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Summary: Best movie of the last decade (at least)
Review: Like most of the other reviewers, I saw Fight Club with no/low expectations; after I saw the movie, I was simultaneously breathless, shocked, and amazed. I can't recall a film made such an on-target statement about our bankrupt consumer society in such a smart, hip, and daring way. What I don't understand is why so many critics panned it (while they lavish kudos on crap like Magnolia). Was it because it was too un-PC? The treatment of Fight Club by critics reminds me of how Howard Roark was despised by the architecture critics in the Fountainhead. Apparently our cultural guardians feel people need to be protected from greatness (lest they recognize how bad most of the trash that they praise is).
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Summary: A Little Bit of Truth
Review: Has anyone noticed that this movie is made for women. Almost all of my female friends LOVED it, and almost all of my male friends HATED it. Men were expecting something completely different (lots of WWF fighting I guess); this movie was VERY violent, it did make you think. The most appealing movie I have seen in years a definite "buyer".
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Summary: Get Chuck Palahniuk's book instead
Review: Brad Pitt, Ed Norton and Helen Bonham Carter work hard in this film to pull off the next-to-the-impossible: putting Chuck Palahniuk's biting, scathing satire on film. But at times the actors look emotionally and physically exhausted, (understandably), and that, along with some of the sly attempts at humor in the film make the experience less than what it could be. This is an excellent attempt; but with apologies for sounding too cliche', this really is one instance where the book is better than the movie.
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Summary: Delicious
Review: It is unfortunate that I cannot make this review too detailed and risk giving away the plot. It has some wild cinematography, which may or may not have been needed, but whatever visuals it might have had are completely overcome by the message of the movie itself. It is bizzare. It is compelling. It has some twists that will blow your mind.
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Summary: Completly unexpected
Review: I rented this DVD the other day because I have seen all the other movies that my local video store had on DVD. I didn't really expect much, I liked Seven but didn't really think this movie would live up to it. Let me tell you, it did and more. I was completly amazed by the ending. I didn't see it coming. The whole movie confused me and I loved it. Its one of those rare movies you want to see over and over because you keep learning more each time through. Now I'm about to buy this movie and add it to my DVD collection so I can show it to all my friends who didn't expect it to be good. THe only problem I had with this film was that I couldn't just watch, I had to think too. I love thinking, don't get me wrong but my head hurt from trying to figure out the plot in the begining. Once its over though you will understand what happened.
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Summary: a sardonic ride largely misunderstood
Review: Most people consider this movie to be all about macho bull, a bunch of guys blowing things up, etc, etc. On the contrary, this movie was about our narcissistic personalities which flourish and are encouraged in our society. The character Tyler Derdan was fighting against this cesspool of self pity and mass-marketed "individuality." By feeling pain and being able to hold no grudges against the inflictor of this pain, one is able to dry the tears of self-sorrow and break the boundrys of this generic creativity pressed upon us by Pottery Barn and Ikea. Industries revolve around fantasy worlds created in our minds to escape reality. "Fight Club" is about embracing reality without fear and accepting the pain it brings. I live at the center of narcissism and generic "taste" (i.e. Mill Valley) This movie really struck home. Many people don't understand it, but to those who do it's worth their time.
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Summary: Great DVD Package!
Review: This is what DVD is all about. The film transfer and sound are excellent. First I watched the film, then again with the commentaries, and found them very usefull in appreciating this unique motion picture. This DVD set is about the most complete for any fan of movies and moviemaking I have seen.
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Summary: The Book is Great, But the Movie is Better!
Review: Who else but David Fincher could take a darkly comedic book like "Fight Club" and pump it up like a lab rat overdosed on caffeine? The book's author, Chuck Palahnuik, even said that the filmed version was better than his book in many ways. The book's themes of insomnia, purposelessness, anti-consumerism, and nihilism, are all here in this film, but Fincher doesn't just make this a static translation. He uses creepy effects, camera tricks, and some other surprises to make the viewer a participant instead of a coach potato blindly watching an illuminated screen. Fincher plays with you, messes with your mind, and challenges you to break out from the usual moviegoer mold. He takes an excellent book, and makes it even better with the additions of Ed Norton, Brad Pitt, and Helena Bonham-Carter. The audio tracks on the DVD are far above anything I've ever seen, and the supplemental disc is so packed with extras, that this is an absolute MUST BUY for any DVD lover out there. (Can you tell I liked it?)
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Summary: Brad Pitt Rules
Review: Wow... If that word can sum it up, then so be it. The sound and visual effects were great. Brad Pitt is the best when it comes to brain twisted movies.However, From the feedback I got from most female friends, I think I can say that Fight Club is a guys movie..
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Summary: GO AND SEE THE BEST "SHOCK MOVIE" OF THE YEAR
Review: This is one of the best movies i've seen in the last 5 years. The idea of two actors playing different sides of the hero's character hits you and then the actors voice says "This moment is called the turnover, when the audience got the idea and they don't have any clue of what is going to happen". even if you try, you can't get deep into all the nuances in the first view, and you must see the movie again to get it right. In my opinion the shock level reminds "The sixth sense", but here it is much more complicated, and better developed after the shock. The actors are great, mostly Brad Pete, who flicks at the begining of the movie a few times as a reminder for the more to come. GO AND SEE
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