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Summary: BEST DVD ON THE MARKET
Review: I realize that I have written a review for this DVD in the past, but I need to stress how great this DVD package is. The commentaries on the movie disc are amazing and the best I have ever heard from cast & crew. The warning at the beginning of the movie, you have to be quick to catch it, written by Tyler is a very cool touch. The second disc is full of some of the most spectacular supplemental material ever put together for a DVD, my favorite being Tyler's & Jack's public service announcements -hilarious!!!!. This is truly a must have for those looking to build their DVD collection, and a great choice for those wishing to add to their collection. The movie is utterly amazing - quite possibly the most original and shocking film to hit the screens in a very long time! The DVD package is fantastic, the movie is fantastic, and the soundtrack is one of the best I have ever heard - aside from John William's "Star Wars" work, and Vangelis "Blade Runner." If you want to get a great DVD - this is the one!!Note: Voted The #1 DVD to own out of 100 DVD's, by Entertainment Weekly - Jan. '01
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Summary: The Best Movie DVD Overall
Review: Although this review is a little dated, since Entertainment Weekly has already named it the best DVD made, I must support that statement simply for the overall aesthetic value and staying true to the manic and subversive identity of the film. A misleading warning message that you can't pause begins the ride that takes you to a fitting menu format that matches the movie's style. The movie itself is one of the best ever and the extras help bring it to legendary levels. Deleted scenes and why they were deleted. Actually, a ton of explainations that would impress anyone who thought about making movies. More commentaries than your average DVD, the people involved in this movie are knowledgeable about the business and process involved with making this film and all seem to have enjoyed the experience. The one with the stars talking is as entertaining as most things on TV. And the internet promos & PSAs & behind the scenes & text & drawings make it a full volume of ready info on the movie. Even the case it comes in fits the feel of the movie. Plus, the makers are realistic - touching on the fact that many critics abhorred the violence in it when it was less violent than many 1 hour cop dramas. The movie itself is a plus for any home entertainment junkie. With the film's subliminal Tyler sightings to frantic editing style to random imagery and blurred realities to dynamic bone breaking sound and viseral score - this is what makes you proud to see a movie on DVD. It's a DVD that's made by people who love this movie and appreciate that you love it too. And if you don't, they explain to you why they, and a huge cult following, think it's one of the best productions ever. This film is something all should watch. Much is lost by people thinking superficially but the underlying conscience of the movie just makes sense. Every scene, moment, line makes sense. And once you see that this movie is about fighting - but not beating men down with fists, you get the understand that this is a deeply psychological film. A thinker's film with a modern flow. Man against the world. Look for the happy face. And get this DVD - a must have. Thanks.
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Summary: Great film gets the DVD treatment that it deserves.
Review: This is a movie that truly EVERYONE can gain something from. It is the first movie that I have ever watched straight through, then rewinded, and started over again. It totally threw me for a loop. I had no trouble following it, but many people may be put off at its "slow" begginning. The impact hit me like a ton of bricks. This is the most mind-blowing thing I have ever seen put on film. I knew, after renting it, I would have to own the DVD. (consumerism, I know) but trust me, it's certainly worth it. Fight Club is given the full treatment. Both, the sound and the picture is dead-on. There are MORE than enough features here to satisfy any Dvd junky. This is definitely one to own.
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Summary: It hurts so good.
Review: A revolutionary film. Talented actors, great music, and the most profound characters and plot. Yet no award. No recognition. Why? Fight Club is very unique. However introspective it is, it leaves the viewer feeling...."bad". Its murky lighting and brutal violence draws the viewer in for a better look, only to see the most curious and amazing thing that is evil and horrible. Yet all of this is true. One can learn much from the themes instilled in 'Fight Club'. Buy this DVD, or buy this VHS, or watch this movie over and over again. It will change everything for you.
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Summary: Fight Club is a GEEK show!
Review: Brad Pitt, as America's most underrated actor (could it be because he's looks the way he does?), does a wonderful turn as Tyler Durden in this purile film. And Bonham Carter, Norton, and Meatloaf are all good as well. (I don't know why Pitt got so excited about this project. I surely don't know why he would file his teeth down to perform in it.) Come on, I'm a guy and I'm over thirty, and I couldn't bear to watch the screen the whole time - and it wasn't because it was scary - it was because it was GROSS! This is a gross out film. Watching it is like being forced to watch THE FACES OF DEATH over and over again - and liking it! While Tyler wants to reach "rock bottom", I don't think we need to see it in all it's detail. The same moral and message was in The Portait of Dorian Grey and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, but without the gross-out factor. I went home and took a shower after seeing this film!
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Summary: WHERE'S THE OSCAR?
Review: Deeper than The Matrix and richer than American Beauty, Fight Club was simply the best film of 1999.
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Summary: Excellent!!!!
Review: I recommend this film to everyone, but the easily offended. The inner trials of a modern man who is no longer going to stand for dealing with the daily grind. The main character, played by Edward Norton, is a weak insomniac working at an office building like that of so many in society today. Trying to find himself, his apartment burns down and he has nothing. He goes to support groups for which he doesn't even have a problem. Mainly because he can cry openly and because "it's amazing how much people are willing to listen to you if they think you're dieing". When a like minded woman, Marla Singer played by Bonham Carter, starts going to his support groups too he finds his inner self within his imageinary friend and personality disorder named Tyler Durden, played by Brad Pitt. With Tyler he starts Fight Club, (A secret fighting club fro men only). The main project of Fight Club is called Project Mayhem. This film shows plenty of hidden meaning through symbolisim, and although rather it portrays the way that many of struggling, working, nobodies, would deep down like to be. There is also a very unexpected suprise ending!
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Summary: I am Jack's Rave Review
Review: It is far too easy for the general populace to misunderstand this movie, I guess. So many people seem to be missing the point - indeed, *any* point - that this movie could be making, instead complaining about the violence and nihilism. Could it be that the message actually *did* hit home, but most people were so let down - or ticked off - by it, that they decided it wasn't there? This movie is the flipside of "American Beauty," another great film in which anarchy is used as an escape from the drudgery of life. "Beauty," though, was praised and celebrated, while "Fight Club" shunned. Why? The answer may be quite simple: "Beauty" actually encouraged such behavior, appealing to the modern mantra "if it feels good, do it." Consequences were ignored, leaving one feeling that this was the right thing to do. "Fight Club," on the other hand, took that mantra to it's natural, disturbing end. As Edward Norton yells late in the movie "You morons! You're running around in ski masks, blowing stuff up! What did you expect?" While "Beauty" was a call to freedom, "Fight Club" was a call to moderation. People are afraid to deal with consequences, though, therefore they focus on everything else. As for the violence, this is no worse than any boxing movie I've ever seen, with the exception of two gun-related wounds and one severe beating. And from "Raging Bull" to "Rocky," not a complaint has arisen. Why now? Because there's a message involved. What I don't understand is how a film like Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange," is considered a challenging, thought-provoking classic, when it's even *more* disturbing and over the top. At least "Fight Club" doesn't feature any giant genetalia. Everything involved in this movie is top notch, from Edward Norton's bored, cynical narration to David Fincher's visually stunning direction. Indeed, this film has such a bizzarre energy, warping in and out of speed and giving new meaning to the phrase "extreme close-up." There's enough here to please most people looking for something new in film. The most wonderful thing about this movie is the witty, literate screenplay by Jim Uhls, based on the equally stunning novel by the Vonnegut-like Chuck Pahlnuiuhk. Mixing humor, action, and subtle (and not-so-subtle) philosophy, this just might be the most quotable movie of the year. Now, for the DVD. When a movie is the reason you buy a DVD player, that says something. When said movie is actually *worth* the DVD player, that says even more. Wonderful for fans, this movie gives some wonderful behind the scenes material and stories. Especially fun is the alternate audio track with Fincher, Norton, Brad Pitt, and Helena Bonham Carter (though her track was recorded seperately). It's obvious the bond Fincher, Norton, and Pitt made during the shooting, given the relaxed atmosphere of this audio. More than once a story is told about a botched take, and like kids in a candy shop, Norton and Pitt beg Fincher to put it on the DVD. Jokes fly, complaints about the negative reviews, thoughts on the movies themes, and this is never dull to listen to. This is far more then can be said about some other movies ("Hollow Man," for instance; could anyone take such a fluff movie more seriously?) Personally, I can't wait to get back and listen to screenwriter Uhls and author Pahluniuhk duke it out! Much like "Clockwork Orange," this movie disturbed me, entertained me, made me laugh and think. Unlike that classic, though, this is one I feel I can show my little brother, or my parents, and watch numerous times myself. Check it out.
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Summary: Everything that you could possibly want in a movie
Review: ..I went to see FightClub because of the contravery that was already forming around the movie that had been in the threatres for less than a week...but I left the movie theatre a changed person. Not only are the special affects outstanding and the dialogue so complex that you need to watch the movie multiple times to catch all the subtleties, but the plot line itself has lays upon layers of meaning! If you want a love story, you've got one, if a strange and fairly disturbing version; if you want some good ..fighting, there is that, too. And may I state a second time that the special effects are beyond reproach, which is a very high compliment coming from me. But none of these things are the reason that FightClub stands out in my mind...the movie is so amazing for the multitudes of messages that it portrays, messages that I believe every single person on this planet needs to be hearing right now! Why do we let what job we have dictate our lives; why do we spend our entire lives trying to pay off credit card bill depts that we used to buy furniture that we didn't really need? Do our possessions make us who we are? FightClub is about two men who somehow, despite the American world they have grown up in which is totally based upon consumerism, find a way past it all, and find a way to fight back. It is trully too bad that more people have not seen this film, that there are people who will never watch this film because it is known to be 'violent'. Yes, there is violence in this film, but believe it or not, it is not violence without a point; Tyler Durden and his buddy use violence to awaken the mind, as a means to see things as they really are, with the blinders taken off. And as their blinders come off, so do the viewers, and they get the chance to see America in a way we would never view it ourselves. I would recommend this movie to anybody, whether they enjoy violence or not. If it turns your stomach, I implore you, fast foward through those sceens (there are not all that many, in actuality) and watch on. You will not regret it!
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Summary: this got best u will meet---
Review: i am sorry to infringe a momentous ordinance and talk about fight club.by the way i dont have esoteric reviews like other pals.i just wanna say this film is really good.i like twist in flicks and this got best u will meet.
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