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Fight Club - I gave up a bit more than part-way through

Gaith said:
Professor Zoom said:
It's unclear from your thread title... Did you finish Fight Club? If not, then, you've missed a bunch of answers.
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Got bored. Read plot summary and reviews. Sticking to my conclusions. Not sorry. ;)
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I'm sure you're not. No one on the internet ever is.

In general, I feel the experience of reading a plot summary rarely compares to the experience of the real thing. And even the best movie can be ruined by a summary.
 
Ebert:

Seven: 3.5/4 stars

Zodiac: 4/4 stars

The Social Network: 4/4 stars

Benjamin Button: 2.5/4 stars

Fight Club: 2 stars


... sounds about right to moi. :)
 
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Gaith said:
Ebert:

Seven: 3.5/4 stars

Zodiac: 4/4 stars

The Social Network: 4/4 stars

Benjamin Button: 2/5/4 stars

Fight Club: 2 stars


... sounds about right to moi. :)
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He gave Benjamin Button 2/5s of a star out of four stars?

Man! That's a precise rating! ;)
 
I'm not a huge fan of Fight Club. I didn't really like it the first time I saw it, and on a second viewing a decade later I was still kind of "meh" about it.
 
i refuse to listen to anything Ebert says about movies. he wrote Beyond The Valley of The Dolls afterall.
 
Alidar Jarok said:
Gaith said:
Why does the unnamed protagonist (a cheap writer's trick that must be offset with genuine dramatic energy to work; see, Ewan McGregor's lovable rube The Ghost Writer) not forget all about Tyler Durden and lose himself in the delights of such a lithe and pliant barbie doll of a Hollywood Love Interest? The movie doesn't bother to offer an explanation, which can only be interpreted to mean: "because the plot requires him not to."
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Uh, if you reach the end of the movie, this becomes pretty clear. Even towards the beginning, it's obvious that the appeal of sticking with Tyler Durden is he is what Ed Norton is not. The main character looks up to him and sees him as a salvation from his monotonous life of depression, insomnia, and unfulfilled hopes and dreams.
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In addition to the above, I found Bonham Carter's character to be entirely unlikeable and kind of sleazy (smoking is a big turnoff, for one). So I totally disagree with Ebert here, and didn't need any explanation for the main character's hostility towards her. I don't consider this any kind of plot hole.

ETA: Whoo! This post made me a Vice Admiral. :D
 
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I completely agree.

She was dirty, skanky, untrustworthy(stealing Meals on Wheels dinners which should have gone to actual deserving people)and, as Americans would say, just plain "nasty".

YECCCCHHHHHH!!!!!!!
 
I love the film, but I tried to show it to my girlfriend and her only comment was "Wouldn't they have backup information about credit cards somewhere else?"

Okay, it's a fair point (though I think it was intentionally highlighting the stupidity of the whole plan, as had been done throughout the film), but that surprised me.
 
Gaith said:
One of the pleasures of reading Ebert's reviews is that of watching him toss off piercing insights, such as the one
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I didn't read your post all the way through, but judging by the reactions in this thread, I find your opinion boring and sophomoric. ;)
 
Professor Zoom said:
In general, I feel the experience of reading a plot summary rarely compares to the experience of the real thing. And even the best movie can be ruined by a summary.
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Maybe. But if I read a summary and nothing in it interests me, I'm not about to go out and watch the film just incase the summary didnt capture the feel correctly or something.

I have never seen Fight Club, so reading this thread I went and checked out a summary, and nothing in it compelled me to want to watch the film.
 
I think a big part of Fight Club's appeal is its direction and style. Neither of which can be understood through a description.
 
^ This is a big part of it for me. The direction especially. Ed Norton and Brad Pitt's performances as well.
 
Gaith said:
@Trekker4747: Oops... got me. :)

Mr. Adventure said:
Gaith said:
Got bored. Read plot summary and reviews. Sticking to my conclusions. Not sorry. ;)
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And you weren't impressed after that, shocker.
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A movie should compel one to keep watching by its halfway mark at the very most.
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Ok. Sure. What's you're point? You didn't like the movie. Big whoop. You and Ebert agree on this.

Did you want an internet gold star because you didn't like something other people did?

MNM said:
Professor Zoom said:
In general, I feel the experience of reading a plot summary rarely compares to the experience of the real thing. And even the best movie can be ruined by a summary.
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Maybe. But if I read a summary and nothing in it interests me, I'm not about to go out and watch the film just incase the summary didnt capture the feel correctly or something.

I have never seen Fight Club, so reading this thread I went and checked out a summary, and nothing in it compelled me to want to watch the film.
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Ok. Great.

It's still a great movie. To many people.
 
Professor Zoom said:
Gaith said:
@Trekker4747: Oops... got me. :)

Mr. Adventure said:
And you weren't impressed after that, shocker.
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A movie should compel one to keep watching by its halfway mark at the very most.
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Ok. Sure. What's you're point? You didn't like the movie. Big whoop. You and Ebert agree on this.

Did you want an internet gold star because you didn't like something other people did?
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Gaith is Armond White-lite. I'm surprised y'all haven't picked up on this yet. :lol:
 
Switch said:
Professor Zoom said:
Gaith said:
@Trekker4747: Oops... got me. :)

A movie should compel one to keep watching by its halfway mark at the very most.
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Ok. Sure. What's you're point? You didn't like the movie. Big whoop. You and Ebert agree on this.

Did you want an internet gold star because you didn't like something other people did?
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Gaith is Armond White-lite. I'm surprised y'all haven't picked up on this yet. :lol:
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It doesn't bother me that he doesn't like the movie, but it's like he walks into a group of people that DO and says, I didn't finish the movie, I was bored. Ok, great. What's your point? It's a movie, you didn't like it, we did, so?

It's like he's purposefully trying to annoy people rather than have a discussion.

It's like a teenager doing his best to annoy his parents by wearing the same pair of jeans after the wash by date.
 
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