Monday, January 23, 2006

Fight Club

Its strange that I hadn't seen this movie in all these years. Virtually every person I know quotes from it and has told me repeatedly to see it. This weekend, I was in bed with the flu and finally managed to catch this flick.

I loved that I didn't know the twist in the end until I saw it. In today's world of sms and instant messengers, a story's plot is often the first thing to get leaked out. All the movies last summer had no surprises for me. It was just three hours of drooling over a hero and waiting for someone to die.

This was different! and Thank God for all the people who didn't give away the plot :)

Totally blew my mind away and now I'm reading the book

If you woke up at a different place, in a different time, could you wake up as a different person?

24 comments:

wordmonkey said...

to the quote - would you be forced to still have the same body?

Suze said...

the body is an ephemeral thing. a few dollars can buy you a better figure.. a plastic surgery can buy you a changed face..

you still cannot change the person you are, the experiences you've had..

Anonymous said...

hi sujatha,
i have come across your hyperlink many a times, but never actually took the initiative to go thro' it..it was only y'day that my roomie was reading thro' it and i thought i'll take a look at it too..so i started with your recent posts, little after mid night, found it really interseting and then started reading it from your very first blog dated april 08, 2004 to the previous blog and i finished it by 5 o' clock this morning...i have been going on and on about your blogs to my other roomie, he now thinks am a little more than obessed...just wanted to let you know that you've been doing a wonderful job with your blog spot and you've got another pair of eager eyes looking forward to your blogs..!just like hindi learning tamil classmate of yours said - 'Suze, Jaane ka rasta..'


(am sorry if i have posted my view in the wrong place)

Suze said...

hey rakesh :) thanks a lot!

and thanks to your roomie too who was reading thro' it :)

Anonymous said...

hey... hz ur FLU?

Suze said...

am fine nafees, tx :)

Nayan said...

Where is my mind..? Where is my mind...?

Wooooo hoooo STOP!

=))))

Anonymous said...

thanks???
hey eventhoug have a free CD, plz dont watch PARAMASIVAN and AATHI..
its horrifying....
if time permits watch "NAVARASA" :)

The Man Who Wasnt There said...
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The Man Who Wasnt There said...

Howdy gal..long time!I am surprised people didnt spoil sport and "leak" the twist in the story to you! :P My friends were less kind sigh....

Difficult to say whether you would like the book or the movie more..I preferred the latter...but a fantabulous movie! and ahem not very capitalistic was it?:P

gP said...

Its an excellent movie. The say...its a grown up version of Calvin and Hobbes...

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Suze said...

hey girish.. how've you been? and the movie is, like a lot of popular fiction, anti establishmentarian.. :)

ghost particle, will check it out :)

Sujith said...

First rule of the fight club is : You don't talk about it to anyone.
Second rule of the fight club is : YOU don't talk about it to anyone.
Looks like some people are breaking the first two rules.
;-)

The Man Who Wasnt There said...

anti -err what?? *rolls eyes*

Is that double speak? :D :D

Btw Merrily lynch New York is it? Go for the "man" with the "hat" "an" haffun! :d (alright maybe not be a very good one but quite a decent attempt...)

Is it just me or the mention of New york only conjures up images of Sex and The city?

guess it's just me...

Suze said...

you watch girlie shows?? :p sex and the city..

The Man Who Wasnt There said...

Ah Well...how does one know it is a 'girlie' show until one 'watches' it..? :P

Assumption being other's opinions on it is as reliable as things which arent reliable...whatever.

Btw nice touch with that A-Z stuff...:) Infact Except fort wo letters I could very well copy it for me too!!!

Sreikanth said...

hey by the time u saw it....theres a bollywood remake of the same name complete with item numbers....and couples prancing around trees....!! howzatt?

Suze said...

girish, which two? Oman and Capitalist?

and sreicanth - aarrgghhh at the hindi remake.. Utter crap from what i can make of the storyline

SM said...

"You're not your job. You're not how much money you have in the bank. You're not the car you drive. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world."

I just watched the movie last night ...and today surfed and landed on ur blog...what are the chances :-)

I too just loved the movie ..."I am Jack's admiration " :-)

Suze said...

sarita - I know, loved the movie!!

Gowri Shankar said...

hi sujatha
just like someone above...have seen ur blog linked by loads of people but finally managed to come here...read random articles from ur blog...its amazing!!Just went through ur profile.You just might remember me from muscat.Small world..huh?!
Anyways..Say hi to soumya!

On topic...Fight Club is definitely an amazing movie..but never make the mistake of thinking it is a popcorn flick and see it with that frame of mind coz ur brain is bound to feel very heavy by the end of the first hour.Personal Experience :(

Anonymous said...

ur blog rocks. i got here following the crumbs from oka's blog. and i've read every bit from the beginning. right from ur " political consciousness" to some nut's comments thinking "suze" landed from the US of A.

i know u r crazy abt numbers.wishing that u see 50K hits soon.

Rasta jane ka

Suze said...

Hey Gowri.. how are you doing.. how's coll n all? What are you upto these days?

Vinod said...

Now go to IMdb and read up the fight club trivia, the sheer number of scenes which have indications to the twist will drive you nuts.. Possibly the only suspense movie where I enjoyed it more the second time!!!

No.. I shouldn't say that.. loved it the first time also, and every time after that..