Fight Club (Widescreen Edition)
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[4.5 Stars]
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Pub. 27-Aug-2002;
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All films take a certain suspension of disbelief. Fight Club takes perhaps more than others, but if you're willing to let yourself get caught up in the anarchy, this film, based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk, is a modern-day morality play warning of the decay of society. Edward Norton is the unnamed protagonist, a man going through life on cruise control, feeling nothing. To fill his hours, he begins attending support groups and 12-step meetings. True, he isn't actually afflicted with the problems, but he finds solace in the groups. This is destroyed, however, when he meets Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), also faking her way through groups. Spiraling back into insomnia, Norton finds his life is changed once again, by a chance encounter with Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), whose forthright style and no-nonsense way of taking what he wants appeal to our narrator. Tyler and the protagonist find a new way to feel release: they fight. They fight each other, and then as others are attracted to their ways, they fight the men who come to join their newly formed Fight Club. Marla begins a destructive affair with Tyler, and things fly out of control, as Fight Club grows into a nationwide fascist group that escapes the protagonist's control. Fight Club, directed by David Fincher (Seven), is not for the faint of heart; the violence is no holds barred. But the film is captivating and beautifully shot, with some thought-provoking ideas. Pitt and Norton are an unbeatable duo, and the film has some surprisingly humorous moments. The film leaves you with a sense of profound discomfort and a desire to see it again, if for no other reason than to just to take it all in. --Jenny Brown
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This is an absolutely original movie, unlike anything else. Its a satire with a really grim sense of humor. Designed to encourage thought rather than to just entertain. The situations are just presented straightforwardly & the audience is left to make up its own mind. I'm grateful somebody's making intelligent films like this & we get a choice & an occasional change of pace. This is quite possibly the weirdest mainstream movie out there & extremely worth the viewer's trouble. The 3 leads are fantastic & they all do a top-notch job. I read the book after seeing the flick & I'm glad I did it in that order. The movie's plot twist wasn't ruined for me beforehand & I got a better understanding from the book. For example, in the book its explained that Tyler Durden gets all his clothes from the lost-and-found at bus stations & so forth. So you see why he dresses so strangely. Again, only try this one if you're looking for something unusual.;
[Rating: 5 Stars]
I'm amazed at how few reviewers understand the message of this movie is:Modernity is inherently alienating and dehumanizing, ANY kind of re humanization is better than none or rather that it's inevitable that humans will eventually be thrust back together in more tribal-type relations and that although the form that this will take will often be ugly the process is both necessary and better than the alternative (the cube,the suburbs etc). The fight club doesn't represent the corruption of the characters, it is their salvation! The fact that they have to be saved in such an ugly way just high lites how pathetic their normal lives are. The fight club represents a true society albeit one that is very brutal and unsustainable (versus one like out own that is temporal,artificial ultimately irrelevant[since it really can't inform the future]). Maybe it's just because I have reading so much about Bedouins for the last 2 years but it just was very recognizable to me. The fact is that wherever or whenever you go, a real economy of human relations will have certain basic traits:it will be relatively small (50-200 people),it will have a hierarchy based on ability and needs, it will be efficient and it will be intimate. A beautiful,timely film.
Matt;
[Rating: 5 Stars]
I received the movie in a very timely manner and am satisfied with my purchase.;
[Rating: 5 Stars]
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