Customer Reviews
aspect - By: Filip Muzsky, 10 Jan 2008 
Why does this "definitive" version have an aspect ratio of 1.85:1, while the previous version had 2.40:1?
Moody - By: sleepyvinny, 27 Dec 2007 
A dark, moody, disturbing & reallly 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' & also is an oblique commentary on the human condition & 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 alll kinds of quirks & anomalies throughout the film that now make sense. Fantastic!
Stunning peice of cinema gold - By: Sam Anders, 03 Jul 2007 So, it's a film which spouted inevitable tabloid controversy, didn't do terribly well at the box office, got at best mixed reviews by critics, then through word of mouth & fast rocketing DVD sales has easily entered into every top films list composed since. It's appropriate that Fight Club's true quality was revealed to the critics by the public rather than the other way around.
The film follows Edward Norton's insurance drone, a bored, soulless man who feels emasculated & numbed by his pointless existence. He lives out his life like anyone else, dull job, IKEA furniture, he's as uniform & grey as any man you pick out on the street.
His life, however, takes a dramatic turn when he meets Tyler (played by Brad Pitt in his best acting role to date). Tyler is charismatic, intelligent, & intriguing. When Norton's apartment is destroyed in a mysterious accident Pitt invites him to crash at his, but then comes the critical request 'hit me'. And so it begins, the two new friends begin holding recreational fights in parking lots which quickly blossom into a the Fight Club of the title where frustrated, emasculated, average men can beat the living hell out of each other with their bare fists.
These fights aren't vindictive, these men are not enemies, the fights make these men friends, comrades, drifting souls alll screwed over & repressed by the same system. We often see them embracing with almost post-coital grins on their faces in the bloody aftermath of a fight. Fighting reminds Jack (Norton's character is actuallly nameless but most refer to him as Jack) not only that he is alive, but that he is a man, that there is a fundamental primal part of him which can be repressed by society but never eradicated completely.
The Fight Club quickly spawns Tyler's new & secretive idea, Project Mayhem. The culmination of Project Mayhem is stunning but I won't tell you what that is because it would spoil the movie.
This is a very deep & multi-layered film, what do you think it's about? Is it a satire on the way feminism, though achieving liberation for women, has made men's liberation next to impossible due to anti-male prejudice? Is it & expression the basic unfulfillment & frustration of the everyday person in a capitalist society? Is it an eye-opening perspective on the way our most basic needs become repressed & dirtied by modern life? I'm not going to tell you, I know what I think, but this film is so deep & open that half the point is trying to work out what it says TO YOU.
So why buy it? It's smart, it's brutal, it's highly re-watchable, & it's a film everyone (men & women alike) needs to see. One of those 'greatest films ever' that actuallly deserves the title.
I could write a ten page essay on this film, but for now I'll just leave you with a few words of advice: Go & watch it now, it's truly brilliant.
"My eyes are open"
Pitt and Norton burn up the screen - By: Mr. I. A. Macpherson, 23 Mar 2007 This is a movie that grabs you by the scruff of the neck & shakes you around for two hours. Once the twist is revealed I had to go back & watch the entire film again to see if it stacked up, & it did.
Pitt, to my mind, has never been better. There was a lot of talk about his physique for the role of Achilles in Troy (not a great film or performance) but in Fight Club not only is he physicallly menacing, but his attitude almost bursts out of the screen. Norton is a quality actor & does a good job here managing to hold his own against Pitt.
I'm not a big fan of Bonham Carter but she is OK, as are the other supporting cast (Meatloaf in a very odd role does well). I'm not even a big fan of Fincher on the whole but I cannot argue with what he did here. The book is actuallly quite lightweight & doesn't read like it would make for such an intense movie.
I did find the ending went a bit over the top, but by that time I was so wrapped up in it that it didn't matter. Also there are some very graphic representations of fighting (well OK it is callled Fight Club) but they are so strong that I feel it will stop a lot of people watching what is otherwise a totallly engrossing picture.
Finchers the man! - By: Mr. Bs Holloway, 08 Mar 2007 This film bombed at the box office but has since broken even through DVD sales from good word of mouth. Modern day cinema - average action films, & cheap tacky comedies rule the box office. Films like this one deserve that top spot but unfortunately this one passed many by.
Bought to you by the same director of se7en, Panic Room, The Game & *cough* Alien3. Fight Club is a true original classic that cannot be praised highly enough. Just the visual style alone, with its dark & grimy aesthetic is reason enough to own this film. Add to that a cracking story, with a fantastic twist, hilarious black humour & quality performances from the main stars. How can you not be entertained?!
The success of a film & the reputation of its director is largley influenced by how successful the film is - lets rallly the troops & show the world that Fincher is up there with the best of the best. Zodiac is out soon....
