I couldn't blink...

Rating: 10/10 (3 July 2000)

We had rented the Special Edition on DVD the day our DVD broke. Returning the movie, we picked up the video. I'm sorry we had to see it on Videocassette--we are going to buy the DVD to see it in letterbox.
I was enthralled with Edward Norton's performance from the very start. I felt as if I left the room I would miss something, and my eyes were focused on the screen for the duration of the movie.
The movie is intense, but it has very sophisticated undertones. Children, especially teenage boys, may enjoy the movie for the violence, but only the most mature or intelligent will truly comprehend the reasoning behind the fighting.
I have to add that I sympathized heavily with our characters. Being 33 myself, I am a member of that "forgotten" generation--the Post-Baby Boomers born during the duration of the Vietnam War. We're slaves to a society run by our parents and owned by our grandparents. Anarchy may not be the answer, but it sure seems to deserve consideration--if only for a fleeting moment.