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Summary: Be Prepared for a Wild Ride
Review: This movie is not for the faint-of-heart. If you can stomach some violence and get past the gore, it's a as awesome movie, with such an interesting plot that you will want to watch it again right afterwards. It follows the plot of the Chuck Palahniuk book pretty closely, and Ed Norton and Brad Pitt do some great acting. But beware, it's pretty weird....
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Summary: Worth the watch
Review: This movie is a good movie because the story line was very well written. It kept me on the edge of my seat, and at the times when it was supposed to, it gave me chills. On top of the great story line, the actors made the movie connect well with me. On the other hand, after watching the movie, one should feel oddly because the mood of the movie is very depressing. It gives you sympathy for people with multiple personalities disorder. I highly recomend this movie to people with stable lives and personalities. I believe this movie could affect and shape anyone who is weak and cause them to act the way the characters did.
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Summary: Best Movie I've Ever Seen.
Review: Ever get those movies you get tired of the 3rd or 4th time you see it? This isn't one of those films it can be watched numerous times and you won't get sick of it and you will catch something new everytime you watch. This is the best book to movie adpation I have ever seen Chuck Palahniuk brought us into the demented world of Tyler Durden and David Fincher hit the nail on the head with this film. It's about our beloved Jack who suffers from Insomonia and is searching for himself. He begins to attend Group therapy groups where he meets a just as derranged Marla Singer. After his condo blows up his calls a soap salesman he met on one of his flights and we enter the world of Tyler Durden. Fight Club isnt for the weak of heart and will not dissappoint. Watch this movie!
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Summary: It's just a cheap music video....
Review: This movie was so bad, I laughed outloud because of all the possitive reviews it got from film critics. I have to ask if they saw the same movie with any kind of objective viewing, for if they had, they would see that this movie was a peice of garbage pure and simple, and you just wish that Fincher would stop pretending that he is a film maker.
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Summary: I'd rather not join the club.
Review: The first rule about Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club. But the real question is, why would anyone want to??
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Summary: "You met me at a very strange time in my life."
Review: Edward Norton's character "Jack" lives a lackluster, dreary 9 to 5 job in a cubicle typical of corporate America today. Jack can't sleep, ends up going to group help meetings, faking any type of condition to get a release, in the form of a good cry. He meets another fraud in Marla Singer (Helena Bonham Carter) and it ruins it for him. They agree to split the meetings so they don't have to see each other. Then, on the way back on a business flight, he meets Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt). Jack gets Tyler's business card and when Jack finds his apartment has been blown to pieces, he calls Tyler. They end up meeting for drinks and then at Tyler's request having a fight. They bond and Jack is invited to live with Tyler.
Tyler lives in an abandoned house, a real dump. Things start happening that affect Jack profoundly. The fighting eventually builds into a cult following and becomes Fight Club. The common line is "we are a generation of men raised by women." Profound statements by Tyler seem to flow like a river. Jack has a meeting with the boss due to Jacks failing performance at work and the resulting scene is one of my favorites. The Club turns into a rowdy group, causing chaos across the city. Fight Club grows and eventually moves to other cities.
Tyler ends up with Marla after a plead for help during a suicide attempt, Jack hates her. Tyler starts "Project Mayhem" without Jack's knowledge and the extremes that this action is leading to are more than Jack wants to deal with. The ending is a big twist and begs one to see the movie again to see where the twist should have been a known during the movie.
The fascinating cinematography, the rapid pace, the plot development and the unbelievable acting just cannot be fully appreciated in one viewing, making this one of my most watched DVDs. Edward Norton's narration is perfect and I watch the movie to listen to his narration as much as anything else. Brad Pitt has the ability to portray the Alpha male to a tee and his personal style exemplifies Tyler Durden.
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Summary: Does that come in cornflower blue?
Review: Yes, yes it does. I'm just throwing my coin of best movie ever into the best movie ever pot. How did this movie not win some kind of award. Anyway, theatrical brilliance.
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Summary: Punk and Company.
Review: Gentlemen, welcome to Fight Club, now know as Project Mayhem, an overwhelming organization extended in multiples cells, all capable of action without any central leadership, the middle children of history, and God's unwanted generations. Things that don't concern Project Mayhem and its members are : Poverty and Anarchy. Things that do concern Project Mayhem and its members are: some guy's name in the underwear, T.V. with 500 channels, Viagra, Rogaine, Olestra, and mass consuming, to hell with Martha Stewart, you are not your job, damn it. The Founder and President of Project Mayhem is: Tyler Durden (Durden means Dead in some Nordic dialect). Here we fight between us to let it all out: pain, shame, deception, anger, fear, etc. Now it has move from the basements on to the surface, a full army packed with a lot of soap and a solid Idealistic view of human life. Actually, the more we size things up, the more we hate modern civilization and its superficial way of life. Mundane existence and the hunter essential gathering of sh..., we don't need, they are our enemies, also the life style of the rich and famous but, that is another story. Today's Society has become all about materialistic possessions, the more you have, the more you are as a person. Enough already with passive criticism, Action needs to take on, So far, So good.
Fight Club is a unique story of every day odds against the uncomfortable human unity that has become all about consuming, we are consumers, and we at some point asks the inexorable question of our own existence that has become nothing more than a compulsive pushing for the perfect life in this none sense world of Sit-Coms and junk food, slowly learning the fact that we will never be Rock Stars or movie Gods, even though we have been raised to believed it (a quite hypocrite statement by movie God: Brad Pitt), in contrast, the more you are an stupid and superficial teen, the more you will fit into this society (Teens are the biggest social group of consumers, and maybe, the dumbest of all. Almost every market have target them), buy today's top music hits, buy today's latest designer's clothes, buy today's newest video game, buy sex, buy your happiness, this is your life, and is ending one second at a time.
The audacious and keen artisan, David Fincher, narrates with a fine eye and straight style, the anarchical story written by Chuck Palahniuk, of this underground fighting clubs and how its individuals construct a revolution of idealistic breakthrough, towards self freedom. Eye opener, violent, and rough, Fight Club is an honest and fair critic towards this superficiality. Of course, Palahniuk takes it to the extremes, and Fincher portraits it with humor and deep understanding of its concept and message. Brad Pitt as the anthological Tyler Durden, brings credibility and force to this character, a very good performance, Edward Norton as The Narrator (also know as Cornelius, Travis, and other stupid names), conveys both fragility and moral strength to his excellent work, both actors and the director as a team are simply magnificent. Helena Bonham Carter and Meat Loaf are great two. But, what is the pathological profile of The Narrator and Tyler Durden, both as the same person? Well let tell you: According to the DSM-IV (Diagnostic Criteria for the most common mental disorders), the two protagonist (as one individual), clearly shows the patterns of the Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly Multiple Personality Disorder, 300.14). The various criteria for this disorder are: A. The presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states (each with its own relatively enduring pattern of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and self). B. At least two of these identities or personality states recurrently take control of the person's behavior. C. Inability to recall important personal information that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness. D. The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., blackouts or chaotic behavior during Alcohol Intoxication) or a general medical condition (e.g., complex partial seizures). In children, the symptoms are not attributable to imaginary playmates or other fantasy play.
Individuals with Dissociative Identity Disorder may manifest post traumatic symptoms (e.g., nightmares, flashbacks, and startle responses) or Post traumatic Stress Disorder. Self-mutilation and suicidal and aggressive behavior may occur. Some individuals may have a repetitive pattern of relationships involving physical and sexual abuse. Certain identities may experience conversion symptoms (e.g., pseudoseizures) or have unusual abilities to control pain or other physical symptoms. Individuals with this disorder may also have symptoms that meet criteria for Mood, Substance-Related, Sexual, Eating, or Sleep Disorders. Self-mutilative behavior, impulsivity, and sudden and intense changes in relationships may warrant a concurrent diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder. Dissociative Identity Disorder appears to have a fluctuating clinical course that tends to be chronic and recurrent. So, I hope this explains it to you, dear Amazon reader.
An accurate and psychologically intone photography adds a lot to the film's content, also the excellent music by the Dust Brothers, brings more humor to the humoristic scenes and more power to the Fight and moral exposure scenes. Great script, but the problem of the film is that it's ambiguity doesn't lets the narration explain in a more clear way, certain events of the story. Any way, this doesn't really hurts the movie.
The two DVD versions are excellent and full of good extras, specially the Two Disc Special Edition. The visual and sound transferring is perfect, an ideal movie to watch on DVD.
So, to resume Fight Club's message, and that is: just to give you the finger man, so watch out with the soap Punk.
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Summary: Its called a "Change-over" . . .
Review: What can I say about this movie that has'nt already been said? It's beautifuly directed, spectacularly acted and wonderfuly quotable. So any one who downs this movie just is'nt thinking straight or they dont get it (and they do have that excuse), but it does need exmination if your mind is boggled. Perhaps one of the best parts about this film is that it keeps you thinking three days after you've seen it, and that's the idea. Before viewing this picture prepare to be blown away with dark humor, some blood, a little bit of grossness, and of course, Tyler Durden.
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Summary: The First Rule of Fight Club is: Don't Take It Too Seriously
Review: Viewed under the right conditions by the right person, this movie is an absolute treat. Viewed by the wrong person or by someone not in the right frame of mind, the movie's darkly comedic undertones can easily be missed amidst the brutal violence and coarse language. That said, I viewed this movie under optimal conditions and with an open mind. As a result, I stumbled upon one of my favorite films of all-time.Brad Pitt and Edward Norton really strut their comedic stuff in this movie, as both are brilliant in their roles. Helena Bonham Carter and Meatloaf also manage to steal scenes throughout this perfectly cast film. The entire cast walks the comedic line brilliantly without ever becoming campy, a feat for which David Fincher can take a significant amount of the credit. In Fight Club, Fincher truly shows his directorial genius in distilling Chuck Palahniuk's great but somewhat disjointed novel into a compelling, hilarious, and coherent storyline. Although Fincher's version neglects some of Palahniuk's fundamental vision (the ultimate futility of nihilism, in particular), he captures the overall spirit of the noval and makes the story linear enough that movie audiences can follow the character from IKEA-loving corporate drone to anarchistic mastermind. With the blackest of humor, Fincher decries everything that is wrong with modern society, from corporate America's cornflower-blue ties and action items to the emasculation and isolation of the American male to the evils of consumerism. All important messages for people in the oft targeted 18-49 demographic. I have viewed the film with a number of other people, and my observation has been that people under 40 tend to view the film as brilliant and visionary, while people over 40 tend to take it too literally. That is why I titled this review: the first rule of fight club is, don't take Fight Club too seriously. Revel in the main character's insomnia and schizophrenia, and try to get Palahniuk & Fincher's serious messages at the same time, understanding that those messages are conveyed through extreme hyperbole. Finally, if you have the opportunity, be sure to listen to the Fincher commentary on the film, as it is probably one of the most insightful commentary tracks on any DVD currently on the market. Fincher gives tremendous insight into the details of making this film that are interesting and pertinent enough to captivate anyone, from the most serious film student to the most casual viewer of films. Watch this and enjoy!
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