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Summary: Top Marks From a Tough Grader
Review: When I feel that a film is good enough to earn three stars, that's saying something. I'm extremely picky when it comes to grading movies, and base it on several factors: plot, script, acting, directing and overall enjoyment, all of which are extremely hard to accomplish, and together almost impossible in my opinion. So here's my opinion on 'Fight Club': Plot: Though strange, unusual and disturbing, it's incredibly original and totally away from the 'norm' that Hollywood has been forcing us to watch. 5 stars. Script: The script is clever and makes you think, but it sarcastic to the point that 'Fight Club' is funnier than most comedies we see nowadays...in a way, that's sad, but helps the film. 5 stars. Acting: Edward Norton does a fantasic job as "Narrator" or "Jack", and is the highlight of this film. Brad Pitt also gives a wonderful performance, but is overshadowed by Norton's. 4 stars. Directing: David Fincher deserved an Oscar for this. It's unfortunate that his film was left in the dust because of M. Night Shymalan's 'The 6th Sense', the two very similar. 5 stars. Overall Enjoyment: 'Fight Club' was by far one of the best movies I've ever seen, and after watching it...well...I'll be buying the DVD eventually. The extras are great, funny, and probably one of the better buys out there. 5 stars. So all in all, 'Fight Club' is a great movie and is worth the two hours you put into watching it. My opinion: 4.5 stars at least.
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Summary: Quite simply put "The Greatest Movie in the World"
Review: Yes, that is a bold statement, and yes I've seen more of the so-called classics than say most people (Due to an exponential amount of free time), but this film is truely great. As compared to some other films, I quickly came to the realization that 'Hey...there's nothing else like this'. The characters are complex, and the plot is thick. Many, many, many, hidden details placed carefully throughout the movie that elude to the fact of the final outcome between Brad Pitt and Edward Norton (and not moronic clues, such as ones found in Scream as to who is the killer. Meanwhile, I've fallen asleep.)
The Narrator(Norton) is kind of humorus in the fact ol' Chuck's idea while writing the book without and name for the main character was to make this possibly about anyone, any average Joe.
The movie does an awsome job in staying with the book, sans a diefferent ending (which I personally liked the movie better, seeing as there was no hope of a sequel.) And a few missing details on how to blow up various things, which is a big suprise they left it out.
Every actor is perfect, David Fincher is perfect, and the ideas behind it are...well...perfect. Escapism, split-personalities, survivalism, all tackled without being politically correct. It's not suprising that this movie turns a lot of people off. All great works are like that, controversial. The violence turned off some people, and many people wondered what in the heck this was in the theaters, when they thought this was going to maybe be like Bloodsport.
Going over the details is pointless, this film must be seen.
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Summary: Gripping
Review: Fight Club is a great movie! It will leave you hooked!
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Summary: Chuck P..and David Fincher.. is there anything they CANT do?
Review: Not only is the adaptation to film brilliant, but the added scenes and ideas seem as though they were meant to be in the original novel. Chuck P's statement about consumerism is violently real while the underlying story deals with the proletariatization of the middle class and how our struggles within ourselves can lead to external violence and rage. The DVD has some awesome features, like a hilarious catalogue filled with all kinds of crazy things (like a shirt that comes in the color "bunny") if you have the time and eye sight to read through it. There are also T.V spots, trailors, commentaries, and various other fun stuff. Read the book, buy the DVD, be enlightened.
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Summary: The movie of our generation
Review: If you are in your late twenties, early thirties you will feel all warm and cozy after this movie. It is the movie of our generation. Yes everything has been done and we pray to the gods of The Pottery Barn but you can break free. It is a crazy ride and you must watch it twice to truly appreciate its strangeness. I hope for your sake that you don't know the bizarre twist because it makes it even better. Edward Norton is unbelievable as always and Brad Pitt is made for the role. All I know is that after I watched it I blew up my fully furnished apartment, burned all my catalogues, quit my job and am now writing the great American Novel. Oh wait, it has already been written by Chuck Palanuik. Read the book too!
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Summary: Shuster you need to shush
Review: Shuster you are a nerd. why dont you go watch The Sound of Music if or something. This is a great movie with a very original plot. This is not a main stream movie created by the same Communists that control Hollywood. Set back and enjoy it is just a good movie.
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Summary: Far Better than the Marketing Wonks Made it out to Be
Review: I had absolutely no desire to see this movie based on trailers and ads. The marketing folks made it look like a juvenile, gory, bare-knuckled boxing flick. Life's too short for that, so I ignored it. When my son returned from winter camp, he kept insisting that we rent the movie. Knowing that he hangs with creative, rebellious & inciteful people, I got a copy. I couldn't watch it once--I had to watch it a second time. The movie challenges socially constructed ideas of masculinity in several ways. It mocks them. It presents alternatives. It runs one idea to its apocalyptic conclusion. This is a disturbing movie, but well worth the time to watch ... and be careful, you, too, may feel compelled to watch it a second time. But remember, it's just a movie, as the characters keep reminding us. If you watch this on DVD, make certain that the disk is clean before starting. Although not a bad idea for any movie, one _MUST_ do this to fully appreciate this one.
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Summary: Gritty, insane black comedy/psychodrama/social satire
Review: I won't go too much into the details, but let me say that this might well be my favorite movie of the 90s. Seen from the perspective of insanity, the movie does an excellent job at letting us (me, anyway) sympathize with the protagonist's cynical stance on society. Excellent visuals and acting (I knew about Norton, but I frankly didn't think Pitt was this good), this might well be Fincher's best work to date. The DVD is one of the most complete around!
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Summary: Very impressed
Review: When my date took me to see this movie I went in expecting to sleep through the whole thing, because the previews made it look like some kind of brainless movie with a bunch of guys beating each other up. It does have some awesome fight scenes, but this movie is far from brainless. I didnt find it at all predictable, which for me is few and far between. It's very clever, and really makes you think at times. It's got humor, and suspense, and action, and Brad Pitt, so its all around a great movie.
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Summary: Not just about some stupid fight club
Review: At first glance in the video store or rental place this film may look dumb because a person might think it is just about a stupid fight club. This is not so, yes there is a fight club in the film as the title implies, but the film is much more than that. It raises questions about how we as a people judge ourselves in society. The film talks about how we are just a bunch of self-centered consumers who judge ourselves by the contents of our wallets. If you can get past a little blood and gore and actually look into the film you will see a must have for any DVD collection.
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