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Summary: Movie goes to extreme to make a point, not hyping violence.
Review: The wife and I sneaked into this movie and we missed the crucial first 10 minutes or so. She wanted to barf (due to the raw violence) but stuck it out. Even though she didn't like it she stayed because there was something about it that drew her in. She won't say what it was but it was enough to get her to sit there through the Fight Club's entirety. For sure the gore must have over-shadowed everything for her.I, on the other hand, loved Fight Club so much I went out and bought the book. The book disappointed me and gets a 2-star rating. So kudos to the screen adaptation...very talented job in re-writing and adapting the book to movie script! This was a clearly under-rated film mired by the shadow casted by the Columbine High School shooting. I love the social commentary and how true and well it fits into today's society. Fight Club is an excellent dark comedy with the message to fight the power that the media has on our psyche. The fight scenes are brutal but appropriate for the film's message that we have all become too soft and disconnected. ...who thinks that the brutal fight scenes and chaos in the movie was used to glorify violence and promote anarchy and social unrest. To quote Ed Norton, when interviewed about the movie's violence and message and how it might promote events like Columbine High shooting in real life he simply said: "I think that is just lazy journalism." I can't agree more. In my opinion, the gory violence goes to extreme to show how ridiculous brutal violence is. The violence was not used to hurt other people who were innocent by-standers. It was only inflicted upon men who wanted the violence to make them feel alive. So the message is not to go out there and do harm unto our countrymen but to break out of the mold and free our selves from the grasp that the consumer society has on us. The message is we are getting too soft as our lust for material goods dominate our lives. We prostitute ourselves for that great job so we can get a loan to buy all the great and expensive things we must have because the marketing people tell us so. Also, we have become too detached from our true selves and from nature. We can no longer live simply or simply live. We measure our success, and others' success, by the ability to accumulate money and goods money can buy. Our idea of re-connecting to nature is taking our gas guzzling SUV out for a ride at the local/state/national park or worse, our daily commute on our well paved streets and highways! Fight Club's message is we need to get back to nature and live simply. Do the tough and challenging things that make us feel alive. Setting up fight clubs to beat ourselves silly is one example but there are other ways. If we need to ask what those ways are then the movie is correct in its assessment of how far removed we are from our true and simple selves. We survived for thousands of year without SUVs, BMWs, the latest bikes and bike gears, the Versace dress shirt, that beautiful dress or those high heel shoes. I can go on but let's get back to the movie...=) The fight scenes were not made for the audience to enjoy but squirm because of their extreme. If you really enjoy the fight scenes check in with your favorite local therapist. As for me, the closest I get to this primordial celebration of manhood is taking up Kardio Kickboxing at the local gym to lose weight. The director is very dead-on and the actors were superb. Norton is very talented and Fight Club should have been to him what American Beauty was to Kevin Spacey. At this pace Norton should be nominated if not awarded an Oscar very soon. Norton's role in this film makes his work in Primal Fear looks pale in comparison. Pitt shows maturity and range in this film...he has been doing a lot of great works via Twelve Monkeys, the Seven Signs(?) and such off-the-beaten-path movies. Overall a Fight Club is a great film and will probably become a classic. I deducted one star for the ending. I thought it could have been handled better. With all the special features in the DVD it is definitely a collectible item.
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Summary: best extra's on DVD
Review: Ok - i'm going to hold back on saying over and over again that this is the best movie to come out of the '90s and will have a cult following the likes clockerwork orange has only seen - and take this chance to comment on the fact that this DVD is on 2 discs one full of features - this is the first DVD i got to use my angle button (even though the second angle was behind the scenes shots) i love the fact that i have all my little DVD's and the thins big honkin fight club cd on top.
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Summary: the first rule of fight club is talk about fight club
Review: this movie is great! for once we see a great movie that summarizes heindigger's philosophy concerning technology. confused? in any case this is a great movie that is both funny and enlightening. if u enjoy watching a good "down to earth" movie then this is the movie for you. i think norton did a great job, as well a pitt. the movie is a bit graphic but its necessary to show the true impact of what is being told. and with 2 dvd's and at this price this is definetly a win win situation fun and packed with extra bonus material.
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Summary: THE MOVIE IS 5 STARS,AND THE DVD IS 5 STARS!
Review: This Film Is my Favorite Film OF 1999 and Everyone should see it, The DVD Also has to be like the Best DVD of 2000. The Video Transfer of This Film is Simply Amazing, And The Sound Is also Great. Now Prepare for the Extras, You got 4 Commentary Tracks The One with David Fincher and The Cast is my Favorite as well as the one with David Fincher himself,17 Behind The Scenes Segments in Depth Info of the Production on Scenes like the Car Crash, The Gun Shot at The End and The Set of the house in the Movie. There is also Deleted Scenes including the Infamous line "Im Having Your Abortion" which was Cut Due to MPAA Reasons. JUST GET THIS DVD NOW! ...
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Summary: slick and glossed over version of the book
Review: I followed this movie obsessively for two years until its release date. Since I watched Se7en I pictured Fincher to have an absolutely incredible career and as soon as I heard about Fight Club I went out and read the book and waited forever for the movie to come out. I saw the movie the first showing and was truly dissapointed. I did watch it three times because I was desperate to find all the promise it had but it isn't there. Yes, it is very original and definitely has it's moments but it is totally slick and glossed over. I was worried it was going to be toned down and would lose a lot of its power but I didn't think David Fincher would do that. Well, he did. The violence is not toned down too much. I know a lot of people think this movie is ugly because it has raw violence. Most movie present a lot of violence as looking sophisticated when in reality it generally looks very clumsy and ugly. The characters and themes of this film are extremely toned down. Marla was totally miscast. In Rogert Ebert's review, he described Marla as a "hellcat." Well, she isn't supposed to be firey she is supposed to be patheticly miserable and mopey. In the book she - along with the other characters - burn themselves with cigarettes and call themselves "human buttwipe." The omission of these actions create a huge, huge void in the characters and the ideals and representations of the film. Another example of this is the lye scene which was just horribly filmed. Brad Pitt (who, along with Meat Loaf were the best cast people in the film) says his lines flatly not only in this scene but in several scenes as though he is afraid to be truly honest. In the book, both characters cry and the narrator pees his pants because the pain of the burning lye is so extreme. But of course that wouldn't be in the movie either because it would be too honest and too realistic. There are many other things but just one I have to mention is the ending which is absolutely PATHETIC! I sat through the entire credits all three times I watched it cause I kept thinking that it must be a joke and the real ending would come on after the credits. It is definitely the most pathetic ending I have ever seen. It does not fit the film and is absolutely ridiculous. It is so AWFUL I could just barf. I will say that some parts of this movie are excellent but the entire film had the potential to be unbelievably amazing. The casting hurt it quite a bit, too. The main ones are Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter. Although Norton is very talented the fact that his style is so cerebral is crippling and kind of phony. And Bonham Carter simply couldn't convey the true misery and throbbing decay of thinking death is the only way to stop hurting. Fight Club deals with a lot of issues that are very painful to realize. When issues such as these are presented honestly they are more uncomfortable than entertaining and Fight Club went for entertainment. This movie could have been absolutely unbelievable if they all would have had the guts to be honest.
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Summary: Fight Club
Review: Fight Club is an awesome movie. The movie isn't the best part. If you get the DVD, you can access a whole bunch of other stuff which is all cool!
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Summary: ONE BRILLIANT, BEAUTIFAUL, INTENSE RORSHARCH BLOT!
Review: It's a manifesto of facist overthrow! It's a battle cry against complacent consumerism! It's an indulgent work of beautifully shot violence! It's a work showing great promise and brilliance with a cop-out ending! It's a floor wax! It's a breakfast cereal! Just scan through a few of the reviews and you'll see these and many other opinions and interpretations of this movie, all of them strong in their conviction that they are right. Some of the greatest works of art inspire this sort of reaction. I am willing to weigh in on the side of this being a great work. I found it captivating, inspiring, and chock full of personal significance. For me it was a movie about beating complacency and finding how you are most alive, not sweating irrelevancies and getting to the heart of what you find fulfilling. It makes a case for breaking free of what could be called a "comfort zone" and scraping off the barnacles of a meaningless existence. It did not promote total revolution, nihilism, or anarchy, but did speak to me to encourage focus and "letting slide that which does not truly matter." I found personal significance because I had been letting my life get pointless for the past few years, aimlessly stagnating in a dumb office job and going through a series of predictably limited relationships. My latest girlfriend had been getting on my case to clear out my room and get a better job. So my next gig was with a show that toured for three months, and while on the road I saw this. Meanwhile, she moved into my building and then broke up with me and soon was dating one of my roomates. This really helped me relate to the message that no one's just gonna give you something, you gotta do something yourself. Live to the fullest. I contemplated this as I lived a life of "single-serving" homes (a different motel every night) and sought meaning in a life where my love had left me for a so-called friend. To me, the story was about someone who had fallen into an unsatisfyingly complacent existence and then discovered something new that intrigued him. When his old life is irreparably shattered, he turns to that intriguing new thing and finds that it empowers him to take what he wants, even if he doesn't realize it. Of course there are many levels to this, and many interpretations, but this is what it said to me. I didn't get an urge to tear down society, but the movie did give me a look at living life more fully and going for what you deserve, whatever it is.
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Summary: Decent movie that can't be fully appreciated until it's over
Review: Fight Club is a one of a kind movie to my knowledge. It's a highly entertaining film if you don't mind violence and a bit of blood and brutality. The characters in this film offer a great window into the depths of a world where morality is lacking and you are respected more by what you can do in a fight than anything else. Edward Norton delivers another outstanding performance in another off-kilter film. Brad Pitt's best performance since "12 Monkeys" as he portrays another character that will have you hooked. Helena Bonham Carter's portrayal of the freakish girlfriend will have you laughing and staring wide eyed; appalled at the antics of one who is more concerned with dying than living. Meat Loaf was a great addition to this movie. His small role as "Bob" adds a great bit of comic relief and understanding to the film. This movie is heavily violent and should not be taken lightly. You won't fully appreciate it until you get to the shocking ending, but this one is worth more than one viewing!
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Summary: Fight-tastic !
Review: If there was an award for DVD's this would win, two discs, great features (Multple angles and audio), great film, but the best thing is packing which is superb. Easily the best DVD I have bought.
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Summary: Defies description
Review: What an incredible story. This is NOT a film that glorifies violence. This is NOT a testament to anarchy or facism. This is a beautifully constructed piece of art that hammers against your senses from start to finish! David Fincher has an excellent track record with Alien 3 and Se7en and you can almost taste the darkness he brings to this story. Is it about a man's fall into insanity or his painful path towards becoming his true self? Is he the dichotomy in all of us or is this just a great visceral movie? You must see this and then decide for yourself (and then argue with all your mates). The first rule of this movie is, if you are going to have fighting, make it look like it hurts. The second rule of this movie is if you are going to have actors, pick Edward Norton and Brad Pitt. This is the best I have seen both of them. Brad shines like a light as the muscular, taut alter-ego and Norton gives the whole spectrum of a man going out of his mind to seek solace. Rule three is if you are going to make a DVD, package it likes this one. Like the fact that this is no ordinary movie, this is no ordinary DVD. It is wonderfully packaged and you actually get two discs. (Disc two contains outtakes, behind the scenes stuff publicity and more than I have seen on any other DVD. The final rule of this movie is that if you are going to make a movie, make it one that shakes everyone up and gets them arguing amongst themselves.
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