Comments on: Fight Club http://illinformedgadfly.com/?p=165 Movie Reviews by Ben Nuckols Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:10:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Forget it, Jake « The Soft Lobotomy http://illinformedgadfly.com/?p=165#comment-88960 Forget it, Jake « The Soft Lobotomy Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:29:04 +0000 http://illinformedgadfly.com/?p=165#comment-88960 [...] and that the rape was committed at the home of Jack Nicholson, the lead actor — like Fight Club and 9/11, it’s virtually impossible not to view the film in light of subsequent events. Posted by [...] [...] and that the rape was committed at the home of Jack Nicholson, the lead actor — like Fight Club and 9/11, it’s virtually impossible not to view the film in light of subsequent events. Posted by [...]

]]> By: Pete W. http://illinformedgadfly.com/?p=165#comment-3649 Pete W. Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:07:28 +0000 http://illinformedgadfly.com/?p=165#comment-3649 "It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." Theodore Roosevelt "Citizenship in a Republic," Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910 “It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

Theodore Roosevelt
“Citizenship in a Republic,”
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

]]> By: James http://illinformedgadfly.com/?p=165#comment-3564 James Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:13:50 +0000 http://illinformedgadfly.com/?p=165#comment-3564 I haven't watched it since 9/11, hadn't even really thought about how dated it would seem now. I'll have to rewatch it some time soon. I was already planning to rewatch Seven, maybe I'll do a Fincher-fest before Zodiac comes out, I'll be curious to see if it's still three hours long, like the version I saw last fall, or if they've hacked it down to standard length. I haven’t watched it since 9/11, hadn’t even really thought about how dated it would seem now. I’ll have to rewatch it some time soon. I was already planning to rewatch Seven, maybe I’ll do a Fincher-fest before Zodiac comes out, I’ll be curious to see if it’s still three hours long, like the version I saw last fall, or if they’ve hacked it down to standard length.

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