The Anarchist Cookbook

Rating:
Summary: A disappointment
Review: Although the movie did have a few redeeming qualities, I found it disappointing. As a student at Susman's high school and a memeber of the scene that his movie tried to represent, I was upset with the way it was portrayed. This is not because it was portrayed in a negative way, but because it was simply false. If it had been set in a different city with a different scene, I might have reacted differently, but it seemed horribly unrealistic and shallow.

Rating:
Summary: fine by me
Review: First of all i really do not see the whole "right wing propoganda" that everyone else sees. I do believe that democrats are against anarchy as well. The only reason that this movie does not get a higher rating is because of the simple point that anarchist were represented very wrong, they are not hippies (well not totally, they are like angry hippies). And i don't think anybody should be represented in bad fashion (hippies). The plot did linger a bit, but the story was there. The reason it gets a 3 is because entertainment value was good (but only for a rental). If your looking for a good movie to buy about anarchy i would suggest SLC Punk, very well done. As for the ending, anybody who didn't like it is probably just some sad teenage anarchist that wishes they could live this life forever and not grow out of it. The fact is that anarchy will get you nowhere grow up and deal with it. Puck did.

Rating:
Summary: I hate this movie
Review: I found this movie to be extremely boring, and difficult to sit through. It was a complete waste of time. I wanted to watch the entire thing, in case the plot came together somehow. Speaking of which, the movie didnt seem to have much of a plot at all. The storyline was pretty weak, and the characters made me mad. It was just plain stupid. I wish I could give it a rating of zero stars.

I wouldnt recommend this movie, unless you are a mindless zombie who finds watching pointless movies to be a positive step in your life.

Rating:
Summary: Horrible Right Wing Propaganda
Review: I have to agree with the previous reviewers who "suspect" there is a right wing propaganda message in this film. I don't suspect, I know there is a right wing propaganda message in this film. This film is a wretched waste of time for anyone who isn't a George Bush loving, right wing Christian/Republinazi. The film isn't true to anarchist philosophy or intent. Sure, there are fanatics in every group who want to do crazy, destructive things. But there are plenty of intelligent, sane anarchists out there who believe in non-violent change. I'm not an anarchist, just a liberal who thought I might see an interesting film about anarchism gone a little too far. Instead, I was hit over the head with a right wing propaganda piece about how anyone who's different is bad. As a previous reviewer stated, the moral of this movie is: don't deviate from the mainstream, go get a corporate office job and marry your Christian Republican girlfriend and life will be great!
Apart from its revolting message, this isn't even a well made film. The lead actor in the role of Puck is completely unconvincing as a young "anarchist." He looks like a boy scout/yuppie/hipster who had his hair slightly tousled with some styling gel. The editing and storyline are terribly done. Disjointed editing creates a story that at times makes no coherent sense and doesn't explain how things have transitioned in the plot. The story itself doesn't go very deeply into how these characters came to be who they are, their motivations, etc. To sum it up, this plays like an Afterschool Special created by focus on the family. I would give this film zero stars if I could. At total piece of crap, don't waste your time unless you are a rabid conservative. Ugh.

Rating:
Summary: this is a bad @$$ movie
Review: I loved this movie. maybe it wasn't as good as SLC Punk, but it was still good. but the only thing bad about this movie is that is goes against true anarchist because in this movie a few of them are hippys or what ever there called. and they hate disctrution and stuff. what is up with that. if you really want to know what a real and true Anarchist is then watch SLC Punk, maybe you'll learn something.

Rating:
Summary: this is a bad @$$ movie
Review: I loved this movie. maybe it wasn't as good as SLC Punk, but it was still good. but the only thing bad about this movie is that is goes against true anarchist because in this movie a few of them are hippys or what ever there called. and they hate disctrution and stuff. what is up with that. if you really want to know what a real and true Anarchist is then watch SLC Punk, maybe you'll learn something.

Rating:
Summary: Another view on the Anarchist Cookbook
Review: I originally watched this movie as was recommended by a friend, and was sometimes humored by some parts. However, I was horrified by the ending, when suddenly this militant convinces everyone into a violent attack, and how he turns everyone in. I'm currently researching into the directors and the film more for evidence of a right-wing propaganda message within. There's skepticism towards the real Anarchist Cookbook (the book itself), and it would be no surprise if this movie was yet another anti-anarchism piece targetted at an anarchist/activist audience.

Rating:
Summary: Couldn't get into it
Review: I tried so hard to give this movie a chance. Right away, I noticed similarities to movies such as 'Fight Club', 'SLC Punk', and even 'Suburbia'. I recommend any of these three films, but can't do so for this one. Now that I think about it, it even features a basketball game that smacks of a scene from 'American History X'.
From the first couple of minutes on, this film offered nothing original. From a technical standpoint, the shots are static and seem to go on too long. The writing is pitiful. The dialogue is unbelievable and made me roll my eyes so much that I memorized the inside of my eyelids.
The extras are scarce; only a commentary from the director. I'd be willing to bet that there were enough goofs to warrant a gag-reel. With one of those, this may have scored two stars.
Bottom line: the movie is distant, plodding, and predictable. The actors bring nothing original to the table. Some scenes seem meant to shock but fall short.

Rating:
Summary: derivitive waste of time
Review: My girlfriend started watching this while I was in the other room. I walked in, watched one scene and said,"What, for the first scene of this did they flash the definition of anarchy?" Yes, this pedantic piece ... reads like a none too subtle right-wing rebuttal of Fight Club. The leader is caricatured as a pedophile, and the idealistic young rebels soon descend into drug use, petty crime, and eventually jail time. Fortunately the main character is redeemed by a ... young republican co-ed, and he rediscovers the joy of borgeouis sterility just in time. This is a pedantic, stereotype-ridden ..., rent it if you feel like doing your own humorous critique, but for god's sake don't waste your money buying it...

Rating:
Summary: It was dumb...
Review: Oh, the things I heard about this movie. One of my friends told me that this was the worst movie ever made. Then later I read reviews of this movie and decided that I might, just might, give it a try. I mean I have been surprised before. I have seen movies that I thought were going to be dreadful, but they turned out to be perfectly acceptable. This was not one of those movies: no the inept directing and script writing relegated this movie to the lowest level of the rubbish bin.

Puck is a follower. He just wants to be part of something. The script etches out this point again and again, lacking any subtelty in the delivery. Instead of having to actually think about the characters and decide whether they did the right thing or the wrong thing, the movie spoonfeeds us the answers and deeper meanings. So, here he is, his anarcho-pacifist group taken over by a radical sociopath. What is he to do? Follow the path of his Republican girlfriend or blow up building alongside with neo-nazis and gun weilding McVeighites?

Apart from entirely lacking subtelty, this movie was hackneyed rubbish. Now, I understand that every movie steals from other movies. That in and of itself is not a problem. However, this movie is nothing but a sampler of: SLC Punk, Trainspotting, American History X, Fight Club (its there believe me), and a plethora of other such movies. Yes, its all been done, but the story of a young misguided man breaking off from the underground and into the mainstream has been done more times than even the multiple personailty cliche.

So what have we got? A movie that is a patchwork of cliches and exhibits the subtlety of a sledgehammer. I'll go on. The script is terrible. Yes, terrible. None of the actors in this movie were that terrible, no, but being forced to say those horrid lines you would sound coerced too. For example: Double D says, "What am I going to do without you." In full seriousness. It sounds stupid. Really stupid. The plot, being little less than a string of cliches is horribly predictable. Sitting in front of the screen you will be able to tell what will happen in the next five minutes at every point in the movie.

However in the end you supposed precognition will become more obvious. You will enjoy not watching that film. Any viewer will be able to predict that.