this one got me!

Rating: 10/10 (21 August 2006)

I don't get caught out by movies. I always know everything within the first 5-20 minutes of a movie. Well, not this time! I loved it for more than that. The acting was perfect. Who would have thought I'd actually like Brad Pitt in anything? (I'm a not-fan of Brad.) Edward Norton, oh, how wonderful you can be. The plot is well-conceived. The violence, although sometimes kind of gory, is well-presented. You'll think it is all real. How far-fetched, yet how believable! Men, fighting to realize their manhood. To take back their right as men to be aggressive. To be physical. To take out their frustrations on each other and yet come out of it friends. Women don't do that, but anyone who has seen playground fights between guys knows: once the violence is over, you're best buddies. Very well done!