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‘Fight Club’ Fight Goes On
NY TImes ^ | 11/06/09 | DENNIS LIM

Posted on 11/10/2009 2:37:03 PM PST by Borges

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1 posted on 11/10/2009 2:37:03 PM PST by Borges
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Wait - I thought we weren’t supposed to talk about this... ?


2 posted on 11/10/2009 2:39:20 PM PST by GOP_Party_Animal
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To: Borges

A truly great movie. Didn’t hurt that Helena Bonham Carter was in it!


3 posted on 11/10/2009 2:40:29 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear (These fragments I have shored against my ruins)
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To: GOP_Party_Animal

I liked it from the start and remember explaning it to people. Michael Medved really missed the ball with this film.


4 posted on 11/10/2009 2:40:42 PM PST by Borges
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...the defining cult movie of our time.

The Big Lewbowski begs to differ, dude.

5 posted on 11/10/2009 2:45:18 PM PST by Martin Tell (ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it)
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6 posted on 11/10/2009 2:47:26 PM PST by Artemis Webb
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To: Borges

Fun movie. The book is actually a comedy.


7 posted on 11/10/2009 2:48:27 PM PST by Husker
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To: Husker

So is the film.


8 posted on 11/10/2009 2:49:08 PM PST by Borges
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"'The critical reaction was polarized,' said Edward Norton, who plays the film’s nameless narrator..."

Oh, he has a name all right.

9 posted on 11/10/2009 2:53:01 PM PST by Fabozz
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To: Borges

You have more patience than I do. I gave up explaining it to people who said “It’s just a movie about fighting” a loooong time ago.

Really brilliant book though.


10 posted on 11/10/2009 2:55:11 PM PST by ruiner
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To: Borges

I loved the book, and I loved the movie. I just watched it again over the summer. It holds up well ... too well, if you catch my drift.


11 posted on 11/10/2009 2:56:44 PM PST by Carling (Nobelgate: Obama's Waterloo)
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To: Borges

One of my favorite movies of that decade. Fight Club and Office Space are kind of the visible bibles of the cubicle work-farm generation.


12 posted on 11/10/2009 3:00:45 PM PST by discostu (The Bluebird of Happiness long absent from his life, Ned is visited by the Chicken of Depression)
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To: Borges

I liked the movie. The climactic punch line stopped being funny after 911 (a little too real) but it was a good movie.

And I agree with the others about Helena. Very good in her role.


13 posted on 11/10/2009 3:05:43 PM PST by marron
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To: discostu

Several years ago Fincher made a film called ‘Zodiac’ which I think is one of the best American features of this decade. Very few people have seen it.


14 posted on 11/10/2009 3:10:28 PM PST by Borges
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Thanks for the movie title - I’m going to check that out - sounds interesting.


15 posted on 11/10/2009 3:39:32 PM PST by scottdeus12 (Jesus is real, whether you believe in Him or not.)
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To: Borges

“Pitt voluntarily visited a dentist to have pieces of his front teeth chipped off so his character would not have perfect teeth. The pieces were restored after filming concluded.”

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_Club_(film)


16 posted on 11/10/2009 3:54:53 PM PST by canuck_conservative
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To: Borges

bookmark


17 posted on 11/10/2009 4:49:51 PM PST by GOP Poet (Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
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To: Borges

The third act, well it didn’t really ruin the movie, but it did stretch the premise a bit too far.


18 posted on 11/10/2009 5:37:02 PM PST by eclecticEel (The Most High rules in the kingdom of men ... and sets over it the basest of men.)
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You mean the idea of the ‘Double’?


19 posted on 11/10/2009 6:09:20 PM PST by Borges
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To: Borges

No, I mean the whole terrorism bit.


20 posted on 11/10/2009 6:34:43 PM PST by eclecticEel (The Most High rules in the kingdom of men ... and sets over it the basest of men.)
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