this be a film that catch me totally by surprise in so many way . it be easily the fine film i have see in a long time and therefore i be not surprise by the polarized opinion regard it . first represent i never expect to find a movie call the anarchist cookbook at my local video store . second represent it be not what i expect from a movie of that title . third represent after defy my expectation and it then turn out to be something good than i imagine it could or would be . what be not surprising be the stupidity of the people who have write about it . i guess my missive be direct at the other people who have see it and at the other people who dare to watch it with an open mind ( a cardinal sin in this day and age . ) what make anarchist stand out for me be it unrelenting intelligence . it doesn not just quote wittgenstein it misquote wittgenstein . when i first hear that and i be shock and i wonder and what do this film think it be . but a i start to absorb the rhythm of puck and i start to understand what a poseur he be . that him ( mi ) quote wittgenstein be perfectly in character . that be something i have never see in a film . ( yes and i have see dumb character . and i have see character who be dumb who think they be smart . but ive never see it do in a way that do not draw attention to itself . ) that whole wittgenstein thing make me reexamine the enitre film and make me worry that mr. susman be not just smart but he might be too smart for today dumb audience . ( more about this later . ) a puck go down the rabbit hole and and the film turn from comedy to drama and i get a sneak suspicion that i have see something like this before . and then i realize represent it hamlet . puck be the danish prince who need to get off his existentially lazy as and do something . like hamlet and he blow every opportunity . it would be too much of a stretch to call double d his ophelia and but you get the point . and unlike hamlet and puck end up do the right thing and and we the audience root for him and laugh as well at sweet fortune that come his way . in an era of irony upon irony and susman have create an uber irony represent the subject of it wrath ( and there be wrath amongst the mirth ) be not just ideology and but platitude . of course the film be go to tick off anarchist because and please and there be no real anarchist . anyone who say theyre a genuine anarchist be either a liar and an idiot or both . what there do seem to be alot of though and be ignorant movie watcher who can not bear that their little pc shibboleth would be the object of scorn and satire . yes this film make fun of anarchist and hippy . but it also make fun of republican and cop and everyone else who come onto the screem . it use humor and wit and dramatic narrative to kick every ideology in the nut . now a for the bonehead who think fight club be art . this movie be not fight club pt2 . fight club be ( sorry to say ) a frightfully stupid film . what be it even about . brad pitt ab . yes and this film have voiceover and a bad apple character who take over the life of a ennui plague young man yeah so . unlike fight club and this film have the cajones to be about something . to make you actually think . and the twist at the end of this film be genuine and real and and funny a hell . the twist in fight club be probably the dumb twist on celluloid ever . ( brad pitt be ed norton . give me a break . ) and a for those who compare it to slc punk . i see some similarity there as well . but that film be so poorly execute and so solipsistic and narrow in it focus and and so one dimensional in it story that it leave you wonder and who care . that say . rent this movie . while not a shock piece of cinema and it be a brilliant piece of filmmaking . it the type of movie that studio do not make ( because of the title ) and that film festival do not like ( because it not pc enough to be at sundance ) . this movie be for people with heart and brain and ball . if you get that and then you should give this movie a try . but if youre a weak willed pc automaton who think that independnet film must always laud all thing pc and then you will be sorely disappointed . a en vogue say year ago represent free your mind and the rest will follow .