Fight Club (Widescreen Edition)
starring: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Zach Grenier
directed by: David Fincher
directed by: David Fincher
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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, isa modern-day morality play warning ofthe 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 notfor 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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"'Fight Club' pulls you in, challenges your prejudices, rocks your world and leaves you laughing" (Rolling Stone). Brad Pitt ("12 Monkeys", "Seven"), Edward Norton ("Primal Fear," "American History X") and Helena Bonham Carter ("Mighty Aphrodite," "A Room With A View") turn in powerful "performances of which movie legends are made" (Chicago Tribune) in this action-packed hit. A ticking-time-bomb insomniac (Norton) and a slippery soap salesman (Pitt) channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until a sensuous eccentric (Bonham Carter) gets in the way and ignites an out-of control spiral toward oblivion.
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, isa modern-day morality play warning ofthe 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 notfor 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
Description:
"'Fight Club' pulls you in, challenges your prejudices, rocks your world and leaves you laughing" (Rolling Stone). Brad Pitt ("12 Monkeys", "Seven"), Edward Norton ("Primal Fear," "American History X") and Helena Bonham Carter ("Mighty Aphrodite," "A Room With A View") turn in powerful "performances of which movie legends are made" (Chicago Tribune) in this action-packed hit. A ticking-time-bomb insomniac (Norton) and a slippery soap salesman (Pitt) channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until a sensuous eccentric (Bonham Carter) gets in the way and ignites an out-of control spiral toward oblivion.
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- many extras
i've seen this before but i was shown things i hadn't before.
it is so excellent!!
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- Can't figure this movie out...
I am a big dvd collector and I usually buy movies that I don't regret buying but buying Fight Club was a regret and a waste of my money. I watched the movie once and couldn't make any sense of it but I knew there were a lot of people who do like this movie so I decided to give it another chance and watch it again. I watched the second time and found it to be even worse than the first time. This movie has no real plot and what the movie trys to use as the plot is about the worst plot possible. I think ... Read More
Rating: - The movie that revolutionized and spawned its own groups today.
This film has it all: comedy, drama, romance, conflict, horror, the perfect recipe for a great movie.
Rating: - It's 2009 and it's still on my top 5 best moves ever made
This film has defined an entire generation of corporate-working, material junkies whose spiritual path got cluttered with Ikea tables, television infomercials, and ball-less Ray Romano-like portrayals of what men should act like. Paul Palanuik's novel is perfectly adopted into an innovative visual masterpiece by David Pincher (who was at the height of his career, just came off of his other masterpiece - Seven). Throw in the acting talents of Brad Pitt, Edward Norton (who was also at the height of his ... Read More
Rating: - I've heard better pseudophilosophy from bums
Dear people,
Do you do things as part of your job that are probably wrong? Do you feel powerless, controled by 'the man'?
Well forget about solving your problems, why not just beat other people up who are in similar plights? As a hobby!!
When this movie became a cult classic, every old railroad tyrant from the gilded age probably rolled over in there grave and said "Dang! Why didn't I think of that?"
And of course, after the making of this movie, ... Read More
- many extrasi've seen this before but i was shown things i hadn't before.
it is so excellent!!
- Can't figure this movie out...I am a big dvd collector and I usually buy movies that I don't regret buying but buying Fight Club was a regret and a waste of my money. I watched the movie once and couldn't make any sense of it but I knew there were a lot of people who do like this movie so I decided to give it another chance and watch it again. I watched the second time and found it to be even worse than the first time. This movie has no real plot and what the movie trys to use as the plot is about the worst plot possible. I think ... Read More
- The movie that revolutionized and spawned its own groups today.This film has it all: comedy, drama, romance, conflict, horror, the perfect recipe for a great movie.
- It's 2009 and it's still on my top 5 best moves ever madeThis film has defined an entire generation of corporate-working, material junkies whose spiritual path got cluttered with Ikea tables, television infomercials, and ball-less Ray Romano-like portrayals of what men should act like. Paul Palanuik's novel is perfectly adopted into an innovative visual masterpiece by David Pincher (who was at the height of his career, just came off of his other masterpiece - Seven). Throw in the acting talents of Brad Pitt, Edward Norton (who was also at the height of his ... Read More
- I've heard better pseudophilosophy from bumsDear people,
Do you do things as part of your job that are probably wrong? Do you feel powerless, controled by 'the man'?
Well forget about solving your problems, why not just beat other people up who are in similar plights? As a hobby!!
When this movie became a cult classic, every old railroad tyrant from the gilded age probably rolled over in there grave and said "Dang! Why didn't I think of that?"
And of course, after the making of this movie, ... Read More
