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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 67514
Released: October 17, 2006 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
"'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.
Description of Fight Club:
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
Fight Club Reviews:
Finally On Blu-Ray. It was Definelty worth The Wait 
2009-11-29 - Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R7D5YRP3VIPTK
Blu-Ray made me fall in love with this movie all over again
2009-11-29 - It's been ten years since Fight Club helped redefine American cinema. I'll spare you the contrivances in summary and just say that if you don't already own this movie, buy the Blu-ray. If you do, upgrade. It sports a gorgeous-looking HD transfer and the lossless audio will kick your home theater's ass. Words can't describe how good this movie looks. It's aged well, and it's still frighteningly relevant. The features are negligible at best. Really, it's all about the flick. Get it.
This movie blew my mind, minus the part about "my mind." 
2009-11-22 - Maybe I'm a blasphemer for saying this, but I think Fight Club falls short of being as thought-provoking or surprising as others seem to tout it as. Chuck Palahniuk's stuff in general just does not elicit from me any deep or profound thoughts -- not in the slightest; and Fight Club's pop-profundity is kept simple enough for the masses to digest -- the same masses that this movie seems to be poking fun of.
The "plot twist" or "surprise ending" is an old and tired one. The first time I started watching it, I turned it off. Not because of the violence (I've been watching Freddy Kruger since I was in Pampers), but because I knew where it was going. When I decided to give it a full viewing, it turned out I was spot-on. Being that so many people hold this movie to be both sacred and clever -- I thought it would be a lot more creative.
As-is, the movie is only ok. I enjoyed the contrast between the gritty fight club "Superman" version of the narrator, to his "Clark Kent" -- but that contrast was already so clearly defined that it made the ending not only unnecessary, but a huge disappointment. The whole thing may as well have ended with, "and then I woke up."
Finally, An HD version of one of the greatest films...
2009-11-21 - Fight Club is regarded by some as one of the greatest films of Norton & Pitt's careers. Many of us have been impatiently awaiting for the high definition release. Now that I finally own it; here are my impressions:
First, the packaging is by far one of the most beautiful...yes, I said beautiful, slip covers I have ever seen. It's really neat because it also flips open to reveal more art. The menu has a nice gag placed by David Fincher. Rest assured, you do not have a defective disc, rather a nice gag thrown in there. The picture quality is noticeably far superior than the DVD version without losing it's gritty look and feel. The sound is also very impressive and far superior than the DVD version. I highly recommend upgrading to this version if you own the DVD; if you don't, then by all means, this would make an ideal first entry into the movie.
Best Blu Ray Release!!
2009-11-19 - Just when I thought they are going to use the old DVD title, They surprise you. I thought they put the wrong disc in case. I love their sense of humor.
If you are not a fight club fan, please do not get it! I have waited for this fight club Blu Ray release for 2 years. I own this movie in seven versions. If they keep releasing new version of this movie. I will keep buying it.
