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1. lindseyraymond 10.22.18 / 5pm

   Joel Pedersen,
2. lindseyraymond 10.22.18 / 5pm

   Joel Pedersen –
   I really enjoyed your review of the film Fight Club by David Fincher. I too enjoyed this film and agree with your statements about how the film makes us all “question the value of our materialistic belongings.” Although this film confused me at times, I feel that the director definitely got his message across. I also agree that Brad Pitt was a wonderful actor in this film and played his part well.
3. Francesco Bouglione 06.08.19 / 3pm

   Hi everyone,
   I have seen this movie multiple times and I still love it. The way it was filmed and the way the actors are playing such complex roles still impress me every time I watch this movie. I agree on with you when you that this is one of “the smartest pieces of cinema to date”. The mise-en-scene, the decor, the script, and the actors are really awesome in this movie. Even if sometimes I don’t even if what is happening is real or not, the story is a great one. And if I get lost like this in a movie, which a positive point, it means that I will watch this movie again.
   Comment by me, Francesco Bouglione
4. Raya Whittington 02.28.20 / 9pm

   Fight Club was entertaining and as much as the story gives you in the end, you are forced to think both before and after the reality is exposed. After I found out that Tyler and the narrator were the same people, it took much thinking and effort to retrace the film’s steps and put it all together. I agree this film is genius especially when you look past the surface content of Brad Pitt beating people up. The lighting, the makeup, the clothing, it all progressed so logically and perfectly. It’s an amazing film.
5. calebseverson 03.06.20 / 10am

   I appreciate how brief and to the point your film review is. I agree with you that this movie is powerful because of its social commentary on materialistic belongings. Obviously the allure of violence and a big name actor playing a leading role got this film off the ground. But it’s been over 20 years since this film debuted so clearly the lighting, mise-en-scene, and wardrobe also heavily contributed to the overarching themes of the film being received by the masses.
6. Briana Visueta 03.06.20 / 7pm

   This review was definitely interesting and allowed a different perspective on the film. Personally, this film was a bit confusing for me, but overall ended up being an interesting and captivating piece. I perceived this film as the main character, Tyler, burdened by stress and insomnia inflicting a mental strain on his psychological health. Also, It was difficult to understand that Tylers mental health was deteriorating enough to conjure up a figment of his imagination and follow the actions of such. However, it allowed the audience to believe that the figment of his imagination/alter ego, was an actual character due to the qualities of mise-en-scene, such as the acting and camera angles, etc.
7. Will McRae 06.06.20 / 9pm

   Fight Club was a really neat movie that seemed to constantly be gaining momentum towards its surprising ending. This was my first time watching the movie so I am excited to watch it again with the ending in mind. Throughout the movie the filmmakers hinted at something being off, I thought the ending was very clever in how it seemed to answer all my questions about the film. It was neat to watch a movie that seemed to touch on so many deeper messages. The idea of mental health was called upon but also the ideas about materialistic need were brought to question.
8. Emma Caygill 06.03.21 / 11am

   Joel Pedersen,

   I really enjoyed your film review and think it depicts the film excellently. The review is short and to the point which aided me in gaining a better understanding of the film. I agree with your statement about Brad Pitt and his role in the film, I think Brad Pitt executed his role well considering how complex his role was. I found it interesting how Tyler Durden essentially helped Norton’s character which really connects to what you mentioned about how the film “poses the questions on the necessity of our materialistic belongings.” Generally, I think there are a lot of questions posed by the film that especially have to do with the nature of men, masculinity, mental health, etc.
9. Jesus Hernandez 07.14.22 / 12pm

   This review was short but covered the points that were very important. This is a film that really focused on the acting and the lighting and as well as how looking the part was very important. For example Marla does an excellent job with looking and acting the part of someone who does what she wants. I really do like how you pointed out that Tyler was trying to help the narrator see that the materialistic things don’t matter and he has to disconnect from them. Another thing I really liked in your review was that you pointed out how Tyler turned the narrators world upside down because he really did. He made the narrator step out of his comfort zone.
10. Kameron Kaminski 06.22.24 / 10am

    Hey Joel, I really liked your thoughts on the film Flight club. I also really liked and enjoyed watching this film. I loved in this film how it never felt like I was watching people act, I felt like they were really in this world and they did a great job at making Tyler look like a real character in the movie in a way they they could just say he was fake. They left enough gaps in the film to make this crazy plot twist work and it really pulled the whole film together. There are even some parts in the start of the film when Edword is not sleeping that Tyler would blink on the screen for a second showing that he is losing his mind.
11. Kameron Kaminski 06.22.24 / 10am

    I also think that after reading your work on the film it was helped/ better my understanding of this great but complex film. Fight club was not at all what I thought it was going to be and was so much better then what I was expecting. I think the acting was good in this film but the overall story and plot I what really won it over for me. The start he is just a weird boring man but then makes his friend Tyler who is everything he is not. From the hair and the clothing he has on he was complexly different. I think the overall message of the film was that you cant have your life running off of the things in your life and they showed this by the Ed being depressed and not being able to sleep but owning everything he could very want from Ikea. To then burning all of it and just crashing at some broken down home and being happy with the little things that he now owned.

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