again and again and love it more each time. Your head'll collapse if there's nothing in it. Where is my mind? Way out on the water, see it swimming?
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Summary: Fight Club
Review: This film has moments of incredibly high level of stupidity. In fact, this is one of the dumbest films ever done. The kind of films you start watching and say "what the fk is this...", keep on watching anyway and by the ending of the movie you say "what the fk was that...". In brief, a highly recommendable film.
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Summary: Remarkable package and awesome sound
Review: There is a gloomy wet pavement feel to this movie. Those seeking a romantic angle will be disappointed beyond a bizarre relationship with the female lead. Violence is throughout the movie...its about fighting...so consider yourself warned. Something lurks in the subtext here; are we ultimately seeking leaders who can think for us? Rebuild us into something bigger and stronger? Many of the laughs are guilty laughs...we hear jokes about men's breasts, support groups, the terminally ill seeking physical interaction. May be a little tough on some folks. You were warned. Edward Norton is a compelling actor, and the disc set really provides everything you would want. The commentary is useful and powerful. Great set. This movie is clearly too complex for most theatre patrons who prefer pokemon and gladiators to plot and substance.
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Summary: I am Jacks Review of Fight Club
Review: Wow! The DVD Special Edition is a Gem! The movie kept me on the edge of my seat the first time, the second time and yes, even the third time. Brad Pitt and Ed Norton are a dynamic duo. Nortons monotone narration and the overall 'Darkness' of the film just add so much to the total mood of it. I HIGHLY reccomend it to anyone!
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Summary: Mayhem rules ! So does sarcasm !
Review: Pitt has done it again ! Pitt does it best when he plays less than normal people and scruffy looking like he did in 12 Monkeys and Legends Of The Fall. After the clean and normal Meet Joe Black this flim is a blast. The sarcasm is loud and really at its insulting best - insulting plane crashes, DKNY, women, children's films etc. In fact the violence makes fun of macho male films by Van Damme and John Woo. Anyway watch out for the large "penis" frame and the ghostly image of Pitt thru out the movie. Edward Norton is great as the ever bored narrator. (watch out for the suprise ending) and Helena is the TOTAL opposite of the goody two shoes British la-femme in her earlier flims. She is 6 times nuttier than Mel Gibson's Hamlet ! So for a stinging, insulting and thought provoking 2 hours +, buy this movie !
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Summary: Thought provoking
Review: I ask a film to entertain me or to make me think. I rented this movie based on someone telling me it was action packed. I expected a Brad Pitt "entertainment vehicle". Boy, was I wrong. This is a dark tale of revolt against our culture. Frankly, I found influences of socialism as the fighters final target lowers debt to the masses. Obviously, there are mental health issues in this movie. This is not a "date" movie and my wife quickly left the room. While it started slow and I was struggling, eventually I was engrossed in this tale that challenges your comfort zone. I do not necessarily like the new genre of young movie makers' fascination with violence. This is the first movie I have seen that used violence as a flashpoint to deliver the movie's message and I found it brutal but acceptable. I would love to sit down and talk to the screenwriter and director just to pick their mind as to how this movie ended up as it did. A fascinating psycological thriller. I recommend this for thought, not for "light" entertainment.
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Summary: Missed the target
Review: This is a very violent movie with lots of blood and fighting, but I don't mind that. I'm a fan of the old Ultimate Fighting Championship, when they used to slam each other in the head with elbows and the blood would flow, so I'm not in the least offended by the blood in Fight Club. I thought this was going to be a straight ahead movie about some regular guys forming a fight club to experience knocking each other's brains in, to get the adrenaline rush, to see how good you were in something fairly close to a street fight, though of course not a street fight since both contestants agree in advance to show up, and a measure of safety from eye gauges and death is assumed. I did something like this myself when I started a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu club where people went full tilt, though no punching was allowed, just "wrestling", more like submission wrestling. But that is not what the movie is primarily about. It is just one of the macho images the protagonist has flying around in his head. The movie isn't about a fight club. It's about the meanderings in the mind of the protagonist, who isn't planted firmly on the ground. The movie held my interest but I found it too long and at times too wierd. The robotic fight club members were a bit too much. One man's insanity is another man's cult. I think this movie would have worked better for me if they had kept it simpler, as in Keep It Simple Stupid. The bizarre and unbelievable directions they took it in lost me. Try editing it next time. Change the focus. Make it real. I hadn't realized I was watching sci fi or fantasy. You have a good concept here. Just rein it in and give it some focus. This slop is all over the place. What's that about the girl? What's that about the political messages? Huh? What are you doing? Sorry, it really doesn't come together as an artistic whole for me. It needs a ruthless editor to pare it down a half hour, and it would benefit from some reality. Even granting the macho dream concept, the Norton-Pitt dichotomy, it needs work. Tighten it up.
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Summary: Surprise, surprise!
Review: This is without a doubt one of the most memorable movies I have seen. I passed it up in the theaters simply because I thought it would be another Brad Pitt flop; however Edward Norton captured my full attention in the over-packed DVD. For the first time I can say that I wish I had seen it earlier (in the theaters.) This movie is a must for DVD collectors and fans alike!
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