Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: PITT,BRAD EAN: 0024543000358 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Collector's Edition, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, THX, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 2 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Publisher: 20th Century Fox Region Code: 1 Release Date: 2000-06-06 Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: 1999-10-15
Rating: - Great movie
Very violent, hence the name of the movie, but it is excellent. A work of art in its own right.
Rating: - classic!
since the first rule is: do not talk about fight club, i probably should not write a review. but what's not to like about this movie? gritty acting with a dark, well-written story that examines modern life. enjoy!
Rating: - THE BEST MOVIE EVER
This is the best movie ever!!! After years of watching this movie repeatedly, I finally got the collectors addition. Worth every 1 of the 10 dollars I spent!!!
Rating: - A Predictable B- flick...
If you were a guy, you hated "Girl Interrupted". "Fight Club" is the male equivalent of "Girl Interrupted": Both films were based on a novel by a popular writer, and both are films most members of the opposite sex seem to really hate.
I don't know anything about Chuck Palahniuk or his novels, but after seeing "Fight Club", I would say that he was very successful in communicating to his target audience the idea that he had something to say. Now, it's my turn.
To be blunt, I thought that everything about "Fight Club" was predictable. However, a film with a cult following this big has to be taken seriously.
On the surface, "Fight Club" is about what happens to the male psyche when things break down. That's the synopsis, which gradually proceeds to a plot twist about ¾ of the way into the film.
On another level, "Fight Club" is only going to appeal to males who are attempting to establish an identity for themselves. That's the underlying theme. Not that many guys over the age of thirty are going to be able to relate to this stuff. This film is strictly for the "X box" generation.
It used to be worth it to want acceptance from your peers. Now, it's seen as a sign of weakness. At the beginning of "Fight Club", the Edward Norton character hangs out in 12 Step groups and cancer survivor groups in an attempt to be noticed. (Dude! I can relate!) Eventually, the Edward Norton character gravitates towards self-actualization, culminating in ultrareality, or proximity thereof.
At almost two and a half hours, "Fight Club" was way too long. It should have been abbreviated to about an hour and a half. Also, it would actually have made more sense to truncate and manipulate the sequence of scenes (i.e., show the ending near the middle of the film, the beginning at the end, etc.), much like "Pulp Fiction".
I was also disappointed in the story's deadpan ending and was half expecting a more bizarre twist: Either Chuck Norris or Gina Gershon appearing in an onscreen cameo to announce, "It blowed up real good."
John Hinkley thought that by killing Ronald Reagan, he would eventually be able to fall in love and achieve orgasm with Jodi Foster. At one time, I never would have been able to believe that "Taxi Driver" would inspired anyone to blow their nose. Or that "The Basketball Diaries" would be the inspiration for a massacre in Colorado. Hey, it's supposed to be entertainment, right?
I don't know about "Fight Club" the novel, but I would imagine that probably a half-dozen (at least) new John Hinkleys and Timothy McVeighs are - right now, as you read this - being inspired by this film. Which is ironic because it would appear to me that the only inspiration anyone had in the conception of "Fight Club" (the novel and film) was to get a decent paycheck by pandering to the readership of "MAXIM" magazine.
In 1999, when this film was released, the white, male, under 25 target audience for this film understood that "Fight Club" was a guy film from beginning to end, not a dinner and a date movie. It was sort of a male religious experience. At that point in time, the war in Iraq and 9/11 was still a glint in someone's eye. Then, after 9/11, this film became less relevant.
Groucho Marx once said, "I'll never watch a film where the man's t*ts are bigger that the woman's." Now that's advice worth taking.
I rate "Fight Club" an A+ for effort, but a B- for content.
Rating: - A Winner!
As a female reviewer of this film, I'm definitely in the
minority. But I really enjoyed this movie....so much so
that I bought it for my best friend from college. His
response was basically, "What were you thinking?" I
think its one of the most creative, symbolically
loaded mixture of male angst and social commentary
I've ever seen. It's funny, scary, witty, creative, dark,
and utterly thought-provoking. I can't wait for the
female version of a movie like this to come out.
Thelma and Louise ran its course. If only film
makers were as daring when it comes to portraying
all the facets of being a woman in modern Western
society. Hopefully, for someone brave and willing
enough, Fight Club will lead the way.
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- Great movie
- A Predictable B- flick...