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Summary: I often wonder about people...
Review: There is little I can say about this film that is worthwhile. A submissive insomniac (E. Norton) meets a capitalist/anarchist (B. Pitt), and they create "Fight Club". In time the club mushrooms into a national franchise of mayhem and destruction. I am not a born again Christian or anything like that, but I can't help sympathizing with those who complain about the effect of mass media on our youth when I think about a movie like this being praised by so many "critics". This film is so disgustingly subversive and the "values" that it promotes are so twisted and subhuman that one can only hope that the audience would dismiss it as a mere "contrived and forgettable heap of dung", rather than taking it's "revolutionary spirit" too seriously. As I watched this film I felt nauseous most of the time and left the theater feeling very disoriented. In general I don't object to violence in a film, but this one had a particularly sadistic attitude. I would not recommend this film to anyone (especially male children). The reason that I rate it as a two star film is for the twist ending, which was really very clever. Overall though, this is a wonderful example of pop cultural trash being hailed as "high art". If you want to see something in a somewhat similar spirit that IS worthwhile check out Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange - a film that has value.
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Summary: Fight Club
Review: This film is an exploration of a mans mind. It is very well done. This is not a Hollywood film. No singing,dancing,happy ending. It shows film in a realism not often seen. The quality of it's components is truly amazing. This is a vilolent film, this is not the plot of the film, rather a graphic represention of a man. If you like brutality this is one for you. If you like intelectual films this is a film for you. If you like cool well made films this is a film for you. What are you waiting for buy it...
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Summary: A thought provoking adventure that you will not soon forget.
Review: My wife and I finished watching this movie and looked at each other and said "What a trip!". We did not say it in the sense people usually use the phrase, but in the sense that there simply was not any other way to describe this movie. This film is not at all what the trailer would have you believe. It is so much more. It is a journey into the human mind as well as the social mind. It is perhaps the most surprising movie I have ever seen and one you should just see instead of read about. BTW ... the comedy, which was completely unexpected, is worth the price alone.
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Summary: Movie is of course, Astonishing - DVD Production is AMAZING!
Review: The movie of course took me by storm. I went out of the theaters unbalanced. I came, I saw, and a week later, I came back for more. I have been waiting some time for this DVD release; I couldn't wait to catch a glimpse of Tyler Durden's little 1-framed bleeps in slow motion. The DVD production is SPECTACULAR - This is by far the best, most complex DVD release I have witnessed by far - TWO DISCS, one containing the Feature + Commentaries, and the other contains the many bonus features. The many innovative features and designs in the spirit of the movie, such as hidden message during the 'Anti-Piracy' segments in the beginning of the Feature, The big pink soap in the interactive menus, the sounds of projection reels rolling; all tend to keep your eyes out of their sockets. This is a real must have in practically everyone's private DVD collection, easily being the best DVD Iv'e ever owned. The movie is just incredible, and if it does not justify it yet, the bonus features are intense. Just one private note - DON'T BLINK. You might miss something...
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Summary: Funny and brutal; walloping kinetic power.
Review: Rolling Stone's Peter Travers lavished so much praise on this film (four mentions in his year-end best-of list) that it was with a considerable amount of sarcasm that I put this tape on. Happily, the film actually holds up to the accolades. Though it starts off as yet another post-modern MTV kind of irreverent thrill-ride, Fight Club soon distinguishes itself, at first by its performances. Edward Norton's low-key conviction scores again; he is the highly able center of this film, the human core amidst all the dazzling filmmaking, expressionistic lighting, and strange scenarios. Helena Bonham Carter also distinguishes herself, playing to perfection the same kind of nutball she played in Getting It Right, and by the time Brad Pitt enters the picture, I was hooked. Director David Fincher remains one of those directors who could use the limited Pitt effectively, and Pitt is great in this film -- using his impressive physicality to the max, staying within his range, and working like a charm. The film's one fault is overlength. Nearing its second hour the film's gross-out humour and sociological and psychological irreverence start to wear thin, deteriorating into a kind of extended imitation of a previous Pitt vehicle, 12 Monkeys. Thankfully, Fincher concocts another visually impressive, visceral ending to bring life back into the film, and Norton in the final reel is a delight as he struggles with his identity crisis. A producer last year made the comment that with Being John Malkovich, Fight Club and Run Lola Run (perhaps throwing in that less technically accomplished but still pioneering dark horse, The Blair Witch Project), filmmaking has entered a new stage. Having seen two of the three and discovered that both hold up technically as well as narratively and dramatically, I'm looking forward to Being John Malkovich.
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Summary: One Of My 10 Worst Ever
Review: I've sat here and read at least 5 other reviews, and wondered if maybe I had rented the wrong movie. This movie took 45 minutes just to get started, and then once it got started, had no real substance. They took a 'Pulp Fiction' twist and made a root canal more enjoyable. The actors/actresses are the only reason I would see to rent this movie, let alone buy it. It's sad to see such talent wasted on a truly boring and uneventful movie.
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Summary: one of my favorite movies. but. . .
Review: Brad Pitt/Edward Norton: two awesomely talented actors (Edward Norton much more multitalented, but Brad Pitt excellent at the kind of supporting role that he was nominated for in 12 Monkeys) teamed up as a match made in heaven. I read the novel before seeing the movie, and the screenplay adaption is brilliant, leaving out and/or adding things, and making other people say certain lines along with mixing around events, excluding the unneeded and adding the lacking. Amazing cinematography mixed with awesome CGI sequences that look very real. An atmosphere and feeling only the way David Fincher could show it (check out Seven and the Game, you'll see his style). Great editing and SOUND EFFECTS EDITING (Oscar nomination). Now my problems: Helena Bonham Carter's character was made totally useless in the movie. You neither hated nor loved her flat "charm" or lack thereof. Secondly: Even though this movie is "anti commercial", there is a ton of product placement (from Krispy Kreme to Starbucks and White Castle), and it's made very obvious. Third: the twist towards the end makes hardly any sense in the movie. In the book, it is explained in a way that makes sense. I say, see the movie, then read the chapter where it happens. And FINALLY: I believe that, though very unHollywood in style, I believe that the producers bowed to the cheap Hollywood "money-making-and-pleasing-more-people" technique. Showing the movie to a test audience with a couple different endings, telling the audience to decide which it likes the most. The ending in the book was very different, while visually beautiful in the movie, it was definitely a "Hollywood Ending" to a unique film.
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Summary: Believe the Hype
Review: Beautifully photographed and exquisitely directed, David Fincher's Fight Club is a full-on assault to the senses. But don't get me wrong, this is not a bad thing. The central plot revolves around a bored yuppie portrayed by Edward Norton. In his quest to find some higher meaning in life he stumbles across two dominating characters, portrayed brilliantly by Helena Bonham Carter and Brad Pitt. The chance meeting between these individuals will forever change his life as he is propelled into a grimy world of support groups and bare knuckle fights. While this may not be considered a fun film to watch, it will stick with you long after it is over. Bonham Carter is devilishly good as the snooty Marla and Pitt is a fireball as the macho Tyler Durden. But again, it is Ed Norton who propels the film along. Although not a typical action movie, the pace moves very quickly despite the two hour running time. The fight scenes are indescribable as Fincher shows the reality of what happens after being hit in the face. Fight Club does have flaws but the end result will not disappoint.
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Summary: The first rule
Review: The first rule of Fight Club is don't talk about Fight Club and the second rule is don't talk about Fight Club. So all I am going to say is that this is the best film ever and definitely a film you will watch over and over and over. Buy it like a good little consumer.
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Summary: A savage, subversive, insightful entertainment
Review: Fight Club has to be one of the best films I have seen in years. A complex, well acted, beautifully flimed drama about one man's descent into madness, it is alive with dark humor, violent action, emotional turmoil, skillful plotting and really insightful commentary on social life and society at century's end. Ed Norton and Brad Pitt are exceptional. As different as night and day, it isn't possible to compare their performances, but since they exist in the film as foils for one another's characters they create together a wonderful balance - an edgy give and take that is at the heart of the film's exciting dynamic. Helena Bonham Carter, free for once of the aristocratic pretensions of her usual film characters, can't begin to measure up. She doesn't have the heat on screen that Norton and Pitt bring to their parts. Meat Loaf, in a surprisingly touching characterization, brings more to the screen - in every sense - than Carter does. It isn't fair to try and elaborate on the plot because the twists and ambiguities are a large part of the fun - and of the darker purpose of the film. But it is worthwhile to point out what the film is not; it is not a typical "guy" film. It uses the boy-centered, testosterone fueled theme of the 'fight club', a club that exists strictly for the purpose of providing guys an opportunity to fight, to make a valid critical statement about urban societ today - men feel isolated, adrift, untested, worthless and tame. Fight club gives its members confidence, provides a chance for them to express their anger and aggression, creates contact and bonding, fills the emptiness and gives them purpose. Watching the fight club go from an informal gathering for a few to a rule based movement spreading like wildfire across the country is almost surreal. There is lots of savage humor in this film. Many of Pitt's lines and a lot of Norton's voice-over narration are both memorable and funny. But this is definitly not a comedy and not for the faint of heart. If you've got the stomach for it, this is one great entertainment and a fine serious film at the same time. I highly recommend it.
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