The Anarchist Cookbook

Have you seen Fight Club and SLC Punk? Well if you have, you are qualified to write and direct movies. All in all it was not too bad. I give it like 3 stars or something. The main fascination of the film for me was the location. It is shot it Dallas TX and surrounding suburbs. I'm stuck in Dallas so it was cool to see others coping with this same problem as well. The story seemed to change directions more times than a hobo in a dance hall. It looked like it was trying to be revolutionary or something of the sorts. It was definately not as good as SLC Punk but hey... few movies are. I recommend it to people who have to watch everything that comes out.

This movie... I really don't have much to say about it. This movie was a waste of my time, and will surely be a waste of yours. The title is unbelievably misleading, and doesn't portray Anarchism in any way, shape or form. I nearly cried with frustration at how horribly wrong the entire concept was. I encourage you to throw this movie away if you own it, for it's nothing but a piece of right-wing propaganda that honestly portrays nothing other than the classic American troublemaker, which any true anarchist is far from. The only reason it really made it as far as it did- that is to say, the only reason people actually watched it- is because for once we anarchists thought that we would see a movie that showed Anarchy in all of it's potential glory. Boy, were we wrong.

I think that this is an entertaining film and all but I think it's nothing but the anarchist versions of SLC Punk and Trainspotting (however I am one of the few who didn't see similarities to Fight Club) It is an ok movie...maybe has too much annoying techno music on the soundtrack...also with goofy camera techniques and film changes but it's a low budget indie film so thats to be expected however the message of the movie is off...it doesnt spark much debate in the film on the ideas of anarchism and the only character who actually is believable is Puck because he is what most people wanting to believe in something and be a part of something...undecided and only it it for the clique. I can't really get into the deep aspects of the movie so I'm just going to say its a 7/10

This movie is an independent film, which is one of the reasons I rented it. Independent films usually seem to focus more on the plot and the characters, rather than big name actors and special effects. The movie started out slowly, and never picked up much speed. I dont feel the movie did any justice to the idea of anarchy. All the main characters were very good looking, this would have been a better Abercrombie ad than a movie. This movie was supposed to be about normal, real people, and the appearance of the actors seemed to go against this.

I have seen this film compared to Trainspotting and SLC Punk. If you enjoyed these two movies, I would NOT recommend you see the Anarchist Cookbook, unless you really have nothing better to do with two hours of your life.

I agree, this was a deeper film than, say, Fight Club, but not as "fun". It also was not particularly favorable to anarchists or nihilists or hippies or leftites or dropouts or republicans or leather/sadists.... I don't really agree with the characters self-assessments as anarchists and nihilists, but i guess they can call themselves what they want to. It does display the primary problem facing anybody wanting to change the world today; how do you change it without becoming part of it? How do you fight violence without becoming violent? Can you change the system from within? If you do change it, will you then be the system?