Robby-2

Due to the title, I figured this would be a run-of-the-mill "top of the heap" brutal piece of garbage designed to show off Brad Pitts' pecs. I never would have bothered with it if I hadn't found out that Helena Carter was in it and via a slight crush on her, I rented the thing. What a great move on my part since this is easily one of the best and blackest comedies I have had the honor of viewing in some time. The movie is filled with some of the oddest (other dimensional) characters I've run into since my junkie surge on P.K.Dick books. The "Fight Club" of the title is there and is brutal (W/ make-up by Rob Bottins - good to see his work again) but does not dominate the movie but rather is axiomatic to the Philosophy of the Brad Pitt character as well as the existential confusion/emptiness of the characters surrounding him.

There's no reason to go any further other than to say that this is a "Must see" for those of you that liked "Cemetary Man" and "Freds Dead Mom" and other works in the same vein.

I saw this in an excellent theater with swivel seats, a decent size screen, and a sound system that will blow your brains out. It's a good thing too since there seemed to be nothing else going for the movie at all. Loosely referring to it as the most "Unoriginal" and derivitive and predictable piece to come along in years, is just about "on the money". "Bowman" being in charge of the ship and AMee predictably loosing it (we always add a Military/destruct mode to our environmental robots) isn't reminiscent of any other well-known movie. I could go on like this but just suffice it to say that the characters tell it all...one and two dimensional, full of unfinished business (most of which wound up on the cutting room floor) and other than the specials for the robot, you're just wasting your time and money.

Those who feel or prefer that commentators of Football stick to statistics are more than likely not listening to any of them anyway, or at least not remembering any of them. I may note that there are 2 other commentators there to provide such or they can be gathered almost anywhere. Read the paper. I find Dennis Miller a fresh relief from some often boring material concerning # of 1st downs made by such and such on 3 & 7's during home games over the last 4 years only to find the stats irrelevant in this particular situation at this time against this new defense and with this new offense. Give him a chance. He isn't ignorant concerning the game either but just likes to give others their chance and expects the same from themand you.