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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I am Jack's sense of overwhelming enjoyment..., 23 Nov 2009
Really difficult to summarise this epic splattering of consumer culture rebellion without doing a dissertation but here goes;
Firstly, I couldn't think of a movie that is more worth owning than this, it is one of the most unique films I have ever seen and it has so many levels, so many ideas and so many unadulterated and powerful observations of the world we live in that it takes a few viewings to absorb it all in.
It overloads on barely known trivia; wrist-thick kudzu vines & haiku poems are mentioned for Gods sake?! It will have you Googling for definitions, it's that deep. Not to say you need to know all of what's mentioned, but if you've ever heard of the term `movie anorak' you will love to find these titbits out, most of which you can through the features on this disc.
Simply put, which is not something that comes with this film, a bored, white collar insomniac spends his time looking for what is missing in his IKEA catalogue filled life through self help groups where he tries to feel something in an otherwise numb existence.
Whilst at his body clock disturbing job as a car recall investigator, flying from city to city he stumbles across Tyler Durden, which if ever there was a better executed performance from Pitt I haven't found it. Norton becomes alive when around Durden and finds everything that he isn't in his new best friend.
The actual fighting in `Fight Club' is not really what this films about. True they do start up a club where blokes beat the hell out of each other and then hug after - but this is all to show how the cult led by Pitt begins. Between him and Norton they gather a bunch of guys who attempt to right what they feel is wrong, fight against the machine and try to break the monotony of the notion that we are what we own. It's fun and exciting and really interesting to see how it grows, all the while verbal spiel is delivered, mainly from Pitt, that will go down in movie history.
It's got a great support cast too, Helena Bonham Carter creates a stir as one corner of the odd love triangle who is also a self help group `tourist' with a perm-cigarette that messes with Norton's routine. Then you've got oddly, but well cast Meatloaf as an ex-powerlifter with moobs, and Jared Leto mills around too, probably murmuring to himself about not talking about something...
The ideas dripping from every pore is a revelation, the immense opinions of today's generation with bold statement after bold statement in the story is nothing short of incredible, a pure shock-value idea of the state of the developed world, and if you've ever had a `Screw It' moment in your life you will identify with lots that appears on the screen.
Without ruining anything, about ¾'s through comes the sucker punch in this masterpiece, which as I mentioned before, justifies a second viewing and justifies owning this, which is ironically everything the ideas in this film object to...oh well. If this is your first time at Fight Club...you have to buy it!
Sort of flopped when it came out in the cinema, but came into it's own on DVD and justifiably so. There are tonnes of extras on this disc, the original was packed but this has the HD transfer which really does it justice - the snappy CGI scenes are razor sharp although nothing changed sound wise, no biggie.
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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rule Number One, 7 Dec 2007
Rule Number One, you do not talk about fight club,
Rule Number Two, you do NOT talk about fight club.
Except DO talk about it. Tell everyone! This film is a modern classic.
David Fincher's directorial career had been a bizarre one in the build up to this effort. Alien3 had been heavily altered by the studio, which lead to a poor first feature from the director. He followed it up sometime later, with another modern classic: Se7en. He then proceeded to make the cult film 'The Game', which divided critics and film goers alike.
And then came Fight Club.
It was heavily anticipated, but poor reviews from critic test screenings meant that it flopped at the box office. Only on DVD was it resurrected, when it too became a cult film, before it was finally (and justly), recognised as a classic modern piece.
Due to the nature of the story, it is difficult to give away too much of the plot without spoling it. Suffice to say, the film is a self narrated account of Jack's boring and meaningless life, and how it changes when he meets a rather strange character on a plane... and his house blows up.
Jack and his new friend start a secret underground fight club, which proves suprisingly popular.
Whilst the obvious credit goes to Brad Pitt, for his stunning performance as soap salesman Tyler Duerden, it is Edward Nortons quietly composed performance as 'Jack' which really makes the film, giving it a human face which we can all relate too, while Helena Bonham Carter and Meat Loaf provide crackling support.
With sparkling dialogue, heart pumping action, and a twist that will knock your socks off, Fight Club is possibly one of the most entertaining modern films ever made, and I would recommend it to anyone who isnt of a really sensitive disposition (as some of the fight scenes get quite brutal).
Whether it is a good as Se7en is up for debate, but Brad Pitt's contrasting performances in both films do make them excellent companion pieces.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Moody, 27 Dec 2007
A dark, moody, disturbing and really gripping film, with some great quotes. Ed Norton is absolutely awesome as the 'office monkey' who hits rock bottom spiritual-bankcruptcy as his very being is crushed beneath his soulless existence. Brad Pitt is great as his quirky, twitchy journey-companion.
The whole thing is a very dramatic alternative take on Martha Stout's 'Myth of Sanity' and also is an oblique commentary on the human condition and the edge of the abyss to which he has brought himself.
As others have probably noted, it ends with a spectacular twist. Also, the film stands rewatching in light of knowing what happens at the end, you can then spot all kinds of quirks and anomalies throughout the film that now make sense. Fantastic!
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