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Fight Club
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| Rated
R |
1999 |
Color |
139
min. |
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| Starring:
Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf Aday,
Jared Leto |
| Director:
David Fincher |
Screen
Writer: Jim
Uhls |
| Producer:
Art Linson, Cean Chaffin, Ross
Grayson Bell |
Based
on the Novel by:
Chuck Palahniuk |
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| Music:
The Dust Brothers |
Movie
Co.: Fox 2000 Pictures |
| Production
Co.: Art Linson Productions, Fox 2000 Pictures, Regency Enterprises, Taurus Film |
SFX
Co.: Blue Sky Studios, Blue Sky/VIFX, Buf Compagnie, Digital Domain, Image Savant, Pixel Liberation Front, Toybox |
| Critique
Section |
HugeReviews.com
Official Rating:
Pathetic
Wimpy
Solid Super
HUGE |
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Critics |
Mark
Capitelli
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Mike
Flanagan
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Christian
De Matteo
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| Relevant Sites: Official
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Fight Club review
by Caroline Gallagher
Super
Fight Club: Superb, Not Just Super
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| After wanting to see Fight Club for years I was
finally able to watch the full length of the movie in one sitting. I
have seen parts of this movie once before and never really
understood the fascination behind it. After watching the whole
movie, I could see what the buzz was about. I found Fight Club to be
surprisingly thought provoking. As I began to watch the movie, I
anticipated a cliché movie that men enjoy because of the raw and
rough fighting scenes, and I expected women to like the film for the
mere fact that Brad Pitt takes his shirt off on numerous occasions.
Neither of these reasons were why I liked and respected the picture.
Sitting down to watch the movie, I wanted it to be something I
would not expect, and the movie succeeded in this hope. I predicted
that the film was going to be violent and full of testosterone,
which some parts were, but it was also so much more than that; the
movie made me think. I know a movie is really good when all I do is
analyze it over and over again in my head.
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| The movie is narrated by Edward Norton’s character:
an obsessive, desperate, ordinary man who finds sleep and peace by
going to self-help group meetings. In the movie, Norton’s character
meets his complete opposite: Tyler Durden, played by Brad Pitt, an
indecisive, capricious, rough guy who persuades Norton to create an
underground fighting club for men to release their everyday
aggressions. The group grows and becomes much more than a nightly
fight.
The motion picture exceeded my expectations when it delved deeply
into life: the hours and minutes people live and how life should be
spent. The film focuses on the reality that life cannot be
controlled and that one should let go and see where life leads. The
lesson is existence should be appreciated and not planned or
directed.
The acting, directing, writing, and filming were all very
impressive. Norton and Pitt portrayed their characters with accuracy
and truth. Norton was perfect for the uptight over thinker he
played, and Pitt’s role as a quirky, eccentric guy was amusing.
Their dialogue seemed to work and fit together flawlessly. The
direction by David Fincher was interesting in how he decided to film
and shoot the picture, with flashes from scene to scene and
narration by Norton, the main character. The story was originally a
novel by Chuck Palahniuk and adapted to the screen with brilliance.
This movie is a must see because of the witty aggression and
intensely inventive idea that everyone’s normal day routine needs to
be shaken with a raw experience. This film brings about excitement
and much contemplation. I rate Fight Club as superb because it is so
close to HUGE yet much better-quality than super. |
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| The Dust Brothers
(Michael Simpson and John King) provide an dark, erie, and well-suited
techno soundtrack to Fight Club.
They are popular musicians featured on MTV and other music
sources. Check out some of their other albums! |
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