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List Price: $26.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 1911
Released: June 6, 2000 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A confused young man tired of his life finds a new one in a new club where you beat each other to a plup as therapy.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: R
Release Date: 29-NOV-2005
Media Type: DVD
Description of Fight Club (Two-Disc Collector's Edition):
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 (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) Reviews:
One of my favorites 
2008-10-04 - Fight Club was one those films which fall into the category of "loved it or hated it "
I stand with the former loved it
The premise of the film is to fight back
Psychological and physical violence both leave scars
Both will heal over time, but the mental scars go deeper
Fight Club gives people the chance to come face to face with the antagonist, be it a stranger or someone you have known all of your life
Stranger's sometimes have more control over your life than you do
Fight Club has a nice plot twist and is always throwing in new little subplots' to keep you on your toes
Edward Norton is excellent as the narrator and one of the best actors to emerge over the last 15 years
Brad Pitt turns in a great performance as Tyler Durden the "partner" of Norton
Meatloaf also turns in great performance as Bob, whose mental scars are almost as large as his physical ones
Helena Bonham Carter is worth seeing as Marla Singer the woman who feels left out and realizes that a woman isn't the only one who can feel downtrodden and abused
Its Name is Robert Paulson 
2008-09-22 - There is no other movie more appropriate and prophetic about the times we live in, so this review warrants a departure from what you're used to. First I'll say some relevant facts about me as a reviewer of this film and about what this movie is *not*, then we''ll take a look at the facts about what the movie *is*.
I'm not under twenty-five. I'm not even a 'twenty-something'. If you think you're above or beyond taking a good look at this movie, and considering what its subtext might be, you're f.o.s., you're a coward. You are scared of anything that might make you take a second look at your priorites and the way that you actually spend the minutes and hours of your days. Control your fear. See the movie.
I'm not white. You don't have to be white to like this movie. That's another evasion. Stop running away. Stop ducking and hiding. See the movie.
This is not a fascist movie. The sort of people who call it fascist have no idea of what 'fascist' is. Mussolini mentioned later on in his career that given a choice he would've renamed fascism 'corporatism'. Want to get a clue? Take a good look around the country that you live in. I'm a veteran of the current conflict and I say this to you.
This is not a "gruesome" movie. It is a movie that involves violence, nothing more. If after twenty-five years of eagerly watching a steady escalation of violence and gore you find this movie "painful to watch" -- while you apathetically sit around letting other people do your fighting for you (while artfully pretending to be apalled) -- you're a ridiculous wuss. Just see the movie.
This is not just a 'guy-flick'. I have been lucky enough to know a fair number of women who chose to buy or rent, then watch and re-watch this movie with no prompting from me... They were a lot of fun too, so that's something to consider. See the movie.
The fact is that Fight Club has 1376 reviews dating from 1999 forward on Amazon, the vast majority of them five-star (refer to this webpage).
The fact is that after it "failed" upon its commercial release (refer to the Wikipedia entry) and got panned by multiple paid reviewers, its financial success and their reviews did a u-turn by 2004 and has since placed as one of the top ten films of the last hundred years. Obviously there was enough 'meat' and substance here to attract and retain a cult. I hope Director David Finch is pleased. Even when people don't know how to put the Truth into words they know it when they see it, and they know what they like.
Regarding the Cast:
It was Brad's role as 'Tyler Durden' that made me truly respect Mr. Pitt's work. It's said that he supplied all the clothes that he wore for his role (culled from the thrift shops of the Silverlake District). If that's true, then that's just one more reason to say 'Bravo!'
Ed Norton might've been the only actor at that time who could have got on the ground and gotten on down with that role in triple-x style. He took his part as the film's protagonist *to school*...
Helena Bonham Carter's character 'Marla' is stronger, more fun and more 'together' than 98% of the scared fakes you meet in any office. Would it be such a bad thing if more women got in touch with their 'inner-Marla' and, for figurative example, took 'her' out for drinks? Well, I guess that'll have to keep 'til the near-future.
Fight Club is provocative entertainment. Those who get distracted by the violence are looking for excuses to be distracted, or to distract *you*... There are those who have a vested interest in making sure people continue 'working jobs that they hate so they can buy garbage they don't need'.
Fight Club speaks directly about 'The Wasteland' that the supposedly well-adjusted live in ("our Great War's a Spiritual War").
Fight Club straight-arms right through a whole crowd of taboos.
Given the times we live in, with the Fight Club scenario coming true before our eyes (sans the home-made dynamite), there's no better moment to post this review. 1999 is a long time gone, with its smug assurance and bovine trust. That was the world that put Wall Street in the state it's in today, lid nailed shut, coins on eyelids, talking out of its grave for all intents and purposes. Fight Club lived to look down upon it and all its minions and say: Your name is Robert Paulson!.
Great movie
2008-09-21 - Fantastic movie based on a fantastic book. It's a little bit different than the book (story-wise), but all the changes were good adaptations to the media difference. Edward Norton and Brad Pitt both play their characters perfectly.
More than just a movie
2008-09-16 - There's a lot that can be said of Fight Club, first that it is not a movie for people who are perfectly content with society, or who frequently shop at IKEA or love their Starbucks.
Fight Club is one of the few movies I've ever viewed that basically takes a look at our society, and tells you not only what is wrong and missing, but how to fix it.
It's dark in a way that would make humanists cringe, and it's automatically going to make anyone in love with the modern world furious.
It throws materialism in your face, taunts you with your own petty desires, and shows you the root of humanity, what it is to be human. It's not meant to be just a film, but a guide book to getting back to something that has nothing to do with what car you drive or how much money you have in your bank account.
The message of Fight Club is, simply this: you are a willing slave.
Then it asks: Do you want to change it?
The problem with Fight Club is that it is hitting every single taboo of American society square in the face. This is precisely the reason there are many people who loathe it. It picks at every weakness unrelentingly, until the world as we know it is left permanently scarred and bleeding.
Most people aren't even going to understand it, let alone appreciate it for what it is. It's satire against the people who believe that they cannot be laughed at or shown as weak.
Hands down, my favorite movie of all time.
psycological thriller
2008-09-14 - brad pitt starts fist fighting club.ed norton is his friend and one of the first members.then norton finds out that pitt has already started fight clubs all over america.then almost every man in the country is in a fight club.pitt,who makes his own soap,has access to explosives and plans to blow up skyscrapers in every major city in america.near the end of the movie there is a twist.is brad pitt really ed norton and norton really pitt?Fight Club (Widescreen Edition)
